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2007-09-30: ARTZworks Gallery Judaica Show, Ventura, California    

Carol Worthey
ARTZworks Gallery
Carol Worthey / Jim Hines / Petrina Sharp
Century Theater on Main (across the street)

Carol Worthey was invited to exhibit her Judaica artworks at a special "The Art of Kosher Wine" exhibit on Sunday, September 30th at ARTZworks Gallery. 540 Main Street in picturesque downtown Ventura, California, where vivid Judaica paintings by David Schwartz, Gallery owner, and other talented Jewish artists were viewed by an admiring crowd.  This event launched a new group, Chavurah by The Sea, a "gathering of friends" growing modern and traditional Judaism in Ventura County, and there was a sense of festivity in the air. Gallery visitors enjoyed a very delicious Kosher Wine Tasting hosted by Herzog Winery to the sounds of live Klezmer-flavored and Israeli folk music.  Because of the mood of cameraderie, aesthetics and superb wine, the cry "L'Chaim" ("To Life!") rang out more than once!

At this joyful event Carol unveiled a new painting "Zaida's Present" depicting a special moment from her past, a tender recollection of her wise and kindly grandfather with a self-portrait of the artist at age three by his side--mostly reconstructed from memory in a new genre the artist calls a "memory portrait", telling a story of the heart.  Carol also displayed two other Judaism-inspired art pieces "Everlasting Flame" and "Barbed Wire Heart" and the two music scores illustrated with these particular Judaica works, "The Unquenchable Light" (Chanukah song for Choir) and "Terezin Triptych" (cello/piano sonata dedicated to the survivors, victims and liberators from Theresienstadt Concentration Camp).  Also on display was Carol's precious copy of the book Pirke Abot (or Sayings of The Fathers, illustrated by Saul Raskin, the book which was indeed "Zaida's Present" depicted in her new painting.)

L'Chaim, indeed and Mazel Tov to all who created this heartwarming celebration!

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