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Recent works include:  


Bridge of Hope Mural, La Jolla Country Day School,                     La Jolla, CA  2019-2023 (in process)
Design workshops included 110 eighth graders, plus faculty. Honoring the values of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 


Black Lives Matter Mural, Green Street Academy                           West Baltimore, MD  2019-2023
A 60 ft. conical brick smokestack. Honoring the past present and future of the  middle/high school students at this charter school. Over 350 student participants + faculty, staff and community volunteers. 2019- 2023.


The Ashley Mural                                                                                       Baltimore, MD, 2023 
Honors a community hero murdered by gun violence in Baltimore City.  She was 29 and a light unto her neighborhood.


Kind Words, Kind Actions, Curtis Bay Elementary                           Baltimore, MD  2021 - 2022
A joyous mural celebrating the students and the school to transform a dreary space into a welcoming entrance. Participants: the entire 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th grade with over 250 black, brown, and white students and faculty.


We the People - I am Preuss, The Preuss School UC San Diego   La Jolla , CA.  2020 - 2021
Over 125 participants included high school AP Art students, families, faculty, staff, community volunteers. Raises the question, “Are we as immigrants in the USA, really the people?”. The Preuss School is a charter middle/high school on campus for first generation students.


American Progress - The People don’t Matter, Thurgood Marshall College, UC San Diego,   La Jolla , CA.                                                                                     
July 2019 - Jan 2020
Based on the freshman class, “Dimensions of Culture (DOC)”  a required class for all incoming students about real American history.  The work transformed people and the site, reflected the curriculum goals of the college, while at the same time honoring the students who chose this college wanting to make a difference in the world. Over 200 people worked on this project including UCSD students, faculty, staff, and,  11th and 12th grade AP art students from The Preuss School.


Reading on the Brain   Callaway Elementary School                    Baltimore, MD    2018-2019
Partnered withTracy L. Bale, Ph.D. Professor, Departments of Pharmacology & Psychiatry  Director, Center for Epigenetic Research in Child Health and Brain Development U of MD School of Medicine,  and,  Callaway Elementary School.  Using science, art, and poetry to help develop reading skills with students and their parents.  


The Forest of Hope, for the Nikki Perlow Foundation.                 Baltimore County, MD  2017
The project honored 52 individuals or groups in recovery from addiction.  Over 700 people were involved in the design workshops and painting the 52 trees on location at Oregon Ridge Park, Baltimore, MD.   The goal was also to help erase the stigma for many in recovery. 




Community Awards/honors includes:


The  La Jolla Symphony & Chorus annual Arts Angel Award      May 2023          La Jolla, CA
“Given to a community member to recognize them for their out standing contributions to both our organization and community”.
                                        
Annual Spirit of Preuss Community Award                   June 2022                            La Jolla, CA
The Preuss School, UC San Diego. Voted on by the entire school community.     


Thurgood Marshall College, UCSD -                                  July 2019-Mar 2020          La Jolla, CA
First visual Artist in Residence at TMC


JCCs of North America Biennial Zahav Award                     2015                         Waynesboro, PA
For “truly outstanding, visionary initiatives with maximum impact or potential for change” for
the Tisha B’Av project, re-visioning the destruction of the Temples in biblical Jerusalem, Capital Camps.
                                          
JCCs of North America Biennial Zahav Award                     2013                         Foster City,CA
For “truly outstanding, visionary initiatives with maximum impact or potential for change” for the Grow Justice Mural and Garden, at The Peninsula JCC.


Comcast Parent Involvement Matters Award                                                       June 2010 Balto. Co., MD      
Baltimore County awardee and finalist for State of Maryland


Project of the Year                             June 2008                                                         Baltimore, MD            
Neighborhood Design Center, Baltimore     Rebuilding thru Art Project, Inc. (RAP) - Show Way Murals, Ceramics, & Performance Space 


Volunteer of the Year                             Nov. 2006                                                   Baltimore, MD
Neighborhood Design Center for RAP’s Searching for New and Better Worlds mural
at Lockerman-Bundy Elementary, Baltimore  - and for helping to save the school from 
closing.


Best Reclamation of a Vacant Lot                              2005                                       Baltimore, MD
Baltimore City Paper  for RAP’s In the Spirit memorial installation June ’01 - Sept ’03


Cover for CD of “Bill Clinton- The White House years”         July 2005             Little Rock, AK
William Jefferson Clinton Library - President Clinton chose my portrait of him that hung in the White House for the cover of his only music CD to help raise funds for his foundation.


