Created by Wynne Goldstone, Lily Haspel, Eric Hernandez, Ella Kingscote, Matthew Korbin, Kelsey Landis, Gabe Levine, Ryan Nash, Caden Popiel, Cailey Sarrett, Gabrielle Vogel, Rachel White, Talia Bloom, Alex Bloom, Jordan Feinzig, Annie Ganem, Molly Gandler, Talia Gitlin, Ava Levinson, Samantha Mulder, Jacob Reinach, Molly Rodman, Emma Shaich, Nicole Bring, Ben Laster Lily Recht and Joseph Weiser
Welcome to our exhibit! These stained glass flames were created by the students in Omanut. Omanut is a new visual arts based approach to Jewish learning for Grades 4-5. The program is designed to provide students with innovative, thoughtful, challenging and creative learning experiences in order to explore the intersection of their own creativity, Jewish learning, and the arts. Students use art as a way to explore Jewish text, and then text as a way to deepen the experience of creating art. During the first unit of Omanut, students have been exploring themes of light and space, exploring the space around them through a Jewish lens.
With these themes of light and space in mind, our Omanut students created “stained glass” flames, meant to represent the candles of Chanukah.
To make these flames, our students divided into teams of 2-3, each team working on one flame. Each flame is made from a piece of Plexiglas cut into the shape of a flame. Our students began by creating a design on paper. Then, they traced that design using thick black paint to serve as the “lead” of stained glass directly on the Plexiglas. Finally, they painted their flames with stained glass paint.
Throughout the process, our students learned about several Jewish texts connected to themes of light and Chanukah. They learned that each person can be a Shamash-- bringing light and happiness to the world. Each team of young artists translated this concept into their flame designs, illustrating in the different sections of the flame: how we can be a light to ourselves, how we can be a light to others in our community, and how we can be a light to the world.
We are thrilled to share these flames with the TBE community. Temple Beth Elohim is extremely grateful to Combined Jewish Philanthropies and our CJP consultant, Tova Speter, for their support in the creation of our Omanut Program. Learn more >>
Welcome to our exhibit! These stained glass flames were created by the students in Omanut. Omanut is a new visual arts based approach to Jewish learning for Grades 4-5. The program is designed to provide students with innovative, thoughtful, challenging and creative learning experiences in order to explore the intersection of their own creativity, Jewish learning, and the arts. Students use art as a way to explore Jewish text, and then text as a way to deepen the experience of creating art. During the first unit of Omanut, students have been exploring themes of light and space, exploring the space around them through a Jewish lens.
With these themes of light and space in mind, our Omanut students created “stained glass” flames, meant to represent the candles of Chanukah.
To make these flames, our students divided into teams of 2-3, each team working on one flame. Each flame is made from a piece of Plexiglas cut into the shape of a flame. Our students began by creating a design on paper. Then, they traced that design using thick black paint to serve as the “lead” of stained glass directly on the Plexiglas. Finally, they painted their flames with stained glass paint.
Throughout the process, our students learned about several Jewish texts connected to themes of light and Chanukah. They learned that each person can be a Shamash-- bringing light and happiness to the world. Each team of young artists translated this concept into their flame designs, illustrating in the different sections of the flame: how we can be a light to ourselves, how we can be a light to others in our community, and how we can be a light to the world.
We are thrilled to share these flames with the TBE community. Temple Beth Elohim is extremely grateful to Combined Jewish Philanthropies and our CJP consultant, Tova Speter, for their support in the creation of our Omanut Program. Learn more >>
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In our flames, the images were created to be somewhat realistic, while the colors were deliberately unrealistic. The hands represent Friendship. The smiles represent Happiness. The heart represents Love. The sun represents Light. The words represent Communication. The designs on left side represent roots of the tree and on the right represent ground and grass.There is a focus on taking care of the Earth represented by recycling. The inner flame represents the space inside of us. The middle flame represents the space between us, and the outer flame represents the space around us. Our biggest challenge was outlining!
Nicole, Emma & Samantha |
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We hope our flame teaches people that you can do anything, from the littlest thing to the biggest thing, to change the world. The images and colors represent: learning as a way to enlighten ourselves, loving your community and family, and giving Tzedakah as a way to make a change. This project has taught us about Chanukah and that happiness and light come in many ways!
Lily & Caden |
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In our flame, speech represents Freedom. Energy represents the energy your body uses and is a big part of life. Love represents comfort and Inventors lead to Creations. God represents Trust and Help. Joy is Happiness is also about teamwork and good sportsmanship. We included inventors because people can invent things that benefit the world.
Purple = spirit and happiness Blue = Sad Red = Anger Yellow = Excitement Thinking of ideas for this project was tricky because it’s hard to think about things that you don’t usually think about. Learning how different colors interact was interesting. Ben, Joseph & Jordan |
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In our flame, the inner section depicts a sun shining on the whole flame and spreading the light and color. The rays of sunlight were bright rainbow colors. The middle section is made up of colors and patterns representing connections. The colors and patterns are all different just as we are all different. Outer flame depicts the Tree of Life with leaves containing words like “smile”, “connect” and “community”. These were the happiest words we could think of to brighten the viewer’s day. It was challenging to figure out what we wanted to do so we put our ideas together. We used a lot of bright colors and designed things differently than we have in the past.
Mollie, Ava & Talia |
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On our flame we used words and pictures to express light. We thought they could spread light to the world through Tzedakah and Tikkun Olam. We also thought that Love and Happiness can light up a whole community. Light brings warmth and happiness to our world. The outlining process was difficult. Agreeing on which colors to use was sometimes challenging too.
Alex, Talia & Jacob |
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We hope our flame teaches people how to help others and themselves at the same time. The images and colors represent staying healthy, being kind to the environment, and planting trees. While coming up with ideas and outlining some of the images was hard, it was also really fun.
Gabe, Eric & Kelsey |
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Our flame involves the world around us and has a lot of colors. The inner flame contains words that take an important part in our world. The second flame depicts animals and people and the outer flame contains lots of things that represent other things. For example, we included honey which is sweet, a girl who is cute. In the middle of our flame we put the word, “Love” in huge letters because we felt it is the most important word.
Mollie and Annie |
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Our flame was designed to teach others to be thankful for what they have. The inner flame represents happiness and positivity. The middle of the flame represents volunteering, and the outside represents nature. The project taught us that celebrating Chanukah is actually more about giving - that while we are very young we only receive gifts but as we grow older we are expected to give as well. We had fun painting the flames!
Cailey & Rachel |
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We hope that our flame teachers others to do what they like to do, to be kind and generous, and to be GREEN! The most challenging part of making the flames was deciding which designs to put where. The part was the most fun for us was painting in the color at the end. The project taught us the importance of the candles on Chanukah.
Wynne & Matt |
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