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7 Elisheva Pereira February 19 – March 16 FREE Opening Reception : Thursday, February 19 at 7PM Elisheva Pereira was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1954. She has traveled the world and finds inspiration wherever she goes. She finds beauty and spirituality and the power of creation in everything she sees. Elisheva expresses this intense passion through impressionism, abstract paintings, acrylics and mixed media. Her work is deeply influenced by Kabbalah as reflected in explosions of color and creative uses of Hebrew letters and spirituality from the old masters. Undiscovered Artists and Photographers Exhibit April 2 – April 30 FREE Opening Reception : Thursday, April 2 at 7PM The Sara D. November Art Gallery at the Weinstein JCC has been an important part of the Richmond art scene through its varied year-round exhibits. The Undiscovered Artists and Photographers Exhibit showcases the work of many talented people who have not previously exhibited in a major show. Interested in having your work featured in the Undiscovered Artists and Photographers Exhibit? All submissions are due to Weinstein JCC by March 30 at 5PM. Call Erin Mahone at 545.8644 for more information. Donna Schatz June 4 – July 2 FREE Opening Reception : Thursday, June 4 at 7PM Donna Schatz is a photographer and documentary filmmaker. Born and raised in New York, she studied filmmaking in Portland and began her career as a camerawoman for Oregon Public Broadcasting where she also worked for ABC-TV. A move to Jerusalem led to jobs as a freelance news camerawoman, traveling through Israel and the Middle East. Along the way and in her spare time, she took photographs, a passion that started as a child. Her first show was at the American Cultural Center in Jerusalem. In the US, Donna has produced documentaries, often Jewish-themed, for PBS, and focused in recent years on still photography.