The Jewish Arts Collaborative

JArts will be:
an essential resource for audiences seeking a contemporary Jewish experience in our region and beyond;
a dynamic force for unique, fun, and innovative cultural offerings;
a vehicle for Jewish cultural literacy through experiential education;
a key, respected player in both the Jewish and in the Arts communities;
a driver of community-wide collaborations that cross cultural and geographic divisions;
a supporter of the creation and presentation of new Jewish art;
and a national thought leader in Jewish arts and culture.

Express the universality of Jewish art and culture: bring people of all backgrounds together to understand the relevance and breadth of the
Jewish experience.

Enrich and deepen Jewish life in our region and beyond: Through the arts, provide additional ways to celebrate Jewish life and holidays as a community.

Intrigue and delight audiences by nurturing our innovative capacity: Develop the organization while maintaining nimbleness and a commitment to creativity.

Build organizational capacity: Strengthen the organizational structure, leadership, and fundraising to support program growth.

Through partnerships, we grow our audience and extend the reach of Jewish culture to an ever-growing roster of organizations. By forging strong relationships with local arts and cultural organizations, religious institutions, non-profits, and businesses, we gain the trust of
partners – and in turn – attract the attention of their audiences.

As our tagline says, let culture connect us. JArts exists to immerse and inspire as many people as possible in Jewish culture. Ensuring low barriers to participation are critical to achieving this. Geography, audience age/stage, and cost can pose barriers to participation we seek to reduce.

In sharing powerful Jewish art from across time and across the globe, JArts highlights the DIVERSITY of the Jewish experience and the relevance of  the  great art that shaped our traditions. By doing so, JArts provides powerful opportunities to broaden knowledge of what is “Jewish” and to promote inclusivity and tolerance.  

COLLABORATIONS are core to the JArts model. More than a promotional tool, collaborations with neighborhood groups, fellow nonprofits, and businesses are crucial to engaging the community and bringing people together across different backgrounds. Art is the foundation for building an ever-growing roster of collaborations uniting organizations from across the community in our efforts to share our culture, celebrate our traditions and reflect the universality of our values.  

In just our first four years, JArts has reached an estimated 27,000 people at in person events and an estimated 73,000 people through public art campaigns.