About the exhibition
Thursday, December 15, 2022 | 4pm
ADMISSION: This online program is free
Join artist Jillian Crochet, whose work is featured in the exhibition Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community, and Ourselves, with guests Carmen Papalia, Whitney Mashburn, and Georgina Kleege for an interactive virtual discussion exploring the relationship between art, touch, and care. Guests will be invited to experience everyday objects in their own space—a backpack, water bottle, or bookend, for example—through haptic and non-visual cues guided by the panel. Questions such as “Why is touch important?” “How does touch relate to care and access?” and “What does care look and feel like?” will act as prompts for this conversation around alternative methods of experiencing and wayfinding in our environment through touch. This program will include facilitation by access doula moira williams and ASL interpretation.
Header image description: Twenty amorphous, grey velvet sculptures of various sizes sit in a low pile against a white wall. They have slight variations in tone and texture, and resemble smooth grey rocks.
This online event is free; click below to register.
The CJM strives to provide a welcoming and accessible environment to all who attend our digital programming and online content. This program includes American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation; for additional accessibility needs or information, please email access@thecjm.org.
Tikkun: For the Cosmos, the Community, and Ourselves, the twelfth iteration of The Dorothy Saxe Invitational at The CJM, presents works by thirty Bay Area–based contemporary artists reflecting on the Jewish concept of tikkun (Hebrew for “to repair”). In a moment of collective challenges and uncertainty, this exhibition re-examines the term tikkun as a phenomenon of care and interconnectedness that is grounded in personal action, environmental responsibility, and community, unfixed from its evolving meanings throughout history. Taken together, the works in this exhibition consider how the concept of tikkun can help us look critically both inward and outward, guide us through change, and build resilience for the ongoing work of repair.
Public Programs at The CJM are made possible thanks to generous support from Grants for the Arts.
Header image: Jillian Crochet, Resting Rocks, 2022. Photo: Impart Photography.
Exhibition image: Terri Friedman, You don’t get to know (detail), 2021. Friedman Benda Gallery, A New Realism, curated by Glenn Adamson, June 2021. Photo: Josef Jacques.