Photo: Courtesy of Julianne Mahler Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. This artistic phase of my life is a second re-invention of myself. My first career was 32 years as a geologist in the oil and gas industry. I retired earlier than I expected as a result of COVID and have […]
Category: Visual Artists
Meet the Artist: Mike Wirth
Photo: Courtesy of Mike Wirth Mike Wirth is a visual artist, illustrator, and graphic designer, best known for his thoughtful murals and large public art installations that focus on major social justice issues and his identity as a Southern, Jewish-American. Mike earned his MFA in design and technology from Parsons School of Design in 2003 […]
Meet the Artist: Ketzia Schoneberg
Photo: Courtesy of Ketzia Schoneberg Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background.I grew up in San Francisco, the daughter of two artists and a 4th generation artist on my father’s side. I learned in the last few years that my great-grandfather had been a painter for the Romanian royal family’s carriages, before […]
Meet the Artist: Ryab of Yiddishkeit Art
Photo: Courtesy of Ryab Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born and raised in France in a traditional Judaism but firmly attached to my Jewish identity. When I was around 20, I decided to move to Israel with some friends, and after the army, I got married. At the […]
Meet the Artist: Hannah Spitz
Photo: Courtesy of Hannah Spitz Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in Rome on July 15th, 1962 in a traditionalist, but not observant Jewish family. I attended the only Jewish school in Rome until my second year of high school. I wanted to go to an art school, […]
Top 10 Most Read Interviews of 2021
Source: Pixabay A few more hours to go and we can bid 2021 farewell. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the passionate artists, musicians, and community leaders whom we have had the opportunity of featuring on our website throughout the year as well as our wonderful readers without whom our project […]
Meet the Photographer: Ariel Van Straten
Photo: Courtesy of Ariel Van Straten Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born in New Jersey, USA, the son of a French mother and Dutch father. I moved to Israel at the age of 7. I started photographing for the newspaper “Maariv” from the age of 15. In 1989 […]
Meet the Artist: Alexandra Teboul
Photo: Courtesy of Alexandra Teboul Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I am an interior designer by training, specialising in visual merchandising for large luxury houses. I had the chance to work for the luxury brands Chanel and Poiray. My field requires a lot of creativity, curiosity and rigour. I am […]
Meet the Visual Artist and Sculptor: Anat Ratzabi of The Chocolate Sculpture
Photos: Courtesy of Anat Ratzabi Anat is an internationally reputed and established contemporary artist.She lives and works in the Hague, the Netherlands and has participated in many exhibitions at various museums and galleries in the Netherlands and other venues in Europe such as Belgium, Italy, England and Scotland. She has realized private and public significant […]
Meet the Artist: Natalie Fine Shapiro
Photo: Courtesy of Natalie Fine Shapiro Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born and raised in Minneapolis Mn, in the U.S. and I currently live there with my boyfriend, DJ and our dog, Squints. When I was a little girl, I was drawing a picture and someone asked me, […]