CALL FOR PHOTOS! Healing Nature: How Nature Helps Us Heal In Difficult Times
October 1 @ 12:01 am - November 10 @ 11:59 pm
CALL FOR PHOTOS! The Jewish community, and all who wish to join, are invited to participate in an exhibit of photography to mark
one year since October 7, 2023.
The victims came from many faiths and backgrounds and included citizenship from twenty different countries. We will remember those taken from us, the hostages recovered and still being held, the sacrifices of brave soldiers and civilians, and the innocent lives lost and uprooted.
The Tychman Shapiro Gallery and the Herman J. Birnberg Gallery will be filled with photographs submitted by community members, both locally and from our sister cities in Israel as part of the Federations’ Partnership 2Gether alliance – Rehovot (Mpls) & Sovev Kinneret (St. Paul), responding to the statement “How nature helps us heal.”
Israel’s national flower, the boldly colored, red crown anemone carpets fields along the Gaza border area during certain times of year, drawing large crowds. Many of these sites of grace and beauty have now become associated with the atrocities of October 7.
These delicate flowers symbolize rebirth and ironically are also viewed as the flower of mourning. The most significant anemone flower meaning is anticipation because on a sunny day, the anemone will track the sun’s movement across the sky. It will close up at night when the sun goes down and open back up in the morning to prepare itself for a new day.
Nature reminds us that everything is connected and that our actions have significant impact on all around us. Being outside renews our spirits, encouraging us to look beyond our immediate circumstances. It also allows us to process difficult feelings without judgment.
NOTE: You will need a Gmail account to submit through this form; if you do not have a Gmail account, you can submit your photographs by sending them to jccminnesota@gmail.com.
As photographs are submitted, they will be installed in the galleries to create a larger message that will be revealed to the community over time. This time-based exhibit will evolve over a six-week period and offer space to reflect, process, and offer healing through our community’s response to how nature helps us heal. For questions, please contact Robyn Awend at robyna@minnesotajcc.org.
THE EXHIBIT:
Healing Nature:
How Nature Helps Us Heal In Difficult Times
October 1 – November 15, 2024
Herman J. Birnberg Fine Art Gallery – Capp Center St. Paul &
Tychman Shapiro Gallery – Sabes Center Minneapolis
Planned in partnership with the Minnesota JCC, Minneapolis Jewish Federation, St. Paul Jewish Federation, Partnership2Gether Rehovot & Sovev Kinneret.
