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The Art of Mishkan HaSeder: A Conversation with Tobi Kahn

Hosted By: CCAR Press

Join CCAR Press for our next Speaker Series event: “The Art of Mishkan HaSeder: A Conversation with Tobi Kahn.” One of the unique elements of CCAR’s new Haggadah, “Mishkan HaSeder,” is the original, full-color artwork by acclaimed contemporary artist Tobi Kahn.

This special event will provide an inside look at these stunning paintings and how they were created. Rabbi Hara E. Person, CCAR Chief Executive, and the book’s co-editor will speak with Kahn about his unique process and how art can enhance our Jewish experiences.

Order your copy at mishkanhaseder.ccarpress.org

Tuesday, March 8, 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT

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Tobi Kahn

Tobi Kahn is a painter and sculptor whose work has been shown in over 50 solo museum exhibitions and over 70 group museum and gallery exhibitions since he was selected as one of nine artists to be included in the 1985 Guggenheim Museum exhibition, New Horizons in American Art. Works by Kahn are in major museum, hospital, sacred/interfaith spaces, corporate, and private collections. For close to four decades, Kahn has been steadfast in the pursuit of his distinct vision and persistent in his commitment to the redemptive possibilities of art. In paint, stone, and bronze, he has explored the correspondence between the intimate and monumental. While his early works drew on the tradition of American Romantic landscape painting, his more recent pieces reflect his fascination with contemporary science, inspired by the micro-images of cell formations, the environment and satellite photography. For thirty years, Kahn has been making miniature sacred spaces he calls "shrines." The first full-scale shrine, Shalev, is in New Harmony, Indiana, commissioned as an outdoor sculpture for Jane Owen and the Robert Lee Blaffer Trust. Among the awards that Kahn has received are the Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award from Pratt Institute in 2000; the Cultural Achievement Award for the Visual Arts from the National Foundation of Jewish Culture in 2004; and an Honorary Doctorate from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2007 for his work as an artist and educator. Kahn also communicates his vision through his passion for teaching. For over three decades, he has taught fine arts workshops at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He also designed the art curriculum for several high schools in the New York area and co-founded and facilitates the Artists' Beit Midrash at the Streicker Center of Temple Emanu-El. Kahn lectures extensively at universities and public forums internationally on the importance of visual language and art as healing. Kahn received his BA in Photography and Printmaking from Hunter and an MFA in Painting and Sculpture from Pratt Institute.
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CCAR Press

CCAR Press is the primary publisher of the Reform Movement and a division of the Central Conference of American Rabbis.. CCAR Press and its imprint Reform Judaism Publishing (RJP) are the source for liturgy, sacred texts, scholarship, educational materials, apps, and other content for Reform rabbis, cantors, and educators; Reform congregations and Jewish organizations; Reform Jews; and the wider Jewish community.
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