Image by Etty Horowitz

Image by Shana Kaplow

Image by Scott Seekins

Fitting In
January 12 – March 22, 2012

This dynamic three artist group exhibit features the work of Etty Horowitz (TX), Shana Kaplow (MN), and Scott Seekins (MN). Fitting In explores ways in which community is formed and indentifies the various role of the individual in reaction to societal norms.

The notion of “fitting in” or “standing out” is confronted by the artists and explores the relationship between striving for extreme individuality while gravitating towards interactions with others. This exhibit brings to light the place where individuality and community coincide - that which enables people to build communities, commit themselves to each other and to knit the social fabric.

Hotel accommodations provided by West End Hotels.

Related Events:

Reception: Thursday, January 12 from 6 – 8 pm
Artist Panel led by Scott Stulen, Project Director of MNARTISTS.ORG, 7 pm

The Feedback Loop: Artist Support and Community Engagement with mnartists.org
Thursday, February 16 at 7 pm
Over the last decade mnartists.org has worked to improve and enrich the lives of Minnesota artists by providing access to and engagement with Minnesota’s arts culture. Join mnartists.org staff Scott Stulen and Jehra Patrick for a workshop with mnartists.org presenting free professional resources and opportunities for artists, both on and offline. mnartists.org will also give a sneak preview of the new version of the site and invite your feedback on the new features and resources.
FREE

Move and Groove!
Sundays 2/26, 3/4, 3/11
10 – 11:30 am
This energizing, rejuvenating, and fun class combines movement with community. Based on the interrelationship between mind and body, this class will use individual and group movement experiences to awaken and inspire YOUR inner self. Join us for three sessions led by dance and movement specialist Barbara Nordstrom-Loeb, which will explore many forms of fun and interactive body expression. Appropriate for all ages and movement abilities, no prior dance or movement experience is necessary. If you can walk you can dance ! (Zimbabwe proverb)
Cost $18 member (includes all 3 classes)

New at Being Old
works by Lucy Rose Fischer
Jan 8 – 26, 2012

Related Events:

Reception, Sunday, January 8, 2 – 4 pm
Walking tour with the artist, 3 pm

The 60's Generation is Turning 60+, lecture by Lucy Rose Fischer
Sunday, January 22, 2pm
Nearly half a century ago, the generation of the 60’s, the vanguard of the Baby Boomers, asserted a youth-oriented culture. This was a generation of protest-defying authority, breaking rules, and hoping to change the world. This lecture explores the question, “what happens to a youth-promoting generation when old age creeps up?” The Baby Boom generation, in every age, has made waves. Now, perhaps, this generation of old hippies and old protesters will create an age-boom, pointing to a new old-age.
Cost: $8 JCC members $10 non-members

Exhibits by local artist Susan Weinberg
Eiger-Zaidenweber Holocaust Resource Center
Sabes JCC Second Floor

Susan’s work explores Jewish identity, and asks the question of who will tell Jewish history, especially that of the Holocaust, for future generations. Her work has taken her on a personal journey to Lithuania and Poland, where she discovered a shared past with Dora Zaidenweber, once a resident of Radom, Poland. This journey led her to interview Jewish Minnesotans who survived the Holocaust, whose stories she has interpreted in her paintings.

Presenters:
Talmud Torah of Minneapolis
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
Tychman Shapiro Gallery

• A Hole in Time     
• The Silence Speaks Loudly    
• Jewish Identity and Legacy Project