The Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery has partnered with the Washington DCJCC's Screening Room, Nextbook, and The National Museum of Crime and Punishment to bring you a series of incredible American Jewish gangster programming! The exhibition: Real Machers Inspired by the accidental art of vintage mug shots and the charm of a colorful character, Pat Hamou's own crime of passion has been the history of the Jewish Gangster. As in much of Jewish lore, the era was nomadic; it left a fascinating, yet dark, blemish on the early Twentieth Century Jewish-American experience, and the raison d'être a sociopathic reflection of its time.Pat Hamou, featured in Heeb magazine (Summer 2008) is an illustrator and graphic artist currently living in Montreal, Canada. Using archival images as a springboard, he creates intricate, colorful and textured pen and ink drawings that reflect a bygone era and brings new life to them. Almost 50 works by Hamou will be displayed in the Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, with another five works in a "teaser" exhibition at the National Museum of Crime and Punishment in Gallery Place. The exhibition opens on February 18, 2009 with a reception in the Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery from 6:00-9:00 pm. Click here to RSVP. The book talk During the opening reception for the exhibition, at 7:30 pm on February 18, Nextbook hosts Ron Arons as he speaks on his new book: The Jews of Sing Sing: Gotham, Gangsters, and Gonuvim. You can read about the event or purchase tickets online. The film screeningOn March 3 at 7:30 pm, the Screen Room here at the 16th Street J will be showing a film that will bring to life all of the Jewish gangsters on the gallery walls. Stay tuned for more information!
The Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery has partnered with the Washington DCJCC's Screening Room, Nextbook, and The National Museum of Crime and Punishment to bring you a series of incredible American Jewish gangster programming!
The exhibition: Real Machers
Inspired by the accidental art of vintage mug shots and the charm of a colorful character, Pat Hamou's own crime of passion has been the history of the Jewish Gangster. As in much of Jewish lore, the era was nomadic; it left a fascinating, yet dark, blemish on the early Twentieth Century Jewish-American experience, and the raison d'être a sociopathic reflection of its time.Pat Hamou, featured in Heeb magazine (Summer 2008) is an illustrator and graphic artist currently living in Montreal, Canada. Using archival images as a springboard, he creates intricate, colorful and textured pen and ink drawings that reflect a bygone era and brings new life to them. Almost 50 works by Hamou will be displayed in the Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, with another five works in a "teaser" exhibition at the National Museum of Crime and Punishment in Gallery Place.
The exhibition opens on February 18, 2009 with a reception in the Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery from 6:00-9:00 pm. Click here to RSVP.
The book talk
During the opening reception for the exhibition, at 7:30 pm on February 18, Nextbook hosts Ron Arons as he speaks on his new book: The Jews of Sing Sing: Gotham, Gangsters, and Gonuvim. You can read about the event or purchase tickets online.
The film screening
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The Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery partnered with All Fired Up ceramic studios to bring Home Plates to the Gallery. We handed 60 local artists a blank dinner plate to use as their “canvas.” The result is a wonderfully colorful exhibition with ultimate functionality, and a window into the local art scene which is bursting at the seams. In addition, through sales of the plates The Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery has the opportunity to raise a much-needed portion of its budget. We held a similar fundraiser in 1997 with Continuum, shortly after the gallery opened its doors. Just as that exhibition highlighted many artists’ interpretations of community and the links between generations in the past and future, our exhibition Home Plates hopes to connect the Washington DC Jewish Community Center to the larger community surrounding it.Click here to learn more about the Home Plates artists.