Six Points Fellowship Announces New Artist Cohort in New York City

The Six Points Fellowship for Emerging Jewish Artists recently announced its 2010 New York City cohort. Nine artists were selected, all of whom are working on an original project that explores a thoughtful connection to Jewish ideas and Jewish cultural expression. Their projects range from a rock opera about Bernie Madoff, to a graphic novel exploring the classic advice column from the Yiddish Forward newspaper, to a theatrical thriller dealing with anti-Semitic medieval beliefs about Jewish male menstruation. Spanning the genres of visual art, performing art and music, the nine artists represent an exciting mix of flourishing Jewish culture in New York City.

Click here to read more about the 2010 Six Points Fellows.

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Co-Founders

 

Carol Brennglass Spinner

Tobi Kahn


Staff

 

Debbie Krivoy, Director

 

Shulie Seidler-Feller, 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.


 

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.


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.

 


Shulie Seidler-Feller

Program Associate

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Shulie Seider-Feller is a photographer and educator based in New York City. She received a BA from Reed College and an MFA from New York University in Photography and Video. She has taught photography workshops in New York and California for students and adults. Prior to her work at Avoda Arts, Shulie worked as the principal arts coordinator at the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at NYU. Her clients include the Forward, The Jewish Week, The Jerusalem Post, AJWS, Uri L'Tzedek, and Foundation for Jewish Culture, among others.


 

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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