Venice Art Walk
Yeki Bood, Yeki Nabood: Live Storytelling Event
Shulamit Gallery | 17 N. Venice Blvd. | Venice, CA 90291
Sunday, May 19, 2013 | 12:00PM – 4:00 PM
Currently on view, work by Doni Silver Simons and Pouya Afshar unites in exploring folklore in their native cultures. Expanding upon this concept of storytelling, performers will be staged throughout our five-floor space, sharing stories inspired by the artwork. Join Shulamit Gallery staff as we explore new and old stories together!
This event is free! To RSVP, please email RSVP@shulamitgallery.com.
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1 Hour 1 Painting Seminar at Shulamit Gallery
Tuesday, April 30 | 6:30-7:30 PM
Shulamit Gallery hosts Peter Clothier for his “One Hour/One Painting” session, an idea he developed to practice a different, more profound and more rewarding way of looking at art. It combines the practices of meditation and contemplation, asking participants to sit for a full hour in front of a single work of art. Slow Looking and “One Hour/One Painting” are about learning to drop the baggage of prejudice and expectation at the door and taking time to really examine what is actually there.
Please RSVP by emailing rsvp@shulamitgallery.com.
Jewish Wisdom & Wellness: A Week of Learning
Connection Between Art and the Heart
LA Mart | 1933 S. Broadway, #850 | Los Angeles 90007
Monday, April 22 | 11:00AM – 12:00 PM
Join Shulamit Gallery and Iranian-American artist David Abir for a walk through Abir’s sculptural sound installations, which explore themes of health, healing, and the shared responsibility of tikkun olam.
All events are free! To register, or to learn more about the events, the presenters, and the partner organizaitonsm visit jewishwisdomandwellness.org.
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Big Muse Seminar at Shulamit Gallery
Tuesday, April 16 | 7-9:00 PM
Based on the notion of storytelling in Silver Simons’ work, Singer, songwriter Peter Himmelman will lead a workshop, using songwriting to explore vulnerability and show you how to unleash instinctive creativity.
Please RSVP by emailing rsvp@shulamitgallery.com.
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Shulamit Gallery
March 19 through May 23, 2013
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 21, 2013 | 6-9:00 PM
A R T I S T S: Doni Silver Simons | Pouya Afshar
Shulamit Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by regional artist Doni Silver Simons and new media work in our Project Space by Iranian artist Pouya Afshar. Both examine our core understanding of the human experience through the investigation of the passage of time. Silver Simons and Afshar unite in exploring the narrative traditions of folklore in Western and Eastern cultures. They delve into the metaphor of the artist cloistered in the studio — the familiar trope of the solitary figure, offering the viewer a unique window into the artist’s subconscious. Climactically, each comments on the moment of inspiration.
Leaving the Land of Roses
CHEH KHABAR // WHAT’S NEW? // MA CHADASH?
A curated evening of conversations and presentations by gallery artists and guest speakers
Tuesday, February 26, 2012
Shulamit Gallery, 7-9 PM
Farsi for What’s new? This is an evening inspired by Pecha Kucha Nights and Ted Talks. Borrowing concepts from both models, this curated evening includes a series of brief presentations, video work and performance by contemporary Iranian artists. Each artist’s presentation must answer the question: What’s new?
Featured Artists: David Abir, Krista Nassi, Marjan Vayghan and others
Leaving the Land of Roses
January 19 – March 9, 2013
Shulamit Gallery
January 19 through March 9, 2013
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 19, 2013 | 6-9:00 PM
A R T I S T S: David Abir | Krista Nassi | Tal Shochat | Marjan Vayghan
Leaving the Land of Roses is the second of two inaugural exhibitions at Shulamit Gallery, which explore the contemporary Iranian Jewish story. Both exhibitions are held in collaboration with the Fowler Museum at UCLA, whose exhibit entitled Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews is now being shown. The Fowler’s readapted exhibition, first organized by Beit Hatfutsot in Tel Aviv, Israel, will focus specifically on LA’s Iranian community.
