Edna Miron-Wapner is a Jewish Artist and Expressive Arts Educator living and working in Jerusalem. Edna was born in Israel and grew up in Montreal, Canada and has lived in Jerusalem since 1977 where she is an active member of a vital Progressive Jewish Community. She has a C.A.G.S (Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies) from the European Graduate School, Leuk, Switzerland; MA in Educational Research from the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education - University of Toronto and a BA from McGill University in Montreal. As an artist with specialties in Sumi-e Painting, Calligraphy, Printmaking and Papermaking, she has exhibited her work over the past thirty years in museums and galleries in the US, Israel, Russia and Japan. Her own approach to her art is a spiritual one facilitated through Jewish meditation followed by spontaneous creation. As an Expressive Arts Educator, she created a course called "Expressive Kavannah" which integrates an intermodal expressive arts experience with a Jewish content. She is the founder of two studios in Jerusalem, the first Studio Spiral, a unique intermodal Children's Creativity Center and secondly, Studio Indigo, an Adult Expressive Arts Center. She served as Artist in Residence at the Brandeis Bardin Institute in California and has taught at the Pardes Institute, Hebrew Union College, Yakar and Kol Haneshama, the Ramah Program and JESNA in Israel. SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2008 – THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE 2003 - 2004 - DIALOGUE WITH ANCIENT INSCRIPTIONS II - 1998 - 1999 - DIALOGUE WITH ANCIENT INSCRIPTIONS - 1996 - TRANSITIONS - Sarah Einstein Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel. 1996 - RECENT WORKS - Studio Indigo, Jerusalem, Israel. 1992 - 1995 - IMAGES - (photo at left from IMAGES exhibition) 1990 - OPEN STUDIO - Santa Monica, CA. 1987 - SONGS OF MEDITATION - The Jewish Quarter Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA. 1981 - BATIKS - The Jerusalem House of Quality, Jerusalem, Israel. SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2008 – THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL BIENNALE OF PRINTMAKIN 2000 - THE SPIRITUAL IN ART- Bedford Art Museum, curated by Dr. Peter London. Bedford, Mass. 1995 - APPROACHES TO PAPER- Confederation House, Jerusalem, Israel. 1994 - THE GLOBAL ART PROJECT- Phoenix, AZ. 1994 - IN MEMORY OF JOYCE SCHMIDT-The Visual Arts Center, Beersheva, Israel. 1993 - NEW MEMBERS- The Artists' House, Jerusalem, Israel. 1986 - STROKES OF BRILLANCE - The Brand Library, Glendale, CA. 1986 - CALLIGRAPHY '86 - The Jerusalem Theatre, Jerusalem, Israel. 1985 - THE ISAIAH FESTIVAL - Los Angeles, CA. 1885 - PEN AND PAPER - The XIIth International Book Fair, Jerusalem, Israel. COLLECTIONS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS California: Willard & Rita Chotiner, Lois & Dick Gunther, Joe & Mickey Wapner, Seth & Kathleen Schulweiss, Katherine & Andrew Soll, Fleur & Mark Chessler, Harriet Germain, Julie & Tony Moldo-Jones, Charna & David Rickey, Harry & Marilyn Nebenzahl, Rabbi Elie & Linda Spitz. London, England: Andrea & Jonathan Licht-Stern. Boston: Joyce & Jack Zimmerman. New York City: Susan Wind, Richard Scheuer PUBLICATIONS AND FILMS "Edna Miron-Wapner" - Rambam, The Royal Danish Library, Copenhagen, Spring 1992. "Hebrew Micrographers" - Calligraphy Review, Summer 1987, by Dr. Leila Avrin. "Hebrew Calligraphy" -Encyclopedia Judaica Year Book, 1986-1987. FILMS: DIALOGUE WITH ANCIENT INSCRIPTIONS. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: The International Association of Papermaking Artists. TEACHING EXPERIENCE EDUCATION 1974 - M.A . - University of Toronto, The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Educational Research. 1971 - B.A - McGill University, Montreal, Quebec. Canada. Honors French. PERSONAL She returned to live in Israel, in Jerusalem, in 1977, where she met her husband and raised two boys. In addition to her art, she belongs to a progressive Jewish community, Kol Haneshama. She has traveled extensively and enjoys swimming, walking, hiking and reading novels. |
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