THROUGH APRIL, 2016
The grand unveiling of the latest painting in the Cities of Peace series,
Yerevan: To Know Wisdom, was held 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
Event Brochure
National Gallery of Armenia Website
Ellen Frank's Cities of Peace® Treasure Suite
has been selected to be exhibited at the
70th Commemoration of the Liberation of Auschwitz
in Auschwitz January 2015. It is thought that this will be the last commemoration that survivors will attend. The exhibition will be accompanied by the first Artist Roundtable with Polish artists to inaugurate creation of a commemorative painting honoring the Liberation.
THROUGH JANUARY 4, 2015
The Cities of Peace® Treasure Suite is currently on display at
East Hampton's Guild Hall Museum of Art
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
Guild Hall Website
AUGUST 10 – 12, 2014
Ellen Frank will present Cities of Peace at the
International Peace Resource Association Foundation (IPRA)
on the occasion of their 50th anniversary, in Istanbul, Turkey
Conference Website
JULY 2 – 4, 2014
Ellen Frank presented a paper on Cities of Peace
and chaired a panel at the
Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies
"Arts, Peace and Conflict" conference in Liverpool, UK.
Conference Website
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
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
We are delighted to invite you to a Talk & Brunch
Sunday, September 29, 2013
10:30am to 12:30pm
As Subject And Object
Contemporary Book Artists Explore Sacred Hebrew Texts
Featuring an exclusive talk at 11:00am sharp by Ellen Frank on
The Book of Judith
MOBIA
Museum of Biblical Art
1865 Broadway (at 61st Street)
New York, NY 10023
(212) 408-1500
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
MAY 3, 2013
Our Kickstarter Funding Campaign for
The Book of Judith started today!
We were immediately selected as a STAFF PICK
by the Kickstarter staff!
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
RSVP Marlie 212 753.2039 or marlie@resourcefurniture.com
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
Gallery info
April 17, 2011
Ellen Frank, Honorary Guest Speaker at
The Institute for Jewish-Christian Understanding
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Website
April 7, 2011 7:00 pm
'Art as an Instrument of Social Justice" Public Lecture
Plenary Speaker: Ellen Frank
8th annual Social Reseach Social Justice Conference
Association of Independent Colleges, Department of Media & Communication
Muhlenberg College
Recital Hall,
Baker Center for the Arts
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Poster • Poster • Program
Cities of Peace Festival "Dreaming Peace"
Saturday, January 15, 2011 - 5:00 pm
Guild Hall Museum of Art
East Hampton, New York
Write a poem, leaf a page, view the paintings and enjoy the music!
Honoring Martin Luther King's world changing speech "I have a dream" that inspired and galvanized the civil rights movement
1 p.m. Gilding Workshop
2 p.m. Film "The Making of Cities of Peace"
2:15 p.m. Poetry Jam
3 p.m. Peace Music Jam
4 p.m. Cities of Peace Tour
Special Guests: Danny Simmons, Ellen Frank, Anna Barie and Pat Noecker with vocalist Chelsea Mark of Brooklyn-based band These Are Powers, Mike Garcia, aka Colizeth Expansure, lead singer from Brooklyn-based Flaming Pink, The Sam Lester Trio, Teri Kennedy, Scott Chaskey
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Guild Hall Museum of Art
East Hampton, New York
Cities of Peace comes home to East Hampton!
Opening Reception Saturday October 23
6 - 7pm Members Preview
7 - 8pm Public Opening
Guild Hall Museum of Art
158 Main Street
East Hampton, New York
www.guildhall.org
EXHIBITION CONTINUES THROUGH JANUARY 16, 2011
SAVE THE DATE! September 11
"New York: This is My City!" from Cities of Peace
Celebrate our City
Dash Gallery
DD 172 Duane Street, NYC
SAVE THE DATE! October 23
Cities of Peace comes home to East Hampton!
Grand Opening
Guild Hall Museum of Art
East Hampton, New York
"Jerusalem: A Painting Toward Peace"
woven into silk carpet by Islamic women in Iran!
