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    Saidye Rosner Bronfman
    (Canadian Encyclopedia, 2019-08) Raymond, Katrine
    An article about philanthropist and art patron, Saidye Rosner Bronfman (1896-1995). Married to liquor magnate Samuel Bronfman, Saidye Bronfman was a generous supporter of charities and the arts. She organized the Montreal Jewish branch of the Quebec division of the Red Cross, for which she was awarded Order of the British Empire in 1943. In 1952, she and her husband founded the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation, which "gives grants to education, the arts, heritage preservation and Jewish community initiatives." The couple also made a significant contribution to the arts in Canada, founding the Saidye and Samuel Bronfman Collection of Canadian Art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. In recognition of Sadyie Bronfman's passion for the arts, her children founded theater and arts complex, the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts in 1967. Click on the link to read the article.
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    Oral history interview with Ben Shahn, 1968 September 27
    (Smithsonian Archives of American Art, 2004) Shahn, Ben; Selvig, Forrest
    "This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others." Click on the icon below to access the document.
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    Miriam Schapiro
    (Jewish Women's Archive, 1999-12-31) Salus, Carol
    An article on the life, work and influence of Miriam Schapiro, one of the "foremost pioneers in the feminist art movement in the United States."
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    Miriam Schapiro
    (TheArtStory.org, 2017-01-17) The Art Story Contributors
    Miriam Schapiro was a major figure in the feminist art movement. An activist advocating for equal respect and recognition for women artists, she incorporated into her art the crafts and domestic creations, that were typically dismissed as women's work. She collaborated with Judy Chicago on the Feminist Art Project and the collaborative feminist art space, Womanhouse. Click on the link above for an overview of the trajectory of Schapiro's art, as well as biographical information. Click on the first link below to see an entry on Judy Chicago. For another discussion of the life, work, philosophy and significance of Miriam Schapiro, click on the second link below.
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    Annie Leibovitz, the Un-Fashion Photographer
    (The New York Times, 2021-11-04) Morrisroe, Patricia
    "'Fashion wasn’t anything I wanted to be involved with,' she [Annie Leibovitz] says. Yet the visually arresting images in “Wonderland,” her new book and collection, may be her strongest work." Click on the link above to read the article. Click on the URLs below for other entries for Annie Leibovitz.
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    Judy Chicago’s Jewish Identity
    (Lilith, 2001-03-15) Schneider, Susan Weidman
    A brief review of the exhibit, “Judy Chicago: Jewish Identity,” on view at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum in New York in 2007.
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    Judy Chicago Artist Overview and Analysis
    (The Art Story Contributors, 2012-01-21) Jenkins, Sarah
    A series of web pages dedicated to the life and work of the Jewish American artist Judy Chicago. Click on the link above to access.
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    Dance Performance in the United States
    (Jewish Women's Archive, 2009-02-27) Ingber, Judith Brin
    In this article Judith Brin Ingber discusses the place of dance within Jewish cultural and religious life and how the link between Judaism and danced flowered and evolved under the influence of Jewish immigrants to the United States. She details how American Jewish women in particular have played widely varying roles in all aspects of dance, including performance, choreography, founding and directing companies, teaching, dance therapy, etc. Her discussion the development of Jewish dance in the United States is framed by her detailing of the contributions of specific American Jewish women dancers over many decades beginning in the early twentieth century. Click on the link to read the article.
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    Frances Alenikoff, Dancer and Visual Artist, Dies at 91
    (The New York Times, 2012-07-08) Fox, Margalit
    A New York Times obituary about Frances Alenikoff, a dancer, choreographer and artist. Alenilkoff became known for her multimedia performances, incorporating slides and chanting.During the course of her career, she founded two dance companies. The first, the Aviv Theater of Dance and Song, specializing in Israeli, Hasidic, Russian and Afro-Caribbean dance. The second company she founded, Frances Alenikoff Dance Theater, specialized in exploring dance as a theatrical medium and expanding her incorporation of multimedia techniques in dance performances. Click on the link to read the article.
