Join Sylvia Weisz Women’s Philanthropy’s community of Lions via Zoom for a special event on Tuesday, September 22nd, from 3:00-4:30 PM featuring exuberant artist Ron Agam. The established painter and fine art photographer will guide us on a tour of his magnificent New York studio and auction off one of his stellar originals (as shown below). With gratitude to Ron, proceeds from the live auction — and a portion of those from sales made by our Lions the following week — will be donated back to our Federation to support our life-changing work.

Title: Ron Agam Star of Love in Yellow
Dimensions: 14 x 14 in. (Unframed)
Medium: 3D Kinetic
Price: $3,600

View this video message from the artist himself!

To show appreciation for your generosity, this event is complimentary for all Lions who have made their 2020 gifts.

Our Los Angeles Lions set an exemplary standard of leadership and giving, and we are so grateful for your continued support. There has never been a time when your generosity has meant more. If you have not yet made your 2020 gift, please do so today.

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If you have any questions regarding how to join this virtual experience, please contact Sylvia Crump at SCrump@JewishLA.org or (323) 761-8225.

Ron Agam

Born in 1958 and raised between Paris and Rehovot, Israel, painter Ron Agam only took up the paintbrush later in life, following a long and successful career as a fine art photographer. Yet, the robustness and sheer prolificacy of his output since belies the charge that this newfound passion is anything but a calling. Since first embracing his new medium a few short years ago, Mr. Agam’s creative energy has burst forth, embracing a dizzying array of techniques and a brilliant spectrum of forms in an ever-expanding constellation of individual works. From lenticular, optical experiments to distilled, saturated color fields, Mr. Agam’s work has, canvas by canvas, explored the process of seeing, all the while keeping an eye on the prize of metaphysical meaning.

“I began this work as a leap, without knowing where it will go,” Mr. Agam explains. “And I don’t think about it now; I just paint.” This wellspring of intuition seems to have tapped a deep reservoir of inspiration. As his body of work has compounded, growing to thousands of individual pieces, it has cast into relief a central theme of Mr. Agam’s life itself: That the questions one conceives as a child, considering the very abundance of stars in the sky, may yet animate an enduring curiosity in the mature soul. Indeed, Mr. Agam’s meditative, transcendent canvasses bear witness to this pure fact: That to contemplate the world deeply is to refresh its mystery. Looking at his canvasses liberates one from what is known, restoring the essential spirit of inquiry that characterizes true freedom.

The Lion of Judah giving society is comprised of women who make a gift of $5,000 or more in their own name to our Federation’s Annual Campaign. A minimum gift of $5,000 for the 2020 campaign year is required to attend this event.

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