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 Judith Margolis, Artist in Residence at HUC-JIR/LA 
Judith Margolis, Artist-in-Residence at HUC-JIR/LA presents her exhibit "Twist of Fate," at HUC-JIR/LA. She says, "The essential connection between creativity and spirituality is at the center of my philosophy as an educator."
Margolis is an Israel-based visual artist, educator, and creative director of Bright Idea Books, which designs and produces limited-edition artist's books, commercial fiction and non-fiction, and publications for special events. Margolis describes the subjects of her work as "about what I read in the newspapers. My paintings find the nexus point where the political and spiritual confront each other. They are informed by the combined influence of German expressionist figuration and color field abstraction with all the political and spiritual underpinnings that these art movements imply." Margolis will present her work at Intersections: A Celebration of Performing and Visual Arts at HUC-JIR/LA on Monday, March 17, 2007, at 6:30 - 9:00 p.m., along with Andrea Hodos, performance artist and director of Moving Torah. More information on Margolis can be found on her web site, www.judithmargolis.com. The HUC-JIR/LA Artist in Residency Program to Enhance Jewish Education is partially funded by a grant from the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles. Judith Margolis' residency is also partially funded by a grant from the Phillip and Muriel Berman Foundation. Founded in 1875, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion is the nation’s oldest institution of higher Jewish education and the academic, spiritual, and professional leadership development center of Reform Judaism. HUC-JIR educates men and women for service to American and world Jewry as rabbis, cantors, educators, and nonprofit management professionals, and offers graduate programs to scholars and clergy of all faiths. With centers of learning in Cincinnati, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, and New York, HUC-JIR’s scholarly resources comprise the renowned Klau Library, The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, research institutes and centers, and academic publications. In partnership with the Union for Reform Judaism and the Central Conference of American Rabbis, HUC-JIR sustains the Reform Movement’s congregations and professional and lay leaders. HUC-JIR’s campuses invite the community to cultural and educational programs illuminating Jewish history, identity, art, and archaeology, and fostering interfaith and multiethnic understanding. |