Iranian Art Re-imagined
Krista Nassi: The Birth 3, 2004
The Jewish Federation Bell Family Gallery
6505 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Details forthcoming
Works presented by contemporary artists Jessica Shokrian, Mitra Forouzan, David Abir, Shahram Farshadfar, Krista Nassi, Tal Shochat and architect, Yassi Gabbay
Iranian Art Re-imagined, organized by the Jewish Federation, is an official satellite exhibition of the Fowler Museum’s Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews, featuring work by Shulamit Gallery artists Jessica Shokrian, David Abir, Krista Nassi and Tal Shochat.
My Heart Is in the East, and I Am at the Ends of the West
Shulamit Gallery
October 16, 2012 through January 5, 2013
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 3, 2012 | 6-9:00 PM
A R T I S T S: Farid Kia | Ben Mayeri | Laura Merage | Soraya Sarah Nazarian | Jessica Shokrian
My Heart Is in the East, and I Am at the Ends of the West is the first of two inaugural exhibitions at Shulamit Gallery, which explore the contemporary Iranian Jewish story. Both exhibitions are held in collaboration with the Fowler Museum at UCLA, whose exhibit entitled Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews is now being shown. The Fowler’s readapted exhibition, first organized by Beit Hatfutsot in Tel Aviv, Israel, will focus specifically on LA’s Iranian community.
What Remains: The Iranian Jewish Experience
Soraya Sarah Nazarian: The Beginning, 2010
Hillel at UCLA
October 25 – December 14, 2012
Opening: Thursday, October 25, 2012 | 7-9:00 PM
574 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, 90024
Admission is free and open to the public: Event Registration
Parking is available for $11 at the UCLA parking lot #2 on the corner of Westholme and Hilgard. No parking on Strathmore Drive or 600 block of Westholme. More information
Photographs on display of the Iranian Jewish experience in Los Angeles by gallery artist Jessica Shokrian, Shelley Gazin, Soraya Sarah Nazarian and Krista Nassi.
What Remains: The Iranian Jewish Experience, organized by UCLA Hillel, is an official satellite exhibition of the Fowler Museum’s Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews, featuring work by Shulamit Gallery artists Jessica Shokrian, Soraya Sarah Nazarian and Krista Nassi.
My Heart Is in the East, and I Am at the Ends of the West
CHEH KHABAR // WHAT’S NEW?
December 13, 2012
Shulamit Gallery, 7-9 PM
Farsi for What’s new? This is an evening inspired by Pecha Kucha Nights and Ted Talks. Borrowing concepts from both models, this curated evening includes a series of brief presentations, video work and performance by contemporary Iranian artists. Each artist’s presentation must answer the question: What’s new?
Featured Artists: David Abir, Farid Kia, Laura Merage, Krista Nassi, Jessica Shokrian, Soraya Sarah Nazarian, Tal Shochat, Marjan Vayghan and others.
My Heart Is in the East, and I Am at the Ends of the West
Jewish Women’s Theatre presents “Saffron and Rosewater”
Thursday, November 29, 2012, 7:30 PM
Fowler Museum at UCLA
308 Charles E. Young Drive North, Los Angeles, CA 90095
The Fowler Museum is located in the heart of UCLA’s North campus.
“Saffron and Rosewater” is directed by Eve Brandstein; produced and adapted by Ronda Spinak; co-produced by Jessica Youseffi and presented in collaboration with The Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at UCLA Hillel, as well as, the Shulamit Gallery.
Enjoy an evening of stories, song, transporting you to Iran and back to America, in an attempt to illuminate the struggles of Persian Jewish women. Presented in conjunction with Light and Shadows, “Saffron and Rosewater” features dramatic readings from the beautiful writings of Gina Nahai, Angella Nazarian, Farideh Goldin, Dora Levy Mossanen and Esther Amini, many of which will be in attendance for a talkback session. Niki Black will perform classical Persian songs. The program concludes with a hosted reception.
This special presentation is free to the public, but reservations are required. Reservations do not guarantee seating; we recommend attendees arrive 30 minutes prior to the start of the program. Unclaimed reservations will be released at 7:15 pm.