Open Society Institute- Baltimore Community Fellowship Nov 2004-Apr     2006 Baltimore, MD      Open Society Institute, Baltimore -  for continuing development of Rebuilding thru Art Project, Inc. (RAP). 


JCC Maccabi ArtsFest                          August 2004   Baltimore, MD
Jewish Community Centers Association of North America for Jay's  “creative vision" as Baltimore’s Artistic consultant for the first JCC Maccabi ArtsFest.


City Council of Baltimore Resolution                    April 2004     Baltimore, MD
City Council of Baltimore - for "your contributions to the Baltimore Jewish community through
your panoramic mural at the Jewish Community Center on Park Heights Ave".


Mural of the Year Award                             June ’01 - Sept ’03 Baltimore, MD
City Paper of Baltimore for RAP’s In the Spirit memorial installation June ’01 - Sept ’0
Baltimore’s Best Mural                             2000                Baltimore, MD
City Paper of Baltimore for ABC Park - SW Baltimore Mural project - summer 1999


Governor of Maryland Citation                       Nov ’94, ’95,’97, ’98, ’99, 2002,  03’, ‘04 
Governors William Donald Schaefer, Parris N. Glendening and Robert L. Ehrlich for volunteer work, board member,  for the Governor’s program - Maryland You are Beautiful -“outstanding service to the people of Maryland, especially our volunteers, inspiring them to make a positive and lasting impact on their communities”.


Maryland Art Place Competition                       Apr 1996 - Sept 1998  Baltimore, MD
Maryland Art Place -Jay was one of 18 Mid-Atlantic artists selected to design an “artistic and playable” miniature golf course for Baltimore’s Inner Harbor - The Hi-De-Hi-De-Ho Hole - a tribute to Cab Calloway.


Governor’s Salute to Excellence                      June 1993                         Annapolis, MD
Governor William Donald Schaefer for service to state as head of the Maryland Film
Commission Aug 1987- June 1993  “impressive commitment to the people of Maryland".




Additional Community-Based Public Art:


RAP: A Small Simple Spark was Lit    Mar 2016- Nov 2016                          Scottsdale, AZ
    Outdoor mural:  Portrait of Pardes Jewish Day School and it’s connections to Judaism, Israel, and Arizona. Acrylic paint on 100  (3’ x 5’) parachute cloth panels glued to Dryvit wall. Workshops/Paint Teams: over 400 participants, including students K-8, faculty, staff and families.  Partner:  Pardes Jewish Day School.


TESCA and Torah                Jan 2010- Oct. 2016                                          Reisterstown, MD
    Lead artist and co-founder for a series of workshops to create sacred items for Bar and     Bat Mitzvahs.  Based on interviews and workshops with the child and their family.  Includes prayer shawls hand dyed and woven, poetry, invitations, ceramic and glass objects. Partners: Temple Emanuel Studio of Cooperative Artists, Temple Emanuel Congregation of Baltimore. Workshops/Paint Teams: hundreds of students and their family members and friends.


RAP: Tigers Go on a Reading Adventure  Nov 2015- June 2016                  Baltimore, MD
    Indoor/outdoor mural:  Portrait of the endangered species, the tiger, and Samuel FB Morse Elementary students. Acrylic paint on brick, 425 sq ft. -  school lobby and entrance to school. Workshops/Paint Teams: over 100 participants, including students, faculty, staff and families.  Partner:  Samuel FB Morse Elementary School and Baltimore City Public Schools.


Camp Young Judea Sprout Lake Mural Projects June 2015- July 2016 Poughkeepsie, NY
    Artist in Residence -  Portrait of the qualities and spirit of the camp teachings. Two projects - session 2 in 2015 and session 1 in 2016.  Workshops/Paint Teams: over 800 campers ,counselors and staff. Partner: Camp Young Judea Sprout Lake


Capital Camps Cabin Project         June 2015- May 2016                               Waynesboro, PA
    Created  42 portraits to match the names of places in Israel for each bunk.   Painted wood. Workshops/Paint Teams: over 1000 campers plus counselors and staff. Workshops/Paint Teams: over 1000 campers plus counselors and staff.    Partner: Capital Camps.


RAP: Look. Again.See the Other.       Aug 2011- Apr 2016                                Baltimore, MD
    Indoor mural: Large canvas mural panels installed in spring of 2016 at 3 locations.  Acrylic paint on canvas . Brought Orthodox Jewish, African American and Hispanic American middle school boys together to explore mutual understanding. Workshops/Paint Teams: 24 middle school students,  plus parents, staff from N Park Heights community organizations, interns and volunteers. Partners: Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore, CHAI, Cross Country Elementary Middle, Fallstaff Elementary Middle, poet Jill Solomon.  Workshops/Paint Teams: over 125 participants.


