Six Points Fellowship launches second cohort

We are looking for artists for the next cohort of the Six Points Fellowship. You may have seen some of the incredible work from our first group of fellows, and we invite you to join us as we develop a new community of artists for the second cohort. We’ll provide up to a total of $40,000 as well as workshops, Jewish learning, and professional support to develop new projects exploring Jewish ideas and concepts.

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Co-Founders

 

Carol Brennglass Spinner

Tobi Kahn

Staff

 

Debbie Krivoy, Director

 

Rachel Ishofsky, Program Associate

 

Kara Matthews, Bookkeeper

Adam Shaw-Vardi, Graphics & Website Support

Board of Directors


Shira Hutt
Associate Program Officer, Jewish Life Network

Tobi Kahn
Faculty, School of Visual Arts

 

Adina Savin, Esq.
Senior Vice President of Business Affairs, Disney Corporation

 

Abraham Seidmann
Professor, Simon School of Business, University of Rochester

Carol Brennglass Spinner
Co-Founder, Avoda Institute, Ltd.

Ruth Weisberg
Dean, Gayle Garner Roski School of Fine Arts, University of Southern California

Daniel Yunger, Esq.
Associate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP

Who we are

 

Carol Brennglass Spinner
Co-founder

 

Carol Brennglass Spinner is the co-founder of Avoda Arts. An accomplished businesswoman and committed Jewish community philanthropist, Carol serves on the boards of JESNA, National Foundation for Jewish Culture, and JCCA, and is an active member of the UJA-Federation of New York's commission on Jewish Identity and Renewal. She holds an M.S. in Educational Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Harvard University. Carol is committed to creating Jewish joy.

 

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Tobi Kahn
Co-founder

 

Tobi Kahn is a painter and sculptor whose work has been shown in over 40 solo exhibitions and over 60 museum and group shows since he was selected as one of nine artists to be included in the 1985 Guggenheim Museum exhibition, New Horizons in American Art. He has more than 25 years of teaching experience in painting, sculpture, photography and art history, and is the founder of the visual arts program at Manhattan Hebrew High School. Tobi currently teaches painting at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

 

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Debbie Krivoy
Director
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Debbie Krivoy is an educator with 20 years of experience in curriculum design, teacher-training, arts program management, and educational materials development. Under her leadership, Avoda Arts has launched the Arts Across the Curriculum initiative for middle and high school students, developed an Artist Beit Midrash for university students, sponsored a five-year traveling exhibition of Jewish ceremonial art, and co-founded the New York Jewish Student Film Festival. Prior to joining Avoda Arts, Debbie served as Director of Program Design Services for an educational consulting firm in Boston, where she oversaw the creation of workplace learning programs focused on leadership, teambuilding, mentoring, and critical thinking. Debbie holds a Master's of Education from the University of Massachusetts and has written several articles on integrating the arts into Jewish learning.

 

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Adam Shaw-Vardi
Graphics and Website Support

 

Adam is a graduate of the Thelma Yellin School of Art in Givataim, Israel. Since 1998 he has been working for two Israeli newspapers, Yedioth Ahronoth and Haaretz, as a web-developer and graphic designer. Avoda Arts is pleased to have him on board as our resident graphics and web-design expert.

 

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