Waltuch Gallery
The Waltuch Art Gallery infuses Jewish art and/or works by Jewish artists into our shared cultural experiences. The exhibits are designed to ignite imagination and encourage people to connect the visual arts with philosophical and spiritual concepts through a creative Jewish lens.
The Waltuch Gallery exhibits rotate monthly, and feature the work of painters, photographers, digital artists and other creative designers.
Exhibits are free and open to the community, and most work is typically for sale. A portion of the proceeds support programming efforts at the JCC.
Outdoor gallery exhibits are displayed throughout the Kaplen JCC Campus and indoor gallery exhibits are on the second floor of the main JCC building.
Places and Faces
Paintings by Lori Weisbart-Polson
When words aren’t enough to convey, Lori is compelled to paint. Paintings must come out for me, almost like a sneeze. Rick Rubin said it best in his book The Creative Act, A Way of Being, “As artists, we aim to live in a way in which we see the extraordinary hidden in the seemingly mundane. Then challenge ourselves to share what we see in a way that allows others a glimpse of this remarkable beauty.”
Some of her figurative and portraiture work reflect the “Instagram Generation” highlighting the fact that social media is a fixture in young adult life. Select pieces depict the new self-assured image of women and men and the next generation of empowerment. I may even poke fun at the self-absorbed posts. Humor is so important. As far as her landscape and still life paintings, it’s astonishing to recognize how my surroundings can evoke strong emotion.
I hope that when the viewer walks away from seeing my paintings that they feel something, anything. Perhaps they will want to create themselves. The viewer may realize “this is it.” We only have one life, enjoy it, relish in the turmoil, the achievements, take it all in, no need to bypass life with all of its ups and downs. Let’s be “awake” while living.
Art is good for us; whether it stimulates activism, is used for art therapy or is pure entertainment. I like being a part.
Lori is an award-winning artist whose work was selected by a Guggenheim Museum curator for a juried exhibit. Weisbart-Polson began painting and studying art at a young age. In her twenties she attended classes at the Art Students League in New York City and traveled through Southern France on painting workshops. Her artwork is in private collections and galleries across the country. Lori has a BA in Communications from The American University and an Associate Degree in Advertising Design from Fashion Institute of Technology. Her true love is painting and drawing. In addition to enjoying fine art, Lori has been representing preeminent portrait painters for over twenty years. Her artwork can be seen at www.LoriWeisbartArt.com.
SHOWING: OCT 30-NOV 30