RAP: The Unity Panels                   Nov. 2015- Jan 2016                                       Baltimore, MD
    Indoor mural: Large  canvas mural panels installed in lobby of New Song Academy in West Baltimore.  Acrylic paint on canvas, heath fused onto canvas . Based on African-American writings.  Partners: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra OrchKids Program. Workshops/Paint Teams: over 60 high school students,  plus parents, staff from Edmondson Westside High,  interns and volunteers.


WS-C Studio Camp Tree Project     Aug 2014- Aug 2015                                 Waynesboro, PA
    Painting tree trunks based on the prayer  “How goodly are thy tents O Jacob…” Workshops/Paint Teams: over 40 campers from Macks Village, plus counselors and staff.     Partner: Capital Camps.




WS-C Studio Tisha B’Av Project    June 2014- Aug 2014                                    Waynesboro, PA
    Painted  24 outdoor panels memorializing the destruction of  both Temples in Jerusalem and the theme of senseless love. Nova Color paints on outdoor plywood  3’ x 72’.  Workshops/Paint Teams: over 1000 campers plus counselors and staff. Partner: Capital Camps.


RAP Project: The Graduation Mural     May 2013 -  July 2014                           Oakland, CA
    Outdoor mural:  650 sq. ft.  for   Coliseum College Prep Academy  a middle high school dedicated to graduating all students.  Acrylic paint. Workshops/Paint Teams: over 200 participants.


WS-C Studio: Green Dreams         Jan -June 2014                                                 Baltimore, MD
Indoor mural panels:  6 panels in my ‘studio style”,  acrylic canvas cut-outs heat fused on canvas on 4’ x 8’ gator boards.  Green Dreams - A STEAM based mural project for Stoneleigh Elementary School,  Baltimore County.  Partipants: The entire K-5 students, plus faculty, parents.  Over 750  participants.


RAP Project: The Pratt House Mural       July 2013 -  Jan 2014                          Baltimore, MD
    Indoor mural:   2000 sq. ft.  includes walls in two rooms plus matching walls with ”house paint”. 130 ft x 12 ft plus eight palm tree planters.  Acrylic paint. Transformed large meeting/dining room.  Commissioned by Volunteers of America for  a housing site for homeless families. Themes based on 4 Jewish concepts of justice/dignity.  85 participants.


RAP Project: Grow Justice Peninsula JCC      July- Oct 2013                              Foster City, CA
    Outdoor mural:   1800 sq. ft.  includes wall 130 ft x 12 ft plus eight palm tree planters.  Acrylic paint and ceramics.  Transformed large exterior space including the Justice Garden.  Themes based on 4 Jewish concepts of justice/dignity.  Over 800 participants. 


WS-C Studio Siddur Project         June 2013- Aug 2013                                         Waynesboro, PA
     Created a new prayer book for Shabbat services.  Workshops/Paint Teams: over 1000 campers plus counselors and staff.     Partner: Capital Camps.


TESCA - The Humane Society Mural        Jan 2013- July 2013                             Reisterstown, MD
    Outdoor mural celebrating animal adoption and love. 600 sq ft. Acrylic paint on brick and cinderblock. Workshops/Paint Teams: fifteen 7th grade students, plus over 100 volunteers and staff. Partners: Temple Emanuel of Baltimore, Baltimore Humane Society.


WS-C Studio Capital Camps Mural Project     June 2012- Aug 2012                    Waynesboro, PA
    Outdoor mural: 2 story high mural , a series of several ruah panels and painted plywood     panels to create a sacred space for Shabbat services.  400 sq ft. Acrylic paint on canvas     and wood . Workshops/Paint Teams:     over 300 campers plus counselors and staff.     Partner: Capital Camps.


RAP Project Under the Very Same Yellow Sun Nov 2011- Aug 2012                      Baltimore, MD
    Indoor mural: 3 story stairwell mural as a vibrant entrance to the new music rooms of     OrchKids at their East Baltimore headquarters.  Acrylic paint on cinder block and     drywall. Workshops/Paint Teams: 32 pre-schoolers,  12 middle school students, plus     interns, community volunteers. Theme related to music from the 12 countries represented     by the students plus performances in class. Partners: Highlandtown Elementary Middle     School, The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra OrchKids, poet Jill Solomon.


