BROWN RISD HILLEL GALLERY PROJECT

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"Ten Days in Israel" - A Photography Exhibit by Charlie Fischl

2011-03-18T15:00:00.002-04:00

Please join us for the opening reception of "Ten Days in Israel", a photography exhibit featuring work by Charlie Fischl from the Taglit-Birthright Israel Hillel Trip this past January.

The opening reception is this coming Monday, 3/21, from 7:00-9:00 PM. A representative from the Israeli General Consulate will be in attendance, and there will be live music and refreshments.

A Special thank you to the BSI, Stand With Us, The David Project, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Israeli General Consulate to New England for co-sponsoring this show.

The exhibit will be on display from 3/21 until 4/10.

Submissions form for the Senior Show

2011-02-21T17:38:00.002-05:00

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgzxr4wq_82d7fktng3

Please email us your submission form at hillelgalleryproject@gmail.com

HGP announces Call for Submissions for the Annual Senior Show!

2011-02-21T17:24:00.003-05:00

Senior Show 2011: April 4th - May 12th
Opening Reception: April 14th
Submissions due March 20, 2011

'S(t)imulation' featured in the Brown Daily Herald!

2010-11-29T16:39:00.006-05:00

A nice review of HGP's current exhibit S(t)imulation, featured in the Arts & Culture section of the Brown Daily Herald today! In addition, an introductory photograph related to the article appears on the first page of the hard copy edition (Nov. 29th 2010).

Thank you for participating and coming to see the exhibit. Keep spreading the word - the show will be up through December 13th.

http://www.browndailyherald.com/hillel-gallery-s-t-imulates-senses-1.2416571

*photo credit: Jungmin Lee

artist statements from s(t)imulation

2010-11-27T20:42:00.002-05:00

Hannah Antalek / RISD 2013, Co-chair

Methamphetamine acrylic, tin foil and rock candy

Though first appearing as rock candy the content of this piece is actually comprised of abstracted crystal meth. By creating this unsettling juxtaposition I wanted to draw attention to the overpowering visual stimulation that reflects the neurological stimulation and subsequent simulation of reality experienced while under the drug’s influence.

I am a current sophomore in painting at RISD. My work has been displayed in many solo exhibitions and group shows in Rhode Island and New York including a solo exhibition at Feast Gallery and a solo exhibit at Uncommon Grounds both in Saratoga Springs NY. I was the recipient of the Curators Choice and Honorable Mention Award at the Hyde Museum in Glens Falls NY. Most recently I was selected for a studio visit by the curator of P.S.1 MoMA Tim Goossens who chose two of my pieces to be displayed at RISD Expose.

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Lauren Armstrong / Brown 2013

Selected for Exhibition by Rachel Kay

Venice Canal at Night oil

Motion In Time Map oil

Venice Canal At Night presents the viewer with an interpretation of Venice, Italy unlike those we have seen on postcards or in travel magazines. No gondolas, no fisherman, no street markets or tourists. Instead, an ominous sky hangs over black water. A few lights give the scene enough information to see the deserted space. Is this somber portrayal enough to change our perception of the bustling Italian city? Such iconic waterways and architecture suddenly absorb a new history that throws off the viewer upon first look.

Motion in Time Map is an attempt to transform the intangible change in our visual perception over time into a mapped-visual system. An ambiguous and mysterious male figure stares blankly ahead from the center of the canvas. The moments that have just passed are fading into orange while future moments are swirling ahead in a textured cloud of almost-text. Future is always ambiguous, but is the past always left in the past? Our sensation of present time is pervaded with our pasts, our histories.

I grew up in Seattle, WA and have been painting in various media for the past five years. In the spring of 2008 I enrolled in a semester at Studio Art Center International in Florence, Italy where I first developed an interest in oil painting which I still continue to explore as a sophomore at Brown.

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Ryan Bush / RISD 2013

Selected for Exhibition by Julien Ngyuen

Kitchen Routine plaster, photo

Right, left, right, left, right, left, right

Born Denver, Colorado.

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Cynthia Chang / RISD 2013

Selected for Exhibition by Julien Ngyuen

Hand Made, Ready Made wool, yarn

I want for each piece I create to have a life outside of who I am, uninformed by what I have to say about the work, and instead informed by what the audience chooses to interpret. So rather than force an audience to try to understand my work by encumbering the piece with language, I will abstain from saying anything except to say that I decline.

I have my own initials tattooed on my butt.

