There are a myriad ways to worship, to feel the divine, to commune and express the infinite spirit that infuses all reality.  By creating art, we transcend the duality of our existence by being a two-way channel of reception and expression.  At once we open ourselves to receiving the highest wisdom via feelings, ideas, words, images, colors, textures; and we poise ourselves to express this message through the gifts and limitations of our humanity, our bodies, our materials.

The Art Gallery Mission is to provide spiritually based art to decorate the Social Hall, and to raise funds for Chochmat. Everyone is invited to express their inner artist, their inner wisdom, and submit art for display.

The Art Gallery was created in 2005 when Patti Goldstein created the first show on the theme “Sh’ma.” Her concept was to have artists meditate on the published theme, and from their meditation produce art for the show. Patti was the curator for the first five show. Karel Edith Herrington is the current gallery curator

For more information about the gallery, please contact the current gallery curator Karel Edith Herrington at karel@chochmat.org.

General Guidelines for Submitting Art

1. Meditate on the selected theme for the art show.
   
   
2. From your meditation, create a piece of art, using media of your choice: collage, drawing, painting, photograph, etc. However, we will not accept any sculpture or fragile pieces.
   
   
3. Make sure your art is framed and ready to hang on the wall.
   
   
4. Enter art that you would like to sell by bringing it to Chochmat HaLev at the designated date and time. The address at Chochmat is 2215 Prince Street, Berkeley, CA 94705.
   
   
5. There is no entrance fee for this show.
   
   
6. If the art piece you submit is sold, 50% of the sale price will be donated to Chochmat HaLev.
   
   
7. When you submit your art to Chochmat, you will fill out an entrance form that asks for the following information:
   • Artist’s Name
   • Contact Information
   • Title of the art piece
   • Media
   • Asking Price of the art piece (50% to Chochmat & 50% to the Artist)
   • Optional information:
     • a statement about your art
     • information about yourself as an artist (brief)
       
       
8. Unsold art must be picked up from Chochmat on the date designated after the end of the show.