From Vol. 5, No. 40, October 6, 2024, the RAUH JEWISH HISTORY PROGRAM & ARCHIVES NEWSLETTER: Vidui, the spiritual center of the Yom Kippur liturgy, is a confessional prayer at the boundary of personal and communal responsibility. It is an alphabetical inventory of misdeeds, recited in the first-person plural: We have sinned. We have transgressed.Continue reading “The Witness Quilt: Positive Vidui”
Author Archives: SilkQuilt
Fast of Gedaliah: Day of Divine Goodwill
Today, along with the first anniversary of October 7th, we observe The Fast of Gedaliah. This year, both occur during the Ten Days of Teshuvah between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. I used the occasion of this fast day, some twenty-four years ago to enact: Moving Through Loss: A Wise Woman Ritual. This day advocates The ThirteenContinue reading “Fast of Gedaliah: Day of Divine Goodwill”
A Residency at The History Center
I always had the idea of working in a gallery where my work was installed. It seemed the best way to understand the viewer’s point of view. With Louise Silk: A Patchwork Life I am doing just that- sitting at the work table in the History Center. Here are some of your most asked questionsContinue reading “A Residency at The History Center”
Welcome To My World
Louise Silk: A Patchwork Life ran through May 26, 2025 at The Heinz History Center.
A PATCHWORK LIFE: THE OPENING
עֵד Witness Hineni Here I am Elohai neshama shenatata bi tehorah hi The soul in me is pure Life Itself Lightness of Mind Altered Consciousness Charismatic Uncomplicated Simplicity Uniqueness & Originality Manifesting Intentions Unscripted Nonmaterial Art In Real Time Moment Marking Stillness Energy Flow In Relationship Engagement & Connection Feelings Trust, Expose, Let Go ShowContinue reading “A PATCHWORK LIFE: THE OPENING”
A Patchwork Life: The Primer
I. Set Up: Complete the script. Give over the objects. Ask for what is needed. Not a retrospective, a quilt display, nor a one-person art exhibition; it is the herstory of acquiring deep knowledge and skills through a series of significant life events. Another step on a long arduous journey, beginning without a 70th birthday celebration dueContinue reading “A Patchwork Life: The Primer”
Loom
My mother says when she is anxious she finds a seam,finds stitches on her clothes, on furniture she’s near, alwaysa verge has that feel, birch joints, wrinkles. It’s a reliefto think with the hands. Not with what years do,not with rings or someone else’s sadness. With the repairin a sheet her sister tore, breeze-fretted inContinue reading “Loom”
Join Me At The Heinz History Center
It happened and was very successful. to learn more about it, go to this blog entry: WITNESSING Dear friends, The Rauh Jewish Archives will exhibit Louise Silk: A Patchwork Life from September 2024 through April 2025. Through a retrospective lens of my work, the exhibit will consider the evolution of fiber art within the fine artContinue reading “Join Me At The Heinz History Center”
Yickus Part III:
The Matriarchs Met The Patriarchs My dad used to say it was plain luck. The analogy he repeatedly quoted was that of a dart board- maybe there is a little skill in there, being able to locate the dart and the place to throw it , but after that, fortune rules. My mom came fromContinue reading “Yickus Part III:”
Yichus-Part II
National Record Mart was part of my legacy. My grandfather was Hymen Shapiro, the very selfless spirit who brought all of his siblings and then his parents from Russian to Pittsburgh for a better life. Watching the video makes me feel a sense of pride being part of a family business that means so muchContinue reading “Yichus-Part II”
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