April 2009 M! News
Teaching Awareness and Respect through Jewish Life & Culture, Immigration, Art, Lessons of the Holocaust, Bridges of Understanding, Exhibitions and workshops.

WHERE WE ARE
400 S. Kearney St.
Denver, CO 80224
303.394.9993
www.mizelmuseum.org

SPONSORS
Museum sponsors and supportors		  
Dean Singleton at the Mizel Museum Annual Dinner Fundraiser in 2008
   2009 Community Cultural Enrichment Award Dinner
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Mizel Museum Honors William Dean Singleton
This year honorsWilliam Dean Singleton with the annual Community Cultural Enrichment Award. Call Ellen Premack at 303.394.9993, Ext. 101 for information and for reservations.
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Siona Benjamin   Mizel Museum and Denver & L.E.A. Chapters of Hadassah present
Jewish Women in the Arts 5th Annual Art Exhibit & Sale / Brunch Program
April 19, 2009
9:00 am – 1:30 pm
Presenter: New York artist Siona Benjamin and her Rang de Nila dancers. Honoree: Marilyn Lande.
Admission and Brunch: $45
$36 for Hadassah or Mizel Museum Artist Alliance Members. Call for more information: 303 394-9993, ext. 104 or email the museum to make a reservation.

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Camp is fun!
   Mizel Museum CampM! begins soon
 For full camp descriptions of camps listed below
Download the 2009 Summer Camp Brochure
Israel Explorers Pre-School Camp
May 18 - 22 :: Ages 4 - 6 5 Mornings: 9:00 am - Noon :: $95
5 Full days: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm :: $185
Israel Safari
May 26 - 28 :: Ages 4 - 6 3 Mornings: 9:00 am - Noon :: $60
3 full days 9:00 am - 3:30 pm :: $115
Faces of the World Mask Camp
June 8 - 12 :: Ages 6 -9 :: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm :: $185
Animal Symbols in Sculpture #1
June 8 - 12 :: Ages 5 - 7 :: 9:00 am - Noon :: $95
Little Picassos Great Artists Camp #1
June 15 - 19 :: Ages 5 - 7 :: Mornings: 9:00 am – Noon :: $95 Full days: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm :: $185
Some scholarship funds are available based upon need.
To register for CampM! call 303-394-9993 ext. 103, or email jmock@mizelmuseum.org
Mirror
Late Bloomer, Barbara D. Cohen		   My Self: Original Self Portraits of the Mizel Museum Artist Alliance
(formerly Colorado Jewish Artists Guild of the Mizel Museum [CJAG])
May 4 - September 1, 2009
Opening Reception with the Artists
Monday, May 4, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
400 S. Kearney St., Denver
The exhibit, My Self: Original Self Portraits by the Artists of the Mizel Museum Artist Alliance (MMAA),features original works in various media, fashioned by local and national artists.

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Siona Benjamin   Miniature Painting Workshop
by Siona Benjamin
Monday, April 20, 2009
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Create your own illuminated miniature painting in a hands-on workshop led by Siona Benjamin, the featured presenter for the Jewish Women in the Arts Exhibit and Luncheon April 19, 2009. Siona Benjamin's artistic inspiration is often drawn from melding the cultural traditions of her native India with traditional Jewish midrash. Cost: $60 (includes materials) Please call 303.394.9993 ext. 104 or email the museum.

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Jerusalem
Jerusalem Discussion, Naum Katsenelson 		  Mizel Museum Artist Alliance (formerly CJAG) present
Naum Katsenelson Artist Reception and Demonstration
Thursday, April 23, 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
During a special artist reception, Katsenelson will give a live painting demonstration at the Jewish Family Service, Rafael Spiritual Healing Center, 3201 S. Tamarac Drive.
Call 303 394-9993, Ext. 107 for information.

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Street in Tel Aviv   Call for entries! Photos of Tel Aviv
The Mizel Museum is creating a community ‘portrait’ of Tel Aviv to celebrate the city’s 100th birthday. The museum is looking for photos from a trip, or life growing up in Tel Aviv that can be shared from May through September. Photos will be on display in a collage portrait of Tel Aviv alongside the My Self exhibition as, Tel Aviv 100: A Portrait, presented by the Mizel Museum, ISIME and the Allied Jewish Federation’s Summer Outdoor Israeli Film Series. Stay tuned for more information about the film series in upcoming issues of M!News and on the museum's web site. Please send photos by April 30th to be included. (Please send digital files of your images or copies of original photos if you don’t want to give us your original old photos).