RAP Project RAPoetry on the Wall         Nov 2011- Aug 2012                                    Baltimore, MD
    Indoor mural: 16 ruah panels, 12’ x 4.5’   acrylic paint on canvas panels.     Workshops     and Paint Teams: 14 3rd-5th grade students, interns, community volunteers. The final     mural created for the school gym and in particular for OrchKid performances. Students wrote Haiku and sketched musicians. Partners: Lockerman-Bundy Elementary, The Baltimore Symphony     Orchestra OrchKids, poet Jill Solomon.


RAP Project Live the Learning              April 2010- June 2011                                   Baltimore, MD
    Indoor and outdoor mural: 2800 sq ft., acrylic paint on cinder block, drywall, and     dryvit.     Workshops/Paint Teams:over 700 participants including all students from K-8th grade,     teachers, administration, volunteers, and other staff. Transformed school into a new sacred space. Featured on PBS - Art and the Mind, Sept. 2012. Mural installed in the main hall, 2nd floor, K-1 hallway, and outside by entrance. Partner: Kreiger Schecter Day School


RAP Project Where We Play              Nov 2009- June 2010                                           Baltimore, MD
    Indoor mural: 160 ft. X 10 ft., acrylic paint on cinder block. Workshops/Paint Teams: 60 3rd-5th grade students, interns,  60 community volunteers. Final mural installed in the     main hall, and several classrooms of the school. Partners: Lockerman-Bundy Elementary,     The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra OrchKids.


RAP Project Everyone Deserves to Go Home Aug. 2009- Aug 2010                         Baltimore, MD
    Outdoor mural: 125 ft. X 25 ft., acrylic paint on ‘parachute cloth’. Workshops/Paint     Teams: over 150 clients, staff, board members, community volunteers. Mural created for the new headquarters in a prominent downtown location. 3125 sq ft. Partner:Health Care for the Homeless.


RAP Project Unity - The Struggle Continues  May - Oct. 2009                                   Baltimore, MD
    Outdoor mural: 80 ft. X 15 ft., acrylic paint on ‘parachute cloth’. Workshops/Paint     Teams: 85 9th grade students, staff, interns, community volunteers. Themes based on     contemporary     poetry and lyrics.  Partners: Edmondson-Westside HIgh, West Hills     Community.


RAP Project: RAPware -The ‘Hero’ Vases         May - Oct. 2009                                   Baltimore, MD
    Ceramic: 9 low-fired red clay urns, black underglaze, average: 24 inches high x 12 inches     wide at base. Homage to Greek pottery. Workshops with 22 grandmothers,  students,      volunteers. 5 vases chosen for exhibition at the Walters Museum show “A 1000 Ships”.     Partners: Morgan State University, E. Blaise DePaolo, Art on Purpose. 


WS-C Studio Rebuilding the Playground -The Weinstein Y   March - May 2009    Baltimore, MD
    Outdoor installations: playground sections, 100’s of painted tiles, acrylic paint on treated     wood. Led a team of artists with hundreds of youth/adult participants. Part of 2000     volunteers to rebuild a community playground that had been destroyed by arson.


WS-C Studio Cromwell Valley Mural        April - July 2009                                            Baltimore, MD
    Indoor mural: 2 sections - 60 ft. X 11.5 ft., 60 ft. X 5.5 ft, acrylic paint on cinder block.     Workshops/Paint teams:over 300 artist including the entire 3rd, 4th, 5th grades, all faculty,     administration, staff, parents, volunteers.  Transformed the school cafeteria.


RAP Project Nature and Nurture            Sept. 2008 to April 2009                                 Baltimore, MD
    Indoor mural: multiple sections, acrylic paint on canvas panels. Workshops with 65     employees, most of whom are people in transition, and community volunteers. Installation scheduled for 2010.  Partners: Dogwood Cafe, St. Ignatius Church. 2100 sq ft.


RAP Project: RAPware -The Flower Mart       Jan - May 2009, ’10.’11                          Baltimore, MD
    Ceramic: 130 low-fired red clay flower pots, glazes, underglazes. With 40 students,     mothers, grandmothers, interns, volunteers. RAPware inaugural project to help residents     of West Baltimore start their own community-based ceramic arts busines. Partners: E. Blaise DePaolo,  Morgan State University’s Art and Social Justice Program.


RAP Project: RAPware - Ceramic School Murals July 08 to May 2009                       Baltimore, MD
    2 indoor murals:  (1)  triptych:7 ft. X 5 ft. (2) 20 ft. X 9 ft., low-fired red clay, glazes,     underglazes. 50 artists: 22 3rd-5th grade students plus interns, parents, volunteers.


