2011
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Ringling Student Judaic Art Exhibition – Opening Reception
The newly established Hillel at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida recently hosted its first official event with a Judaic Art Exhibition and Shabbat dinner during Ringling’s Parents & Family Weekend. The Exhibition represented the culmination of a six week competition. Students submitted original pieces of art in which they...
Jeffery Akins
click to enlarge “Stars of David” The title of this piece is called, “Stars of David.” The Star of David, known in Hebrew as Magen David, is a generally recognized symbol of Jewish identity and Judaism. Its shape is that of a hexagram, the compound of two equilateral triangles. The...
Chris Betancourt
click to enlarge “Jacob and the Angel” This piece is my interpretation of the brawl between Jacob and an angel. The inspiration came to me when I was told it brought my girlfriend’s family luck, and they gave me a blessing to go through with painting it for this competition. And also, it is a great story with lots of insight and importance. But...
Michali Bortman
click to enlarge “Remember” The idea behind my art piece, Remember, was to symbolize that through the darkness, there is hope. The picture is aimed down at a girl’s feet as to not show her face and to symbolize that it can happen to anyone, however the blue and white shoes symbolize Israel and the Jewish people. The girl stands over...
Caitlin Davis
click to enlarge Symbolism is an important component of all major religions. Judaism being one of the oldest religions in the world has a great deal of symbolic meanings. The geometric shapes in the mosaic art work and architecture found in most churches, mosques and synagogues inspired my piece. It is symmetrical so that it represents the balance of...
Jonathan Flanders
click to enlarge “Golem” I created this piece after being inspired by the story of Judah Loew ben Bezalel and his golem. As the classical narrative goes, Loew created the golem from clay to defend the Prague ghetto from anti-Semitic attacks. Loew fashioned the golem together using bits of earth and then reciting Hebrew incantations. The...
Meike Groh
click to enlarge “The Palace and the Pigeons” I choose to depict the Jewish fable of The Palace and the Pigeons. The idea of the story just stood out to me so visually I had to paint it. The story is that there was a kingdom that was ransacked by barbarians and the king wanted to get back the crown jewels that were spread around by these...
Roi Horn
“The Fall of Heroes: The Story of Major Roi Klein” Exactly one year ago, Israel was in the midst of fighting the Second Lebanon War against Hezbollah. In a commemorative effort to honor and remember the many fallen soldiers who bravely defended their country, this is a story about one soldier who gave the ultimate sacrifice for the sake...
Dayanne Kadosh
click to enlarge “Hamsa of Light” The symbol of Hamsa is an old amulet used to protect us from the evil eye. It gives us positive energy and it is usually printed with blessings. It is more a cultural or popular symbol than religious but is clearly identified with Jewish religion. It is called hamsa from the word “hamesh” (five), the...
Angela Oliveria
click to enlarge “Honored Stone” The stone depicted at the top of this Jewish gravestone at the center of attention in this piece is a remembrance stone, a part of the Jewish culture and tradition when visiting a gravestone. Leaving flowers at a gravestone is not a traditional Jewish practice. When visiting a Jewish grave, mourners and visitors...
Ziv Pesso
click to enlarge “Golem in the Attic” Spending many hours with Rabbi Ed has filled me with amazing stories that surround the Jewish mystique. One of them is the creation of the Golem. A creature made out of clay in a synagogue called the Altneu Shule in Prague. Its objective is to protect the Jews from the pogroms, violent riots against Jews. Just...
Alex Pope
click to enlarge “Shekhinah” I would like to dedicate my art, “Shekhinah,” to my High School English teacher Mr. Savett. As well as being an amazing teacher, he’s an unorthodox Jew practicing his faith in a more personal manner. He believes in the Jewish religion to help guide his daily life with high moral standards and progressive...
Andrea Rodriguez
click to enlarge “I am a Jewish Star” My everyday artwork has a lot to do with sweet and whimsical illustrations, and I wanted to stay true to myself while making art for Jewish children. I was inspired by a chapter in my Children’s Literature textbook dealing with contemporary literature from different cultures in the world. There were only a...
Yoav Shtibelman & Lindsey St. Pierre
click to enlarge “Samson” The two of us had been hoping to collaborate for some time so when we heard about the Judaica exhibition we knew this would be the perfect opportunity. As students interested in dramatic visual storytelling we immediately began searching through the many interesting Jewish stories in the Bible. It didn’t take...
Matt Sullivan
click to enlarge “5934059” During the summer of 2010, I had the privilege of being sponsored to travel to Israel so I could learn about Israeli life and culture. Along with about 45 other Jewish college students, my journey began at JFK airport in New York, where after meeting for the first time, we boarded a plane to Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv....
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