ADULT EDUCATION AT TEMPLE ISRAEL
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WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE OUR SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE
THE WEEKEND OF SELICHOT
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1993
Our guest scholar will be Dr. Sherry Blumberg,
and the theme of the weekend will be
"THIS IS THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT
HOW A REFORM JEW CAN RELATE TO
GOD AS JUDGE"
A nationally prominent educator, Dr.
Blumberg is assistant professor of Jewish
Education on the Rabbinic faculty of Hebrew
Union College -Jewish Institute of Religion in
New York City. She will be * Temple Israel's
Scholar-In-Residence for the entire weekend.
She will speak at Services Friday night,
Saturday morning and Selichot evening and
will conduct a Teachers' Seminar on Sunday.
We invite you to our Selichot Service
which helps you prepare spiritually
for the Days of Awe.
Art Collector Offers
A New Service
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Its moving music and magical
melodies will be sung by Cantor
Harold Orbach and the Temple Choir.
PLAN ON A PERFECT BEGINNING
FOR THE YEAR AND JOIN US:
Sharon
Zimmerman
Friday, September 10, 1993
8:00 PM
Services
Dr. Sherry Blumberg will speak
Saturday, September 11, 1993
10:00 PM Dessert Reception
Hosted by Temple's Affiliates
11:00 PM Selichot Service
Led by the Clergy
Sunday, September 12, 1993
9:00 AM
to
3:00 PM
Teachers' In-Service
Sharon Zimmerman
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"I guess a lot
of people have
been lucky — not
insuring their art
for its proper
worth and not
maintaining it
well. They're
taking a hell of
a chance."
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She arranged for reframing,
rehanging and researched
the media used and where
the piece had been exhibit-
ed. A data base was created
of the works kept in resi-
dences in the United States,
Israel and Canada, as well
as parts of corporate collec-
tions.
The task took about two
months to complete, and
Ms. Zimmerman returns
yearly to update records
and do site checks.
From that first job, sever-
al smaller assignments fol-
lowed.
"I like the ability to come
close to the artworks —
hands-on — and to help
clients understand what
they have, how to maintain
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W
hen Sharon Z i m-
merman, former
director of the
Janice Charach
Epstein Museum Gallery at
the Jewish Community
Center, was planning a
show — "The Art of
Collecting" — she realized
many local art collectors
had no idea what they
owned.
Sure, they may have
known the name of the
piece and the artist, but
they had no idea of the art's
worth, condition, need for
repair or showing history.
When one local collector
loaned the Museum Gallery
a piece, he guessed the
value at about $75,000. Ms.
Zimmerman suggested he
get the work appraised. It
was listed at close to
$475,000.
So when Ms. Zimmerman
left the Museum Gallery to
pursue other interests, she
decided to take her knowl-
edge and expertise to others
who shared her love of visu-
al arts.
An avid collector, former
gallery director of the
Detroit Artists Market,
chairman of such exhibi-
tions as "Art For Life," and
"Detroit's Palmer Park Fine
Arts Festival," and an art
history student at Wayne
State University, Ms.
Zimmerman knew her way
around galleries, museums
and personal collections.
But only when a patron of
the Museum Gallery
approached her to inventory
his personal and corporate
acquisitions did Ms.
Zimmerman begin to seri-
ously think about develop-
ing this new business which
no one else in Detroit was
offering.
She noted what he owned,
what it was worth, its mea-
surements and condition.
it and how to display it,"
Ms. Zimmerman said.
At times, business is
slow. Ms. Zimmerman
believes collectors are often
conservative about telling
others what they own.
"As modest as they (col-
lectors) wish to be, they
need to understand how
important it is to track what
they have, especially for
insurance purposes. I guess
a lot of people have been
lucky — not insuring their
art for its proper worth and
not maintaining it well.
They're taking a hell of a
chance."
Ms. Zimmerman stressed
that hanging a painting on
a wall or placing a statue on
a pedestal is not the end of
art collecting — proper
maintenance is required to
lessen the effects of time
and the elements.
"Detroit has some amaz-
ing collections. And most
collectors have major ties to
the Detroit Institute of Arts
and a few galleries which
they use as advisers. I pro-
vide a different service, on a
more cr._,'ntant scale. What I
keep track of is what art
historians live for," Ms.
Zimmerman said. ❑