VISUAL ARTS
ECE Gallery Exhibit
In our ECE classrooms we use the Sheva Early Learning Framework to guide the environments to help foster a cohesive and natural approach to learning and engagement between educators and children. This foundation builds upon the notion that children and educators use the environment as the third teacher and the inspiration for their inquiry.
This year’s theme “The Art of Building with Constructivist Learners” takes the notion further by bringing the children’s inspirations and interpretations of their world into their work using loose parts (Reggio inspired approach) as their main materials.
Using the ECE Sheva Framework, our little builders have created amazing projects that showcase their imagination and how they see the world around them.
The Seven (Sheva) Lenses within the Framework consist of:
1. Masa: Journey (Reflection, Return, and Renewal)
2. B’rit: Covenant (Belonging and Commitment)
3. Hit’orerut: Awakening (Amazement and Gratitude)
4. K’dushah: Holiness (Intentionality and Presence)
5. D’rash: Interpretation (Inquiry, Dialogue, and Transmission)
6. Tzelem Elohim: Divine Image (Dignity and Potential)
7. Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World (Responsibility)
The children whose creations are exhibited range from ages 18 months to 12 years.
These creations were all based on their initial interests. Educators observed and
followed their lead as their projects took shape.
March 29 - April 28, 2025
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
The Gallery at the J is seeking artists and partner organizations to participate in our 2025 season! We are attracted to artwork that tells a story. We want our viewers to experience a journey - yours and theirs.
Artists and organizations are asked to examine universal values through a Jewish lens. Each month has been assigned a theme/subject which represent a selection of our core principles. Please carefully review the criteria before submitting. (We acknowledge the additional themes associated with months of the year such as Asian Heritage Month and Black History Month. If there are themes and subjects you are not seeing that you feel we should include, please write to deannad@mnjcc.org for future consideration)
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THE GALLERY AT THE J
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
Mifgashim: Where Jewish Canadians and Israelis Meet.
This May, the Miles Nadal JCC invites you to a unique exploration of diverse identities within the Jewish community. “Mifgashim” is a photography project and exhibit that focusses on Canadian and Israeli Jews living in Toronto. Twelve families who identify as holding both of these two distinct identities will be the subject of this art project. "Mifgashim" translates to "encounters" or "meetings”. We're excited to facilitate a "meeting" between the public and the families lying at this unique intersection, where two cultures encounter one another in one family.
For more information, click here.
Project coordinators:
Linor Gerchak (Hebrew/English)
Lauren Schreiber Sasaki – LaurenS@mnjcc.org (English)
Annual Beverley Fingerhut Memorial Lecture: Ya'ara Eshet - Thursday, Apr 3, 1-2:30 pm (afternoon tea from 2:30-3:30 pm for in-person attendees)
Discover the creativity, imagination and feminine power of artist and illustrator Ya'ara Eshet. Her provocative works – featured several times at the Miles Nadal JCC Gallery – are inspired by her secular kibbutz upbringing near the Sea of Galilee, and a rich Judaic history including folklore, mysticism, Kabbalah, Israeli poetry and Yiddish verses. Generously sponsored by the Fingerhut/Metcalfe family. Join us in-person at the Miles Nadal JCC (including afternoon tea), on Zoom simulcast, or register to receive the recording!