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A Philosophical Journey into Being

The Old Jewish Arts Center presents A Philosophical Journey into Being, a show featuring the internationally acclaimed artist Igal...

Fundraising Event Artfully Honors JEVS Past Director

What Lee Casper started, JEVS Human Services stepped in and finished. The “Art for JEVS” showcase at the Old City Jewish Arts Center on...

'Art for Jevs'

Art for JEVS grew from friendship among artists, and a desire to do good. The exhibition and sale includes work from Wilmot Heitland,...

Meet Philly's very own Jewish Fashion Blogger

I just had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: Birthright. I am one of 400,000 Jewish young people from 66 countries who received the gift...

Connecting sacred wisdom to Jewish art at Old City gallery

"So a priest and a rabbi walk into an art gallery and ..." No, really, we did. During the recent Jewish high holy days, I was able to...

In Old City Jewish Arts Center, a hopeful future lifted from destruction.

The Holocaust is about as dark as subject matters come, but Old City Jewish Arts Center is hoping to send a hopeful message with its...

From Founding Mothers to ARTsisters: Defining the American Dream

While Democrats will be making history at the Wells Fargo Center next month, local female artists will be showcasing “herstory” in Old...

Iconographic-Flavored Kabbalistic Creations Speak to our Collective Wanderings

Mixed media collage, 'Untitled ' Page from Wallpaper Book, 1962 size: 11.5" by 14.5" Jerry Jofen’s collages and paintings evoke the...

Adam Konisberg: Paradise and Freedom

Adam Konigsberg was born to the accomplished painter, Sylvia Blatt Konigsberg. She gave her son a box of paints and a canvas instead of...

Stanley Carr jr. : Art that Heals

There is no better response to the loss of control than gaining the freedom of self-expression. Art as a therapeutic method has long...

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