Tag: FENTSTER

The stories behind the parchments

FENTSTERFENTSTER (meaning “window” in Yiddish) is an independent, artist-run exhibition space located in the storefront window of the grassroots Jewish community, Makom. Fentster presents rotating, site-specific installations of contemporary art connected to…

Speedily, and in our days

Sebastian SchulmanSebastian Schulman is a literary translator from Yiddish and other languages, and the Executive Director of KlezKanada, a leading organization in Yiddish arts and culture. His original writing and translations have…

Celebrating five years of FENTSTER with Evan Tapper

Orly ZebakOrly Zebak writes, designs sets and costumes, and makes art in various mediums. Her work seeks to challenge conceptions of female performativity in relation to womanhood, girlhood, and coming of age…

Celebrating five years of FENTSTER with Lynne Heller

Orly ZebakOrly Zebak writes, designs sets and costumes, and makes art in various mediums. Her work seeks to challenge conceptions of female performativity in relation to womanhood, girlhood, and coming of age…

Celebrating five years of FENTSTER with Rachel Miller

Orly ZebakOrly Zebak writes, designs sets and costumes, and makes art in various mediums. Her work seeks to challenge conceptions of female performativity in relation to womanhood, girlhood, and coming of age…

Between the Suns: a conversation with Rachel Miller

Orly ZebakOrly Zebak writes, designs sets and costumes, and makes art in various mediums. Her work seeks to challenge conceptions of female performativity in relation to womanhood, girlhood, and coming of age…

A Toronto artist invites us to bear witness

Witness, a new installation by Toronto-based photo-video-artist, Ella Cooper, is now on full display at FENTSTER, in the heart of the city’s downtown.  Typically her work uses movement and performance-based techniques to…

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