For over 40 years, Deborah Ugoretz** (art) has developed workshops and classes wherein students of all ages learn about Jewish papercutting and Hebrew Illuminated manuscripts. For two years she mentored a student in the art of Jewish papercutting through a grant from the New Jersey State Council for the Arts. She has created workshops that teach Jewish texts through hands-on visual arts. She has taught classes and workshops at the Yeshiva University Museum, the Museum at Eldridge Street, New York, and at Fordham University where a retrospective of her cut paper work was exhibited. In 2024 she became a NYSCA/NYFA Fellow in Folk Arts. This will be her second year teaching at YNY. In addition to papercutting, Ugoretz creates Jewish marriage contracts (ketubah) and paints in her studio in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
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@debugoretz@ketubah_for_life
