Tia Richardson

Tia Richardson is a Milwaukee artist and educator, who uses the medium of art to bridge divides between people, involving people of all ages, and envisioning a better future. Tia’s murals can be seen throughout the community and beyond. She works both independently and with organizations to create her art.

Hillel Smith

Hillel Smith is an artist and graphic designer focusing on engaging communities with their heritage in innovative ways. Street art made an early impression on Smith when he used to cycle past the graffiti-covered Melrose Alley in West Hollywood. Today, his work has taken him all over the world- to Jerusalem, and Venice, as well as cities across the United States. He leads workshops on Jewish art and Jewish street art. Hillel will share his experience working with the JCC in St. Paul after it had been defaced with antisemitic vandalism.

Ziv Yanco

Ziv is 24 years old and lives in Tiberias, Israel. He was first introduced to graffiti by a friend, and it was at that time that his journey with art and graffiti started. He used to travel throughout the country to meet his friends and paint walls. Today he continues to do graffiti and also does graphic design. His style is a collection of colorful images, funky letters, and characters. For Ziv, art is always about the connections we have with other people and places.

Peggy Kipp

When Peggy was in high school, her dad brought home an Olympus Pen FT camera from Japan and she’s been hooked on photography since. Peggy loves doing nature and travel photography and will get in the car and take off on day trips just to take photos. Photographs are memories that she takes with her to share at a moment’s notice. Peggy lives in a suburb of St. Paul, MN and is married with two adult sons (one who lives five minutes away and the other who lives in Tel Aviv), and a dog. All of them are very patient whenever she stops to take pictures.

Janet McMillan

Janet is a professional photographer with 20+ years of experience serving clients in Milwaukee and around the world. She specializes in portraits, corporate and non-profit events, festivals, places of worship and spirituality. She’s a mom of two, an avid triathlete, and a lover of all things Milwaukee.

Elad Mental

Everything starts with spark! Elad is founder of Spark Media, who specializes in creating content worlds and social media management, consulting, and accompanying internet marketing processes. Elad is a social media expert and creative person, specializing in building a presence in social media, marketing writing, and a lecturer on media, graphics and marketing content.

Yael Nitzan

Yael Nitzan specializes in art production, curating, and public relations. Nitzan studied for a bachelor’s degree in literature, education, and history at the University of Haifa (1976) and a bachelor’s degree in literature and art from the University of South Africa in Pretoria, South Africa (1979). She has curated over 120 exhibitions and has founded multiple galleries. Now the managing director and founder of The Israeli Women Museum. Also serves as the manager of the Organization of Israeli Mosaic Artists, which she founded in 2006.

Dan Haumschild

Dan Haumschild, Ph.D is the Education Director at Jewish Museum Milwaukee. A public historian with 15 years of university education to his name, he enjoys creating thought-provoking experiences in any setting. His current project at the museum includes building opportunities to learn about cultures of violence through the historical lens of the so-called ‘Degenerate Art Exhibits’ of the Nazi period.

Carolyn C.S. Kleinberger

Carolyn C.S. Kleinberger is an imaginative realist who paints with oils on linen, canvas, or wood panel. Her choice of individual subjects is eclectic. She has painted pets being held by their owners and a dog in the uniform of an officer in the Tsar’s army, strangers in a mudbath becoming friends, and the angry strength of a fearless woman contrasted with the fearsome presence of a male lion. She usually works within one general topic at time, and her choice of topics is also eclectic – From the Curiosity Shop – Landscapes – Global Cuisines. Her Jewishness is core to both her life and her art, and her series Strong Women of the Bible is one of her most notable.