The Tucson Jewish Community Center (the Tucson J) in partnership with Israel Ride, Ride for the Living and the JCC Association of North America’s Cycle for Good program will present several fundraising cycling events over the next eight months. Each ‘ride’ will raise money for various Tucson J programs and also for the JCC in Krakow, Poland. All rides will take place in the Tucson J’s Indoor Cycling Studio.
This event is a virtual ride sponsored by the JCCA of North America. All ticket proceeds will benefit The J’s Taglit Day program, helping support young adults with disabilities. This ride is one hour starting at 8:00 a.m., 9:00a.m., 11:00a.m. and noon. Tickets are $18 per hour.
Join us at Jewish Federation of Southern Arizona’s Northwest Division office for a one-hour get-together. We’ll have story time featuring PJ Library books followed by snacks. Every session has a different theme! We have guest readers and guitar players, seasonal crafts, outdoor play and more! Meet other Jewish parents, grandparents and caretakers. Most of our children are newborn through age 5, but all ages and abilities are welcome. Our group is growing and not complete without you!
The Tucson Jewish Community Center (the Tucson J) in partnership with Israel Ride, Ride for the Living and the JCC Association of North America’s Cycle for Good program will present several fundraising cycling events over the next eight months. Each ‘ride’ will raise money for various Tucson J programs and also for the JCC in Krakow, Poland. All rides will take place in the Tucson J’s Indoor Cycling Studio.
This event is a virtual ride sponsored by the JCCA of North America. All ticket proceeds will benefit The J’s Taglit Day program, helping support young adults with disabilities. This ride is one hour starting at 8:00 a.m., 9:00a.m., 11:00a.m. and noon. Tickets are $18 per hour.
Gunnar Widforss (1879-1934) spent much of his creative life painting Zion, Bryce, Mesa Verde, Yosemite, Crater Lake, Carlsbad Caverns, Sequoia, Death Valley, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, which earned the Swedish artist the nickname “Painter of the National Parks.” His realistic watercolors were noted for their strength and depth of color, similar to that of oils, and his ability to express deep space and atmospheric effects.
Widforss often visited Phoenix, at that time a rural and agricultural area. His paintings of Camelback Mountain, the Superstition Mountains and the surrounding small towns were exhibited in a gallery at the Arizona Biltmore resort in Phoenix.
In this program, Alan Petersen, Curator of Fine Arts for the Museum of Northern Arizona, explores the landscape artist’s life, career and art. Petersen curated a comprehensive exhibition of Widforss’ works in 2009, has published articles on the artist, and frequently lectures on his life and career.
The Tucson Jewish Community Center (the Tucson J) in partnership with Israel Ride, Ride for the Living and the JCC Association of North America’s Cycle for Good program will present several fundraising cycling events over the next eight months. Each ‘ride’ will raise money for various Tucson J programs and also for the JCC in Krakow, Poland. All rides will take place in the Tucson J’s Indoor Cycling Studio.
This event is a virtual ride sponsored by the JCCA of North America. All ticket proceeds will benefit The J’s Taglit Day program, helping support young adults with disabilities. This ride is one hour starting at 8:00 a.m., 9:00a.m., 11:00a.m. and noon. Tickets are $18 per hour.
Award-winning artist Oreland C. Joe Sr., whose heritage is Diné (Navajo) and Ute, is the first Native American artist to be admitted into the prestigious Cowboy Artists of America. He is also a founding member of the Indigenous Sculpture Society, which was created to sustain and promote Native American stone sculpture.
Joe’s worldwide travels have enabled him to study the techniques of sculpting, both ancient and modern, and inform his use of texture, form, mass and detail. His work often reflects American Indian lifestyles, songs and dances of the 1820s-1920s. He also draws inspiration from studying the art and history of the European masters (Bernini, Canova and Michelangelo).
In this program, guests will hear from the artist as he discusses his work with ledger-style painting and sculpture, a type of American Indian art that recorded the tribes’ history on buckskin and – in the late 1900s – included drawings on muslin, cloth and paper. The program will also feature a screening of the 30-minute documentary “Oreland C. Joe: Master Sculptor,” which traces the artist’s childhood yearning to become an artist to his ultimate success as a master sculptor. A question and answer session will follow the presentation.