2015 Events & Highlights
- February 2015: The Norton Museum of Art is presenting the fourth annual BIJOUX!, a contemporary art jewelry show and exhibition by international artists, featuring five jewely designers from Israel: Avital Coorsh, Nirit Dekel, Liat Ginzburg, Sara Shahak, and Inbar Shahak.
- March 2015: Click to view article from American Craft Magazine, "Craft Metropolis", story by Davira S. Taragin featuring AIDA's director Aviva Ben-Sira
- April 2015: AIDA Announces the winners of the 2015 Andy Bronfman - AIDA Awards at Corning scholarship/residencies: Netta Bacon, Nirit Dekel, Noa Fein, Eitan Ben-Moshe
- May 2015: AIDA Announces the winners of the 2015 AIDA Awards at Pilchuck Glass School scholarship/residencies: Edit Kaplan Friedberg and Olga Rozin
- May 2015: AIDA Curator Program 2015: announcement of five selected curators to take part in inagural program: Elisabeth Argo, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Susan Braunstein, Jewish Museum, New York, Anni Carlano, Mint Museum, Stefano Catalani, Bellevue Arts Museum, Jutta Page, Toledo Museum of Art
- May 2015: Introduction to first of five curators AIDA is bringing to Israel to participate in the AIDA Curator Program: Elisabeth Argo, Philadelphia Museum of Art
- May 2015: Introduction to second of five curators AIDA is bringing to Israel to participate in the AIDA Curator Program: Susan Braunstein, Jewish Museum, New York
- June 2015: Introduction to third of five curators AIDA is bringing to Israel to participate in the AIDA Curator Program: Anni Carlano, Mint Museum
- June 2015: Introduction to fourth of five curators AIDA is bringing to Israel to participate in the AIDA Curator Program: Stefano Catalani, Bellevue Arts Museum
- June 2015: Introduction to last of five curators AIDA is bringing to Israel to participate in the AIDA Curator Program: Jutta Page, Toledo Museum of Art
- June 2015: AIDA Artist Highlight: Boris Shpeizman's blue glass Shofar was presented by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to actor Michael Douglas at the second annual Genesis Prize ceremony in Jerusalem on June 18th
- July 2015: Three artists have been selected by a jury consisting of ceramists from Watershed and Givat Haviva, with input from AIDA's jury, to participate in the third biannual AIDAshed program in Israel: Elizabeth Kendal, Sequoi Miller, and Denise Pelletier
- July 2015: AIDA Artist Highlight: Bennett Bean - click to watch video about ceramic artist Bennett Bean
- August 2015: Daniella Ohad Smith is a professional in the world of design. Here’s what she has to say about Vered Kaminski, the 2015 Andy Prize recipient
- August 2015: Read Daniella Ohad Smith's thoughts about Israeli artist Ayala Serfaty's light sclupture SOMA, 2015, the enormous light sculpture commissioned by the Corning Museum of Glass
- September 2015: Glass: The Urban Glass Quarterly features article about Ayala Serfaty, entitled "Shared Intimacies"
- September 2015: AIDA Artist Highlight: Netta Bacon. Click to read letter from Netta Bacon who received AIDA's Corning scholarship.
- October 2015: AIDA provides complimentary VIP admission for AIDA Supporters to SOFA Chicago 2015
- October 2015: AIDA Artist Highlight: Noa Fein. Click to read letter from Noa Fein who received an AIDA scholarship to attend Corning Glass Studio and Wheaton Art Center.
- October 2015: Click to read the The Wall Street Journal article "Israeli designer Ayala Serfaty's Watery Inspiration for the Home". The artist’s early experience snorkeling in the Red Sea launched her unorthodox designs.
- November 2015: AIDA artist Gali Cnaani featured in the Huffington Post Arts & Culture section, "A Pretty, Impractical Way To Organize Your Bookshelf: Forget alphabetical shelving. This textile artist shows us how it's done."
- December 2015: Ceramic artists Bennett Bean just arrived in Israel as AIDA's guest artist for the annual Tel Hai Ceramic Symposium where 300 Israeli ceramists hear lectures and see demonstrations by 3 international artists.
- December 2015: Click to read a letter from Bennett Bean about his AIDA sponsored trip to Israel.