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Artist Lynne Avadenka chosen for
first-time fellowship in Jerusalem.

Keri Guten Cohen
Story Development Editor

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isual artist Lynne Avadenka
of Huntington Woods was
selected from a pool of more
than 100 nominations to become one
of four Fellows for the first American
Academy in Jerusalem. The fellowship
is sponsored by the New York-based
Foundation for Jewish Culture.
The Fellows will share their cultural
talents, vision and expertise to foster
greater dialogue and understanding
between people of the United States and
Jerusalem. Other Fellows are:
• Choreographer Donald Byrd, artistic
director of Spectrum Dance Theater
in Seattle. He is a Bessie Award winner
(The Minstrel Show) and received a Tony
nomination for his choreography of The
Color Purple on Broadway.
• David Herskovits, founding artistic
director of Target Margin Theater in
New York City. He has directed for many
theaters and presenters including the
Lincoln Center Festival, Theatre for a New
Audience and the Spoleto Festival USA.
• David Karnovsky is general counsel
to the New York City Department of City
Planning. A particular focus of his work
has been on the use of zoning incentives
to preserve existing cultural assets as
well as to create new open spaces and
artistic venues.
Avadenka's work combines words and
images in a variety of media.
"I've been extremely fortunate to
receive some wonderful opportunities
and awards in the recent past: a Kresge
Fellowship in 2009, commissions from
both the Jewish Museum of New York and
the Contemporary Jewish Museum of San
Francisco, an invitation to participate in a
factory/artist exchange at Bullseye Glass
in Portland, Ore.',' she said. "And now I've
been selected as one of four Fellows at the
American Academy in Jerusalem."
Modeled on the successes of the
American Academies in Rome and
Berlin, the American Academy in
Jerusalem (AAJ) is a new fellowship

uniquely designed for a city that merits
the presence of senior-level artists, schol-
ars and leaders in a variety of disciplines.
AAJ is part of a larger civic effort to
strengthen Jerusalem as a cultural sanc-
tuary and destination. The fellowship
runs for nine weeks, beginning Oct. 23.
By design, AAJ offers its fellows the
opportunity for research and creation
while emphasizing social engagement
with the citizens and communities of
Jerusalem. While fellows are not required
to complete a work or project, they are
encouraged to offer a public presentation
during their residency and upon their
return to the United States.
"The project I will begin in Jerusalem
is drawn from the cultural and religious
history of both Judaism and Islam: the
story of Joseph and his brothers, found
in the Bible and the Koran;' Avadenka
said. "This is a significant and revered
narrative in both sacred texts and
I intend to work with the concepts
expressed in it: reconciliation and for-
giveness as well as the reality of the
same narrative expressed from two very
distinct viewpoints.
"Working on this project in Jerusalem,
a place that both Judaism and Islam hold
sacred, will provide depth, urgency and
context for what I will create.
"Among the many things it is, Jerusalem
is a city of stories, and I'd like to hear
stories from all parts of the city and then
respond to those stories in the art I make."
Avadenka also will be the artist-in-
residence at a Jerusalem school for Arabs
and Jews.
The Fellows will live in rented apart-
ments. Funding for each person is
expected to run $60,000, including
materials, housing, food and trans-
portation. The Foundation for Jewish
Culture, created in 1960 to fund artistic
and scholarly work promoting Jewish
culture, will use much of its own pre-
existing funds as well as new donations
from the Andrea and Charles Bronfman
Philanthropies, the Laurie M. Tisch
Illuminated Fund and Marc and Anita
Abramowitz.

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