Moderating “The Role of the Feminine in the Secular and the Sacred”
I am very excited to be moderating a panel discussion at the opening of Genesis: The Beginning of Creativity - An Interfaith, Intercultural, Three Venue Event in New York City.
One of my artworks “And the gathering together of the waters she called Seas” is featured in the exhibition as well.
This event takes place at The Interchurch Center, one of the three Genesis venues:
THE INTERCHURCH CENTER,
61 Claremont Avenue (between West 119th and 120th Street), New York, NY 10115
Opening Reception Exhibition: Thursday May 11, 5 – 7:30pm
Panel Discussion: 6-7pm
The Role of the Feminine in the Secular and the Sacred
Exploring Genesis' complex ideas concerning contemporary women, including new approaches to spirituality and secular themes.
Panelists:
Siona Benjamin, Artist;
Grace Bydalek, Co-Founder, It is Good: A Festival of Arts + Faith, and Director of the Dissident Project;
Afarin Rachmanifar, Artist, Educator;
Shilpi Chandra, Independent Curator and Art Historian.
Moderator: Yona Verwer, Founding Director Jewish Art Salon, Artist.
RSVP: https://Genesis-Interchurch.eventbrite.com
The Jewish Art Salon, in partnership with Caravan arts, has created a radical cultural conversation, positively unique during the anxiety and dissonance of our current era. This exhibition of 125 artworks is a forceful aesthetic statement about unity, positivity, and hope, by creating a decisive new interfaith/intercultural/ visual art exhibition based on the Creation Narratives. An meaningful communication has emerged between Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and secular artists as they created works of art reflecting these seminal stories of religious world literature. The exhibition is committed to an inclusive discussion examining the narratives and what they mean to the individual artists and their communities at large at this moment in world history.
More info on the exhibition here.
"And the gathering together of the waters she called Seas"
36 x 24 inches, Acrylic on canvas, 2022