POW!!! Jewish Comic Art and Influence - panel discussion

In conjunction with the launch of the POW!!! Jewish Comic Art and Influence exhibition on Thursday, April 26th, the Jewish Art Salon and the Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery are presenting a panel discussion on the exhibit, starting from 7:00 - 9:00 PM, EST at Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery, 603 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn NY, 11238

The panelists are :

* Joel Silverstein (artist and co-curator of the exhibit, panel moderator)

* Goldie Gross (artist and co-curator of the exhibit)

* Joshua Stulman (illustrator of the comic book series Israeli Defense Comics, the Jewish Comix Anthology story "How To Fill a Room" and co-curator of the exhibit)

* Archie Rand (author-illustrator of The 613)

* Rabbi Simcha Weinstein (author of Up, Up and Oy Vey, How Jewish History, Culture and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero and a forthcoming graphic autobiography)

* Julian Voloj (author of  the graphic memoirs Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker and The Joe Shuster Story: The Artist Behind Superman)

The explosive creativity of contemporary Jewish Art extends through the private and public worlds of exhibition and publication. Jewish Comics and contemporary Jewish “Fine” Art are both changing Jewish identity in new and unexpected ways. Come see painters, comic book artists, graphic novelists and authors discuss their creative process and what Judaism means to them. This experience is defining Judaism in ways unheard of in years past and is creating a body of work that will tell future generations what it means to be Jewish in the 21st Century.


This event is co-sponsored by Hadas Gallery, Rohr Center and AH Comics, publisher of SCI: The Jewish Comics Anthology, Vol. 2, edited by Steve Bergson and Be’chol Lashon.