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Max Levi Frieder / RISD 2012

Selected for Exhibition by Hannah Antalek

My Last Illegal Kol Needre oil on box top

She Looked Like it Was Time to be Used oil on snow shovel

The Cubacratic Hitch-Hikers oil on couch cushion

People are sexual, but sex is human.

People have faces everywhere.

People are human everywhere.

I am a Jewish painter living in a privileged world of auto-didacity.

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Christina Graham / RISD 2011

Committee Member

Column Simulation contact paper

SketchUp Attempt #1 graphite on paper

I have just started to experiment with new media including Google SketchUp, Max/MSP, Arduino and web based art. I am interested in the relationship between virtual and physical. My intent is to use digital media as a tool or medium to create content that starts to talk about offline social structures.

Christina Graham is from Brooklyn, NY. She is currently a painting major at RISD. She plans to graduate in June and start a major in Realness with a concentration in Bartending.

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Yung Hui / RISD 2013

Selected for Exhibition by Hannah Antalek and Benjamin Kicic

Dimensions Study #1 digital

Dimensions Study #2 digital

Dimensions oil

There is a correlation between the way in which we psychologically perceive the human body and how we approach the aesthetics of design. Much in the same way experience the human figure within a painting, we react similarly to various aspects of simple geometry, shape, colour, line and perspective- to such a degree that these originally distinct entities become indistinguishable from one another. In Dimensions, I have attempted to compare this phenomenon by margining concepts of figurative art, architecture, and abstraction through the use of traditional and digital mediums.

Yung Hui was born in Hong Kong and immigrated to Canada at a very young age. Throughout his life, Yung has been influenced by various experiences that have helped shape the nature of his work. From the experience of living in a multicultural environment to being engulfed by Westernized, pop-cultural entertainment, Yung employs a certain level of re-appropriation as a platform for addressing larger questions. Yung is currently a sophomore in illustration at RISD.

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Benjamin Kicic / RISD 2013

Committee Member

A Test mixed media

How To Train Your Woman mixed media

Doing What I Do Best mixed media

Independent Hunny Make $$ All Day mixed media

No Escape When I Shake It In Ya Face mixed media

Party Status mixed media

This body of work is about exploring how people, my “facebook friends”, present themselves online. These works are an exploration of the idea that voyeurism and exhibitionism due to social networking sites is now uniform in our society. This body of work aims at asking why, through juxtaposition of body parts taken out of context and rearranged. Why are all these risqué photos of people we know and see daily so readily available online? Why is this way of presenting ourselves so widespread? Is facebook a true representation of how society actually is and how we choose to identify ourselves?

These pieces also explore our current ideal of beauty. By cropping out the most attractive elements of one woman and putting it on another, is it still attractive? These works challenge our notion of what is commonplace online as we find ourselves attracted to these women but at the same time repelled by their crudeness and openness, not only in subject matter but also through their distortion.

Born in the former Yugoslavia in 1991, Benjamin Kicic is a student at RISD, working on his BA in furniture design. His work has been shown in several Rhode Island galleries including AS220 and the Hillel Gallery. More of his work can be seen at www.benjaminkicic.com

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Emily Martin / Brown 2011

Selected for Exhibition by Rachel Kay and Jen Jungmin Lee

Convergence V video

Convergence V questions the aesthetics of the letterform and the boundary between the meaning of text and its pure shape. Bodies and textiles in motion distort the recognizable form of the ‘text object’ while the projection itself obscures the moving figures. As the projected text flashes, the expectation of narrative is fractured while the bodies’ physical motion is continuous.

Emily Martin grew up in Brooklyn, New York and is now a senior at Brown concentrating in Visual and Literary Arts.

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Jina Park / Brown 2011

Selected for Exhibition by Marisol Im

(Pre)vision oil

People say that eyes are doorways to the soul. Each person’s iris is unique like a fingerprint. The tissue and cells of the iris look like a nebula in space, and when one stares at another’s iris, it is almost as if one is staring into that persons unique universe.

I researched and combined different shapes of irises into the painting because I wanted to show how different individual irises could be. I also incorporated the elements of light points that look like stars from afar to emphasize how an iris looks like an object in space. The result is a big eye that resembles an obscure planet/object in space, peeking into the viewer’s own eye’s/ universe.

Born in Daegu, South Korea in 1988, Jina Park is a senior at Brown University with a double concentration in Visual Arts and Economics. Growing up in the dynamic city of Seoul in South Korea, she mainly focuses on drawing with pencil. After spending 8 months in Paris during spring/summer of 2011 and graduating from Brown University the artist plans to study fashion design and eventually work in the fashion industry. Currently, the artist likes to work with oil paint as well as photoshop and pencil. Also a dancer and a person with diverse interests including producing pieces of electronic music as well as video clips, the artist gets her inspiration from everyday material surrounding her, including in this case, the eye.

