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– CURRENT EXHIBITION –
THROUGH APRIL, 2016
The latest painting in the Cities of Peace series
Yerevan: To Know Wisdom
received its grand unveiling at the National Gallery of Armenia
on December 18, 2015, in commemmoration of the
Armenian Genocide Centennial.
Yerevan: To Know Wisdom was created at the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University (RAU), Yerevan, Armenia.
Yerevan: To Know Wisdom is on view through April 2016
National Gallery of Armenia
1 Arami Street (Entrance from Republic Square)
Yerevan 0010, Republic of Armenia
Website • Brochure
– PAST EXHIBITIONS –
THROUGH JANUARY 4, 2015
Guild Hall Museum of Art
East Hampton, NY
The Cities of Peace® Treasure Suite
is currently on display in the exhibition
New Additions to the Guild Hall Museum Permanent Collection 2010-2014
Inspired by the monumental Cities of Peace series, the Treasure Suite honors the history and culture of world cities that have suffered trauma and strife. The hand-illuminated gold leaf suite affirms understanding as prerequisite to peace and directs world attention to the importance of cities in preserving the great achievements of humankind.
Now through January 4, 2015.
158 Main Street
East Hampton, New York
www.guildhall.org
Jewish Theological Seminary
New York NY
We are pleased to announce that our
Book of Judith and Hanukkah Illuminated: A Book of Days
are now on view at the
Rare Book Room
Jewish Theological Seminary
3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
(212) 678-8000
Monday – Thursday
Noon to 5pm or by appointment
JTS Website • JTS Library Website
JUNE 14 to SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
MOBIA
New York NY
We are delighted to invite you to view
As Subject And Object
Contemporary Book Artists Explore Sacred Hebrew Texts
Featuring the debut exhibition of The Book of Judith
Exhibition opens Friday June 14
and runs through September 29, 2013
MOBIA
Museum of Biblical Art
1865 Broadway (at 61st Street)
New York, NY 10023
(212) 408-1500
“Among the most visually striking works in “As Subject and Object” are a series of studies for and finished pages from “Hanukkah Illuminated: A Book of Days” by California-born, Long Island-based Ellen Frank and her studio, Ellen Frank Illumination Arts. Using micrography to create recognizable figures and gold leaf to suggest hand-painted manuscripts, Frank presents finely rendered elements – birds, soldiers on horseback, architectural elements, a cosmographic rendering – to illuminate the story of the Israelites’ victory over the Seleucid Empire and the miracle of the lamp oil.”– MOBIA exhibition materials
MOBIA Website • Press Release
NOVEMBER 14, 2012
Resource Furniture Showroom
New York NY
Please join Resource Furniture in Celebration of
Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation, Inc.
and Cities of Peace
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Resource Furniture Showroom
969 Third Avenue, 4th Floor, NYC
Resource Furniture website
JULY 21–22, 2012
The Jewish Center of the Hamptons
will feature the world premiere of new gold-illuminated paintings on vellum from Hanukkah Illuminated: A Book of Days, a work in progress by EFIAF.
Saturday, July 21 and Sunday, July 22
The Jewish Center of the Hamptons
44 Woods Lane, East Hampton, NY 11937
Preview art cocktail party Saturday 5-8 p.m. & Dessert reception 9:30-11pm.
