Gut Yontif: A Patchwork Holiday Experience
The Heinz History Center’s Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives will celebrate the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat with a one-night only, participatory experience that blends hand-crafted art and tradition.
The holiday of Tu Bishvat marks the birthday or new year for all trees and is how the years of a tree’s life are counted in Jewish tradition. The seder or ceremonial meal for this day takes us metaphorically through the four seasons, starting in winter and moving through spring, summer, and into the bounty of the autumn harvest. Join Lydia Rosenberg for an interactive experience that reimagines the seder meal as sensory display, celebrating this holiday and our relationship to the natural world.
Inspired by the rich colors, textures, and life stories showcased in the Louise Silk: A Patchwork Life exhibition, the Gut Yontif: A Patchwork Holiday Experience series invites emerging artists to reimagine the themes of Sukkot, Chanukah, Tu B’Shvat, and Purim in new works of art.
Often said after the evening service that marks the start of a Jewish holiday, Gut Yontif is a Yiddish greeting that means “have a good holiday!”
Experience these holidays like never before through their unique artistic lenses.
Admission
Admission to this public program is $5 for regular visitors and FREE for History Center members.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and the experience will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Admission includes access to Heinz History Center exhibitions, including Louise Silk: A Patchwork Life.
About the Artist
Lydia Rosenberg (b. Pittsburgh, PA) received her M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Art from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Her work, primarily in sculpture, is concerned with the impact of language on our perception of the material world and the ways that narratives shape value systems. Recent exhibitions include Lamp Store, Here Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (2023); Do this while I wait, Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA (2023); ¿Cómo vivir de ahora en adelante? Getting as close as possible to the truth, Galería Barrios Bajos, Valdivia, Chile (2022); Spaghetti Restaurant, Basket Shop, Cincinnati, OH (2019); The Complete Subject, Napoleon Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (2019). Her recent exhibitions are part of an ongoing project of writing a novel-as-sculpture in which the text centers on objects and prompts the creation of installations and events which recreate and complicate the fiction. She is a co-founder of Anytime Dept. a now on pause artist-run exhibition project based in Cincinnati, OH.