Events

Sh’ma Update: The Sh’ma Project is doing UPstander workshops in three local schools this spring: IM Terrell, FWAFA, and Arlington Heights. About 200 young people will participate in our Holocaust […]

TJAA / DJCF Rotating Exhibit #2 – A fantastic opportunity to show your work. Member artwork sold during Exhibit #1!

TJAA Older Artist Zoom

Exciting News for a new chance to exhibit your artwork! All TJAA Members have the opportunity to apply to the Dallas Jewish Community Foundation Exhibit. This exhibit is only open […]

Watch TJAA’s 10th Anniversary Retrospective! 10 years of pictures: events, exhibitions, members, artwork, music and dance!

​A juried exhibition based on the Hebrew letter Yud – The number 10 in celebration of Texas Jewish Arts Association’s 10th anniversary! 2D and 3D art submissions are accepted: Painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, and sculptural work accepted.

Saddle up to the sound of shalom with Joe Buchanan! Join us for an evening of feel-good, toe-tapping, cup-raising Jewish country music!

TJAA welcomes all musicians and music enthusiasts for a unique experience based on traditional Jewish music and beliefs. If you are not Jewish, you are most welcome! Learn and draw new inspiration to give breath to new music creations. 

What issues are you facing as an older artist? Join your fellow artists as we talk through some of the issues that we face at this stage of our lives and careers.

The Zoom presentation will include a fascinating overview of stained glass and fusible glass techniques. Jordan will explain tools and processes.

​Another wonderful event took place in the hands of our teacher collage expert Katherine Baronet. How I valued the opportunity to liberately watch and ask questions! We participated in developing a single piece. Which exposes multiple points of views, opens a discussion about endless choices all artists must come to resolve.

TJAA Natural Diversity Art Exhibition at the Bath House, Dallas – July/August, 2023

Business Council for the Arts – Leadership Arts Institute – Art Boost Dallas 2023

After 4 years of painting relentlessly I am so happy to share with you that I am having a solo show at Kettle Art Gallery located in Deep Ellum Dallas.

I just premiered my fourth presentation of dance at the Modern Art Museum (titled Mimicry) as well as took part in an online international residency, BONFIRE.

The Sh’ma Project had a big red carpet viewing at the Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth on March 6, 2023. The Red Carpet and a receptive group were invited to view the film Sh’ma.

TJAA Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas Art Exhibition

Sh’ma: A Story of Survival, a moving and innovative dance film, chronicles the journey of the director’s mother from school days to deportation, concentration camp to liberation, and finally immigration to the US.

Gail Sachson’s SMU Gallery Hopping Classes are now virtual and live, offering different itineraries.

TJAA member Kenna Boles Prior will be at PrintAustin Collective, an artist-led nonprofit, works with local venues and artists to showcase traditional and contemporary approaches in printmaking.

Terri Thoman Is Back to Her One True Love: Paper” November 13, 2022 Terri Thoman shares her passion for paper and print making with TJAA members.   Join TJAA for a private […]

Inside the DeGolyer Home at The Dallas Arboretum ​November 10 – December 31, 2022 Good Morning Texas Story Featuring the Artistry of Faith and Culture Exhibit – Aired November 10, 2022 […]

Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea – 3613 Shire Blvd. #110, Richardson, TX. 75082 October 2 – December 3, 2022Opening Reception: October 16, 2022 TEXAS JEWISH ARTS ASSOCIATION & SWEETWATERS COFFEE & TEA​2-D EXHIBITION […]

An Interactive Night of LIVE Painting & LIVE Music – October 13, 2022 at the Beeman Hotel6070 N US 75-Central Expy 1000, Dallas, TX 75206 Five artists painting live and […]

About TJAA The Texas Jewish Arts Association (TJAA) was formed in May 2013 by a small group of Dallas-Fort Worth area Jewish artists and art enthusiasts who saw the need […]

​UNBRIDLED EXPRESSION IN THE GREATER DFW JEWISH COMMUNITY ​Dallas Jewish Historical SocietyOnline Art Auction​Through November 15, 2021 Dallas Jewish Historical SocietyTexas Jewish Arts Association Online Art Auction  June 15 through November […]

Artist Show N Tell. November 7, 2021. TJAA Artists talk about their artwork.

