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Artists
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Dalia Kenan
A professional artist and member of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel, Dalia was the driving force behind the Art Center and summer camp. She began her artistic career as an art teacher and, in her own work, engaged in many different forms of art. She received her initial academic training in painting, printing, and photography at the Ramat Hasharon Academy, where she earned her bachelor's degree, and she received a master's degree in art from the Schechter Institute in Jerusalem with a major in Jewish Art. Dalia has also mounted exhibits of her artwork throughout Israel.
Improvisation is the key element in Dalia's works of art, to the point where subject and image are secondary in importance to the imagination. With a passion for expressing the serendipity of materials, she produces unexpected combinations of shape and color. Every viewer is struck by the movement and spontaneity of her works and their subtle hints of the real world and everyday experiences.
Dalia brings years of art teaching experience to her work at Ramat Rachel. Her credo is to instill children with a love of art and to provide them with tools for understanding the aesthetic elements of the real world around them and the inner world of their imaginations.
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Haya Uliel
A member of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel, Haya interweaves different forms of art in her work on wood and glass, her beadwork, and her mosaics. Her talents include the design and construction of decorative mirrors, wall coverings, furniture, and a variety of household and garden objects. Mosaic decoration, which began as a hobby and became a professional endeavor, is now Haya's particular area of expertise. She conducts workshops in mosaic art for individuals and groups.
Mosaic works of art produce a rich array of colors and designs and give their creators the freedom to express their own ideas and styles. Old tables, stools, even frying pans - any object - can be beautifully redesigned as a mosaic. The component parts can be just as varied: pieces of jewelry, glass beads, broken objects (whose sentimental value can be preserved by making use of their remaining pieces). Participants can construct mosaic-decorated mirrors, pictures, or any three-dimensional object emerging from their creativity and imagination.
Haya's work is displayed and sold at her workshops, and items can be ordered from anywhere in Israel. She also receives requests for commissioned work, including special projects such as mosaic floor and wall inlays.
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Einat Polon
Einat, a member of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel, holds an M.A. degree from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, where she majored in ceramic and glass design. In 2002, she traveled to the Czech Republic with a delegation of Bezalel students to learn glassblowing techniques from experts there. A year later, as part of a student exchange program, she studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design. Einat is also certified as a first- through sixth-grade teacher, having earned her teaching degree at David Yellin College. She currently teaches art at an elementary school in Jerusalem and conducts ceramics workshops at the Ramat Rachel Art Center.
Einat also teaches a range of other classes for children and adults at the Center, including sculpting, pottery (using a potter's wheel), and ceramic painting. She contributes her talents as an instructor at the Center's summer art camp each year.
The ceramics studio at Ramat Rachel's Art Center is located in one of the most beautiful spots on the kibbutz. The placid, tree-lined surroundings are a perfect setting for artistic creation. Einat's lessons, geared to the abilities and desires of her students (children and adults), provide the tools, techniques, and professional guidance required for any budding artist.
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Shula Eshkoli
A graduate of the Jerusalem Art Academy and member of Kibbutz Ramat Rachel, Shula is also a certified teacher of art and Jewish Studies. In the final year of her art program, she studied with the sculptor Eva Avidar.
Shula is a highly experienced educator who has long been instrumental in organizing and leading activities for Ramat Rachel's children and teenagers. Art is the focus of the classes she has led on the kibbutz in recent years. At the same time, she has developed her own skills as a painter and sculptor. Shula's work can be seen in a permanent exhibit and interactive "game wall" at the pediatric eye clinic at Hadassah Hospital, Ein Karem. Currently, Shula is also teaching art at a school in Gilo in Jerusalem.
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