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T

he Janice Charach Gallery will present 
Environmentally Speaking, an exhibition that 
brings together the work of 14 artists who share a 
sense of tikkun olam, or stewardship and healing of our 
environment. This show, opening Jan. 16, is intended 
to deliver an empowering and hopeful approach to the 
challenging topic of climate change. It features works in a 
variety of mediums while offering ways we might connect 
with and through nature to begin to heal. 

Artist and lead curator Laura Earle poses the question: 
“What is the legacy we want to leave for future genera-
tions? We can already see the cumulative impact of simple 
daily choices — so many changes have occurred just in 
our lifetime.”
Artist and co-curator Leslie Sobel’s Interwoven 
Ecologies is borne from a lifelong love for the outdoors, 
particularly the study of watersheds and the creatures 
who live in those ecosystems. Strips of paper with images 
of such residents from fungi to whales, illustrate how we 
bind together in a shared existence. The culturally Jewish 

Environmentally Speaking
opens at the Janice Charach 
Gallery in the JCC.
Healing Art

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for the Planet

JENNIFER PATSELAS

Laura Earle, Leslie Sobel and Olivia Guterson are co-curators of 
the Environmentally Speaking exhibit.

