Monday, Oct 14, 2019 | 11am–3pm
ADMISSION: Free
The Sukkah Studio series kicks off with artist Amy Oates. Drop by for a window into Oates’ practice, which explores urban movement. Come watch and participate in her process, which involves creating cut paper installations, as she enlivens the Koret Taube Grand Lobby with new works of art. Collaborate with Amy to create a temporary paper mural composed of pattern-filled silhouettes.
Amy Oates’ art practice explores the “crowd” as a metaphor for the city, representative of ephemeral moments between individuals, layered one upon the next. She creates cut paper installations to convey the movement and energy in urban spaces, varying between distinguishable figures and abstractions made of congested layers of figures. Learn more at www.amyoates.com.
Inspired by the holiday of Sukkot, a Jewish holiday celebrating the harvest, The CJM has built its own sukkah (meaning “booth” or “hut”) for gathering and community building. The Museum invited six local artists to inhabit our Sukkah Studio as an open studio, providing an inviting space for the artists to share their practice with visitors and work with interested folks to make something together.
Each artist will inhabit the Sukkah Studio for one day. Drop by the sukkah in the Koret Taube Grand Lobby for one open studio or attend all of them!
The CJM strives for a welcoming environment for all of our visitors. In addition to ample space for wheelchairs and a friendly environment for service animals, sign language interpretation (ASL) can be scheduled for all programs with at least two weeks notice.
FM assistive listening devices (ALDs) for sound enhancement are available for all talks and tours. Please note that we would like to maintain this as a scent-free environment, and encourage visitors to refrain from using scented products out of respect for visitors with allergies or chemical sensitivities. For additional accommodation requests, please contact The CJM’s Access and Community Engagement Manager at access@thecjm.org or 415-655-7856.
Sukkah Studio is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Jim Joseph Foundation and the Walter & Elise Haas Fund.
The wood for this sukkah was donated in part by SapphirePine.
SapphirePine transforms some of the 100 million California trees killed by drought and tiny mountain beetles into beautiful furniture and durable lumber. The beetles that kill the trees also bring a blue-stain fungus that give the wood its stunning blue, green, and orange highlights. Sapphire Pine gives this wood a new life. For more information, please visit www.sapphirepine.com.