December Artists Salon
Join the fellows of The Workshop, North America’s first arts fellowship centering the work of JOCISM (Jews of Color, Jewish-Indigenous, Sephardi, and Mizrahi) artists and culture-makers, for an evening of art and culture, as they present works-in-progress that interrogate, dissect, provoke, subvert, and play with the many angles of hybridity.
First Generation: A Memoir
An excerpt from Chapter Two: Tales of the Bard. This chapter is a visual, poetic, and sometimes humorous retelling of a Black, Queer, Jewish man's Spring Break 2010 in the Dominican Republic with his toxic father.
Luis Roberto Burgos (he/him) is a Neurodiverse Earthling based on Lenape Land, colonially known as New York City. He learned how to question at Phillips Exeter Academy and how not to question at Bard College. His photography is often based in literature while his writing is visual and sensory.
The Goldsmith
The Goldsmith is a treasury of stories woven through the golden jewelry that has been passed down through Sharone's family; across countries, borders, and generations.
Sharone Sayegh is an Israeli/Iraqi/American multi-disciplinary theater artist in NYC. As an actor she has performed in multiple Broadway shows, including Come From Away, the original Broadway cast of The Band’s Visit, and Mamma Mia! She has written and directed Off-Broadway and regionally, having worked at some of the most prestigious theaters in the country. To find out more about her work, visit www.sharonesayegh.com
Fall 2023 Artist Salon
Join the fellows of The Workshop, North America’s first arts fellowship centering the work of JOCISM (Jews of Color, Jewish-Indigenous, Sephardi, and Mizrahi) artists and culture-makers, for an evening of art and culture, as they present works-in-progress that interrogate, dissect, provoke, subvert, and play with the many angles of hybridity.
The Goldsmith
The Goldsmith is a treasury of stories woven through the golden jewelry that has been passed down through Sharone's family; across countries, borders, and generations. Sharone Sayegh is an Israeli/Iraqi/American multi-disciplinary theater artist in NYC. As an actor she has performed in multiple Broadway shows, including Come From Away, the original Broadway cast of The Band’s Visit, and Mamma Mia! She has written and directed Off-Broadway and regionally, having worked at some of the most prestigious theaters in the country. To find out more about her work, visit www.sharonesayegh.com
Between Art & the Self: Black Artists on Experience and Process
Join an engaging and lively online event in celebration of Black History Month and the latest exhibition in the FENTSTER window gallery. A dynamic group of North American artists working in theatre, film, dance, visual art, and literature will each share projects grounded in their own lived experience. After offering a window into their work and process, they will join together in conversation about creating art that channels their personal stories. A not-to-be-missed evening of multi-disciplinary art and wide-ranging discussion with Anique Jordan, Adam W. McKinney, Kendell Pinkney and Chanel M. Sutherland.
No registration is required to participate in this livestream online event. Please check back for a livestream link to be posted here.
Learn more about the artists here.
This online event is inspired by the forthcoming installation, HaMapah, created for FENTSTER by award-winning creatives based in Fort Worth, Texas: Daniel Banks and Adam W. McKinney as part of a season-long, multimedia production of FENTSTER and Prosserman JCC culminating in an artist residency in Toronto this June. Follow us on Instagram for announcements about screenings, talks, community gatherings and more with Banks and McKinney.
Presented together by FENTSTER, Prosserman JCC, DNAWORKS and The Workshop. This event was made possible through support from the Kultura Collective and participating partners.
Jewish Plays Project: A Moving Picture
A Moving Picture
By: Jennie Berman Eng
Directed by: Rebecca S'manga Frank (The Workshop Inagural Fellow)
An NYU student’s screenplay about a WWII Mercedes Benz labor camp collides with a legendary professor and the dark secret of his Hollywood success.
A Moving Picture is co-presented by The Workshop and Jewish Plays Project. Join us after for a talkback moderated by the Workshop Artistic Director Kendell Pinkney!
The Workshop Artist Salon
Join the inaugural fellows of The Workshop for an evening of art and culture as they present works-in-progress that interrogate, dissect, provoke, subvert, and play with the many angles of memory and Jewish collective identity.
“The Catastrophist”: A Theatre Talkback
Join Kendell for a wide ranging conversation with the creative team behind the acclaimed virtual drama “The Catastrophist.”