Raquel Sanchez
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Raquel Sanchez is a multidisciplinary visual artist and poet.[1]
Early life
[edit]Sanchez was born in Paris, France to Ellen Lapidus Stern, an American artist and Juan Sánchez Peláez, celebrated Venezuelan poet and winner of the National Prize winner for Literature.[2] She grew up travelling between New York, Ibiza, Morocco and Venezuela. [3]
Social work
[edit]Sanchez earned a master's degree in social work from Yeshiva University[3] and founded and directed the Rose Institute, a center for at-risk youth in Jerusalem in the 1990s.[4] The Rose Institute partnered with Kidum Noar, an at-risk youth program in Jerusalem and the Ministry of Education in 2001 to form Crossroads Jerusalem.
Poetry
[edit]Sanchez is a published poet with her work appearing multiple times in Arc: the Journal of the Israel Association of Writers in English, chaired by Karen Alkalay-Gut. She has also been published in the International Library of Poetry and Voices Israel. In 2022 she was co-translator of a new bilingual edition of poetry by her father Juan Sánchez Peláez entitled El alba es el leopardo.[5]
Art
[edit]Her art was featured in the 2019 Jerusalem Biennale.[6] and used in publications such as Makor Rishon[7] Arc[8] and Can Magazine.[9] She is a featured in the Rosenbach Contemporary gallery in Jerusalem. [10]
In 2024 she participated in Helmets for Heroes, with proceeds going to NATAL – the Israel Trauma and Resiliency Center.[11] In 2024 her exhibition Many Waters was featured at The Artist's House in Rishon LeZion curated by Vera Pilpoul. It was described as " figurative and the abstract," with elements "given to seascapes, and seawater as one of the elements in the universe and as a reflection of human feelings and experiences. Another representation is given to the sky, which is sometimes blue, a color that means heavenly and spiritual, and sometimes changes to other shades."[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Italy, www celesteprize com-Celeste Network-. "Raquel Sanchez - About Celeste Network". www.celesteprize.com. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ Hurtado, Miguel Ángel (2022-09-25). "Juan Sánchez Peláez: revelación y transparencia". Fundación para la Cultura Urbana (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ a b Art, Raquel Sanchez. "Raquel Sanchez Art". Raquel Sanchez Art. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ Silver, Eric (2000-01-27). "Lost in Jerusalem". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ "El alba es el leopardo". NILA ediciones (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- ^ "Fusing Israeli art, life and Judaism". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
- ^ וולפיש, שלמה. "הריקוד העדין של הווידוי ביום כיפור". www.makorrishon.co.il. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- ^ admin (2023-11-04). "arc 30: Serendipity". Israel Association of Writers in English. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
- ^ פלפול, ורה (September–October 2024). "מים רבים". כאן (91): 84.
- ^ "Raquel Sanchez, Post-Renovation".
- ^ "Helmets for Heroes charity art catalogue" (PDF).
- ^ Ziva (2024-10-09). "רחל סנצ'ז, מים רבים, אוצרת: ורה פלפול, בית האמנים, גבעתי 17, ראשון לציון, 19.10.2024-20.9.2024". מֵעֵבֶר לַמַּרְאָה (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-11-18.