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February/March 2012

December 2011

November 2011

Interview with Vanessa Lowry (of Atlanta)– Art as Worship Series

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• A 30 minute interview with Flora also airs on the internet online station Empower Radio at 9am EST on Wed., Feb. 22, 2012 that actually begins at 9:04am EST. This is similar to a YouTube video,except there is no video per se - just the voice interview. Click on the “Listen Live” button to hear the current show. You can also download the archived show after it airs on the same website.

Arts & Crafts Market

Arts & Crafts Market on Sunday, March 18th from 11am-5pm
Congregation Ahavath Achim - 600 Peachtree Battle NW - Atlanta, Georgia  30327

2011 Signature Member of the National Collage Society

Flora Rosefsky, Atlanta, GA, has been granted Signature Membership in the National Collage Society. This is the highest distinction awarded to collage artists who have been selected by juries for three Annual Juried Exhibits.

As a signature member, this qualifies those artists to donate a piece to The National Collage Society Teaching Collection at Kent State University, School of Art in Kent, Ohio.  The National Collage Society, Inc (NCS, Inc) is a non-profit art education foundation with headquarters in Hudson, Ohio.  Membership has spread around the world with web presence www.nationalcollage.com

Each year a new three person jury selects the Annual Exhibit from hundreds of entries. A museum curator, art history professor and professional collage artist provide a balance of opinions to maintain a high standard of collage and assemblage, the latter being 3-dimensional collage.

Read the full press release received from the president of the NCS, Gretchen Bierbaum

Blog Interview with Flora Rosefsky

Read an interview about Flora and the spiritual inspiration of her work. “Breathing art and expressing the preciousness of life spiritual art pilgrim interview #5"

Feature: Article: Rosefsky gets Guild to Blossom

Atlanta Jewish Times
Rosefsky gets Guild to blossom
February 25, 2011

President of The American Guild of Judaic Art – June 2010-May 2012.

AGJA

Work “Tree of Life”,commissioned by AMIT for a children’s visual illustrated Torah cover, now licensed as artwork for AMIT’s new Tzedukah Boxes, being distributed across the Atlanta metropolitan area and beyond. Get a free box, and then to use it and donate back to AMIT.

AMIT – a school leading the way for exceptional education – a program for Jewish children with special needs in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

Art in the Afternoon, “anartfulspring”

sponsored by the Avondale Arts Alliance, supporting the Arts in Avondale Estates.

Saturday, June 5, 2010 from 3-7PM  – visit Flora Rosefsky along with other artists at The Pyles residence. Collage, assemblage and Giclee prints will be for sale along with special commissions for children and pet paper cutout portraits.

About the Avondale Arts Alliance and the Art in the Afternoon Program

See the list of all participating artists for June 5, 2010.

winner of the Design Competition for the American Guild of Judaic Art’s  Jewish Arts Week Post Card

Flora Rosefsky, FLORAGE Artworks, Atlanta, GA is the winner of the Design Competition for the American Guild of Judaic Art’s  Jewish Arts Week Post Card. In support of JEWISH ARTS WEEK (March 7-13, 2010), the Guild will mail Flora’s post card announcement to all Synagogues, Jewish Day Schools, and Community Centers. The artwork that Flora selected are three of eleven stained glass windows that she designed for Temple Kehillat Chaim (Roswell, GA) for their sanctuary. More information about the AGJA (American Guild of Judaic Art)

Featured Artist for The Women’s Caucus for Art Members Gallery

January 2010
www.nationalwca.org

Flora Rosefsky’s work featured as a cover story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Living Section

Shehecheyanu

now available for purchase.

New paper cutout collage, “Shehecheyanu”, especially created as a Sukkah banner for The Sukkah Project of Chapel Hill, NC

A limited number of other Rosefsky Sukkah banners from previous years are also available. For more information or to place an order: www.sukkot.com

Phone: 919-489-7325 Questions about an order, Email Judith- sukkahsupport@gmail.com

JEWISH WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL (JWI) magazine (fall issue/2009) features the Shehecheyanu Sukkah banner along with other information about the joyous holiday of Sukkot from a woman’s perspective.

Draw Me: Portraits of Grandpa

Workshops Taught by Flora Rosefsky

Making it Personal: Beyond Scrapbooking more class info
Collage and Assemblage
November 2009
at The Sycamore Gallery & Studios
120 Sycamore Place - Decatur, GA 30030
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Rosefsky Family Sukkah

Now part of the permanent collection of The Temple Judea Museum at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel Temple, Elkins Park, PA

Draw Me: Portraits of Grandpa

Workshops Taught by
Flora Rosefsky

Making it Personal: Beyond Scrapbooking more class info
Collage and Mixed Media
April 2009
at The Sycamore Gallery & Studios
120 Sycamore Place - Decatur, GA 30030
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On Loan

“Personal Sanctuary”Currently was on loan to Emory University’s Cannon Chapel, in their student center  lounge area.

Simchat Torah III

Artist in Residence

Flora Rosefsky is scholar/artist-in-residence

April 12 - 14 at Ramah Darom’s Passover Family Retreat in the Northern Georgia mountains.

April 17-19  at Temple Judea Mizpah in Skokie, Illinois (outside of Chicago).

