An Evening of Art and Music Dedicated to the Kultur-Lige Yiddish Arts Movement

This program is made possible through a grant by the COJECO BluePrint Fellowship funded by the UJA-Federation of New York.

COJECO BluePrint Fellowship and YIVO present an evening of art and music dedicated to the Kultur-Lige Yiddish arts movement.

Kulture-Lige Movement in Ukraine and the Art of Children's Book Illustration, 1918-1930s: How to be Creative in the Face of Constant Change
Presentation by Oksana Rosenblum

Lettering Workshop: Kultur-Lige Aleph Bets from Ukraine
by Karen Gorst

with special guest Dmitri Zisl Slepovitch presenting
Far dem lebn, far den nayem: Yiddish songs for a new era

About the Participants

Oksana Rosenblum has been freelancing as a visual researcher in the field of Jewish art and history since her graduation from JTS in 2005. Currently, she works for the Toronto-based Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter Initiative, focusing on the history of Jews in Ukraine. In her free time, Oksana studies Persian and Indian music.

Karen Gorst, calligrapher and manuscript illuminator, curated NYPL's "Three Faith Scriptorium." Her custom illuminations (gorststudio.com), acclaimed the best of New York in "Made in New York: Handcrafted works by Master Artisans," are currently in the collections of the Smithsonian, Trinity Church at Wall Street and in 2015, will be presented at the Morgan Library and Museum.

Dmitri Zisl Slepovitch, Ph.D. (musicology), is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, scholar, educator, and Yiddish activist. He is the founder and leader of the Litvakus and Minsker Kapelye klezmer bands. Over the years, Jewish music has remained the core of Dmitri's creative inspirations. Find out more at dmitrislepovitch.com.