This workshop is at maximum capacity. If you would like to be placed on our waitlist, please continue to sign up using the form below. Thank you!
***
Event Description - Reuben’s Mindfulness Clay and Jewish Ritual Workshop explores how to use clay as a medium for mindfulness. We will begin with a short group meditation to ground ourselves and become acquainted with the clay, and then pinch pots to the rhythm of entrancing music. During the bulk of this workshop we will create Kiddush cups, the most basic Jewish ritual object, using beginner slab techniques. This cup will invite you to bring more Jewish rituals (shabbat) and mindfulness into your existing or new Jewish practices/traditions. This 2-hour workshop welcomes any skill levels and encourages group conversation.
Registration to participate in this workshop is required in advance. There are 15 spots available for this free workshop, so please register responsibly. If you are unable to make it, please give us advance warning so that we can give your spot to the next person on the waitlist.
***
This is the third event in our JQT Mental Health Support Series, which was developed in partnership with JFS Vancouver, following the Twice Blessed 2.0: The Jewish LGBTQ2SIA+ Initiative’s community needs assessment, which identified a critical service gap: Call to Action #6 - Develop and provide funding for LGBTQ2SIA+ friendly Jewish mental health support.
This gathering also addresses Call to Action #9 - Amplify and hire Jewish LGBTQ2SIA+ artists, performers, activists, etc.
For the most up-to-date details on this series, please visit: https://www.jqtvancouver.ca/jqt-mental-health
Donation - If you are in a position to make a financial contribution towards the JQT Mental Health Support Series, visit the JFS Vancouver donation page and select the "JQT Mental Health" as your designated program. Your tax receipt will be sent to the provided email address.
Covid policy - JQT strictly follows the recommendations of Vancouver Coastal Health and makes decisions accordingly. Mask wearing is optional, but encouraged in group settings and to protect those in our circles who are immunocompromised.
Accessibility info - Programming will take place at Or Shalom Synagogue, located at 10th Ave and Fraser St. There are stairs to the main entrance off of 10th Ave. There is wheelchair accessibility around the outside of the building off of Fraser. If you need assistance, please email info@jqtvancouver.ca well in advance! There is an all genders washroom upstairs on the same floor as the sanctuary, and an accessible washroom downstairs, which can be accessed via stairs inside the building or outside off of 10th Ave.
***
WHO ARE WE?
My name is Reuben (He/Him), I am a Jewish-Canadian who grew up in Toronto, ON and have been living in Vancouver, BC for the past 6 years. I have been working with clay for over 18 years, and have always been drawn to making objects with the intent of seamlessly integrating functional art into our everyday rituals. I have been using clay as my own personal art therapy for years, and want to share the tools and exercises I have learned with my Jewish community.
reubenking.ca
insta: @reubenskraft
JQT Vancouver (pronounced J-Cutie) is a volunteer-run Jewish Queer and Trans non-profit dedicated to "queering" Jewish spaces and "Jew-ifying" Queer spaces through education, dialogue, art, cultural celebration and partnerships in Vancouver, BC, on the traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sə̓lílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples. www.jqtvancouver.ca
