Kansas Art Gallery's Exhibit Inspired by Judaica Collection

KANSAS CITY JEWISH CHRONICLE
By Barbara Bayer

Photo by Kevin Blayney: Michael Klein (left) discusses the upcoming ‘Between Thee & Me’ exhibit at Epsten Gallery with the gallery’s curator, Marcus Cain. Klein is holding a 1950s Bible with beautiful sterling silver bookbinding.

KANSAS - Michael Klein began collecting Judaica quite by accident. Now his Judaica is the inspiration for a new exhibit, Between Thee & Me — Artists Respond to the Judaica Collection of Michael Klein and the Van Ackeren Collection of Religious Art at Rockhurst University. This project features two independent, invitational group exhibitions, the first of which will be presented at the Epsten Gallery at Village Shalom July 24 through Sept. 4. It opens with a reception at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 24, with an artists’ discussion at 3 p.m. A second group exhibition will be presented at The Greenlease Gallery at Rockhurst University Aug. 26 through Oct. 1. [link]

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Nazarene's Heading to Oklahoma City Museum of Art

NAZARENE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKOKLAHOMA - MidAmerica Nazarene University (KS) extends an open invitation to see one of the world's largest private collections of rare biblical texts and artifacts with MNU Christian Ministry and Formation professors Randy Cloud and Jim Edlin July 22-23 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Passages, the worldwide traveling exhibition featuring a portion of Hobby Lobby president Steve Green's The Green Collection, has set the scholarly and religious worlds ablaze. The interactive exhibition premiered at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art in May. [link]

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