Avigayle Adler, Founder & Director, The Open Studio
Avigayle has been teaching art and creativity since she was in high school. She has a MA in Jewish Education from Hebrew University and is a graduate of the Pardes Educators’ Program. Avigayle made aliya from Denver, Colorado seven years ago and has been running the Open Studio every since. She has been an artist-in-residence at several summer camps, seminary programs and museums throughout the United States and Israel. Avigayle has been awarded the distinction of Oman Mitztayen, or “Outstanding Artist” by the ministry of absorption and highlighted in Celebrating 70 Extraordinary Women of Israel in The Times of Israel. Avigayle specializes in mosaics, glass painting and paper-cutting, but her true talents lie in helping to bring out the inner-artist in each child and adult she works with.
Liat Ainie, Summer Camp Director
Hello, my name is Liat Ainie. I live in Migdal Oz. I’ve been working with arts for many years, I’m a life coach through art and teach art classes with many art forms and ages. I was a counselor in the “Open Studio” as a teenager, and the world of education, kids and arts was opened in front of my eyes. With much excitement, I’m going to be the director of The Open Studio’s summer camp program. I can’t wait to meet, create, enjoy and discover new worlds with your children.
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Leonid Kritsun, Glass Mosaics & Sculpture
An architect by profession, Leonid, has worked in the field of glass art for over twenty-five years. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions and his works are on display throughout Israel and abroad.
Shlomi Charka, Comics
Michal Ben Ari, Metalurgy & Silver Design
Caron Greenblatt, Painting & Drawing
Roochie Sinai, Mosaics
Sharon Binder, Topography
Sharon specializes in graphic design and calligraphy to create major works of Judaic art for the home, institutions and synagogue. Trained in the United States and Canada, Sharon has exhibited internationally. Sharon’s expertise in such diverse media as painting, pen-and-ink, typography and fabric appliqué has been applied to murals, wall hangings, decorative arts, illustration and screen prints. Yaal’s studio/gallery is located at the Jerusalem Hutsot Hayotser Artist Colony.
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