Tschabalala Self, Perched, 2016. Oil, acrylic, flashe, handmade paper, fabric, and found material. Courtesy of the artist and Kate Werble Gallery, New York. Photo: Elizabeth Bernstein.
Wednesday, Mar 20, 2019 | 11am–12pm
ADMISSION: Free with advance registration at access@thecjm.org
Join us for a phone-based guided tour designed for seniors and older adults who are unable to leave their homes. Seniors can call in and join a virtual guided tour of Show Me As I Want To Be Seen, and connect with others who have a shared interest in art, culture, and Jewish history. This program is offered in partnership with Well Connected (formerly Senior Center Without Walls).
(Image description: View of the lobby and front desk of the museum. Two visitors interact with a staff member. Dynamic architectural features of the lobby include angular white walls intersecting with a brick wall from the old historic structure.)
Well Connected members call in via a toll-free number at a set time each week, with some tours also offering the option to connect via computer, tablet, or mobile device. Most call-in tours last 30 minutes to an hour with around 12 participants. Newcomers are always welcome! If you don’t feel like talking at first, you’re welcome to just listen as long as you’ve let the group know you’re there.
If you’re ready to register, please contact Well Connected at 877.797.7299, or coviaconnections@covia.org
Well Connected (formerly Senior Center Without Walls) is a Community Service of Covia (formerly Episcopal Senior Communities). It is a phone and online-based program offering activities, education, friendly conversation, and an assortment of classes and support groups to older adults accessible from the comfort of home. Play a game, write a poem, go on a virtual tour, meditate, share a gratitude, get support, and most importantly, connect and engage with others every day across the country.
How do we depict “the self” if it is unknowable, inherently constructed, and ever changing? How does the concept of portraiture shift when categories are in crisis, and visibility itself is problematic? Jewish thought on performed and fluid identity can be interpreted in the book of Esther, and in the notion of G-d as “I am that I am,” ineffable and non-binary. These ideas uphold a Jewish understanding of the self as intrinsically mutable, unknowable, and yet self-determined, themes that animate Show Me as I Want to Be Seen.
Tschabalala Self, Perched, 2016. Oil, acrylic, flashe, handmade paper, fabric, and found material. Courtesy of the artist and Kate Werble Gallery, New York. Photo: Elizabeth Bernstein.
Access Programs are made possible by major support from Wells Fargo Foundation. Additional generous support is provided by The Morse Family Foundation.