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Children of the Holocaust  

Children of the Holocaust
Thursday, April 23
10:30 am – 11:45 am :: Grades 6-12 :: $5
Reservations by April 17
Beginning with her own childhood survivor story, Rosalyn Kirkel shares poignant vignettes of the Jewish children of Europe – those who lived and those who perished. Presented at the Mizel Museum. Combine Children of the Holocaust with a walking tour of Babi Yar Park. Available daily, weather permitting. Docent led tours through this Denver city park serve as history, geography and lessons in human rights.

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Dances of Bat Zvi   Exploring Jewish Art Through the Ages a SAJE presentation in collaboration
with the Mizel Museum
Free classes are part of Adult Jewish Learning and are held at Congregation Emanuel, 51 Grape Street, Denver.
April 22 :: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm. Presented by Jack Kunin
May 6 :: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm. Presented by Marilyn Lande
May 13 :: 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm. Presented by Marilyn Lande
Call 303.394.9993 ext. 103 or email the museum for more information.
  ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES
All Classes are held at the Mizel Museum, 400 S. Kearney in Denver, unless otherwise noted.
Oil & Acrylic Painting with Boris Shoshensky
Tuesdays, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm :: $150
Spring Session V — April 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19
Summer Session I — May 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30
Summer Session II — July 7, 14, 21, 28, August 4 & 11
Watercolor Painting with Boris Shoshensky
Wednesdays, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm :: $125
Spring Session IV — April 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20, 27
Summer Session I — June 3, 10, 17, 24, July 1 & 8
Summer Session II — July 15, 22, 29, August 5, 12 & 19
Call 303.394.9993 ext. 103 to register.
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Tikkun Olam   Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World
On exhibit through April 30
Downtown Hyatt Convention Center Hotel
650 15th Street
Groups, call 303 394-9993, Ext. 103
Participants from 27 countries bring their inspired visions of Tikkun Olam: Repairing the World to this bold exhibition. Artist Christy Honigman, in collaboration with the Mizel Museum, conceived the collaborative art project to illustrate the interconnectedness and mutual interdependence of all human beings and to promote intercultural respect and awareness.
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Women in Art   Mizel Museum Artist Alliance
After five years of growth in membership and expansion in programming and exhibitions, the Colorado Jewish Artist Guild (CJAG) of the Mizel Museum has changed its name to the Mizel Museum Artist Alliance (MMAA). The group has grown from 6 founding members in 2003, to a membership of 215 artists. The Alliance is an artist-centered, membership-driven organization. All artist members will have the opportunity to participate with the Alliance through artist workshops, outings, professional development classes, lectures, an internet gallery, and group exhibitions and sales.

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Passover Cup   Happy Passover!
Passover (Pesach) 2009 begins at sundown on April 8th and lasts through April 16. Chametz (leavened food) is removed from the home before beginning any food preparation for the holiday. The first two days (only the first day in Israel) are celebrated by observant and reform Jews worldwide with a Seder, or holiday meal. The final two days (only the last day in Israel) are observed with special prayers. The word Seder means “order,” and follows the steps laid out in the Haggadah. Symbolic foods such as matzah, or unleavened bread are laid out on the table and eaten to commemorate the haste with which the Jews had to leave Egypt. The Seder Plate is the central focus of the Passover table. The sedar plate contains charoset, a mixture of chopped fruits, nuts and sweet wine; karpas, a green vegetable or herb for spring often dipped in salt water to symbolize tears; beitzah, a roasted hard-boiled egg, representing the cycle of life and the Temple sacrifice; zeroa, a roasted meat bone commemorating the ancient Passover sacrifice; mar'or, a bitter herb (like horseradish) representing the bitterness of slavery and chazeret, a bitter herb such as lettuce, occasionally fills the sixth place on the Seder plate. In addition, four cups of wine or grape juice are consumed at set points in the Seder to represent G-d’s promises.
  THE CELL is now open.
Located within the Denver Civic Center Cultural Complex, adjacent to the Denver Art Museum, The Center for Empowered Living and Learning (The CELL) presents its first permanent exhibit, “Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere: Understanding the Threat of Terrorism” as an educational tour of global terrorism and the challenges its poses to civilized societies today.
Admission hours are;
Tuesday-Thursday, 10:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.
Friday, 10:00 A.M.-8:00 P.M.
Saturday 10:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M.
Sunday, 12:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M.
For more information, visit www.thecell.org
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