Sunday, Dec. 15, 2 pm, Chrysler Museum
A renowned expert from Georgetown University, Ori Soltes, PhD, will offer a survey of 20th-century modern Jewish painting for the initial program of the Tidewater Jewish Visual Arts Advisory Board. The board was recently created by the Jewish Museum and Cultural Center in Portsmouth, in collaboration with United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and The Chrysler Museum.
Dr. Soltes is a professor of art, philosophy, political history, and theology at Georgetown University. In his book, Fixing The World, Soltes includes artists who depict Jewish themes and symbols as well as individual biographies of painters, stylistic analysis, and thematic interpretations. The concept of Tikkun Olam, repairing or fixing the world– is a common thread among most of these artworks.
This informative program is open to the public.
Admission is $18 per person, and $9 for students with ID. Tickets are available in advance at www.JewishVA.org/JewishArt and will also be available at the door. The lecture will be followed by a reception.