Come make art with Jewish texts, creative writing, and visual imagery. No prior experience necessary. Our themes are food and table. After exploring them in Liz’s writing, Jean’s art, and Talmud and Tanakh, we’ll combine writing and images together to each create our own work.
Please bring magazines and junk mail to use as earth-friendly media. Snacks provided! Register in advance to let us know you’ll be joining us.
Please note: this event is in person only (no Zoom option).
Elizabeth Poliner
Elizabeth Poliner’s books include the novel As Close to Us as Breathing (Little, Brown, and Co.), winner of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Fiction Prize and finalist for the Ribalow Prize for Jewish fiction and the poetry collection, What You Know in Your Hands (David Robert Books). A new novel, Spinning at the Edges, is forthcoming from HarperCollins. She’s taught creative writing extensively, including at Hollins University, American University, The Smithsonian, and the Writer’s Center.
Rabbi Jean Eglinton
Jean grew up with Liz in New Englad, then became Jewish and was ordained at HUC in 2010. Since serving B’nai Sholom in Huntington WV, Rabbi Jean Eglinton makes Talmud-related art – recycling junk mail to use as her media – as well as teaching Hebrew, Judaism, and Mussar. Check out some of her work at JeanEglinton.com.