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Julien Nguyen / RISD 2013

Committee Member

St. Sebastian oil

“I have simply wished to assert the reasoned and independent feeling of my own individuality within a total knowledge of tradition.” – Gustave Courbet

b. 1990

BFA Painting 2013

Concentration in Art History

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Julia Shube / Brown 2014

Committee Member

Saguaro on the Green pastel collage

Saguaro on the Green is a pastel collage that experiments with the Arizona desert and the life that grows there. It particularly focuses on the cactus and uses the construction of the cactus as the basis for the triangular, paper cut construction of the work. The added level of paper brings texture to the work in a way that simulates desert vegetation. The piece can be appreciated both visually and tactilely, expanding upon the tradition of pastel works on paper.

Julia Shube is a freshman at Brown University. She plans to concentrate in cognitive science and/or education. Julia enjoys working in acrylics and pastels and dabbling in glass blowing.

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Jill Rose Silverberg / Brown 2011

Selected for Exhibition by Marisol Im

Disembodied 1 acrylic monotype collage on oil monotype

Disembodied 2 acrylic monotype collage on oil monotype

Disembodied 3 acrylic monotype collage on oil monotype

The Disembodied Series is about materiality – how thin and light materials such as rice paper and thread can be manipulated to convey such weight and heaviness. The shapes evoke landmasses or artifacts of another time, precious clues to another realm of existence.

I am from Seattle, WA. I am currently a senior at Brown University, concentrating in both Visual Arts and the History of Art and Architecture. My work is primarily monotype collages and oil paintings.

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Timothy Simonds / Brown 2011

Selected for Exhibition by Rachel Kay

Untitled 1 tar and wood

Untitled 2 tar, canvas and wood

I am a concentrator in the Performance Studies and Architectural Studies departments at Brown University. My academic and creative work explores the spatial attributes of self, body, and its place. Through sculpture and performance I question issues of wallness and liminality as they are applied to our bodies and the places we condition.

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Judy Yoon / RISD 2012

Selected for Exhibition by Marisol Im

Tracks poplar and maple

Make honest, simple design.

Industrial design junior at RISD. From Duluth, Georgia. Likes to collect gelato spoons.

ruminating on contemporaneity:the exhibit S(t)imulation as an assemblage of individuals and senses

2010-11-27T20:38:00.003-05:00

Under the theme of “S(t)imulation” that I propose, I invite you all to take on the active position of the modern flâneur, immersing oneself in the stimulating environment of simulated realities at the Hillel Gallery’s annual fall committee curated show. Whether it be the 21^st century phenomenon of online social networking or the exploding colors that interact with one another on canvas, the social character of art has never been such a pertinent topic of discussion in today’s landscape of ubiquitous art and technology. Composed of the work of committee members and of their selected artist-students, the exhibit engages the observer not only in its physically alluring space, but also in the collective pool of contemplation on the questions of contemporaneity as points of connection. The only gallery that bridges the Brown and RISD art communities, the Gallery Project is proud to present to you the assemblage of whimsical ideas and visuals to provoke minds and senses of the audience.

Jen Jungmin Lee, Brown ’11, Co- Chair

Jungmin Lee is a media/ visual culture theorist from Brown University, double-concentrating in Modern Culture and Media (Track II: Production) and French Civilization. Born in Seoul, Korea, she has been mobile since an early age and encountering different culture around the globe. In addition to pursuing secondary and higher education in Boston and Providence, U.S.A., she has just spent seven months of studying and working in Paris, France. Having adopted a new perspective in arts, Jungmin takes a pause in her artistic production and reflects on the efficacy and the affect of the image production, while focusing on the theories in cultural studies, specifically on exhibition and the public. She is fascinated particularly by the role of exhibition, its form along with its content that heightens the (un)pleasure of the viewing experience of the spectator. Academically trained as a film studies scholar, Jungmin probes in a critical manner the convergence of art, the moving image, and exhibition. In her artistic practices, she enjoys the delicate medium of graphite on paper, while appreciating the incomparable richness of oil paint on wood panel, and simultaneously intrigued by conceptually driven video art or stop motion animation.

Photos from the S(t)imulation Opening

2010-11-24T13:47:00.003-05:00

Benjamin Kicic
Hannah Antalek
Yung Hui

for more photos check out our facebook group!