This is our dream of peace through the arts! Inspired by the first CITIES OF PEACE painting, produced by premier carpet company Orley & Shabahang, under the artistic supervision of Bahram Shabahan. www.shabahangcarpets.com
CITIES OF PEACE® awarded official Trademark by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. A milestone for EFIAF.
"Hiroshima: Winter Bloom" and "Sarajevo: Here" NOW on view at
Flomenhaft Gallery Annex www.flomenhaftgallery.com
547 W 27th Street, NYC
212.268.4952
Stay Tuned!
Spring 2011 CITIES OF PEACE goes to Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
JULY 21, 2010
Ellen Frank talks KINETIC
DD172
Dash Gallery
172 Duane Street, NY NY 10013
> View Invitation
> Read more
JULY 1, 2010
Ellen Frank premiered two new paintings at KINETIC
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Dash Gallery
172 Duane Street, NY NY 10013
> View Invitation
APRIL 24 2010
Intersections International Celebrates EFIAF's CITIES OF PEACE in Concert!
> View Invitation
FEBURARY 19, 2010
Golden Piano at Damon Dash Gala Opening!
See it on YouTube - click here!
DD172
Dash Gallery
172 Duane Street, NY NY 10013
2009 BENEFIT AT TORY BURCH EAST HAMPTON
Photo courtesy of the East Hampton Star
BENEFIT EVENT AT TORY BURCH EAST HAMPTON
You are cordially invited to an afternoon of shopping and cocktails
to benefit the Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation
Saturday, August 29th, 2009 1pm - 3pm
> View Invitation
TORY BURCH
47 Newtown Lane, East Hampton
(631) 907-9150
Guests will enjoy a 10% discount on all full-priced merchandise
10% of all proceeds will benefit EFIAF
www.toryburch.com
www.facebook.com/toryburch
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
Open Seating R.S.V.P. info@efiaf.org 631.329.0530
EXHIBITION CONTINUES THROUGH FEB. 16, 2009
Read Press Release
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
ELLEN FRANK ILLUMINATION ARTS FOUNDATION, Inc.
on National Public Radio's
WEEKEND EDITION SATURDAY
Listen LIVE or on the WEB - click here !
Airing Saturday, April 12, 2008, between 8:00 – 10:00am
NPR Correspondent MARGOT ADLER interviews
ELLEN FRANK with INTERNATIONAL INTERNS
Featuring
CITIES OF PEACE™
ILLUMINATION ATELIER
HANUKKAH ILLUMINATED: A Book of Days
The Jonathan & Diana Rose Commission for THE ROSE HAGGADAH
(joining Frank Stella, Judy Chicago, Larry Rivers, David Levine and more)
This broadcast is archived with a slideshow on the NPR site here:
NPR : National Public Radio : News & Analysis, World, US, Music & Arts
NPR is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of
noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming.
www.npr.org
Announcing the CITIES OF PEACE Inaugural Tour Dates!
25 January - 10 March 2008
New York City
Saint Peter's Church, CitiCorp Building
31 January 2008: OPENING RECEPTION 6 – 8 pm
3 paintings on exhibit: Baghdad, New York, Lhasa.
St. Peter’s Church
619 Lexington Avenue, New York NY, 10022
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.
Gallery Hours:
Monday – Thursday 11:30 AM – 7:30 PM
Friday & Saturday 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Sunday 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
(Closed Thanksgiving weekend Thurs. through Sun.)
The OSilas Gallery is located in the Donald A. Krenz Academic Center
on the 2nd Floor of Scheele Memorial Library.
www.osilasgallery.org
Concordia College
171 White Plains Road, Bronxville, NY 10708
(914) 337-9300
• Our new partnerships and relationships include:
The Prince’s School of Traditional Art, London
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
United Nations Association New York
National Association of Women for the Arts
Oriental Institute, Sarajevo
Helplanka, Great Britain
Claro Learning, Great Britain
Applied Arts, Amagansett, NY
• 2007 Cities of Peace™ will open at the Concordia College’s OSilas Gallery
• 2008 Cities of Peace will open at the City Corp. building in New York City
• 2008-9 Cities of Peace will kick-off the Cathedral of St. John the Divine (NYC) Grand Reopening and run for 3 months! Featuring 10 paintings, lectures by international cultural leaders focusing on “Art as an Instrument for Global Peace and Understanding.
