Press for the Activate Exhibition

LILITH MAGAZINE

Behold Feminine Power!

by Jean Bloch Rosensaft, November 9, 2023

The exhibition “ACTIVATE - A New York Woman’s Perspective” features two of my paintings from the Living Waters series..

… “ Verwer’s Mayim Chaim (Living Waters) series addresses the annual dumping of millions of tons of non-degradable plastic in our oceans. Depicting the consequences of sea life interacting with plastic debris extends Jewish environmental land-focused activism with a call to action for Tikkun HaYam to save the oceans. As a Jewish ecofeminist, Verwer looks to the religious tradition of bal taschit, which prohibits the destruction of all things of potential benefit to people”...

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NY JEWISH WEEK

With the Jerusalem Biennale postponed due to war, participating artists mount 3 exhibits in New York

by Julia Gergely, November 8, 2023

… At the Heller Museum, “Activate: A New York Women’s Perspective,” curated by Israeli artist Hadas Glazer, showcases the work of six New York artists — Siona Benjamin, Goldie Gross, Ronit Levin Delgado, Joan Roth, Chelsea Steinberg Gay and Yona Verwer — who explore “the complexities of life as a woman today.”…

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THE JERUSALEM POST

The Show Must Go On - This year’s Jerusalem Biennale finds a temporary home abroad

by Barry Davis, November 13, 2023

… “The six female artist presentation, curated by Tel Aviv-based Hadas Glazer, goes by the illuminating name of Activate: A New York Women’s Perspective. The exhibitors engage in divergent art practices and, together, investigate the complexities of life faced by women today. They explore physical and political power, centering on systemic, holistic, female-driven change. In their own singular way, each artist explores the multifaceted expressions of feminine power amid complex and fraught sociopolitical dynamics associated with bodies and heritage, intimacy and otherness, sex, and religion.”….

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