06/02/2022
So proud to have my painting "The Dancer" featured in the Austin Chapter of Hadassah's Jewish Calendar for the upcoming year!! The calendar presents 12 artworks from local talented women artists and is now available for purchase π
"The Dancer", a painting by Dalia Goldberg, is a reference to an amazing woman named Martha Graham (1894-1991), an American modern dancer. Graham was a revolutionary, striving to make dance a form of art that is grounded in the human experience. She developed her own unique dancing techniques that are still taught today.
She had many impressive achievements in her lifetime: She was the first dancer to perform at the White House, travel abroad as a cultural ambassador, and receive the highest civilian award in the US: the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction. When she received a private invitation from Adolf Hi**er to represent the US in the 1936 Summer Olympics, she took a stand and refused saying she cannot attend when so many of her (Jewish) colleagues are being prosecuted.
The drawing is based on a photo taken by Barbara Morgan and titled "Letter to the world" (1940).
More of Dalia's work at: daliagoldbergart.com
This painting along with eleven other beautiful pieces of art are featured in our new Jewish wall calendar. Order as gift for friends, family, or yourself (:
https://events.hadassah.org/wallcalendar