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    Eve Arnold
    (Jewish Women's Archive, 2009-02-27) Pomper, Emily Meyer
    Eve Arnold's "stirring portraits make a remarkable artistic contribution to twentieth-century photography. " Click on the link above to learn more about her.
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    The Man Who Saw America
    (The Slate Group--Slate Magazine, 2019-09-11) Kaplan, Fred
    Robert Frank changed photography—and the way a country viewed itself. A biographical essay on his life and work, with a focus on his seminal book, "The Americans." Click on the link above to access the article.
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    Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens - Celebrity Portrait Gallery
    (PBS and WNET, 2015-09-30) Leibovitz, Annie
    A sample of the photographs by Annie Leibovitz, the accomplished and influential Jewish American photographer. To access click on the link above. When you get to the page, get rid of the pop-ups, click on the plus (+) sign and use the chevrons (< >) to move from one photograph to the next.
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    Annie Leibovitz
    (Jewish Women's Archive, 2009-02-27) Caplan, Greg
    A biography of the famous and influential photographer, Annie Leibovitz, published in Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia by the Jewish Women's Archive. Click on the link above to access the biography.
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    A New Film Shows Gary Winogrand's Life Up Close
    (Forward, 2018-09-18) Grisar, PJ
    A film review that includes an informal biographical sketch of the photographer Garry Winogrand. Click on the link above to access the article.
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    Photographers in the United States
    (Jewish Women's Archive, 2009-03-20) Goodman, Helen
    An essay on American Jewish women photographers. Click on the link above to access.
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    History
    (The Richard Avedon Foundation, 2019) The Richard Avedon Foundation
    A short biography of Richard Avedon on the Web site of The Richard Avedon Foundation. Also on the Web site are a selection of Avedon's photographs. Click on the link above to access the article.
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    Weegee’s Day at the Beach
    (smithsonianmag.com, 2009-06) Gurewitsch, Matthew
    "When PM began publishing, in the summer of 1940, the mercury was soaring, and the editors wanted to know how Joe Average was coping. Weegee went out and shot individuals sleeping on fire escapes, kids cooling off in the spray of fire hydrants and thousands upon thousands broiling at the beach. Thus the precedent was set for the hot summer of 1942, when Weegee headed back out to Coney Island." Click on the link above to read the rest of this article on the famous photograph.
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    Martha Rosler
    (The Art History Archive, 2018) The Art History Archive - Feminist Art
    This site is part of the Art History Archive (http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/). Its overall mission is to "serve as a library of information about different artistic movements, art groups and specific artists." This particular Web Site showcases the artist, Martha Rosler, It includes a brief biography (written by the artist Charles Moffat), samples of Rosler's artwork, a list of her writings, and some significant quotations by the artist. Click to visit the Web Site.
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    Martha Rosler Isn’t Done Making Protest Art
    (New York Times, 2018-11-06) Haigney, Sophie
    This article was written on the occasion of an exhibition of Roser's art at the Jewish Museum in New York City. The exhibition, entitled “Martha Rosler: Irrespective,” showcases the art, done in various medums, dating back to the 1960s. Raised by an Orthodox family, Rosler sees her sense of justice and political belifes as following from Jewish teachings. Click on the link to read the article.
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    Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, the Holocaust and X-Men
    (San Diego Jewish World, 2018-11-12) Baron, Laurie
    The article begins, "Marvel Comics founder Stan Lee died Monday. As a memorial to him, here’s an excerpt from an article I wrote in 2003 about the first X-Men movie." What follows is an excerpt from Lawrence Baron's “X-Men as J-Men: The Jewish Subtext of a Comic Book Movie,” originally published in Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Vol.22, no.1 (Fall 2003), pp.45-48. Click on the link above to access the excerpt.