in Political Science from the University of Michigan, an M.P.A in Healthcare Policy and Administration from NYU's Robert F. Kanfer previously worked in the healthcare communication field for 14 years, including positions with NYU Medical Center, Oxford Health Plans and Merck-Medco. She has served in a number of roles supporting the public school system, including as the Ways and Means Co-Chair of the Coleytown Elementary School Parent Teacher Association. Jennifer Kanfer is a long-standing and accomplished community leader, serving on the Board of The Conservative Synagogue (TCS), including Co-Chairperson of the Social Action Committee, Co-Chairperson of the Membership Committee, and Co-Chairperson of the Fundraising Committee. She currently resides in Wilton with her husband. She has just begun her 28th year of teaching as a Senior Critic in Design. Hovland received her MFA from Yale and was immediately appointed to the Yale faculty. She was the recipient of the Rome Prize Fellowship for her work exploring ways to capture the ineffable through digital technologies. She is a founding member of Class Action Collective, the art collective that uses design to effect social change, whose works were included in MoCA Westport's Fall 2020 World Peace exhibition. Her work has been recognized by prominent design organizations and publications and has been included in multiple exhibitions. In her studio practice, she has worked extensively in the areas of identity, print communications, signage and web design for corporations, nonprofit organizations, cultural institutions and individuals. Pamela Hovland is a Wilton-based graphic designer, design educator, writer and visual activist. Gorayeb is a graduate of Wellesley College and New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. Gorayeb previously served as the senior vice president and senior specialist in the Impressionist and Modern Art department at Sotheby's, and as director of research, Gorayeb led provenance research and restitution projects in London, Paris, and New York. As the WPI's founding director, she oversees the production of digital catalogue raisonnes for artists including Jasper Johns, Paul Gauguin, and Claude Monet, and spearheads a major digitization effort of art historical archives and documentation. It’s both critical and very inspiring and has very diverse voices.Elizabeth Gorayeb is currently the Executive Director of the Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc., a non-profit art historical research foundation based in New York. “It watches their careers and how they maneuver in the art world. “This is basically a story about young artists in the art world and functioning in it,” Leggett said. The documentary follows a diverse group of young artists at pivotal moments in their careers, watching as some succeed, some fail, yet all stay true to their artistic vision. Then on Sunday, “The Art of Making It” will be shown from 3-6 p.m., with Edwards, producer Debi Wisch and artist Gisela McDaniel in conversation after the screening. ![]() Wilkes will be on-hand after the screening for a conversation moderated by Preiser. It’s really a history of New York as well.” So, the film is not only about Jay, but this six-floor bank that has a lot of his personal work and things he collected to inspire him. “Stephen had done an internship in this building in 1979. ![]() “Jay Maisel is a fantastic photographer, now in his early 90s, who was basically a mentor to Stephen Wilkes,” Leggett said. The film documents the monumental move of renowned photographer and artist, Jay Maisel, who, in 2015, after 48 years, sold his noted Manhattan home/studio-the 35,000 square-foot, 100-year-old landmark building nicknamed, “The Bank.” First up is “Jay Myself,” directed by Westport’s own Stephen Wilkes, which will screen Saturday from 3-6 p.m.
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