Meeting the Artists. October 3, 2021. TJAA Artists from the present and past Board of Directors talk about their artwork.

September – December, 2021 Texas Jewish Arts Association Curated Exhibition atDallas Love Field AirportSeptember 1 through December 30, 2021 Dallas Love Field Airport8008 Herb Kelleher WayDallas, TX  75235  ART TRAVELERS EXHIBITION VISION […]

TJAA Presentation to Havurah Group. August 22, 2021. Who Is TJAA, and Why?

April 11, 2021 A program brought to TJAA by Board Member and Head of TJAA’s Dance Division, Suki John. Virtual Gallery Tour with​Sara-Jayne Parsons, Director and CuratorTCU Contemporary Art Gallery […]

A cornerstone of arts and culture in North Texas, AURORA aims to expand the future of art through a dialogue that engages the creative possibilities within ourselves and each other.

Producer of the Urban Artist Market online and live show! Check out Chris Miller’s podcast series, The Spiritual Artist Podcast.

Oil Painting with Roseline Bodiford – February 9, 2021

Musicians for the World is a new and innovative organization born out of a wish to have music be a part of children’s lives no matter the circumstances.

APART: Thoughts on Public Art / Religion / Translation. Creating / Responding to Art

​SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2020 TJAA Zoom Social – Art Schmooze – Sunday, October 25, 2020

Sarah Price, violinist and director of music for TJAA, is working on a collaborative project with the Israeli composer Ayala Asherov Kalus. The project consists of a new composition composed for solo violin that will be premiered by video at 2:00 pm on September 13th on the TJAA Facebook, Instagram, and web pages, and will be available for viewing on YouTube.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 The Tiferet Israel Online Auction is EXTENDED!  The new closing date is Friday, September 4 at 3 pm. This Online Art Auction is headed by Gina Tolmas, Tiferet Israel […]

A Texas Jewish Arts Association and Texas Sculpture Association Collaborative Juried Exhibition Artwork and Artists in the Exhibition: Exhibition Reception:

Texas Jewish Arts Association – Art & Thought Program at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum Special Art Tour led by Docent Educator and TJAA Past President, Veronique Jonas […]

Tour Led by Nancy Cohen Israel November 1, 2019 Dalí: Poetics of the Small, 1929–1936 September 9-January 6, 2019 (extended run) Tour Docent Nancy Cohen Israel Thursday, November 1, 2018 […]

October 13, 2019 Pictures from the Social:

Texas Jewish Arts Association, in collaboration with composers from the Israeli Composers’ League in Tel Aviv, plans to introduce new contemporary works composed for musicians and audiences in North Texas.

Performance Art Among the Sukkahs September 23, 2018

The Event September 23, 2018

The Artists Village September 23, 2018

The Celebration September 20, 2018

Judging the Sukkahs September 20, 2018

Our Sponsors SPONSORS:  TJAA cannot make this unique and exciting event happen without your support!Thank you to the following generous sponsors for their support: $18,000 and UpJewish Federation of Greater […]

The Sukkah Skylines September 20, 2018

The Sukkahs September 20, 2018

Sukkah Build Out September 20, 2018

September, 2018

MUSEUM OF BIBLICAL ARTNATIONAL CENTER FOR JEWISH ARTDALLAS, TEXAS SEPTEMBER 21 – 27, 2018 – EXHIBITION SEPTEMBER 23, 2018 – SUKKAH FESTIVAL & AWARD CEREMONY Event Pictures: Build Out Judging Celebration The Sukkahs […]