My Heart Is in the East, and I Am at the Ends of the West
Home: True Stories from LA’s Muslims and Jews
Sunday, December 2, 2012 | 7-9:00 PM
Busby’s East, 5364 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90036
This is a Moth-style storytelling event, featuring writers, artists and community members. The second-annual event addresses the theme of “home.” Produced by NewGround and co-sponsored by eleven organizations, including Shulamit Gallery. The evening will also feature a performance art piece by Shulamit Gallery artist Marjan Vayghan.
Caesura
Doni Silver Simons, Tidal
Annenberg Community Beach House at Santa Monica Beach
415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, CA 90402
November 8, 2012 – February 8, 2013
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 8, 2012 | 6-8:00 PM
Caesura, curated by Maya Lujan features work by Shulamit Gallery artist Doni Silver Simons
David Abir at LA Mart
David Abir: Tekrar Level, orange installation, 2011
Review: Details from Ruin to Renew
June 1 – Extended through May, 2013
Los Angeles Mart | 1933 S Broadway | Lower Level | Los Angeles, CA 90007
RUIN, produced for Art Platform, Los Angeles, in association with Cottelston Advisers, consists of TEKRAR LEVEL FOUR, the crown of the TEKRAR monument. The sculpture, which emulates the anatomical structure of the human ear, uses sound – in the form of re-composed western and eastern classical music, lighting, and basic construction materials to create an emotional response in both external and internal space. RENEW, presented by Actual Size Gallery, furthered the concept by incorporating two sculptures, CHAMBER NO. 2 and INTERSECT NO. 1, built within a larger structure that filled the entire space.
For this exhibition, the site-specific installation was fragmented, and re-contextualized as three individual, freestanding sculptures. Placed in tandem with the existing work, the interrelation between the sonic, architectural and visual elements serves as an introduction to the project at its germinal level; portraying the sculptures as archaeological relics and implying a greater history of a monument that once stood, or has yet to be realized. Simmy Swinder curated this exhibition.
David Abir is represented by the Shulamit Gallery. To schedule a time to view REVIEW: DETAILS FROM RUIN TO RENEW, please contact our Gallery.
Opening Day Community Celebration: Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews
Sunday, October 21, 2012 | 12–5:00 PM
Fowler Museum | Free program
An afternoon of art, music, history, and culture! (12–5 PM) Galleries open. Light refreshments.
(2 p.m.) Fowler OutSpoken Lecture: Nahid Pirnazar on Light and Shadows: The Tapestry of Iranian Jewish Heritage: Reflections on Historical, Socio-cultural and Political Relations. In this opening day program, Nahid Pirnazar, a lecturer in Iranian Studies at UCLA, who teaches the history of Iranian Jews and Judeo-Persian literature, reflects on how Iranian Jews have influenced and been influenced by Iranian culture and identity. Additionally, Pirnazar discusses how, in more recent years, Iranian Jews have continued to balance their attachment to both their religious homeland, Israel, and their cultural homeland, Iran, while adjusting to their new environments in the United States and elsewhere.
Light and Shadows features an installation by Shulamit Gallery artist Jessica Shokrian.
My Heart Is in the East, and I am at the Ends of the West, organized by Shulamit Gallery, is an official satellite exhibition of the Fowler Museum’s Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews.
Tal Shochat at LA Art Platform
September 28th – September 30th, 2012
Opening Preview | Thursday, September 27th
The Barker Hangar | 3021 Airport Avenue | Santa Monica, CA 90405
Art Platform – Los Angeles art fair demonstrates the rich and diverse cultural landscape of Southern California and underscores Los Angeles’ influential position within the contemporary art world.
Tal Shochat’s artwork will be on display at the Andrea Meislin Gallery booth at Art Platform, Los Angeles.
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Tal Shochat will be creating new works for the Shulamit Gallery for Leaving the Land of Roses, opening January 2013. This exhibition is an official satellite exhibition of the Fowler Museum’s Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews. We are delighted to be partnering with Andrea Meislin Gallery to support exhibition of Tal’s work in the US.