S(t)imulation: 2010 Fall Committee Curated Show

2010-11-14T23:37:00.008-05:00

Hillel Gallery Project cordially invites you to our fall commitee curated show titled: S(t)imulation

The work on display focuses on the theme of simultaneous simulation and stimulation while asking questions about art in the digital age.

Featuring work selected and produced by: Hannah Antalek, Lauren Armstrong, Ryan Bush, Cynthia Chang, Max Freider, Christina Graham, Yung Hui, Benjamin Kicic, Jina Park, Julien Nguyen, Julia Shube, Jill Rose Silverberg, Timothy Simonds and Judy Yoon

Committee Fall 2010: Cynthia Chang, Christina Graham, Marisol Im, Rachel Kay, Benjamin Kicic, Julian Nguyen, Julia Shube, Lauren Snyder

Hannah Antalek & Jen Jungmin Lee,

Co-chairs, RISD '13 & Brown '11

7- 9:30pm, Thursday, November 18th

Brown RISD Hillel Gallery

80 Brown Street (corner of Angell)

Come for artwork, refreshments, and musical performances by RISD bands!
Show runs through December 13th, 2010.

Ritual Objects Exhibit Featured in Brown Daily Herald!

2010-10-15T15:54:00.002-04:00

"Tradition and art collide in Hillel Gallery's Ritual Objects"
Shafali Luthra. Friday October 10 2010. The Brown Daily Herald

http://www.browndailyherald.com/tradition-and-art-collide-in-hillel-gallery-s-ritual-objects-1.2367063

Fall Juried Show: Ritual Objects

2010-10-12T00:12:00.007-04:00

Ritual Objects: The Radical and The Practical in Art& design

October 4th - November 5th, 2010

Brown RISD Hillel

80 Brown Street,

Providence, RI 02906

Jurors

Daniel Belasco

Henry J. Leir Associate Curator at the Jewish Museum

Maya Benton

Curator at the International Center of Photography

Rebecca Guber

Director of the Six Points Fellowship

Co- Chairs
Jungmin Lee, Brown '11
Hannah Antalek, RISD '13

(*former co- chair Christina Graham, RISD '11)

Ritual and the objects that help to define it are a place of invention - traditional, variant, and possibly radical. The exhibition features work by Brown and RISD students who explore the idea of ritual from its traditional contexts to the ritual of the every day.

The exhibit boasts a rich diversity of work; the selected pieces range from performance, photography, readymade art, textile to design. The show’s winner, Sarah Young (RISD Class of 2010), will receive a cash prize, an internship at the International Center of Photography, a review in a major Jewish journal, and the opportunity to exhibit the piece at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

*Opening Reception: 4- 7pm, October 11th. Remarks by Daniel Belasco at 6pm

Thank you Tal for his music performance at the show. For reference: http://www.myspace.com/talgurtalgur

Daniel Belasco Lecture

2010-02-19T12:48:00.004-05:00

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!

2010-02-19T12:44:00.000-05:00

Opening Reception for "Contagious" the Fall Juried Show Oct. 15th

2009-10-13T00:35:00.007-04:00

HGP's Annual Fall Juried Show of work by Brown and RISD Students

On view in the Social Hall and Hallway Gallery

October 15th through November

Opening Reception October 15th, 7-10pm with DJ

Juried by Richard Eder, an arts critic for the New York Times, currently a Visiting Lecturer at Brown University

Featuring work by: Whitney Alsup, Nick Arcidy, Alex Arzt, Alice Costas, Raphael Cohen Sara D'Apolito-Dworkin, Lindsay Degen, Emily Fishman, Melissa Henry, Liam Holding, Michael Price, Cecilia Salama, Affandi Setiawan, Nathaniel B. Shepard, Timothy Simonds, Alex Temple, Annick Thomas, Armando Veve , Ngoc-Tran Vu

Juror Announced & Submission Deadline Extended OCT 6th

2009-10-05T01:20:00.008-04:00

*JUROR ANNOUNCED: Arts Critic for the New York Times*

We are happy to announce that an arts critic for the New York Times Richard Eder, a visiting lecturer teaching in the English Department of Brown University for the Fall, will be the juror of the Fall Juried Show.

The submission deadline has been EXTENDED to October 6th (Tuesday). Don't miss this great opportunity to exhibit your work at the show (to be held on the 15th). Refer to the guidelines below. Look forward to seeing more great work!

HGP

Call for Submissions: Contagious

2009-09-26T11:01:00.004-04:00

Call for submissions for the annual Fall Juried Show - themed "Contagious"!