Sunday Festival l0am-4pm
Website
NOVEMBER 21, 2011 to JANUARY 4, 2012
A Special Holiday Treat from EFIAF
Cities of Peace is on display in the windows and first floor of
Bloomingdale's Soho now through January 4, 2012
Bloomingdale's Soho
504 Broadway between Prince and Broome Streets
10:00 am - 9:00 pm
Press Release • View Photos
March 16 - April 16, 2011
Cities of Peace at The Martin Art Gallery
Baker Center for the Arts
Muhlenberg College, Allentown PA
Reception: March 16, 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Artist talk: April 7, 7:00 p.m. as part of
Social Research Social Justice Conference
Curator: Dr. Margo Thompson
Exhibition info
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Guild Hall Museum of Art
East Hampton, New York
158 Main Street
East Hampton, New York
www.guildhall.org
EXHIBITION CONTINUES THROUGH JANUARY 16, 2011
View Invitation • Photo • Plum TV Interview
September 11, 2010
"New York: This is My City!" from Cities of Peace
Celebrate our City
Dash Gallery
DD 172 Duane Street, NYC
OCTOBER 21, 2009
IRIS AND B. GERALD CANTOR GALLERY
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, Massachusetts
CITIES
OF PEACE
Gold Illuminated
paintings honoring world cities traumatized by war
OPENING RECEPTION
Wednesday,
October 21, 5 – 7 p.m.
Introductory remarks by Ellen Frank,
Ph.D.
View Invitation
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THE CITIES OF PEACE PROJECT: A DISCUSSION
Thursday, November 12, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
Seelos Theater, Kimball Hall, College of the Holy Cross
Participants
Abigail E. Disney, Ph.D.
Philanthropist & Filmmaker • President, Daphne Foundation
Ellen Frank, Ph.D.
Founder and Artistic Director, Ellen Frank Illumination Arts
Foundation, Inc.
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Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery
College of the Holy Cross
One College Street
Worcestor, Massachusetts
EXHIBITION CONTINUES THROUGH DECEMBER 16,
2009
Read
Press Release
MAY 7, 2009
FLOMENHAFT SALON 2009
Premieres Golden Piano Icon by EFIAF
in its Spring Exhibition
Flomenhaft Gallery
New York City
www.flomenhaftgallery.com
Exhibition continues through June 20, 2009
JANUARY 7, 2009
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF SAINT JOHN THE DIVINE
New York City
CITIES OF PEACE
Gold Illuminated paintings honoring world cities traumatized by war
> View Exhibition Photos
OPENING RECEPTION
Celebrating world cities as the source and center of culture and humane values
Wednesday, January 7, 6 – 9 p.m.
SPEAKERS 7–8 P.M.
on ART as an instrument for global understanding
Abigail E. Disney, Ph.D.
Philanthropist & Filmmaker • President, Daphne Foundation
Jean-Marie Guéhenno
Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, United Nations, 2000-2008
Ellen Frank, Ph.D.
Founder and Artistic Director, Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation, Inc.
MODERATOR
Cynthia P. Schneider, Ph.D.
Head, The Arts & Culture Dialogue Initiative, Saban Institute, Brookings Institution
The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue at 112th St.
New York City
EXHIBITION CONTINUES THROUGH FEB. 16, 2009
Read Press Release
View Exhibition Photos
SEPTEMBER 11th, 2008
CITIES OF PEACE™: TRANSFORMING ANGUISH INTO BEAUTY
11 September - 10 October 2008
New York City
Tria Gallery
Premiering the CITIES OF PEACE TREASURE SUITE
11 September 2008 OPENING RECEPTION 6 – 8pm
Comments by noted artist, scholar and author Dr. Ellen Frank at 7pm
Click to view invitation
Cities of Peace Inaugural Tour
25 January - 10 March 2008
Saint Peter's Church, CitiCorp Building, New York City
31 January 2008: OPENING RECEPTION 6 – 8 pm
3 paintings on exhibit: Baghdad, New York, Lhasa,
St. Peter’s Church, 619 Lexington Avenue at 54th Street, NYC
Exhibition runs from 25 January - 10 March 2008, 9am to 7pm daily
Read Artknowledgenews.com Article
Dr. Ellen Frank, artistic director of EFIAF, will speak about
CITIES OF PEACE as
listed below and by appointment.
Please email ellen@efiaf.org or call 631.329.0530 to reserve:
Thursday February 7, 4-5 p.m.
Wednesday February 13, 4-5 p.m.