RAP Project: The Together Mural           Sept. 07 - July 2008                                        Baltimore, MD
    Outdoor mural: 1000 sq ft., acrylic on parachute cloth. Applied to exterior brick frieze of     Baltimore City’s Lockerman-Bundy Elementary. Themes: nature in Maryland and     Africa.    Workshops/Paint Team: 105 artists including 30 3rd to 5th graders, families from     one of RAP’s major donors, school personnel, and volunteers.


WS-C Studio Footsteps to Freedom: Images from the Beth El Hagaddah Feb. - May         2008          So. Orange, NJ                             
    Indoor installation: 5 ft. X 50 ft. A series of free hanging painted panels (acrylic) on     canvas mounted to brick. Images based on themes of the Passover Haggadah.          Workshops/Paint Team: 160 participants from 5 to 90 years old. 


 RAP Project: The Show Way Mural/Performance Area Sept. 06 - May 2007            Baltimore, MD
    Indoor mural and stage: 2800 sq ft., acrylic on  on prepared interior cinder block walls     and columns; designed and built a new stage. Reclaimed a large unused common area in     Lockerman-Bundy Elementary School. Workshops/Paint Team: 60 participants- 30 3rd to     5th graders, school personnel, volunteers. 
    
WS-C Studio Jubilation - Temple Emanuel     Sept 06 - April 2007                              Resisterstown, MD
    Indoor mural: 20 ft. x  42 ft., canvas cut-outs on canvas mounted on 21 irregular sections. 
    A celebratory portrait of Temple Emanuel’s 50 year history in context with Jewish     history.  Workshops with 140 participants - 5 to 88 years old. 
    
The Creation Mural                                    Aug. 2006                                                             Owings Mils, MD
    Indoor mural: 1000 sq. ft., acrylic on prepared interior drywall. A re—interpretation of     the bibilical theme of creation. For the 1st International JCC Maccabi Artsfest. Links the     cafe area and the health center at the Jewish Community Center. Took 3.5 days from     conception to completion. Workshops/ Paint team: 52 participants including 40 teen     artists from around the world, plus adult volunteers.
    
 RAP Project: Searching for New and Better Worlds  Sept. 05 - May 2006                  Baltimore, MD
    Indoor mural: 2300 sq. ft., acrylic on  on prepared cinder block walls and columns.     Reclaimed the library of Lockerman-Bundy     Elementary School. The project saved this     public school from closing. Workshops/Paint Team: 50 participants including 30     3rd to     5th graders plus school personnel and volunteers. 


The Clinton Presidential Center and Park          Nov. 2004-present                               Little Rock, AK
    Portrait: 40" x 30", acrylic, paper cut-outs on paper. On permanent display. At the request     of the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation, Jay’s portrait of President Clinton     playing the saxophone, which hung in The White House for four years, was chosen for     the cover image of the CD Music of the Clinton White House to help raise funds for the     Center’s social justice causes.


RAP Project: The Mothers of Africa Mural          Sept. 04 - May 2005                              Baltimore, MD
    Outdoor mural: 22 ft. x 60 ft., latex on prepared brick and cinderblock walls. Designed by     Ms. Ann Branch, 81-year-old resident artist. This was her first mural. Paint team: 40     neighborhood children and adults.


A Great Miracle Happened Here                          July 2003 - April 2004                           Baltimore, MD
    Indoor mural: 10 ft. x  42 ft. acrylic, canvas cut-outs on canvas mounted on 17 irregular     sections. An icon of Baltimore Jewish history commissioned by the JCC of Greater     Baltimore for their new lobby. Workshops: 150 participants from 8 to 102 years old. 


RAP Project: For My People                        Oct.  03 - July 2004                                          Baltimore, MD
    Indoor mural: 1600 sq. ft., acrylic paints on prepared drywall. Re-designed a floor of the     Midtown Edmondson community building. Based on the poem by Margaret Walker.     Workshops/Paint Team: 50 neighborhood children and adults, interns and volunteers.


World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition       June 2003                                       New York, NY
    Headed a creative team that entered this worldwide competition. 


The Wishes Mural                                     June - August 2002                                                 Baltimore, Md
    Indoor mural: 4,000 sq. ft. acrylic on prepared cinderblock walls. Using art to promote     building loving families through adoption. Commissioned by the Methodist organization     Board of Child Care for their gym.Workshop/Paint Team: 150 participants including 100     foster kids, 10     –17 years old, plus 50 staff and volunteers.


