by CANVAS Staff | Mar 9, 2022 | Compendium
“Artists on Artists” is one of our favorite things at the Compendium, when we turn over the keys to Jewish artists we admire so they can share the work of Jewish artists they admire. This week it’s Julia Vogl and Gabriella Willenz, two...
by CANVAS Staff | Jan 9, 2022 | Compendium
Detail of Marisa Baggett’s, “Are You Jewish,” Acrylic on canvas, 2021 We’ve heard lots of people bidding 2021 a not-so-fond farewell lately, and for many good reasons. But last year had highlights, and we should remind ourselves of all the remarkable...
by CANVAS Staff | Dec 23, 2021 | Compendium
Violet Sassooni fled Iran in 1979. Sophie Herxheimer illustrated her What Would You Bring story. One of the great ironies of the pandemic is that while many of us have been stuck in our homes, tens of millions have been forced from their own. According to the United...
by CANVAS Staff | Nov 3, 2021 | Compendium
Born and raised in upstate New York, at the northernmost tip of Appalachia, Susan Comninos is a poet, writer, and teacher. Her hyper-observant poems explore themes of Jewish identity, family, and nature. She also experiments with...
by CANVAS Staff | Sep 2, 2021 | Compendium
Sam Mogelonsky is a Toronto-based artist, curator, designer, and arts professional with an indefatigable enthusiasm for Canadian art and Jewish culture. As an artist, Sam uses embellishment to speak to notions of craft and decoration, while also engaging in the...