Sukkah Finalists: Dwell in Design Competition Other Entrants

DALLAS SUKKAH 2018 TOM MANGANIELLO, RICHARDSON TX Confronting nature can heighten our awareness of our own impermanence. Connecting with nature can uplift us. ​Walls for the passage of the sun, […]

FLING TINA TENGXIAO GAO & PRATHYUSHA VIDDAM,   LOUISVILLE, KY Fling embodies the tradition of welcoming guests, or ​hakhnasat orekhim​, to join in the Sukkot celebrations. The structure can transform for […]

31 EMC & YOUNG, LAFAYETTE, LA 31  is inspired by two frail and transient occupancies. The first is the woven basket that provided shelter for Moses as a baby, protecting […]

THE WHEAT SUKKAH PETAR ILIEV, THRACE DESIGN, RICHMOND, CA “A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey” Deuteronomy 8:8 ​The […]

EARTHEN VESSELS KYLE SPRINGMANN, COURTNEY CHIN, WILLIAM ZHENG,   NICK CALLO – MACHSEH STUDIO Earthen Vessels is rooted in the symbolic history of Sukkot. It is a sukkah whose architectural ideas are […]

REFLEXES  JULIO SAUCEDO AND NEREIDA MIRANDA, ​ SAN LUIS POTOSI, MX, ESTUDIO 4D Living immerse in a vain, self-centered and fast paced world, hinders our ability to look around us and be […]

PILLAR OF CLOUD JON ROLLINS, DALLAS, TX (GFF ARCHITECTS) Wandering in the desert after the exodus from Egypt, the children of Israel were accompanied at night by a pillar of […]

CELESTIAL SUKKAH DAVID CHARNEY & GOODY CLANCY, BOSTON, MAA KALEIDOSCOPIC JOURNEY As the exiled Israelites journeyed through the desert, they built their nomadic life around universal human needs: shelter from […]

STREAMERS BLAKE THAMES, DALLAS, TX The filtered light of a thousand cotton streamers gently swaying in the breeze. A subtly changing permeable mass, calling attention to the seen and unseen […]

The Modern Sukkah ASHLEY FOSTER & RAINAH ADKINS, ARLINGTON, TX This Sukkah demonstrates a relationship between open and close, social and private, and the connection to nature and the protection from […]

STAR OF DAVID JEN WILLIAM BAKER The miraculous story of the Israelites, from slavery to freedom to a kingdom all its own, spans millennia, to this very day! The concept […]

THE OCULUS STEPHEN BAIK  OverviewThe Sukkah started out as a dwelling for the Jewish people during their search for a homeland while marching through the Egyptian desert. In contemporary times, […]

LE SHEV BA SUKKAH RIC RUIZ & MARCELA A RHOADS The design utilizes different types of chairs to create the walls that make up the Sukkah structure. The lower tier is […]

BOTH AND NICK DEAN & ERIC GONZALES It is a perpetual human condition to not only create dwellings but reflect upon and reinvestigate the act of dwelling. We believe the […]

THE TREE OF LIFE KEVIN PARMA “Tectonic Graffiti” or the built sketch is a technical adaptation of how structure interacts in the natural world; in unison with the surroundings in […]

PARK SUKKAH JI WHAN The Sukkah is designed to adopt to any environment and situation and is a very convenient structure to assemble or disassemble as a temporary shelter while […]

WALKING TOGETHER JESUIT SCHOOL The Succot holiday is one of the most ancient Old Testament traditions that highlights the importance of a safe refuge against the elements. It reminds us […]

THE FOLDING SUKKAH JEN NOONAN The significance of the palm leaf in Sukkot inspired the design of the Folding Sukkah. The palm leaf, together with two willow branches, three myrtle […]

REFLECTIONS & REPOSE JAMIE CRAWLEY Reflectionוּ†רהר†הִthought, contemplation, meditation, think, speculation(Also “an idea about something, especially ne that is written down or expressed.”) ​Reposeהָחוֹנְרrest, relaxing, resting place, ease, quiet(Also “a harmonious […]

