Self Portrait Workshop with Artist Tobi Kahn

Join Eshel for a night of self-reflection and artistic expression, with a self-portrait workshop led by respected artist Tobi Kahn. For those of us balancing LGBTQ+ and Jewish identity, the endeavor of self-perception can be equal parts daunting, confusing, and exciting. So too, self-presentation is often a process that requires deep introspection and experimentation. Through presence, we can approach our identities in new and creative ways. At this event, we will explore literal and abstract expressions of the self in what is sure to be a meaningful and fun night. Light refreshments will be served after the workshop.

Please note: This event is 21+ and for LGBTQ+ members of our community.

About the Artist
Tobi Kahn is a painter and sculptor whose art has been shown in over 70 solo museum
exhibitions. He is currently working a solo survey exhibition that will open in the Fall of 2026 at
the Boca Raton Museum of Art in Florida. Works by Kahn are in major museum collections,
including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC; the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, TX;
The Phillips Collection, DC; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Minneapolis Institute of
Art, MN; Yale University Art Gallery, CT; and The Jewish Museum, NYC. His traveling
museum exhibitions include Tobi Kahn: Metamorphoses; Avoda: Objects of the Spirit;
Microcosmos; Tobi Kahn: Sky & Water; and Tobi Kahn: Sacred Spaces for the 21st Century.
Kahn’s commissioned installations include “Shalev,” an outdoor sculpture, New Harmony, IN;
“Emet,” a meditative space for the HealthCare Chaplaincy, NYC; two Holocaust memorial
gardens, La Jolla, CA, and Tenafly, NJ; the sanctuary ark doors, murals, and ceremonial objects
for Congregation Emanu-El B’ne Jeshurun, Milwaukee, WI; “M’AHL,” a floor installation in the
exhibition Rendering the Unthinkable, 9/11 Memorial Museum, NYC; a meditative space for
Auburn Theological Seminary, NYC; and an installation of paintings and outdoor sculpture for
the campuses of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA.
Kahn also communicates his vision through his passion for teaching. For over 40 years, he has
taught fine arts at the School of Visual Arts, NYC. Kahn lectures extensively at universities and
public forums internationally on the importance of visual language and on art as healing.