Upcoming Events
To find an event, browse by date, filter by program, or enter a search term.

Loading Events
  • This event has passed.

Art & Artists: The Art of Shabbat

Thursday, October 19, 2023 @ 11:00 am12:00 pm

Join us for an interesting look at the Sabbath through the lens of art!

Art & Artists: The Art of the Sabbath

Thursday, October 19

11am-12pm (PT), 12-1pm (MT), 1-2pm (CT), 2-3pm (ET)

on Zoom

Join art educator Nancy Kotz to identify the Biblical citation that determines the Sabbath and surveys the many customs developed to observe it. Through prints and paintings, photographs, greeting cards, and ritual objects – Sabbath lamps, candlesticks, Kiddush cups, tablecloths – of many different media, Jews are charged to remember and guard the Sabbath in different times and places.

Save! Register by Oct 17th for “Early Bird” pricing!

About Nancy Kotz

Nancy began her career in arts and public policy (Congressional Arts Caucus) before transitioning to the museum world (Smithsonian Institution and National Gallery of Art) where she held positions in museum education and museum retail. Nancy is also the Founder and Content Curator for VisualArtsDC. Nancy Kotz holds a B.A (Skidmore College, 1984) in Art History and Business as well as a Certificate in Nonprofit Management (Georgetown University, 2011).

Tickets & Notes:

“Early Bird” Tickets $12.50. Available until 48-hours prior to the class.

“Regular” Tickets $15. Available until the start of the last class.

Tickets are 1) are for this session only, 2) are per device, not per person on Zoom, and 3) are non-refundable & non-exchangeable.

The Fine Print:

Fortunately, we’ve had very few issues, but just to be clear…

Your Zoom “Event Link”: The Zoom event link will be emailed to all registrants 2-days before the event begins. To help it land in your “inbox,” before registering, please add the following emails to your contacts:

  • JCC Alliance — alliance@marinjcc.org
  • James Sokol — jsokol@marinjcc.org

Registrants are requested to make sure the email w/link has arrived by the evening of Oct 17th. If the email does not arrive, please see “Troubleshooting” below.

The email w/link will be re-sent to all registrants about 1-2 hours prior to the event. NB: However, if it landed somewhere other than in your inbox upon registration, it will probably do the same later.

Have a Comcast email? Please refer to this guide: https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/spam-filters-and-email-blocking-new-experience.

Troubleshooting: We will do our best to remedy any issues. Registrants who have NOT received the email w/link are asked to check their email “junk” and “spam” folders. If found, please move the email to your inbox. If the email/link is still not there, please contact James (see below) immediately.

Late Troubleshooting: We will try our best – but cannot guarantee – help with Zoom links to guests contacting James less than 15-minutes prior to the event.

Live Only: In agreement with our guides, artists, instructors, special guests, etc., events are not recorded. Make-up sessions are unavailable. Credit/refund is not given for missed events.

Liability: While we will do our best to remedy any issues, The Osher Marin JCC & its Program Partners cannot be held responsible for 1) issues related to Eventbrite or Zoom, 2) ticket buyers not following the instructions above, nor 3) packing, shipping, or deliver services of food/beverages not received in time for tasting events.

Don’t ya just hate “the fine print?!!”

Questions? Please email alliance@marinjcc.org.

Art & Artists is created by the Osher Marin JCC (San Rafael, CA) and offered by the National JCC Adult & Senior Alliance. See below for a full list of Alliance Partners.

ALL ARE WELCOME to join in our activities! JCC members, non-members, those who live near or far, people of all backgrounds, faiths, ethnicities, hair styles, fashion choices, chocolate preferences, etc. “The more the merrier!”

ATTEND >

Sign up for more information about all of our programs, events, classes, and more!