EIN HOD ARTISTS' VILLAGE

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Michael Eitan with family	Gabi Ashkenazi  talking  about an artist	A workshop with the Grandchildren

Events	Exhibitions	Articles	Advertisements	History
Golden Calf Festival 2014	Ein Hod Gallery	Ein Hod on	New Jewelry By Lea Ben-Arye	The Battle on Ein Hod May 1948
Golden Calf Festival 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014  2008  2007 2006,2005  1993	Dan Ben-Arye "Clouds" View Work in Face book	Kids Love Israel	Video - printing Workshop   Workshop Information	YAD GERTRUD KRAUS
Cameri Concert at Gertrud House Photos by Dean Ben-Arye	Exhibition Dina Merhav Information	"Art inside and out" Jerusalem Post	EIN HOD - Artists' Village	Gertrud Kraus Click
Taglit visits 4 June 2010 28 December 2009 24 December 2009 15 December 2009 13 August 2009 23 July 2009	"Art for Help" Project Presents: A temporary exhibition of 40 sculptures by Ursula Malbin The exhibition is taking place at the villages of Troinex, Geneva, Switzerland. Email		Nofar Ben-Arye Workshops in Art Environment Education	Ein Hod Gallery Opening and celebration Fall 2001
Sukkoth 2012 Sukkoth Blues 2011 Photos by Dean Ben-Arye Daniela with Tiny Fingers	Ein Hod artists and friends Exhibition Corruption in Government	Nisan Cohen TV interview Nisco Museum	Seeking for a perfect present	Hebrew Newspaper clips on Ein Hod 1954 1955 1956 1957
Bnai Akiva Visit to Ein Hod	Ein Hod Artists' Gallery - Rock N' Roll Exhibition opening	Lea Ben-Arye Printing on Fabric	We are requesting your financial assistance to produce a unique book on Gertrude Kraus	The Berlin Wall in Ein Hod
Gold Wing Riders visit	An essay at the second international Sculpture conference, Changchun China. September 2008 By Dina Merhav	Congratulations to Dean Ben-Arye on his prize	Sculptures by Pirchia Fridman	Photos of Iche Mambush
Ein Hod visiting Ein Hod	Marcel Janco Dada Museum Ein Hod	Young Judaea Two days visit	Artists - Display your work on this Web Site on Guests Artists Information	Photos of Early Ein Hod
Young Judaea Two days Visit 18 January 2010 31 March 2009	Shop Now At our Gallery Art & Wear	Dina Merhav 3rd China Experience		Ursula Malbin 95 Birthday
Riders from Canada & Australia Visit	Art & Wear Gallery New Creations	Paper making and printing by Ora Lahav Shealtiel	Art by Shraga Landesman	The Damage from the Carmel forest fire disaster was magnified by the Pine trees. Inform the JNF& KKL - stop planting and remove Pine trees from our forests
Very Close Fire	Levendel Bloch Gallery hosting artists from the Balkan	Yehudit Chalfon Ceramic  Raku Firings	Nisco Museum Playing Mezuzah	Early Ein Hod Photos by Genia Berger
Levendel Bloch Gallery Assi & Udi Dayan	Placing Dina Merhav's Sculptures *Journey *Birds Journey	The Sculpture Garden at Sheba Medical Center Ein Hod artists and friends To information	Dr. Tina Berkovits Alternative Medical treatment	Historical Photos
Click for video British Channel 4 filming for the movie "Homeland" In & around Ein Hod	Ein Hod Gallery   Mary Gottlieb Paintings & Gourds 19.10-22.11.12	Dan Ben-Arye Sculptural Ceramics	Artists- Create Your personal Video Dina Merhav  1, 2 Tal Shahar 1  Silver Print 1 Nofar Ben-Arye 1 Contact 054-8119621	Ancient Works crafter's of Ein Hod and beyond.
	V.I.P. Guests ART LINKS Ein Hod- Links	Pomegranate Pinching clay with Lea Ben-Arye	10% discount for overseas tourists

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On the road to Haifa lies Ein Hod, an artists' village on a hill, at the foot of Mount Carmel overlooking the Mediterranean coast, the town of Atlit, and an ancient 12th century crusader fortress. After the War of Independence the area was abandoned and left in ruin. In the fifties, a group of artists led by the acclaimed Dada artist Marcel Janco decided that Ein Hod would be a place where they could work, build studios and workshops, and form a creative environment for art and art education. The founders' dream ran into the harsh reality of those days. By perseverance and vision gradually transformed Ein Hod into the only artists' village in Israel, one of the few in the world, where artists live and create in every artistic media from the visual arts, to theater, music and literature. The attitude, structure and even the population of the village has changed with the passing of the years, but its basic principles have been guarded with admirable zeal. The diversity of its inhabitants and the clear difference between the original founders and the new generation create an unusual yet fascinating social fabric. Young and old try to follow the general principles of reciprocity and form a culture based on sharing. Communal life is managed by a General Council - the ruling body - and by a biyearly elected administrative committee. The village has a wide range of cultural resources. The Ein Hod Art Gallery, the Janco-Dada Museum and the Artists' House, artists' studios and galleries are supplemented by a variety of exhibitions and artistic activity throughout the village. The Gertrude Krause House sponsors biweekly chamber music concerts and guest lectures. During the summer months performances of popular music and light entertainment take place in the Roman style outdoor amphitheater. To complete the setting, restaurants and coffee houses in the center of the village serve as places for social gathering and merriment. The Ein Hod Art Gallery exhibits artwork of all the member artists living in the village who have been approved by the local jury. Painting and sculpture, ranging from contemporary to early Israeli artists, share space with the various craft media. Works on paper, photography, ceramics, gold and silver jewelry, glass and metal design objects make the gallery one of the largest collections of Israeli art in the country. One can find works by the first generation (works of historical value) hanging alongside young contemporary artists, only recently accepted into the village. Ein Hod is characterized by the special setting of a village sitting on a hillside, surrounded by olive groves, with a view of the Mediterranean Sea, where baroque sunsets end each day. Despite lack of funds and development resources, the village has managed to preserve its original, historic nature and the romantic and simple charm of Israel in its first years of independence. Very few places in Israel have managed to retain the authentic quality of the Mediterranean. One can still discern in the old structures the many textures and architectural forms of earlier occupants -- from the Christian Crusades to the Turkish Empire. The roads and byways, a mixture of ancient and modern, all add to a very special atmosphere. Yet perhaps it is the landscape, the vegetation and the view that make this place so unique and exciting -- natural Mediterranean gardens of olive, pomegranate almond and carob trees, grape vines and figs. Ein Hod has remained a nature reserve, preserving the biblical flora of ancient Israel -- a perfect environment for the creative muse. Amichai Shavit Ein Hod art colony, art tourism, interesting places to visit, where to visit in israel, authentic, tour guide, Guided Tour, art workshops, information, israeli artists, dada museum, galleries, art workshops, restaurant, B&B, vacation, entertainment, activities, meeting artists, congress, family attractions, Zionist, Christian, educational tourism, journey, experience, resort, site seeing, culture, painting, sculpture, silk screening, art studios, visit israel you'll never be the same

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