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Partnership with Crush Cider Cafe to raise funds for the Glo & Joy Art” project series
September 27th
3-9pm
1020 Wasco St.
Hood River

Come support the Glo & Joy Art Project! Enjoy food, drinks, youth art, and a silent auction. A portion of proceeds will benefit budding artists. 

Background of project: In the fall, Gloria Hammer along with her granddaughter, Sadie, stumbled upon Joy’s Art Studio on the heights in Hood River. They had the most delightful two hours together, where Sadie painted an elephant and Gloria painted a coffee cup. As Gloria began her painting, she felt overwhelmed by the blank canvas staring back at her, but before long she was painting with ease to the calming and encouraging voice of Joy Kloman, the studio owner.

A spark was born that day. Gloria decided that she wanted to pay this wonderful experience forward to children in the community. Before long she found Gorge Youth Mentoring at The Next Door, and a painting party for kids and their mentors was in the works.

The day of the painting party, each participant had a blank canvas laid out before them. You could have heard a pin drop in the stillness of the room during the two hours that these remarkable creations were being made. “Joy has such a soft-spoken manner that is so mesmerizing as she guides everyone along the painting process. And you can do no wrong. It was a magical experience to know that each person attending would leave with a piece that they created. A tangible object pointing to their success,” said Gloria.

Because of her passion to demonstrate a legacy of giving with her granddaughter, Sadie, as well as her desire to see kids in the community say, “I can!”, Gloria has begun fundraising for future painting parties for other programs at The Next Door. She believes art helps develop self-confidence, persistence, cooperation, among many other skills, and this motivates her to seek future donations for the “Glo & Joy Art” project series.

“Thank you, Gloria, for championing our kids and for taking the steps to make sure they experience the tangible and magical experience of art! Your enthusiasm is inspirational! Please join her in this passion and donate today,” said Next Door Executive Director Janet Hamada.

A Museum After Dark event for young adults 35 and under! Enjoy drinks and small bites on the museum’s beautiful rooftop with views of downtown and then join Bruce Guenther, Adjunct Curator for Special Exhibitions, for a private tour of our exhibit R.B. Kitaj, A Jew Etc., Etc. This is the first in a series of Culture Shock events and is sponsored by Multnomah County Cultural Coalition.

This 18-week course is taught by members of The Oregon Board of Rabbis, representing a variety of Jewish affiliations. A carefully constructed curriculum includes Jewish history, life cycle events, holidays, ritual and daily practice, theology, study of Torah and contemporary Jewish America. While not a conversion class, most OBR members consider it a prerequisite for students beginning study for conversion. Classes 7-9 pm, Thursdays, at rotating Portland area synagogues.

Welcome Shabbat with Congregation Neveh Shalom’s Rabbi Eve Posen with music and stories.  Potluck dinner to follow.  Contact Rabbi Eve Posen for location: eposen@nevehshalom.org

Co-sponsored by PJ Library.

LeRonn Brooks, an assistant professor of African and African American Studies at Lehman College of the City University of New York, will deliver an illustrated lecture on the theme of social justice in modern and contemporary art on Sept. 29 at 5 pm. Admission  is complementary.

The lecture is in conjunction with the exhibit “Witness: Themes of Social Justice in Contemporary Printmaking and Photography from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation.” The exhibit is up Sept. 15 through Dec. 20 in the Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery and the Maribeth Collins Lobby of the The Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem.

Drawn from one of the legendary contemporary print collections in the United States, “Witness” explores issues of race, identity and social justice in contemporary printmaking and photography. The exhibition has been organized by Portland art historian and scholar Elizabeth Bilyeu and explores four thematic sections: Stories and Histories, Pressures of Pop Culture, Challenging Expectations of Place and Unconventional Portraits. The exhibition features 82 prints by 40 nationally and internationally recognized artists, including Enrique Chagoya, Lalla Essaydi, Mildred Howard, Hung Liu, Nicola Lopez, Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooka), Roger Shimomura, Kara Walker and Marie Watt (Seneca).

Israeli Dancing

Join us for a fun Israeli folk dance class. All levels are welcome. Six people needed to run class.

Wednesdays
September 26 – December 12
NO CLASS on October 10 or November 21

Cost: $100 Members + Guests. Drop-in Fee: $15 per class.

Register: CG 100: oregonjcc.org/registration

This 18-week course is taught by members of The Oregon Board of Rabbis, representing a variety of Jewish affiliations. A carefully constructed curriculum includes Jewish history, life cycle events, holidays, ritual and daily practice, theology, study of Torah and contemporary Jewish America. While not a conversion class, most OBR members consider it a prerequisite for students beginning study for conversion. Classes 7-9 pm, Thursdays, at rotating Portland area synagogues.

Join photographer Elliot Burg as we discusses his photographs on view in the East Gallery (starting Oct 4). In early 2017, photographer Elliot Burg decided to seek out and capture images of the place in Eastern Europe where his Jewish grandfather and namesake Eli (pronounced “Ellie”) had come from. The exhibition is the story of that journey.

OJMCHE kicks off a series of informal lunchtime conversations with scholars, museum professionals, historians, and others. Bring a lunch or buy a brown bag lunch in Lefty’s Cafe and join us in the museum’s auditorium for a lively give and take as we share and explore ideas, experience, and expertise.