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...
by CANVAS Staff | Jul 23, 2021 | Compendium
Oklahoma-born and Texas-reared, multi-instrumentalist Mark Rubin, “The Jew of Oklahoma,” is an unabashed Southern Jew. In albums like Songs for the Hangman’s Daughter (2018) and The Triumph of Assimilation (2021), Rubin fuses deeply American musical...
by CANVAS Staff | Apr 13, 2021 | Compendium
We’re nuts about this bluesman who plumbs the American song catalogue for forgotten gems. His music will accompany Brother, Brother, an illustrated audioplay by Aleshea Harris. And check out his Facebook page, or this online concert, or this article where he...
by CANVAS Staff | Apr 13, 2021 | Compendium
The medium of comics owes a lot to Will Eisner, who created The Spirit and who many consider the father of the graphic novel. The Jewish Museum of Florida has an exhibition of Eisner’s drawings with an innovative online walkthrough. Highly...
