About the Class
Looking to creatively connect to the weekly Torah portion? Join teacher Jay Smith to discover how art-making can deepen your relationship with the Torah. Each week there will be a new series of creative prompts to spark conversation and provide scaffolding to push you (warmly) out of your comfort zones. Join us to learn more about yourself, the text, and most importantly, the relationship between the two.
This class is for people who are interested in:
• Developing a text-based, spiritual art-making practice
• Diving deeper into your existing art practice utilizing creative prompts and exploring new materials
• Discovering new ways of relating to sacred Jewish text
Just as Torah Studio welcomes learners at all levels, this class is for people with any or no experience with art-making. And just as everyone has their individual relationship with the divine, so too does each person have their own individual relationship to art-making. No special arts materials are required. We do not expect anyone to prepare anything outside of class.
Each class will include Hevruta paired text study, prompted individual art-making, gallery viewing, and group discussion.
Schedule
January 21st - Parshat Vaera
January 28th - Parshat Bo
February 4th - Parshat Beshalach
February 11th - Parshat Yitro
February 18th - Parshat Mishpatim
February 25th - Parshat Terumah
March 4th - Parshat Tetzaveh
March 11th - Parshat Ki Tisa
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Your Teacher
Liana Wertman
Liana Wertman (she/her) is the founder and Executive Director of The Torah Studio. She’s taught the foundational Parsha Class at Torah Studio for the last four years (among many other courses), and is excited to begin offering Introduction to Text Study as a new way to access the world of Jewish text. She’s a graduate of USC (BA ‘16) and of HUC (MEdL, ‘22) and an alumna of Pardes (19-20), Yarshrut’s Classic Talmud Program, and SVARA’s Pedagogy Chabura. She’s taught Torah to thousands of students around the world, including with HUC, My Jewish Learning, Judaism UnBound, and BCI. Liana lives in Idyllwild, California with her husband, Joe, and spends her time reading, making art, and thinking too much.
