Derfner Judaica Museum + The Art Collection at Hebrew Home at Riverdale

Upcoming Programs

Women Artists Envision the Sacred
Thursday, April 30, 2 p.m. | Location: Virtual

Join us for this online talk featuring women artists included in Derfner Judaica Museum’s exhibition, Envisioning the Sacred: Modern Art from the Collection. Artists Louise August, Jane Logemann, Linda Plotkin, Chava Wolpert Richard, Rina Rotholz, Susan Schwalb, and Joyce Ellen Weinstein explore themes of Hebrew language, Jewish history, religion, and culture in works ranging in style from figuration to complete abstraction. Photo I.D. required for entrance to the campus. Register for Zoom here >>

Bronx Week — Illustrated Talk and Tour: Women Artists Envision the Sacred
Sunday, May 3, 2 p.m. | Location: Derfner Judaica Museum

Join Senior Curator Emily O’Leary for this in-person illustrated talk focusing on seven women artists included in the current exhibition, Envisioning the Sacred: Modern Art from the Collection, who explore themes of Hebrew language, Jewish history, religion, and culture in works ranging in style from figuration to complete abstraction. Participants will have the opportunity to see the artworks discussed in the slide lecture in person in the gallery. Photo I.D. required for entrance to the campus. R.S.V.P. art@riverspring.org or 718-581-1596.

Image: Installation view of the exhibition.

Celebrating Pride: LGBTQ+ Artists from the Derfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection
Tuesday, June 9, 2 p.m. | Location: Virtual

In celebration of Pride Month, join us in conjunction with Queens Public Library for this online talk focusing on twelve LGBTQ+ artists with work in the Derfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection, including celebrated photographer Richard Avedon, early-twentieth-century naturalist and symbolist Andrey Avinoff, colorist Nell Blaine, abstract sculptor Stuart Edelson, landscape painter Bill Sullivan, and Pop artist Andy Warhol, among others. Click here for Zoom link >>

Image: Bill Sullivan (b. New Haven, Connecticut, 1942–d. Hudson, New York, 2010), Lavender Empire State, detail, 1995. Oil on canvas, 28 x 18 in. Acquired from artist, HHAR 4518.

Stuart Edelson: The Art and Activism of a Creative Hyphenate in New York
Monday, June 22, 1:30 p.m. | Location: Virtual

Join us, in conjunction with DOROT, to celebrate Pride Month with a talk about the life and work of New York artist Stuart Edelson (b. Bronx, New York, 1944–d. New York, New York, 1995), whose sculpture, Memory Object (1973), is in Derfner Judaica Museum + Art Collection’s permanent collection. Senior Curator Emily O’Leary will discuss Edelson’s fascinating life as an artist, cultural worker, LGBTQ+ activist, novelist, playwright, and world traveler before his untimely death from AIDS. Organized in conjunction with DOROT. (Registration link coming soon.)

Image: Stuart Edelson stands with his cast bronze sculpture, Memory Object (1973), in an undated photo.