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. The JCC also hosts an artist talkback dessert reception for each show.
Outdoor gallery exhibits are displayed throughout the Kaplen JCC Campus and indoor gallery exhibits are on the second floor of the main JCC building.
Creating Art is like Emulating Hashem
artwork by Natalia Kadish
Natalia Kadish is an award-winning illustrator who incorporates realism while exploring esoteric and symbolic concepts. She is the owner and director of Elevated Space Art Studio where she conducts workshops that promote and stimulate creativity for people of all ages. Her experience includes teaching art at Maayanot High school. Natalia’s goal is to teach in-depth art techniques across all media, allowing artists the freedom of expression to share inspiration with the world.
Natalia’s two books, Seeing is Believing and Flower Power, encapsulate her approach to blending visual art with narrative exploration and invite readers to engage with the beauty and meaning inherent in the natural world. Her artwork has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Queens College Journal, Chabad.org and Jewish Art Now. Her artwork has been included in esteemed collections such as the Shulman, Fleischner, Fink, Chosak, and Shalom Yelidim collections.
She received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts. Natalia was an art teacher for ten years at Maayanot Yeshiva and has been a guest lecturer at Cornell University, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Irving Plaza in NYC. She is a proud third-generation professional artist whose lineage guides her artistic vision and helps her explore connections between art, faith and human experience.
SHOWING: JUNE 5-30
GALLERY RECEPTION: JUNE 9 | 7:00 PM