The Mojave National Parks Series                     Jan - Sept 2001                                   Palms Springs, CA
    Indoor murals: Two works  The Infinite, Cap Rock, each 4.5 ft. x 13 ft, acrylic, canvas     cut-outs on canvas. Palm Springs International Airport. Partnership with the National     Park Service and Joshua Tree National Park.


BMH - BJ Congregation                                 Jan - May 2001                                                         Denver, CO
    Painting: 5 ft. x 14 ft., acrylic, canvas cut-outs on canvas and wood. Depicts Jewish and     congregational history of two storied congregations that were forced to merge in Denver.     Commissioned for the entranceway to the main sanctuary.


 RAP Project: In the Spirit Memorial Installation   June 2001 - Sept 2003                      Baltimore, MD
    Outdoor installation: Half acre outdoor installation. Includes a large mural, sculptural     walls, memorial trees, banners. Using community art to take back a neighborhood from     drugs and violence.  Mural of the Year Award - Baltimore City Paper.  Workshop/Paint     Team: 100 participants including community children, teenagers, and adults.


 ABC Park - SW Baltimore Mural Project               July - Aug 1999                                       Baltimore, MD
    Outdoor mural: 200 ft.  x 10 ft., house paint on 4 walls of a brick field house.     Workshops/Paint Team: 27 middle school students from Samuel Morse Rec Center., plus     3 adult volunteers. Commissioned by Neighborhood Design Center


The Jr. League Project                            Apr - May 1999                                                             Baltimore, MD
    Indoor mural: (4) 4'x5' paintings with floating panels. Design team: 15 middle school     students. Sponsored by  Port Discovery Children's Museum. 


The AIDS Project                                 June 1998- June 2000                                                     Baltimore, MD
    Project to create paintings and related merchandise to raise money for HERO,     Maryland’s largest AIDS/HIV health care service. Included t-shirt designs for the annual     AIDS Walk.     


The L.A. Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl            Jan. 1997                                         Los Angeles, CA   
    Painting: 40" x 50", acrylic, paper cut-outs on paper. Commissioned by the Los Angeles     Philharmonic.


Portrait of President Clinton -The White House            Oct. 1995                                        Washington, DC
    Painting: 40" x 30", acrylic, paper cut-outs on paper. Was on permanent display in the     private residence at The White House from October 1995 through the end of the     President’s 2nd term., January 2001.


The Witkin Windows                                                                                           Oct. 1999- April 200    Denver, CO
    Stained glass: 585 sq. ft. 2 upper windows @ 35 ft. x 5.5 ft. each, 10 lower windows @ 8     ft. x 2.5 ft. Laminated layers of glass (no lead)- antique, dichroic, fused, textured,     sand     blasted on clear glass. For Hebrew Educational Alliance. Depicts Jewish/congregational     symbols and history. Partners:  GALLERY M, Acacia Art Glass Studios.


Carlisle Arts Learning Center Ceramic Mural          Jan. 2000                                                          Carlisle, PA
    Indoor ceramic mural:  8.5 ft. x 12 ft., low fire red clay, ceramic cut-outs on     ceramic, 5 sections on interior wall. Workshops: 25 elementary school students, and 10     adults from the town. Partners: The Garden Gallery, Sprint.


The Sha’ar Zahav Windows and Ark Doors       July 1998 - Dec.1998                                 San Francisco, CA
    Stained glass: Approx. 96 sq. ft. - 2 upper windows @ 6.5 ft.x 4.5 ft each, 1 upper     window @ 4 ft. X 4 ft. and the Ark doors @ 7 ft.x 4 ft. Laminated layers of glass (no     lead)- antique, dichroic, textured, fused- on clear glass. For Congregation Sha'ar Zahav.     Depicts Jewish/congregational symbols and history.


The Gelato Mural - Verona, Milan, Venice, Italy            Sept. 1997                                                    Denver, CO
    Indoor mural:  9 ft.  x 42 ft., acrylic, canvas cut-outs on prepared wall. Commissioned by     Gelato D'Italia.  


Johns Hopkins Hospital                                  Sept. 1996                                                                      Baltimore, MD
    Painting: 40" x 59", acrylic, paper cut-outs on paper. Honoring employees. On permanent     display in main lobby of Johns Hopkins Hospital.


Beth Tfilfoh - 75th Anniversary                        May -  Sept. 1996                                                        Baltimore, MD
    Painting: 84" x 192", acrylic, canvas cut-outs on linen. Depicts Jewish/congregational     symbols and history. Permanent display in lobby of sanctuary.


