allisvain's blog

Now that the Chagim are over and i was successfully able to figure out what day today was, I can begin to flll folk in on the recent developments for this project.

Joe posted about a terrific artical which features us. Since being interviewed, Joe and i had many miles of walking to talking and able to solidify our plans.

Reguarding Jewish Art...I think its a shame that art that is most likely to be considered Jewish art is art that is concerned with preserving Jewish culture and identity, art that is now, looking back. What about art that is concerned with the preservation of civilization, about the revelation of G-d in this world, about creating justice according to Jewish tradition? Art that is now looking forward.

Currently my thoughts and life are not organized enough to confine my post to a single topic, so I’m going to throw a bunch of stuff out there, and see how much of it makes sense.

With the exception of a run in with a Pennsylvania state trouper, the day was filled with beauty and calm. For almost 700 miles I was transfixed by the landscape of upstate New York, Pennsylvania and finally, as the sun came down, Ohio. The 9 hour drive from Connecticut to Ohio took me through a variety of landscapes. The lush green mountains and valleys of the American North East strongly contrast to the deserts of Israel where I have been for the past 6 weeks. Upstate NY has more geographically in common with Eastern PA than it does with NYC.

I’ve said this before and think I’ll say it again. Communities that have only 20 something's are not real communities, they are college campuses, or post college campuses, and they are generally not healthy environments.
One way to tell a healthy community is the presence of the elderly (y’all don’t count as elderly...unless you get the senior discount), Small children, homeless people, places of worship etc...

My longer post just got erased in the publication process, so here is the short and sweet version.

I'm coming to Cleveland in September to start Tiferet Artist Collective. I believe that Tiferet Artist Collective is to Tiferet Village as Compost is to the garden.
Through our creations, inquiry and networking we will organically create the foundation for a new community to grow.

Welcome to Tiferet Artists Collective: This is our mission: