by CANVAS Staff | Sep 2, 2022 | Compendium
This is the time of year when we share what we at CANVAS have been up to. It’s our annual peek behind the curtain to help explain our grantmaking and field-building efforts for the Jewish arts and culture world. It is also a chance to share how we’ve grown....
by CANVAS Staff | Jul 28, 2022 | Compendium
The CANVAS Compendium returns from summer hiatus with an installment of Artists on Artists, when Jewish creatives share the work of Jewish artists they admire. This time we invited Yevgeniy Fiks and Maria Veits to choose artists, as their multinational...
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...