Submissions are due October 3rd at Midnight

Submission Guidelines:

All Current Brown and RISD students may submit up to 3 works
Submissions should include students name, school, department, year of graduation, box number, and phone number
For each submission please include JPEGs at 72dpi and approx 600x600 pixels, title, medium, dimensions, and a brief statement about the work
Email submissions to HillelGalleryProject@gmail.com with "Contagious" in the subject line
View full guidelines and terms here, along with a helpful submission form
Any questions, email HillelGalleryProject@gmail.com

Arousing the Mind by Judith Seligson

2009-09-21T00:29:00.002-04:00

Gallery Exhibition:

Arousing the Mind by Judith Seligson

Closing reception on Thursday, Oct. 1st.

Brown RISD Hillel, 80 Brown Street

Waltz with Bashir in the Providence Phoenix!

2009-04-07T17:07:00.001-04:00

To view the article, click here

Me & We: the Individual and the Collective

2009-04-01T15:38:00.006-04:00

HGP's Annual Spring Juried Show of work by Brown and RISD Students

On view in the Social Hall and Hallway Gallery

April 2 - 16

Opening Reception April 2, 7-10pm with live music by Yoni Dolgin

Juried by Robin Cembalest, Executive Editor of Art News
Curated by William Stover, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at MFA, Boston

Featuring work by:
Elizabether Allen-Cannon, Anne Blazejack, Eva Cohen, Maggie Cowles, Matthew Cylinder, Sara D'Apolito-Dworkin, Danielle DesBorde, Eve Essex, Danny Floyd, Brooke Hair, Katie Koti, Stephen Larrick, Thomas Lasseau, Sarah Moore, Sophie Narrett
Anne Oram, Brice Peterson, Cecilia Salama, Nora Korsts Saltzman, Shili, and Evelyn Tilney

Encounter Show in the Jewish Voice & Herald

2009-03-08T22:28:00.000-04:00

Check out the article here!

Imaginative Worlds & Flat Philes

2009-03-04T19:08:00.003-05:00

Gallery Exhibition:
Imaginative Worlds - Book Illustrations by David Polonsky
Opening Reception and Artist Talk
Thursday, March 12, 7-9 PM & Artist Talk 7:30 PM

On Exhibition from March 12th - 26th
Brown RISD Hillel, 80 Brown Street
Hosted by Brown RISD Hillel Gallery Project, Brown Creative Arts Council, and Student Creative Arts Council
Open to the community

Gallery Exhibition:
Flat Files
Show of Brown printed matter arranged by the SCAC
Opening Reception
Thursday, March 12, 7-9 PM
On Exhibition from March 12th - 26th
Brown RISD Hillel, 80 Brown Street

"'Waltz with Bashir' Wins Le Oscar"

2009-02-28T19:11:00.001-05:00

Waltz with Bashir won the French equivalent to the Oscar! http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067550.html

Me & We: DEADLINE EXTENDED & JURORS ANNOUNCED

2009-02-26T00:53:00.002-05:00

The deadline for submissions has been EXTENDED until MARCH 9!

The work will be juried by ROBIN CEMBALEST, the Executive Editor of Art News, and curated by WILLIAM STOVER, the Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art at MFA Boston!!!!!Submit art to HGP's Spring Juried Show!

Again, the theme = ME & WE: the Individual & the Collective
Email JPEGs to hillelgalleryproject@gmail.com
Include your name, school/year, medium, dimensions, and a brief description of how your work fits the theme
Submissions are limited to 3 per person.

FRAGILE PRESENT: Glass Show

2009-02-25T19:14:00.009-05:00

"FRAGILE PRESENT" is an exhibition of work that resulted from an international exchange between glass artists at RISD and glass artists at the Korean National University of the Arts! The show features work by undergraduate and graduate students from the glass departments of both schools.

OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, Feb. 26 / 8-10PM
>> Food.Wine.Music.People.GLASS ART. <<

SHOW DATES: Feb. 26 - March 10

Presentation: Join us for a presentation next Thursday, March 4 @ 1PM at the RISD Design Center, Room 212. Artists from the show will talk about their work and experiences abroad.

David Polonsky in Hillel International!

2009-02-24T20:48:00.003-05:00

Click here to see the article!

Waltz with Bashir Screening and Q&A with David Polonsky

2009-02-21T15:16:00.013-05:00

Photos:
(1) Screening of Waltz with Bashir at the Avon Cinema on Thayer Street on 2/18
(2) The line continued on Meeting Street!
(3) David Polonsky fielding questions during the Q&A session following the screening.
(4) Student organizers of the event

WALTZ WITH BASHIR in BDH

2009-02-20T14:13:00.002-05:00

Read this article about Wednesday's SOLD OUT screening of Waltz with Bashir at Avon Cinema.

