Material / Inheritance in the Washington Post!!

Material / Inheritance, an exhibition at the Jewish Museum of Maryland featuring work from New Jewish Culture Fellows, opened this weekend. I could not feel prouder or luckier to have my work included.

What a thrill to see the show highlighted in the Washington Post!!

Material / Inheritance

This show will be the first ever art exhibit showcasing the work of the New Jewish Culture Fellows, and I’m so thrilled to have my work included!! It’s no exaggeration to say that NJCF has dramatically changed my work and life for the better.

All the thanks to NJCF, The Jewish Museum of Maryland, and Leora Fridman, for her fantastic curation. See you there!!

The Box

Coming Very Soon! The Box is a 2-person exhibition with works by me and the brilliant Anne Mourier, a feminist, visual conversation about our faiths of origin. Many thanks to Aaron Rosen and the Luce Center for the Arts and Religion.

Creating this show with Anne, an artist and human I hugely admire, has been a joy.

Anatevka Premiere at the 2023 New York Jewish Film Festival!!

What a night!! This last Wednesday my newest short film, Anatevka, had its US premiere at Lincoln Center, and I am still totally blissed out. The film showed on a night of short films by female directors.

My young cast got to see their phenomenal performances on that iconic big screen, and the audience really connected with the film. As filmmakers, we can’t really know how our projects will land with folks outside our loved ones until they show publicly. Hearing the laughter as my film played in that big room was a really special, gratifying experience.

More exciting Anatevka news coming soon!! Stay tuned.

My incredible young movie stars posing at the festival.

Hadar Ahuvia, my fabulous star and collaborator, on the big screen.

No one does dapper like my husband.

The Q & A on stage after the screenings. Such an honor to chat with these remarkable filmmakers!

I’m on Fake the Nation with legendary drag queen and trans activist Eureka O’Hara!!

Dreamy does not begin to describe how I feel about appearing as a guest this week on the Fake the Nation podcast with Negin Farsad. We were joined by drag legend EUREKA O’HARA!!!

Eureka O’Hara, people. The queen you know and love from Rupaul’s Drag Race, from All Stars, and from We’re Here on HBO!!!

Getting to chat about current events with these two legendary ladies was such a blast!!

Click here to listen to the episode.

Anatevka at the 2023 New York Jewish Film Festival!!

HUGE NEWS!!!! My new short film that I wrote and directed, Anatevka, will premiere at Lincoln Center, on January 18th, as part of the New York Jewish Film Festival!!!

Lincoln Center and/or Jewish Museum members can buy tickets starting Dec 13th, and they’re available to everyone on Dec 15th.

Anatevka will be showing on a night celebrating shorts directed by female-identified filmmakers.

Hope to see you there!!!!

A Fabulous Exhibition Opening in Vienna

I’m just back from Vienna, where I attended the opening for “100 Misunderstandings About And Among Jews,” at the Jewish Museum of the City of Vienna. My video piece, Dangerous Opinions, is on view, and challenges the misunderstanding that we cannot publicly criticize Israel.

I love this show!! It’s thoughtful, smart, includes an incredible selection of works, and fearlessly engages with some of the most fraught issues in contemporary Jewish life. Having my work included really is a thrill.

From top to bottom:

Me and Caitlin Gura, one of the exhibition’s wonderful curators.

With dreamboat/dream date/dream husband/velvet assassin, Aamir Wyne.

Visitors watching my piece.

100 Misunderstandings at the Jewish Museum

If you find yourself in Vienna between late November and June, I hope you’ll check out “100 Misunderstandings About and Among Jews,” a group exhibition that includes my work! I feel extremely lucky to be included in this show, especially because this theme could not be more timely.

This is my first time ever exhibiting work in a European museum!! I can’t wait.

If you will be in Vienna on Nov 29th, and would like to attend the opening, please let me know, so I can put your name on the list. I’ll be there!!

CHOSEN opens next week!

I can’t believe it, but my first ever solo show outside the US, CHOSEN, opens at Four Corners Gallery, in London, in a few days!! Amazing. The exhibition will be up between Oct 11th and 15th, as part of Frieze Week, and I’m beyond honored to participate.

Below is a sneak peek of the very large print we’ll be installing in the gallery’s front window:

And CHOSEN is already getting exciting UK press! Many thanks to the Jewish Telegraph for a super fun interview, and this lovely article:

Bring on the challenging discourse! I hope to see you there.

Solo Show in London During Frieze Week!

CHOSEN, my first solo exhibition outside the US, will be up in London next month, during Frieze week!! To have this happen in a city I love so much, at the same time as one of the most important art fairs out there, feels especially exciting. My work will be on view at Four Corners Gallery, a lovely space on the east side of the city.

CHOSEN marks another milestone for me - this is the first time I will get to show my short film, Eleanor of Illinois, on a loop, in a fine art space, the context I always wanted for this piece. I can't wait.

If you will be in London the evening of Oct 13th, and would like to attend the private viewing, please let me know. I will make sure your name is on the list.

All the thanks to Four Corners Gallery, and the wonderful Diana Ewer, who represents my work in the UK, for making this happen.

Hope to see you there!

My work in ART FORUM

Today is a really big Good News day for me and all the other folks engaged in radical lefty Jewish art making. Thanks to the author of this piece, Sol Brager, our movement now has a public narrative and acknowledgment, from Art Forum!!

And my voice/work are included! can’t believe it. It’s so exciting!!

So many thanks to Sol B, the Jewish Museum of Baltimore, Liora Ostroff, Sol Davis, The New Jewish Culture Fellowship, and all the other folks supporting challenging Jewish cultural production right now.

One week until filming!

7 days until we begin rehearsals/shooting for my next short film, Anatevka!!

This image is of a huge map prop, created in collaboration with my wonderful graphic designer, Luis Melgar, and printed by Brooklyn Editions, for the set.

Not All Kathy’s

What a joy to be on this week’s Fake The Nation with the incomparable Negin Farsad and Shalewa Sharpe! We got into it about California crime politics, the Depp/Heard trial, and powerful women named Kathy.

Available wherever you get your podcasts! I really hope you’ll listen - I had such a ball gabbing with these two.