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Plenary seminar "Roads, palaces, cities: space in Jewish art and classical text" took place in Ukrainian cities memora

Since August 28 till September 11 of 2002 there took place the plenary seminar "Roads, palaces, cities: space in Jewish art and classical text". The seminar was organized for artists, teachers and researchers of Jewish art of Russia, Ukraine, Moldavia, Byelorussia, Estonia and Israel.
The seminar was organized by Jewish agency for Israel ("Sokhnut"), Chaise Center on Judaic development (under Jewish University in Jerusalem), Jewish Art Association and Center of Jewish Art (under Jewish University in Jerusalem), Euro-Asian Jewish Congress and Judaic Institute in Kiev.
The route of the seminar has included memorial places of Ukraine connected with Jewish history and art. Among them there were: Shargorod, Chernovtsy, Vinnitsa, Medzhibozh, Stanov, Kamenets-Podolskiy, Khotyn, Vizhnitsa, Kosov, Buchach.
The seminar has been opened and finished at picturesque Puscha-Voditsa under Kiev. During first 4 days at Puscha-Voditsa and later proceeding further the route the participants of the seminar has listened to the cycle of lectures read by G.Kazovsky, B.Khaymovich, M.Yagloma, I.Dvorkin, S.Garoldin, I.Sergeyeva, V.Mochalova.
The lectures highlighted the problems of Jewish material and spiritual culture at the territory of Eastern Europe; theory and practice of modern Jewish fine arts; peculiarities of self-identification of post-Soviet Jewish painters in the context of history of Eastern Europe Jewry.
In the borders of the seminar there were held some practical classes on Jewish classical text studies and interpretation.
The seminar is a part of a project "Art and Jewish Education". It is oriented for innovations in the sphere of Jewish creative work, educational and research programs. One of the numerous projects formed in the process of the plenary seminar "Roads, palaces, cities: space in Jewish art and classical text" was the exhibition of painters-participants of the seminar as well as a cycle of lectures dedicated to theory and practice of Jewish fine arts.

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