Silent Auction

Six framed Giclees are part of a Silent Auction at an upcoming Hillels of Georgia “Campus Super Star”  event to be held on March 31, 2009 at Center Stage Atlanta – 1374 West Peachtree St., Atlanta 30309. 6:30pm hors d’oeuvres, 8:00 super star show RSVP 404-727-2084. www.campussuperstar.org

5th Annual WINTER'S LIGHT, a celebration of many voices-one message- an evening of interfaith storytelling/arts.

Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 8:00PM, sanctuary of Central Congregational United Church of Christ ( CCUCC) located at 2676 Clairmont Road, Atlanta.

Performances include storytellers and performers from several faith traditions. Flora Rosefsky will also share works of art inspired by her Jewish heritage and their universal spiritual stories.

Suggested donation $10 with a portion of the proceeds benefitting Georgia Interfaith Power and Light and The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies.

(Winter's Light Evite)

A Sweet & Good Year

Selected works created for
Jewish Publications

From Frida Kon, art director of The Cleveland Jewish News – September, 2007
"Your artwork is a buzz in the city.  We got a lot, and I mean a lot, of good comments."

When you need illustration for publication, Flora Rosefsky’s illustration is often described as "joyful" in its use of color and composition. Selected Jewish media who licensed her work include The Cleveland Jewish News, The Detroit Jewish News, Arizona Jewish Post, Atlanta Jewish Times, Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, Nashville Observor, Southeastern Virginia Beach Jewish News, Connecticut Jewish Ledger, Philadelphia Exponent, Jewish News of Greater Phoenix.
 
Rosefsky’s artwork has been licensed by Hallmark Cards as well as organizations such as United Jewish Communities, Women of Reform Judaism, Hadassah, American Jewish Committee-Atlanta Chapter and many other Jewish groups and publications.

Click here for more information on licensing artwork.

QUILTER’S NEWSLETTER Magazine, May-2008 issue features an article "Community Quilts: Strategy for Success" by Flora Rosefsky with photos and information about the four community quilts Flora designed and which were sewn by many talented women from Binghamton, NY and the Atlanta area. qnm.com/webextras/feature363/

Hadassah-Brandeis Women’s Institute’s features  Flora Rosefsky and "The Jewish Celebrations" quilt as one of 16 Jewish women artisans around the world in this year’s HBI’s 16 month wall calendar where the selected artisans used traditional techniques to "elevate their craft to the highest level".  www.brandeis.edu/hbi  Calendars are also available for sale at The Breman Museum Shop in Atlanta. www.thebreman.org
 
Fons & Porter Love of Quilting Magazine – November/December 2008 issue features the "Jewish Celebrations" quilt.

COVER: Women in Art
Friday, August 29, 2008
The Atlanta Jewish Times

A section of Flora Rosefsky’s quilt that hangs in the Breman Jewish Home was used for the cover. Read more >>

The Swan Coach House Gallery "Little Things Mean A Lot" show

Review excerpt by Debra Wolf–November 30, 2007  

• Flora Rosefsky’s "Reality" is monochromatic collage in black, white and silver. Fashioned of lace, a crocheted potholder, veil netting, paper, and silver fabric, the composition is anchored by a vintage vinyl 45, still intact. Ironically, it bears the label "Really," adding a whimsical touch to this record of an imagined, pieced-together past.

A new Atlanta Visual Arts community website – www.outofthetube.com

Works created for Hanukkah-2007

When you need illustration, consider my artwork, often described as "joyful" in its use of color and composition.
The Cleveland JEWISH NEWS and the JEWISH LEDGER used my work for their 2007 Jewish New Year holiday covers.

Other selected Jewish media who licensed or commissioned my work in past years included the Atlanta JEWISH TIMES, the Detroit JEWISH NEWS, The JEWISH TRANSCRIPT.

My artwork has also been licensed by Hallmark Cards as well as organizations such as United Jewish Communities, Women of Reform Judaism, Hadassah and The American Jewish Committee-Atlanta Chapter along with many other Jewish groups and publications.  

Click here for more information on licensing my artwork.

Women of Reform Judaism selected Flora Rosefsky and her Judaic paper cutouts to be featured in their 5767/2006-2007 Art Calendar, High Holy Day card, Blank Note Card and 5767 Wall Calendar. The two calendars feature several works of art from Rosefsky's colorful Judaic Cutout Series.

Order Giclee prints of the featured WRJ artwork.

Collage pieces fall right into place

Review by Catherine Fox
Atlanta Journal Constitution | June 10, 2007
"Constructed Images: The Art of Collage"
At the Swan Coach House Gallery
Read the review

American Art Collector, a book published by Alcove Books in Berkeley, California has selected Flora Rosefsky and her work, "Songs of Praise", to be included in the upcoming issue, page 314. The 2007 juried book is sent to galleries, artists, publisher and collectors. View Songs of Praise

Talk and Discussion - The Work & Inspiration of Flora Rosefsky
Followed by a "Drawing with Scissors" Workshop – theme: "My Favorite Place"
Sponsored by Meyer Balser NORC (Natural Occurring Retirement Community)–
The William Breman Jewish Home
3150 Howell Mill Road NW – Atlanta 30327
Sunday, October 28, 2007 – 2:00-5:00pm
(image: "40" from the Life Chapters Suite )