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Each exhibit we present throughout the year represents Israeli and/or Jewish artists, spotlighting talent from within our Tidewater community, or from around the globe.
All exhibits are free and open to the public. Upcoming exhibits and meet-the-artist events are announced in our twice-monthly newsletter. Click here to sign up for that correspondence.
Gallery Hours
Monday – Thursday | 9 am – 8:00 pm
Friday | 9 am – 6:00 pm
Saturday & Sunday | 9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Effrat Levy
Leon Family Gallery Hall of Remembrance
The Hall of Remembrance will feature the names of over 1500 Israelis who have lost their lives on or since October 7 at the hands of terrorists interspersed with prints of art by various Israeli artists who have used their art as a way to take action, tell the stories of individuals, call for political action, and foster unity.
On exhibit in the Leon Family Gallery through June 2024.
Leon Family Gallery: Humans of October 7, Erez Kaganovitz
This breathtaking new exhibition brings to light the human stories of the remarkable people who have stood up to terrorism and showcases the unique spirit and resilience of the Israeli people. Created by one of Israel’s most noted artists and photojournalists, Humans of October 7th aims to combat misconceptions and antisemitic sentiment by showing the human side of the millions of lives in Israel affected by the attacks and ensuing conflict.
On exhibit in the Leon Family Gallery through June 2024.
Haim Jelin, Survivor from Kibbutz Be’eri
Yom Ha'Atzmaut, Yom HaZikaron, and Yom Hashoah are deeply interconnected days in Israel's collective memory.
Together, they underscore the significance of remembrance, resilience, and the continual pursuit of strong and flourishing Jewish communities, both in Israel and the Diaspora.
The United Jewish Federation of Tidewater invites you to join us in commemorating these important occasions and to learn more about them. Please visit our Resource Page.
UPCOMING GALLERY EVENTS
THANK YOU TO OUR GENEROUS PATRONS OF THE ARTS AND SPONSORS
Karen and Avraham Ashkenazi
Susan P. Barr
Wendy Jo and Ronald Brodsky
Stephanie Calliott and Don London
Armond and Rose Caplan Foundation
Billye Roy and Jeff Chernitzer
Susan and Andrew Cohen
Lynn and Sadie Sher Cohen
Ann and Robert Copeland
Cheryl Dronzek
Barbara Dudley
Susan and Jim Eilberg
Lois and Barry Einhorn
Mona and Jeffrey Flax
Alan and Esther Fleder Foundation
Anne and Lawrence Fleder
Fox Pest Control
Shari Friedman and Andrew King
Alicia and Robert Friedman
Jeri Jo Halprin
Susan Alper and Steven Harwood
Connie Jacobson
Jaffe Family Fund
Carol and Joel Jason
Betsy and Ed Karotkin
Jodi and Jay Klebanoff
Teresa Knecht and Marc Lindgren
Anne and Edward Kramer
Celia Krichman Charitable Trust
Sierra and Steven Lautman
Edward Legum
Robert Lehman
Caren and Mrs. Stephen Leon
David Leon
Sandra Porter Leon and Miles Leon
Betty Ann and Scott Levin
Joan London
Robin and Matthew Mancoll
Laura and Jerry Miller
Marcia and Burton Moss
Stacie and Marc Moss
Andrew Nusbaum
Raul Palenzuela
Poole Brooke Plumlee PC
Mrs. Elinore Porter
Lisa and Howard Roesen
Sharon and Gene Ross
Sara Jo and Joel Rubin
Shikma and Danny Rubin
Deborah and Peter Segaloff
Laure and Richard Saunders
Beth Scharlop and Roger Schultz
Miriam Seeherman
Patricia and Herman Shelanski
Lynn Schoenbaum
Leslie and Lawrence Siegel
Edward Soltz
Lawrence Steingold
Renee and John Strelitz
Tidewater Jewish Foundation
Jody and Alan Wagner
Amy and Frank Zelenka
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact Hunter Thomas, Director of Arts + Ideas, at HThomas@UJFT.org or (757) 965-6137.
Linda Dayan Frimer
Linda Dayan Frimer’s Luminous is a complex and intriguing work that mixes memoir, spiritualism, and meditations on art and color with reflections on Judaism and her own family’s roots through generations going back to Romania.
Frimer uses acrylics, oils, and watercolors, and collages photographs into mixed-media canvases. Some of her paintings are representational, others abstract, while others explore mystic images and juxtapositions.
Luminous also provides words of advice to aspiring artists and spiritual seekers, inviting the reader to join in, to tear a piece of paper and examine it, to paint a brushstroke, to put two marks of different colors side by side, urging the reader to join her on her artistic journey.
Creating a Clearing
Forest Lagoon
Light in the Forest
Sunflower Garden
The Meaning Within the Letters: A Framework for Connection
Paper Cuts by Nancy Schwartz-Katz
A graduate of Parsons School of Design, Nancy found Judaica to be the perfect medium for her to intertwine her artistic talent, love of learning, people, storytelling, and her Jewish heritage. Schwartz-Katz’s papercuts are an intricate play on the balancing of negative and positive space to emphasize concepts while telling stories of individuals, organizations, and history. Her art is in the collections of synagogues, hospitals, foundations, and hundreds of homes. She also exhibits nationally. Nancy lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio, with her family, her sweet dog, and grand-cat.
Crossroads & Connections: Collections of the National Library of Israel
This celebration of cultural treasures spanning nearly 1,000 years aims to inspire personal reflection on Israel and its history furing the State of Israel's 75th anniversary year. The selected items speak to the diversity of connections to the region and represent the land of Israel as a crossroads and center for exploration and connectivity.
This land - a destination, a homeland, an inspiration - has given rise to art, music, poetry, and writings that bind the stories of great civilizations past and present. The images featured in this exhibition reflect a variety of traditions, languages, and motifs, and offer a glimpse of the cultural and religous creativity and multiplicity of huan stories that have traversed the land and State of Israel.
The images in this exhibition were selected from 101 Treasures from the National Library of Israel, a new book bublished by NLI in honor of the openeing of the new Library building in 2023.
