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while Nona specializes in de-
signing the dolls' clothes. Her in-
come gives her the financial
backing she needs to pursue her
- painting.
"To paint one picture takes a
great investment of time," she
said. "In the meantime, I also
need to support myself."
The dolls depict Queen Esther
and Queen Sheba adorned with
crowns of intricately worked pure
gold, earrings of pure silver, hand-
painted fingers and toenails and
clothes from embroidered lace and
/) silk. They sell for $700 apiece.
Ms. Rutenberg has received or-
ders from a store in Manhattan's
Trump Tower and other collec-
tors stores on the East Coast and
participates exclusively at the
Lorna Sokolowsky Gallery in
Jerusalem and at the Szyfra In-
stitute itself.
Twenty-five artists are em-
ployed by the institute, the ma-
jority from the former Soviet
Union, the United States, Ar-
gentina and England.
Yefim Levitas, 25, came from
Turgisia in Asia, where he stud-
ied art and jewelry making. Ar-
riving in Safed in 1991, he
worked in construction, then on
an assembly line, until a friend
told him about the institute. "I
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Start-up costs are
considerable.
Alexander Tsifransky, 35,
came to Israel from Corgen, Ural,
having studied art decoration at
the local university. An accident
while working in construction al-
most put an end to his artistic as-
pirations. Mr. Tsifransky now
works at the institute and enjoys
making biblical dioramas.
Unfortunately, start-up costs
have been considerable and as
the institute is not yet making
a profit, most of the artists are re-
ceiving salaries below the mini-
mum wage.
"My wife and I are struggling,"
says Mr. Tsifransky. "But there's
nothing else I'd rather be doing.
Money doesn't reach a man's soul
like art does." ❑
Ohio Museum Stages Exhibit
"Edward Weston's Photographs:
California and the West," an ex-
hibition featuring 120 pho-
tographs by one of America's
great photographers, at the
Toledo Museum of Art will con-
tinue through May 28. Magnif-
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images convey the subtlety and
power of the American West in
vintage photographs from the
late 1930s in this exhibition or-
ganized by the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, with all works lent
from the Lane Collection.
The photographs on view
were Weston's own prints, ac-
quired by MFA trustee William
H. Lane from Weston's heirs,
and many still bear the photog-
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made more money on the as-
sembly line," Mr. Levitas says.
"But here I am happy. I am mak-
ing the crowns and jewelry for the
dolls, and I am learning many
new things as an artist. I am now
making my own designs and I
feel energized. Even my 2 year-
old daughter has noticed the dif-
ference."
rapher's personal inscriptions
and notations. In "vintage" We-
ston prints, that is, those that
he printed himself at or around
the time he developed the neg-
ative, Weston achieved a phe-
nomenal variety of tones and
textures within what is often
thought of as the limited range
of black and white.
The museum and exhibition
will be open Tuesdays-Thurs-
days, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Fridays,
10 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Saturdays, 10
a.m.-4 p.m.; Sundays, 1-5 p.m.;
closed Mondays. Exhibition
tours will be given on Sundays
at 1:30 p.m. and on Fridays at 7
p.m.
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