PROFESSIONAL FINE ARTIST
-Currently developing a body of fine art installations entitled “café thou art”
which represents the whole world as a café . The installations include at least
2 chairs, a table, a lit neon sign, a rug, mini-golf, refreshments in “real time” &
“real space” often on the streets of New York amongst a wide variety of places
- Developing a portable mini-golf course for the café based on world geography
featuring Israel and the Middle East
- Developing puzzles and board games with mixed media as teaching tools
TEACHING FINE ART & TEACHING JUDAIC STUDIES
- Hebrew Academy of Nassau County Elementary School 2003-present
Responsible for grade specific fine art projects
Coordinate fine art projects for elementary through high school
- Temple Emanuel of Pascack Valley 2001-present
Responsible for teaching basic Torah, Prayer, Israel, Jewish History and Festivals
to fifth graders through high school
Responsible for teaching basic familiarity with the Hebrew language
- Camp Hillel 1992-2003
Wood Shop Instructor
Theatre Set Designer
SYNAGOGUE ART (1985 to present)
- Shomrei Torah, Fair Lawn NJ, Aron, stained glass windows, Holocaust Memorial
- Beit Chaggai, stained glass windows
- Tel HaShomer, IDF Training Base Main Synagogue, Aron Wall Art
- Julis IDF Base Museum, Steel lecterns, Wall Art
- Talmudic Research Center, Passaic, NJ, Aron, Stained glass windows
SPECIAL PROJECTS
- “Hishtalmut”, J.E.S Teacher Training Seminar, Israel, 2005
- “Gathering of the Exiles”, “café thou art” installation, Osbourne, Kansas, 2003
- “Neon Mishkan”, Kedumim, 10m x 5m x 3m, wood, neon, Millenium Shabbat
- “THOU ART”, blue neon, installed at Auschwitz, Summer 1996
COLLECTIONS
- Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, “Song of Songs”, water color and ink on paper
- Yeshiva University Museum, New York, NY, “café thou art”, neon and mixed
CORNELL UNIVERSITY B.A.
REPRESENTATION IN ISRAEL
- Ephrat Gallery, Tel Aviv