BDH- 'Waltz with Bashir' fills Avon

Encounter: Artistic Interpretations of Israel

2009-02-11T11:49:00.003-05:00

On view now in the Hallway Gallery, artwork from or inspired by the RISD Taglit Birthright Trip in December 2008.

Closing Reception

Thursday February 19

7-9PM

Call for Student Curated Shows and Senior Shows!

2009-02-09T19:07:00.003-05:00

Student Curated shows are themed exhibitions of student work.

See full submission guidelines here.

Senior Shows are group or solo shows by graduating seniors.

See full submission guidelines here.

Submissions are due March 20.

Me and We: the Individual and the Collective

2009-01-27T20:46:00.006-05:00

Call for submissions for the annual Spring Juried Show!

This years show is called "Me and We: The Individual and the Collective"

Submissions are due February 27 at Midnight

Submission Guidelines:

All Current Brown and RISD students may submit up to 3 works
Submissions should include students name, school, department, year of graduation, box number, and phone number
For each submission please include jpegs at 72dpi and approx 600x600 pixels, title, medium, dimensions, and a brief statement about the work
Email submissions to HillelGalleryProject@gmail.com with "Me and We" in the subject line
View full guidelines and terms here, along with a helpful submission form
Any questions, email HillelGalleryProject@gmail.com

Waltz With Bashir nominated for Oscar!

2009-01-24T20:14:00.002-05:00

After winning a Golden Globe Award Ari Folman and David Polonsky's "Waltz With Bashir" has been nomated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film!

"Folman's critically-acclaimed film traces the author's journey to put together his memories from his time as an Israeli soldier during the invasion of Lebanon in 1982, and later the massacres at the Sabra and Shatilla refugee camps in Beirut.

The film uses a striking combination of frame-by-frame and computer generated animation to create a powerful and at times surreal portrayal of war and the way memory plays tricks on the mind.

The film was screened in Lebanon last Saturday, although it is officially banned in that country.

The documentary has already been screened in Ramallah and may soon be shown in the Arab gulf states as well, Folman told Haaretz. "

- Haaretz: Israel's Waltz with Bashir,' on 1982 Lebanon War Nominated for Oscar

David Polonsky, who worked as Art Director on the film, will be be participating a in a three month residency at Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design beginning in February.

Check back at this website for the most updated information on residency events like lectures, classes, exhibition, and screenings.

Graham Day Guerra "Ex Nihilo" and Leigh Tarentino "Recent Work"

2009-01-18T15:52:00.010-05:00

images (c) Leigh Tarentino and Graham Guerra, respectively

Hillel Gallery Project is honored to be exhibiting work by artists Leigh Tarentino and Graham Guerra.

Leigh Tarentino is an Assistant Professor at Brown who makes paintings, works on paper and digital prints constructed from photographs of the built landscape. She received a BFA in Painting from the Kansas City Art Institute and an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Her upcoming exhibition in February 2009 will be at Black and White Gallery in New York. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at the Stas Namin Centre, Moscow, Russia; Bank Gallery, Los Angeles; the University Art Museum, State University of New York at Albany; and The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, among others. Her work has been included in Scope New York, London, Miami and Hamptons. She was awarded a Pollock-Krasner grant in 2008. She is represented by Black and White Gallery in New York.

Graham Guerra is an Assistant Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Pratt Institute of Art. He received a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from Yale University. His large-scale charcoal and graphite drawings are created based on virtual models that he generates using digital photographic and 3D rendering technologies.

His work has been shown at Wardlow Gallery, Melbourne, Australia; Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston; Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn; Van Brunt Gallery, New York; and Bellwether, New York, among others. His work has been included in Scope New York, Miami, and Hamptons as well as Kunst Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2008 he was awarded a Faculty Development Grant from the Pratt Institute of Art and a Wardlow International Residency in Melbourne, Austrialia.

Both exhibits will run from January 23- February 4 with a reception on January 29 at 7pm.

Waltz With Bashir wins Golden Globe!

2009-01-18T15:41:00.004-05:00

Congratulations to Ari Folman and David Polonsky on winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film!

David Polonsky, the film's Art Director will be coming to Brown Univerisity and the Rhode Island School of Design in February for a three month artist's residency.

For more information on the residency, check back soon or join our mailing list by emailing hillelgalleryproject@gmail.com.

