Omanut: Jewish Uptown Arts, an organization devoted to providing free, quality community events with a Jewish theme in Northern Manhattan, is pleased to present the fourth annual Sukkahwood.
Sukkahwood is a one-day community arts festival that will be held on Thursday, October 13th from 2-6pm at Inwood Hill Park on Pat’s Lawn, which can be accessed from 218th street and Indian Road.
Five artists and designers have been commissioned to produce temporary dwelling installations that expand the boundaries of what a Sukkah—a temporary dwelling used for the holiday of Sukkot—can be. This provides artists and participants an opportunity to see an ancient tradition re-created in a way that maintains its origins and maximizes artistic creativity.
“This is the ultimate universal event. Our goal is to share with the world a Jewish holiday that is often forgotten and to bring it into the American mainstream,” said Rabbi Herschel Hartz, who co-directs and co-founded Omanut: Jewish Uptown Arts with his wife, Mrs. Raiza Malka Hartz. “People have all felt the warmth of a place that they can call home or have thought about the temporal nature of life. These are the main themes of Sukkot.”
In addition to the artists, Sukkahwood will have a variety of arts and crafts, musicians, and entertainers who will provide a festive family atmosphere. Major support for the event is provided by the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. In addition, Sukkahwood is supported by New York City’s Department of Culture.
Goldie Gross is returning for her third year of curating Sukkahwood 2022. Gross is a Brooklyn-based artist and curator from Crown Heights. She holds an MA in the history of art and archaeology from the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU, and she has curated and co curated over a dozen exhibitions domestically and abroad.
Artists include Henry Newman, Michal Neiman, M. James Becker and James Forest Reid, Benjamin Akhavan from FOAWM, and Takashi Harada, who heads To Bee:NYC.
The event welcomes the entire community to enjoy the beautiful Sukkah art and the festival atmosphere at Inwood Hill Park during Sukkot. For more information, please visit us at www.sukkahwood.org.
What a creative idea! This should totally hit off in more chabad houses around the world!
At the same occasion they should teach halacha what are the requirements for a kosher succah!!