Fiber Artist, Leslie Slade Cohen
Category: Places B'nai Israel, est.1913, Thomasville Shomrei Torah est.1986, Tallahassee Jewish Synagogues
Leslie Cohen has spent much of her life as a creative. Quilting, basketry, weaving, and sculpture are her favorite fiber art disciplines. Leslie also enjoys working with color and texture. In 2013, after retiring from 30 years of teaching art in Leon County, Cohen began working on narrative quilts. Her love of storytelling is a passion that became evident in this work. Today, she remains very active in her community as a teacher, learner, and maker. After visiting B'nai Israel Synagogue in Thomasville, she felt moved by the similarities between her Synagogue Shomrei Torah, and B'nai Israel. Inspired by the work of the living Israeli artist Yaacov Agam, Cohen chose to adopt his style for her quilt, which allows her to demonstrate how both places of worship are different yet still interwoven by ritual objects.
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