The Hi-De-Hi-De-Ho Hole                           Apr  1996 - Sept 1998                                                       Baltimore, MD
    Outdoor installation:  10 ft.  X 18 ft. X 10 ft. Acrylic, wood cut-outs on wood. A tribute to     Cab Calloway and his Cotton Club Band. One of eighteen Mid-Atlantic artists selected     by Maryland Art Place to design an "artistic and playable" miniature golf course for     Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.  


The Baltimore Opera - Samson and Delilah               Jan-  Mar 1995                                              Baltimore, MD
    Painting: 52" x 39", acrylic, paper cut-outs on paper. On display at The Lyric Opera     House and The Baltimore Opera headquarters.


Rocky Gap Country/Bluegrass Festival                   April - Aug 1994                                              Cumberland, MD
    Painting: 66" x 144", acrylic, canvas cut-outs on linen.  Commissioned by the Rocky Gap     Foundation. For installation near Rocky Gap.


The Peabody Prep - 100th Anniversary                          Jan - April 1994                                           Baltimore, MD
    Painting: 72" x 108", acrylic, canvas cut-outs on linen. Celebrating the music and     dance     departments, and the 19th century campus at Mt. Vernon Place.
118th Preakness Celebration                                   Apr - May 1993                                   Anne Arundel County, MD
    Painting: 72" x 108", acrylic, canvas cut-outs on canvas. On permanent display at     Thurgood Marshall/Baltimore-Washington International Airport since 1993.     Commissioned by Governor William Donald Schaefer and the State of Maryland.


Community-Based Public Art - Grants:


Taube Foundation for Jewish Life & Culture; The Koret Foundation; The Banner Alzheimer’s
Institute, Phoenix AZ; Jewish Community Center Association, NYC; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra OrchKids; The Hoffberger Foundation; The Henry and Ruth Blaustein Rosenberg Foundation;  The Hilda and Jacob Blaustein Fund for the Enrichment of Jewish Education;  The Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund;  Travelers Insurance; UMBC Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture; University of MD Baltimore’s Public Allies Program; The William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, creator of the Baker Artist Awards www.BakerArtistAwards.org; Youth as Resources; Mayors Office of Neighborhoods;  Midtown Edmondson Avenue Improvement Association; Neighborhood Design Center; Open Society Institute of Baltimore; Pyramid Homeworks; Quality of Life Giving Circle Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation;  The Abell Foundation; The Annie E. Casey Foundation; The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra OrchKids program; The The CityArts Program; Stoneliegh Elementary PTA; Art on Purpose;  Associated Black Charities; Bon Secours Hospital; Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks;  Baltimore Community Foundation, a collection of charitable funds benefiting the Greater Baltimore region; Baltimore Police Department Grants Division; Baltimore Out of School Time Initiative (BOOST); Banner Masonry; Governor’s Office on Crime Control and Prevention; Greater Grace of West Baltimore; Greater West Hills Community Association; Health Care for the Homeless;  Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore; K Bank; The Dogwood Restaurant.


Temple Emanuel of Baltimore - Artist in Residence            Sept 2006- Dec 2016


Temple Emanuel was a Reform synagogue dedicated to the celebration of Jewish faith, thought and culture. They were committed to the worship of God, the study of our tradition and the translation of our beliefs into deeds of conscience. 


Inspired by my Jubilation painting for the congregation, art became part of the mission statement of Temple Emanuel. Since my family joined Temple Emanuel in 2006,  I volunteered as a lead artist on several major projects using art to express 21st century Reform visions of Judaism, to raise awareness on social justice issues and to help raise funds including:  2 murals with the 7th grade religious school class; forming TESCA ( Temple Emanuel Society of Cooperative Artists)  with 18 members of the congregation creating high quality Judaica art in fabric, ceramics and paint; ceramic projects with the 7th grade religious school class; special Friday evening (Erev Shabbat) painting services; for the past 3 years, I have led 140 members of the congregation in The Sukkot Project,  designing, painting building, and decorating a new Succah each year; in December 2007 we began the year-long Empty Bowls project -  the entire congregation, along with several community partners, will be making bowls for sale to raise funds to fight hunger for  the Renewing Life Family Center.



Families with Children from China (FCC)                        May 2001 - July 2011
FCC is a nondenominational organization of families who have adopted children from China. The purpose of FCC is provide a network of support for families who've adopted in China and to provide information to prospective parents.  


