 World
Class Israeli Art Show, Sale & Lectures
Week-Long Exhibition
of the Largest Collection of Israeli Art to Tour the
US.
Congregation Beth Am will be the exclusive 2007 Northern
California venue for a unique Israeli art show and sale
featuring over 100 different artists. The showcase will
include paintings, sculpture, Judaica, silver/gold jewelry
and other art in a broad range of styles from contemporary
to traditional. The EXPRESSIONS Art Showcase includes
well-known Israeli artists like Agam, Tolla Inbar, Ruth
Bloch, Frank Meisler, Sakstier Baruch, and many new,
upcoming talents.
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a special art-oriented and Israeli cultural events are
planned at Congregation Beth Am during the week of March
25-30.
March 24 - 30, 2007.
Saturday, March 24, 2007. 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Gala Preview Reception. Ticket purchase required.
Congregation Beth Am, 26790 Arastradero Rd., Los Altos
Hills.
Info: Call Ellen Ratner, 650.948.7714,
www.betham.org/IsraeliArtExpo
or email kukulus@sbcglobal.net.
 Proceeds
from all purchases will go directly to Israeli artists,
except for the portion of each sale that will be donated
to charities such as Magen David Adom, the Friends of
the IDF, Beth Am Women, and the Jewish Community Federation’s
Israel Emergency Fund.
Co-sponsored
by: the Israel Center
Sunday,
March 25 – Donna Rosenthal,
award winning journalist and author of The Israelis:
Ordinary People in an Extraordinary Land will speak
twice:
4:30 p.m. - They sing hip-hop in Hebrew,
watch more MTV than anyone else; and most are drafted
after high school ... “So what's it like being an Israeli
teenager?”
7:00 p.m. - It looks like
one country on CNN, a different one on al-Jazeera or
in The New York Times. “But how does Israel look...
to Israelis?”
Monday, March 26 at noon & Wednesday, March
28 6:00 p.m. –Alan Brues, Art Collector and
Qualified Independent Appraiser, will speak about “Buying
and Selecting Art: for Novice and Sophisticated Private
Collectors.”
Tuesday, March 27 at noon – Michal Gavish,
Israeli artist recently exhibiting at San Francisco
MOMA, speaks about “Cultural Rebirth - Contemporary
Art in Israel.”
Tuesday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. – Jonathan Carey,
founder and executive director of BlueStar PR, will
talk about “The Art of Persuasion: The Real Problem
with PR for Israel.”
Thursday, March 29 at 4:15 p.m. – Major Assour,
Israeli sculptor and curator of the EXPRESSIONS collection,
will lead “The Curator’s Tour of EXPRESSIONS Showcase
of Israeli Art.” |
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