Grand opening: Saturday, December 6, 6:30 pm, Sandler Family Campus

Henri Matisse, Ben Shan, and Jacques Lipchitz were the names mentioned by Mia Laufer, PhD, the Irene Leach curator of European Art for the Chrysler Museum. She did so in her presentation at the Jewish Museum and Cultural Center as she referenced artistic inspirations and stylistic comparisons featured in the works of 20 outstanding Hampton Roads Jewish artists soon to be on exhibition at the Sandler Family Campus.

 This first of a kind exhibition entitled, Legacy 2025, Jewish Artists of the Past, features art of more than 20 Hampton Roads Jewish artists who are no longer living.  Three pieces of art by each individual will be displayed. Family members or someone familiar with each artist will speak on each artist’s behalf.

 The featured artists will include many award-winning Jewish community- respected and recognizable names. These artists produced painted and sculptural works using the mediums of oil, acrylic, watercolor multimedia, metal, and glass works.  

 Special tours led by Chrysler Museum docents will take place on Sundays, December 7, 21, 28, 2025 and January 4, 2026, at 2-3 pm. Arrangements for group tours will be handled by Hunter Thomas, director, Arts and Ideas. Contact him at 757-965-6100.

 This long overdue and posthumous exhibition is sponsored by Jewish Museum and Cultural Center of Portsmouth, United Jewish Federation of Tidewater, and Chrysler Museum of Art.        

Opening night tickets are $36.

For more information and to purchase tickets, go to www.jewishmuseumportsmouth.org or call 757-391-9266.