MSNBC: ITVS International Film "WALTZ WITH BASHIR" Receives Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

HGP to Host Golden Globe Nominee David Polonsky as Artist-In-Residence in Spring

2008-12-18T19:26:00.013-05:00

The Schusterman Visting Artist Program, The Brown University Creative Arts Council, the Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs at RISD, and Brown-RISD Hillel is planning an exciting community collaboration to bring the accomplished Israeli animator and illustrator, David Polonsky, to Providence for a three month artist-in-residency project from February 9^th – May 1^st 2009.

Polonsky has contributed illustrations for every major daily newspaper and magazine in Israel, and has won several awards for his illustrations for children’s books. He just received Israel’s Academy Award for best art direction for Waltz with Bashir, which is about film director, Ari Folman’s, attempt to reconcile his memory of the 1982 Lebanon war. A full-length animated documentary, Waltz with Bashir was nominated for the Palme d’Or, the top prize at the Cannes film festival, earlier this year and had its American premiere at the New York Film Festival in September. Waltz with Bashir will have its commercial release in the United States in December. It is also Israel’s nominee to Hollywood’s Academy Awards this February in the foreign language category.

Waltz With Bashir Preview

David Polonsky Website

New York Times: Cannes Film Festival

New York Times: Waltz With Bashir Review

Haaretz: Waltz With Bashir Nominated for Golden Globe

David Polonsky is being hosted part by the Brown University Creative Arts Council, Hillel Gallery Project, RISD Office of Multi-Cultural Affairs, Brown Ivy Film Festival, Israeli Film Festival, Brown Israel Committee, Brown Students for Israel, Kol Kivunim, and RISD Kehillah, among others.

Project Open Door

2008-12-17T22:06:00.005-05:00

Please join us for the opening of the Third Annual Project Open Door Student Exhibition at Brown / RISD Hillel January 15, 2009 from 3:30 - 6:30pm.

Project Open Door provides high school students in under-resource urban areas with free intensive studio learning experiences, college and portfolio preparation, and individual mentoring with professional artists and RISD students.

The exhibit will be on view January 14-18, 2009 with special winter gallery hours:

   Wednesday, January 14 from 9:00am - 5:00pm
   Thursday, January 15 from 9:00am - 6:30om
   Friday, January 16 from 9:00am - 1:00pm
   Saturday, January 17 from 11:00am - 5:00pm
   Sunday, January 18 from 12pm - 4:00pm

Sculpture/Furniture by Ian Gonsher

2008-11-25T14:40:00.004-05:00

Hillel Galery Project is proud to present the Sculpture and Furniture of Providence Artist Ian Gonsher, on view now in the Hallway Gallery.

HGP Hard at Work

2008-11-20T17:25:00.006-05:00

Because the artwork in Half & Half was made by the HGP Committee Members, we decided to give Ben, our professional installer, a break and hang the show ourselves!

Ben came in one afternoon to give us a demo on proper gallery installation and then we went to work. It took all of us two days but in the end it was a great learning experience and next time we have to hang our own work it will be much easier.

And, to give Ben a better break, we invited his band to play at the closing reception! So come check out Ben Pilgrim playing live at Half&Half, Thursday November 20 from 7-10pm.

Half&HALF

2008-11-06T16:02:00.018-05:00

Work by HGP Committee members from Brown and RISD

On view in the Social Hall and Hallway Gallery November 13-20.

Reception Thursday November 20 from 7-10PM.

Live Music, Wine, Cheese, and Art

Featuring work by:

Chuka Chukama, Raphael Cohen, Sam Cohen, Dana Davis, Natalia Fadul, Christina Graham, Ben Hyman, Ariel Isaacs, Madeline Jacobs, Jenny JungMin Lee, Hieu Nguyen, Susie Peck, Erik Peterson, Edo Rosenblith, Tali Rozensher, Claire Russo, Sarah Schuster, Lauren Snyder, Tracy Szatan and Chris Wolston

HGP and BRYTE in BDH

2008-11-03T14:32:00.003-05:00

The November 3 Brown Daily Herald featured a review of BRYTE Exposures currently on view at Hillel Gallery Project.

"While the artists may not be professionals, it is easy to appreciate their work. Many photos portray scenes of the students' home lives. The subjects of the images range from siblings and friends hamming it up for the camera, to world-weary adults gazing straight-faced ahead. "

The full review is available here.