MIDST JAMES HETHCOCK, NINA SUN & JAEKEON KIM MIDST Sukkah: Meeting in Interstitial Dimensions of Space-TimeLimited Rights giving to The Dallas Sukkah Project for posting on Website and to promote event […]

THE LEAF IDALIZA CAMACHO The design concept is inspired by the form of a leaf and its fragile nature. The interior space is a result of the partially enclosed shell […]

TERRA FIRMA CAMILLE VIGIL The celebration which has prompted the creation of sukkahs over generations has maintained its intention regardless of the passing of time. It is a reminder of […]

THE VESSEL ANDREW DORAN As we celebrate the rituals in our lives, all too often these important rituals lose their meaning and we find ourselves just going through the motions. […]

ATMOSPHERES ALEX ZULAS Temporary shelters became a basic form of dwelling during forty years for the Israelites as they wandered the desert. These structures gave the wanderers a sense of […]

UNTITLED ALEX GOLDBERG The culture of uprooted and transitory peoples, born either by forcible expulsion or subtle exclusion, is a phenomenon exceptionally present in our world today. Emphasizing this theme, […]

THE REBIRTH AGATHI KATSENI The “Rebirth” is something beyond a shelter. The aim is the one who enters the space to grasp the essential qualities of sukkah as a space […]

THE SEED SUKKAH AARON BENJAMIN CONCEPTSukkot is a permanent celebration of impermanence. The sukkah is temporary, yet the commandment to build it is as ancient as Judaism. It provides shelter, […]

Questions & Answers: Q. The 12 finalists will each be awarded a $1,800 stipend to erect their Sukkah’s at the Biblical Arts Center. Is there any additional prize money for […]

Jury Panel GREGORY S. IBAÑEZ, FAIA PRINCIPAL, IBAÑEZ SHAW ARCHITECTURE Gregory S. Ibañez, FAIA, serves as Principal of Ibañez Shaw Architecture in Fort Worth, Texas. Greg received his Bachelor of […]

About the Competition at THE MUSEUM OF BIBLICAL ART and THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR JEWISH ART​DALLAS, TEXAS Sukkah: Dwell in Design TJAA envisions Sukkah: Dwell in Design as both a new, […]

May 4, 11 & 18, 2018 Workshop Lead by TJAA Member Esther Ritz

April 8, 2018 Pictures from the Tour:

April 5, 2018

March 24, 2018 TJAA Juried Exhibition – “Tree of Life” Valuing Our Culture by Deepening the Understanding of Our Roots at The Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT), 1700 University Drive, Fort Worth, TX  […]

The music and dance divisions kickoff an event at the Museum of Biblical Art in Dallas, January 2018.

​We will be hosting a TJAA Workshop in conjunction with the Fort Worth Community Arts Center in January 2018.

at the Museum of Biblical Art, Dallas December 7, 2017

November 12, 2017 – January 5, 2018 Reception Pictures:

November 3 – 22, 2017 Exhibition Artwork: Reception Pictures:

Part 1: October 1, 2017 Part 2: October 17, 2017 Pictures from the Cavanaugh Aviation Museum Tour: Pictures from the Part 2 Aviation Lecture – Israeli Air Force:

May 2017

May 3, 2017

April 20, 2017

October, 2016 TJAA Juried Exhibition at the Jewish Community Center, Dallas, based on the Theme “Isaac” Jurors: Nancy Cohen Israel, Diana Pollock, and Gail Sachson Exhibition Artwork: Reception Pictures:

September 11, 2016

May 8, 2016

August 9, 2015

July 28, 2015

July 28, 2015

May 3, 2015 Artwork Images: Reception Pictures:

April 19, 2015

October 26, 2014 Artwork Pictures: Reception Picture:

August 11, 2013