I am a parent of an adopted daughter from China and been a member of the Maryland chapter since 2001. For 10 years I volunteered for several art projects including: designer of 6 award winning China-themed 4th of July parades in Baltimore’s Federal Hill community with 40 girls and parents participating each year;  since 2006, art workshops, murals, poster designs for the FCC 7-8-9 club with about 35 girls; 2008 -2010, Art Director for the Maryland FCC Camp at West River, MD.


Permanent Exhibition Space:


The Garden Gallery         December 1997 - present            Carlisle , PA


Longterm  Galleries:


Rosen & Warshaw Building    January 1995  -  March 2020              Baltimore, MD
Gallery M                 November 1996 - 2014                                                   Denver, CO
The Beveled Edge/Gallery G    November 2002-2008                         Baltimore, MD
Amaryllis Jewelry - (watercolors)    Summer 2003- Feb 2009          Baltimore, MD


Private Collections


Works on paper, canvas, and ceramic in private collections throughout North America,
South America, Europe and Asia.


Additional Non-profit Work:


Jay has been a consultant, volunteer and board member for many non-profit organizations including The La Jolla Symphony & Chorus for the past 5 years, Midtown Edmondson Avenue Improvement Association, the Maryland You Are Beautiful for 21 years under 4 Maryland governors, Co-Chair of The Arts Transition Team for Baltimore Mayor O’Malley, The Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore, Mayor's Cable Communications Advisory Commission ( Baltimore Mayor O’Malley), HERO (Maryland's largest HIV/AIDS health care service), The Rosebud Film Festival (a mid-Atlantic fest), Sudbrook Magnet School (a middle school in Baltimore County), The Gordon Center For the Performing Arts, The NAACP and The National Park Service.


His work has also been used to raise money for many non-pofit organizations including Health Care for the Homeless, Temple Emanuel of  Baltimore, Center Stage, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra OrchKids, Maryland Center for Poverty Solutions, Young Audiences of Maryland, Illuminations (part of Catholic Charities), Safer Kids, Cystic Fibrosis, The Creative Alliance, Kids on the Hill,  the William J. Clinton Presidential Foundation and National Federation for the Blind and the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, La Jolla , CA.


Additional Career Achievements:


  • Over 30 solo and group shows nationally.
  • Has been awarded more than 40 major grants for community based-public work.
  • Mr. Wolf Schlossberg-Cohen’s portrait painting of President Clinton Playing  the Saxophone  was displayed in The White House for four years, was selected as the cover image for Music of the Clinton White House CD, and is now permanently installed in the Clinton Presidential Center and Park in Little Rock, AK. 
  • For over two decades Jay has worked with Jewish organizations throughout the United States including installations at Pardes Jewish Day School, Scottsdale, AZ;  Capital Camps, Waynesboro, PA; Camp Young Judea Sprout Lake, Poughkeepsie, NY; URJ Eisner Camp, Great Barrington, MA; and The TESCA/Temple Emanuel Baltimore Sukkah Project, Baltimore, MD. 
  • Longstanding partnerships: The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s OrchKids Program;  Morgan State University Visual Arts Department; 20+ years working with JCCA affiliated organizations serving in national/regional leadership capacities as an Artistic Consultant, Visual Arts Artist in Residence, Artistic Director of Arts and Culture Task Force, and one of the founders of the JCCA  Maccabi Arts program.
  • Artist in Residence at Everyman Theatre and Baltimore Center Stage Theatre,  Baltimore, MD,  both  are  Actors Equity  companies.
  • Art workshops in Baltimore and Washington, DC since 2014 for The Wire class  - partnering with Dr. Toby Gordon, Academic Director, Health Care Programs of Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School.
  • Served as Director of the Maryland Film Commission from 1987 to1993, and worked on more than 35 Hollywood film and TV productions, including John Water’s Hairspray and Barry Levinson’s television series Homicide.
  • Producer of the original production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at the Actors’ Studio in New York and continued with the “Tony” award winning show on Broadway.  1977-1982
  • Produced and directed documentary, experimental and low budget feature films in New York City and Los Angeles from 1975 to 1987.
  • Produced and designed lighting for Off-Off Broadway companies including The Actors Studio and Playrights Horizon - 1976-1978




Publications:


Verkerke C & L GmbH, The Netherlands.                                          January 1994- December 1997
Poster distribution in United States and Europe.                                




Education:


Art Students League                                                                              Summer 1978    New York, NY
New York University  B.F.A. with Honors in Film                  June/74 - June/76     New York, NY
Maryland Institute College of Art                                                  Sept/73 - May/74  Baltimore, MD
Indiana University     (art, theatre, ballet)                             Sept/72 - May/73  Bloomington, IN


  
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