• 2009 Cities of Peace will be exhibited in Great Britain and Australia, sponsors Helplanka and Claro Learning, Great Britain
• Cities of Peace will be the inaugural exhibit at the new campus of Stony Brook Southampton.
• We presented Cities of Peace at the United Nations to members of the Global Campaign for Peace Education, of The Hague Appeal for Peace and were invited to join the Campaign.
• The Illumination Atelier trained 10 new interns, who then assisted teaching adults and children throughout the East End community.
• We are engaged in developing a Distance Learning program with: Faye Feller, CoChair of the NGO Education Committee of the UN, and National Association of Women for the Arts; the Prince's School; and Applied Arts.
A whisper of good news... Artistic Director Ellen Frank has been nominated for a major peace award... more to come!
Announcing an EFIAF Event!
Hannukkah Illuminated: A Book of Days
with Celebrated Guests Ellen Frank and Everett Fox
Dramatic Readings Featuring ELLEN FRANK’s Illuminated Art & Professor EVERETT FOX's Texts
The Jewish Center of the Hamptons
December 10, 2006, 10 a.m.
9:30 a.m. Bagels & Coffee
Click to view Invitation
Click to read Press Release
Announcing the East Hampton debut of the
Cities of Peace Project
Illuminated Paintings and Hand Knotted Carpets
With Ellen Frank, Artistic Director,
Ellen Frank Illumination Arts Foundation
and Faye Feller, United Nations
Click to view invitation
Sunday, August 20, 2006
9:30 a.m. Brunch
10:00 a.m. Presentation & Viewing
The Jewish Center of the Hamptons
44 Woods Lane
East Hampton, NY
The Illumination Atelier
Our newest 2006 Summer interns at the Illumination Atelier are stellar! A recent graduate from Rhode Island School of Design is Hillary Broder, from Tyler Institute of Art is Rachael Fowler, and from Bowling Green University is Rebecca White. Asha Mathew, from University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, completed her internship June 15th and has decided to remain in the area, offering us her continued assistance in graphic design!
Applications continue to pour in, including skilled Master Illuminators trained in the U.K., Turkey and throughout the U.S. As we grow our program and organization, we hope to offer residencies to these wonderfully talented artists!
The Illumination Atelier program has expanded to include training in Arts Management as well as gold-leafing, as interns divide time between working on two new Cities of Peace — Sarajevo and Monrovia — and developing intricate designs for Hanukkah Illuminated: A Book of Days.
Ellen Frank to Teach Illumination Workshops
Artistic Director Ellen Frank will be conducting four workshops in Illumination at the Jewish Center of the Hamptons to begin July. Her hand glazed plate was a much prized auction item for Artists Against Abuse in its summer gala fundraising benefit at Bridgehampton Swim and Tennis. The Foundation has also been commissioned to produce the Summer Posters for the much acclaimed Pianofest! under the direction of Master Pianist Paul Schenly.
Increasing Our Online Presence
We have just made our debut on ArtInfo.com on its news page, and hope this will increase the visibility of the Foundation and support for our work! If you know of a website, magazine or other media outlet that might be willing to write an article on us, please let them (or us) know!
Ellen Frank Invited to Join Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
Artistic Director Ellen Frank has been invited to be a Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research (TFF) Associate, the first artist to be connected with TFF. In the words of Jan Oberg, recipient of the Small Peace Prize in Sweden, “I like your whole approach and your paintings. I sincerely hope I will one day have the great experience and joy to meet in person with you.”
TFF's mission is peace: learning to handle conflicts with ever less violence against other human beings, other cultures and Nature.
"We are a networking organization with associates all over the globe. We believe that alternatives to the main trends of our time are desirable and possible - indeed necessary for humankind to survive and live with dignity. TFF is critical and constructive.
The Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research expresses a vision and is an experiment in applied peace research and global networking.
TFF is an independent, small and innovative force for peace."
For further information:
Transnational Foundation for Peace and Future Research
Transnationella Stiftelsen för Freds- och Framtidsforskning
http://www.transnational.org
Vegagatan 25
S - 224 57 Lund
Sweden
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