BRYTE Exposures: Photography by Members of Providence's Refugee Community and Brown Students

2008-11-02T20:57:00.002-05:00

Brown Refugee Youth Tutoring and Enrichment (BRYTE) is a student-run organization that works with the International Institute of Rhode Island to engage recently resettled refugees in Providence in one on one tutoring. The students in this program are from Liberia, Haiti, Iraq, Somalia, Eritrea, Burundi, Rwanda, and Iran. The photographs in this exhibition were taken primarily by refugee-students in the BRYTE program. Each student involved was given his or her own camera and asked to record his/her visual experience in Providence. Many of the refugee students and their families involved in the exhibit will be at the opening. There will also be a dance performance by a refugee dance group in Providence led by a Rwandan student who participates in the program. Food and beverages will be provided.

The reception is Sunday November 2 from 4-7PM. Come to meet some members of Providence's international community and to celebrate their work! The dance performance will begin at 4:30.

IN YOUR FACE

2008-11-02T20:40:00.007-05:00

The Fall Juried Show Opening was a Success!

There was Live Music from Coors Light Band and Corpse Avalanche and Face Paint too!

T-Shirt Design Contest!

2008-10-13T10:08:00.004-04:00

Submit a design for a Brown/RISD collaborative T-shirt!

Submit jpegs to hillelgalleryproject@gmail.com

Images should be approx 600x600 pixels at 72 dpi

Include your name, school/year of graduation, and phone number

Deadline for Submissions is November 2.

Winner gets a special gift card!

*Hillel Gallery Project reserves the right to add our name or logo discreetly where we see fit on the winning design

Art, Music, Wine, Cheese, People

2008-10-13T09:56:00.004-04:00

Come to the reception for "IN YOUR FACE!" Hillel Gallery Project's annual fall juried show, October 16 from 7-10pm at 80 Brown St.

Come enjoy art, wine, people, and live music (bands TBA)

Curated by Brown and RISD professors Wendy Edwards and Linda Sormin.

Including work by: Tatiana Berg, Akriti Bhambi, Anne Blazejack, Genevieve Busby, Jessica Chermayeff, Amanda Dandeneau, Jay Gidwitz, Brooke Hair, Nora MacLoed, Allan Mullenix, Dana O’Malley, Jordan Seaberry, Affandi Setiawan, John Szymanski, Caitlyn Thompson, Jackie Aida Tobia, Aaron Weinstein, Bryan Wilson, Sarah Young, and Tihtina Zenebe

"The Dream Has Ended"

2008-09-10T12:16:00.006-04:00

"The Dream Has Ended" featuring work by Buck Hastings (RISD Painting BFA 2006), Colleen Doyle (RISD Film BFA 2006), Kara Healey (RISD Photo BFA 2004, Parsons Photo MFA 2007) and Shawn Gillheeny (RIC Printmaking BFA 2008) is currently on view in the Hallway Gallery.

Reception on Thursday, September 25 at 7PM

"IN YOUR FACE!" Call for Submissions for HGP Fall Juried Show

2008-09-04T16:55:00.000-04:00

Hillel Gallery Project is now accepting submissions for the Fall Juried Show. This years theme is "IN YOUR FACE!"

Submissions are due midnight SEPTEMBER 21.

Each student may submit up to three separate works for considerations. For each work include Title, Medium, Dimensions, and a brief description of how your work fits the theme "In Your Face!"

Submissions must include your name, school and year of graduation. Incomplete submissions will not be accepted.

Send JPEGS to hillelgalleryproject@gmail.com.

*You will be notified by September 26, and chosen work must be delivered ready to install by September 28. We will provide more information on this once the work is chosen

Lounah and Her Mystical Paintings: Closing Reception and Meet the Artist

2008-08-15T16:39:00.001-04:00

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Artist Lounah, whose paintings are currently on exhibit in the Social Hall, will be at the Brown/RISD Hillel on September 18 at 7pm for a closing reception and meet and greet.

From her website:

"Lounah was born on Passover 1917 in the Hellenistic town of Bergama in the Ottoman Empire(Turkey) to a family of rabbis, merchants and magicians, but was raised from the age of 5 in Paris following the destruction of her home city of Smyrna. After her heroic survival of Nazi occupation, she met her future husband, a US Army Intelligence Officer and spy, on the Champs Elysees during the first day of the Liberation of Paris. Living a life dedicated to education and travel, she and her husband spent most of their time living in France, Italy, Switzerland and the USA, where they created and produced socially conscious audio-lingual programs for schools around the world. She began painting in 1980 at the age of 63 and continues to paint today at 91 with the same energy and vigor as that of her earlier years."

Her work will be on exhibit through September 21.