NCJW/CLE ART APPRECIATION SERIES

NCJW/CLE and the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) would be delighted to have you be a part of our 2024-2025 series.  Together we hope to create a memorable art museum journey with you as the year progresses.

The class offers in-person options and an virtual option which will be recorded so that all registrants for the series may review a class they attended or more importantly, see a class that they were unable to attend. The online option also enables snowbirds and other out-of-town registrants the opportunity to participate in an exciting and informative interactive class given by our world class Cleveland Museum of Art.

Cost: Registration fee is $70 which breaks down to $10 per class for an unbelievably enriching experience. Space is limited.

REGISTRATION:

• SOLD OUT! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR WEDNESDAY IN-PERSON CLASSES
• CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR FRIDAY IN-PERSON CLASSES
• CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR TUESDAY ZOOM CLASSES

Timing: October – May (no sessions in February)

IN-PERSON CLASS: the second Wednesday and Friday of each month: 11:00 am to 12:00 pm

• Wednesdays –10/9, 11/13, 12/11, 1/8, 3/12, 4/9, 5/14
• Fridays – 10/11, 11/15, 12/13, 1/10, 3/14, 4/11, 5/16

ZOOM CLASS: Tuesday evenings (different from last year’s Wednesday evenings): 6:00 pm-7:00pm.

• Tuesdays – 10/8, 11/12, 12/10, 1/7, 3/11, 4/8, 5/13

NCJW/CLE Art Appreciation Series 2024-2025

Identity and Exploration

How do artists celebrate their heritage and represent their cultural identity through art?  What materials are intertwined with identity, traditions, and art making around the world?  Across seven sessions focused on CMA collection objects and special exhibitions, participants will explore the significance of connections to past traditions, as well as the role these connections play in contemporary identities for many artists and cultures around the world.  Class topics will also highlight how conservators, technicians, and other museum staff present, display, and care for art objects.

Session topics will include: how tradition has empowered contemporary Korean fashion designers to invent a new artistic language in the special exhibition Korean Couture: Generations of Revolution; the ceramic work of Rose B. Simpson, whose identity as a Native woman of the Kha’po Owingeh (Santa Clara Pueblo) has greatly impacted her work; the creativity of Jewish communities and artists from different backgrounds in which they adapted traditional forms of Judaica to changing fashions, styles, and needs, often drawing on broader cultures seen in Jewish Ceremonial Art from the Jewish Museum, New York; and Picasso’s exploration and experimentation with paper, seen in drawings, prints, collages, and sculptures highlighted in the museum’s special exhibition, Picasso and Paper.

 

Second week of each month:

In-Person classes at 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Participation Limit for In-Person is 25 people per class

Wednesdays –10/9, 11/13, 12/11, 1/8, 3/12, 4/9, 5/14

Fridays – 10/11, 11/15, 12/13, 1/10, 3/14, 4/11, 5/16

Zoom classes at 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Tuesdays – 10/8, 11/12, 12/10, 1/7, 3/11, 4/8, 5/13