Thursday February 21, 2-3 p.m.
Thursday February 28, 7-8 p.m.
Wednesday March 5, 10-11 a.m.
Arrangements may also be made to view additional CITIES OF PEACE
by contacting Tria Gallery or EFIAF.
Cities of Peace Inaugural Tour
5 November - 14 December 2007
Bronxville, NY
OSilas Gallery, Concordia College
8 November 2007: GALLERY TALK 7- 8pm by Ellen Frank
OPENING RECEPTION to follow 8-9pm
Concordia is located in the Village of Bronxville, Westchester County,
north of Mount Vernon and south of Scarsdale and Eastchester.
Read exhibition review (The Journal News)
www.osilasgallery.org
Concordia College
171 White Plains Road, Bronxville, NY 10708
(914) 337-9300
HANUKKAH ILLUMINATED : A Book of Days
with Celebrated Guests Ellen Frank and Everett Fox
The Jewish Center of the Hamptons
December 10, 2006, 10 a.m.
9:30 a.m. bagels/coffee, all welcome!
Dramatic Readings Featuring ELLEN FRANK’s Illuminated Art & Professor EVERETT FOX's Texts
Professor Fox, translator of The Schocken Bible and Special Consultant to the film Prince of Egypt, will focus on significant transformations of Jewish holidays, and on how Hanukkah Illuminated can contribute to a startling revival of the holiday as art and text move from darkness to light, from war to peace.
Click to view Invitation
Click to read Press Release
Now Available for National and International Tours
Cities of Peace honors the history and culture of world cities that have experienced major conflict and trauma, including Jerusalem, Baghdad, Kabul, Beijing, Hiroshima, New York and Lhasa. Transforming anguish into beauty, the gold leaf painting series emphasizes understanding as prerequisite to peace. The work is neither violent nor polemic; rather, Cities of Peace directs action through hopeful energy by celebrating the best of the human spirit.
The paintings in this exhibition evoke artistic traditions as diverse as illuminated manuscripts, icons, tapestries, embroidery, architectural mosaics, woodcarvings and metalwork. Mica, bronze powders and many types of gold leaf create multilayered imagery that shimmers and resolves itself into successive scenes of time, place and humankind.
Cities of Peace, under the auspices of the Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation and the Artistic Direction of Ellen Frank, was produced at The Illumination Atelier by international art interns from China, Korea, Colombia, Estonia, Japan, Poland and several states in the U.S. They include: Susan Park, April Yang, Yerina Cha, Margaret Szeto, Catalina Zuniga, Helis Podnek, Holli Michener, Aurora Nessly, Satsuki Uno, Raphael Stoklosa; artists Maria Schon, Sherry Shreiber; and Dominique DeCock.
Cities of Peace premiered at the Laurie M. Tisch Gallery, JCC Manhattan, New York City, November 17, 2005 -- January 13, 2006. This exhibition marked the debut of the work by The Illumination Atelier.
Cities of Peace is available for exhibition, nationally and internationally, to be accompanied by symposia, workshops, lectures and demonstrations. Topics may range from "Techniques of Illumination", "Art as an Instrument for Global Peace and Understanding", "A Woman's Vision: The Making of a Foundation", and more. For further information, please email info@efiaf.org.
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Opening Night at the Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
January 7, 2009, NYC |
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Opening Night at the Laurie M. Tisch Gallery, JCC Manhattan
November 17, 2005 |
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Artistic Director Ellen Frank and Illumination Atelier intern Margaret Szeto with "Beijing: Heavenly Peace, On Earth!" |
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Visitors viewing "Jerusalem: A Painting Toward Peace" |
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Ellen Frank welcomes the attendees |
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left to right: Karen Sander, Senior Director of Arts & Culture at the JCC Manhattan, Rabbi Joy Levitt, Associate Executive Director of the JCC Manhattan, and EFIAF Artistic Director Ellen Frank |
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