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Environmentally Speaking opens at the Janice Charach Gallery in the JCC. KIM FAY SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
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he Janice Charach Gallery will present Environmentally Speaking, an exhibition that brings together the work of 14 artists who share a sense of tikkun olam, or stewardship and healing of our environment. This show, opening Jan. 16, is intended to deliver an empowering and hopeful approach to the challenging topic of climate change. It features works in a variety of mediums while offering ways we might connect with and through nature to begin to heal. Artist and lead curator Laura Earle poses the question: “What is the legacy we want to leave for future generations? We can already see the cumulative impact of simple daily choices — so many changes have occurred just in our lifetime.” Artist and co-curator Leslie Sobel’s Interwoven Ecologies is borne from a lifelong love for the outdoors, particularly the study of watersheds and the creatures who live in those ecosystems. Strips of paper with images of such residents from fungi to whales, illustrate how we bind together in a shared existence. The culturally Jewish
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Laura Earle, Leslie Sobel and Olivia Guterson are co-curators of the Environmentally Speaking exhibit.
