At age 87, Ilana is active and busy.
Her mosaic garden and home have become an unofficial museum that is frequented by busloads of visitors from all over Israel and from abroad.
Mosaic Exhibition in Ravenna, Italy – October 2011 Coming soon!
The AIMC (International Association of Mosaic Artists) and the municipality of Ravenna decided to offer an homage exhibition of Ilana Shafir’s mosaics. The exhibition will take place at the beautiful cloister at the Biblioteca Classense in Ravenna.
The opening will be part of the Ravenna Mosaic Festival in October 2011.
Besides this exhibition, Ilana’s mosaic ‘Through the Waves’ will be exhibited at the big international mosaic exhibition.
At the same time, the 3rd issue of the prestigious annual magazine ‘Solo Mosaico’ will be presented to the public with an article about Ilana’s art by Laura Gavioli, and Italian art scholar and curator.

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Winter 2011 Workshops

Making Ceramic Pieces for Mosaic
With Leah Zahavi

Description:
Here, at the Inner Piece Studio, we hold the belief that artists’ work starts with the materials they use. Most mosaic artists use commercial materials, yet they need not depend only on what they can buy or find. Instead, they can make their own materials and create their own “signature” tesserae that will enhance their work and bring it to the next level.

In this workshop, students will make ceramic tesserae and learn different decorating and glazing techniques. This is a two-day workshop, which will be held non-consecutively to allow time for the clay to dry before it is fired and glazed.

Day 1:
Students will work with wet clay, shape and mold it into mosaic pieces and decorate them with colored slips.

Day 2:
Students will return to the studio to apply glazes on their bisque-fired pieces.

Why take this workshop?

The ceramic workshop is not a prerequisite for the Spontaneous Mosaic workshop with Ilana Shafir, yet it is highly recommended. Those who take the workshop will end up with an exciting array of ceramic pieces to work with, and their mosaics will be more interesting, vivid, authentic, and innovative than mosaics that are made solely out of commercial supplies.

Instructor: Leah Zahavi

Dates:
Sunday, January 9, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Sunday, January 23, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Workshop location: Inner Piece Studio
North 9th Ave.
Highland Park, NJ 08904

Tuition:
$80 for Day 1
$60 for Day 2
or
$125 for both days
(All supplies included.)

Registration: To register, please fill out our registration form. A $50 deposit is required to hold your space in this workshop, and payment in full is due no less than 14 days before the workshop.
Transportation: This workshop will be held at the Inner Piece Studio in Highland Park, NJ.
150 North 9th Avenue
Highland Park, NJ 08904

By air:
The closest airport is Newark Liberty International airport (EWR). EWR is 25 miles away and the trip should take about 30 minutes. From the air port, take the NJ Transit train, North East Corridor Line that connects New York City and Trenton NJ. Get off in New Brunswick. See instructions below for arriving by train.
By Car:
Highland Park is 5 minutes off Exit 9 of the New Jersey Turnpike. 
Turn off at Exit 9, bear right after the toll booths and follow signs for "Route 18 North - New Brunswick."
Proceed along Route 18 North and take the exit marked "Route 27 East - Highland” (approximately 2 miles from the Turnpike).
Cross the bridge that leads to town. Proceed along Route 27, which is the main street of Highland Park and called “Raritan Ave”. Beware of a fork in the road, near North 6th Ave. Bear to the left and continue for three more streets.

Turn left onto North 9th Ave. 150 is on the second block from Raritan Ave., on the left hand side.

By Train:

From Penn Station in New York City, take the NJ Transit train, North East Corridor Line to New Brunswick, NJ. This line also connects with the PATH train and makes a stop at Newark Liberty International airport (EWR). Those who arrive via flight can catch this train at the airport. For further info go to HYPERLINK "https://www.njtransit.com" www.njtransit.com

From the New Brunswick train station, take a taxi to Highland Park. The taxi fee is $7.

Winter 2011 Workshops

Spontaneous Mosaic with Ilana Shafir

Description:
This workshop will introduce you to Ilana Shafir's method of Spontaneous Mosaic for mosaic making. Spontaneous Mosaic involves playful experimentation. You will spend much time exploring the endless possibilities of using your mosaic materials, and learn that you can produce unexpected arrangements of great creativity and beauty.

Why take these workshops in NJ?
Inner Piece is the studio of Ilana’s daughter, Leah Zahavi. The studio is part of Leah’s home, which has the largest private collection of Ilana’s art work outside of Israel. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to see Ilana’s artwork (paintings, embroidery, and mosaics) and draw inspiration for their own creative work.

These workshops are held in conjunction with Ilana’s upcoming solo exhibition at Isaia Zagar’s Philadelphia Magic Gardens.
We encourage participants to attend the opening reception on Friday evening, February 25, 2011, as well as a public talk Ilana is scheduled to give the following Friday, March 4, 2011.

Dates:

Session I:
Saturday, February 26: 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday, February 27: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Session II:
Saturday, March 5: 9:00 a.m. - 7p.m.
Sunday, March 6: 9:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.

(Please note that Ilana will take breaks during each of the workshop days. Students, however, will be able to continue their work during that time.)

Workshop location:
The Inner Piece Studio
150 North 9th Ave.
Highland Park, NJ 08904.

Tuition: $400 
Some supplies included. A list of supplies will be sent upon registration.
Registration: To register, please fill out our registration form. A $50 deposit is required to hold your space in this workshop, and payment in full is due no less than 14 days before the workshop.
Transportation to the Inner Piece Studio:
By air:
The closest airport is Newark Liberty International airport (EWR). The airport is 25 miles from Highland Park and the trip should take about 30 minutes. There is a shuttle service, Olympic Airporter, from EWR to the Hilton hotel in East Brunswick. Taxi is also an option. Current rates are $27 for the shuttle service and $55 with Taxi. (For further info, go to HYPERLINK "https://www.olympic-limo.com" https://www.olympic-limo.com or call them (800) 822-9797. You can also inquire about transportation with the hotels we recommend. (See list of hotels below.)

By Car: Highland Park, NJ, is only minutes off exit 9 of the New Jersey Turnpike. 
By Train: New Jersey transit, Northeast Corridor, get off at the New Brunswick Station.