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A seasoned educator, Nancy has facilitated innumerable workshops & classes.
ONLINE SESSIONS
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Congregation B'nai Israel, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Women's Tallit Journey

DOROT Summer 2021 Inter-generational Programs; Where do we go from Here?

Julie & Ben are Getting Married! Nationwide Chuppah Blessing Venture

Temple Emanu-El, Providence, RI Adult Education; Mosaic Candle Holders

CCAR Workshop for Rabbis; Claiming & Celebrating our Multiple Layers

Temple Emanu-El, Providence, RI Religious School & Adult Ed; Crafting the Megillah

Heshbon Heshvan 2020, Workshop for Jewish Clergy; Nourishing Our Creative Selves

DOROT Fall 2020 Inter-generational Program; Art Workshop: Exploring Home

Core Connects RI, Providence, Rhode Island, Passover Art Making

Brown|RISD Hillel, Providence, Rhode Island, Kislev Art Making

PLEX Corporation, Marketing Division, "All Hands" Team Building Workshop
Core Connects RI, Providence, Rhode Island, Elul Art Making
DOROT Summer 2020 Inter-generational Programs: Self Portraiture

PAST IN-PERSON SESSIONS
Below is a partial list.
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young child with artwork inspired by Chagall SFMOMA
proud child with her emboss velvet Chanukkah card Yiddish Book Center Amherst
mother & children proudly show the mizrachs which they created at Temple Israel in Greenfield, Massachusetts
boy & father using art materials


ArtWaves, Bar Harbor, Maine, Mixed Media
Limmud Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, Silk Painting Workshop
Temple Sinai, Worcester, Massachusetts, Silk Painting Workshop
Congregation Beth Israel, Worcester, Massachusetts, Silk Painting Workshop
Temple Emanuel, Worcester, Massachusetts, Silk Painting Workshop
Temple Beth Jacob, Concord, New Hampshire, Silk Painting Workshop
Knesset Israel, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Mezzuzah Art Project

Temple Israel, Greenfield, Massachusetts, Mizrach Project
National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, Massachusetts, Channukkah Art
SFMOMA, San Francisco, California, “Inspired by Chagall”
Temple Beth El, Madison, Wisconsin, Banner Project
Temple Bnai Torah, Bellevue, Washington, Banner Project
Congregation Beth El, Berkeley, California, Family Education
Congregation Sinai, Fox Point, Wisconsin, Chuppah Project

Congregation Or Shalom, Vernon Hills, Illinois, Synagogue Retreat

Temple Beth Am, Seattle, Washington, Chuppah Project

Camp Ramah, Ojai, California, Family Camp

UAHC Camp Swig, Saratoga, California, Family Camp

Aquarian Minyan Shavuot Retreat, Glen Ellen, California

HUC Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, California, Mother’s Day Artfest

Ashland Jewish Community, Ashland, Oregon, Chuppah Making Celebration

Temple Beth El, Aptos, California, Silk Painting Workshop

Temple Isaiah, Lexington, Massachusetts, Torah Day

Camp Tawonga, Yosemite, California, Grief and Growing Retreat

Temple Sinai, Oakland, California, Weekend Retreats

Congregation Beth Am, Los Altos California, Weekend Retreat

Temple Beth Jacob, Redwood City, California, Mezzuzah Art Project

Temple Isaiah, “Festival of Jewish Artisans,” Los Angeles, California

Temple Beth El, Salinas, California, Synagogue Weekend

Temple of Aaron, St. Paul, Minnesota, Silk Painting Workshop

Temple Emanuel, Newton, Massachusetts, Mezzuzah Art Project

Temple Isaiah, Lafayette, California, Silk Painting Workshop         

Temple Emanuel, San Jose, California, Silk Painting Workshop

Congregation Bet Haverim, Davis, California, Mezzuzah Art Project

Reconstructionist Synagogue, Plandome, New York, Mezzuzah Art Project

Temple Ahavath Achim, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Silk Painting Workshop

Congregation B’nai Shalom, Westboro, Massachusetts, Silk Painting Workshop

Congregation Shir Tikvah, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Silk Painting Workshop

Jewish Community Library, San Francisco, California, Silk Painting Workshop

Leo Baeck Temple, Los Angeles, California, Silk Painting Workshop 

with FAMILIES
with YOUTH and TEENS
mosaic channukkiah chanukkah menorah Oakland Hebrew Day school students
BBYO Bnai Brith Youth Leadership Training Starlight Pensylvania young people making sething with fabric
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Ramah Day Camp in Nyack, New York, Creating Stained Glass Slide Presentation
RISD Young Artists Program, Providence, Rhode Island, Mixed Media

Jewish Teen Learning Connection, West Hartford, Connecticut, Tzedakah boxes
DOROT Summer & Teen Intergenerational Programs, New York, Mixed Media
Temple Sinai Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, Building a Tree
URJ Crane Lake Camp, West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, Torah Covers
Temple Beth El, Augusta, Maine, "Stained Glass" Projects

Jewish Community of Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, Silk Painting Workshop

Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Silk Painting Workshop
Eagle Hill School,  Hardwick, Massachusetts, Slide presentation

Yavneh Day School, Los Gatos, California, Silk Painting Workshop

JCC Camp Kingswood, Bridgton, Maine, Summer Program

Temple Beth El, St. Petersburg, Florida, Banner Project

Oakland Hebrew Day School, Oakland, California, Classrom Art Teacher

Temple Beth Jacob, Redwood City, California, Silk Painting Workshop

Congregation Emanu-El B’nei Jeshurun, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Torah Covers

Westminster Presbyterian Church, Tiburon, California, Silk Painting Workshop

Camp Tawonga, Yosemite, California, Tallitot

UAHC Camp Swig, Saratoga, California, Summer Hagigah Program

Congregation Beth El, Berkeley, California, Sixth Grade Week, Multiple Wall Hangings

Congregation Shaare Emeth, St. Louis, Missouri, Velvet Challah Cover Workshop

Temple Beth Israel, Port Washington, New York, Banners

Wilshire Boulevard Temple Camps, Malibu, California, Silk Painting Workshop

Rashi School, Needham, Massachusetts, Tallit, Banners

Brandeis Hillel Day School, San Francisco, California, Tallit, Banner

Temple Israel, Bar/Bat Mitzvah Class, Boston, Massachusetts, Tallit

Congregation Or Shalom, Vernon Hills, Illinois, 5th Grade Banner

Jewish Youth for Community Action, Oakland, California, Banners

Solomon Schecter School, Stoughton, Massachusetts, Silk Painting Workshop

United Synagogue Youth Convention, Santa Rosa, California, Individual projects

Temple Israel, West Bloomfield, Michigan, Tzizzit tying & Tallit Workshop

Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, Brooklyn, New York, Silk Painting Workshop

Congregation Sons of Israel, Nyack, New York, Individual projects

Chabad School of Marin, San Rafael, California, Rebbe Quilt Project

BBYO Leadership Training Institute, Starlight, Pennsylvania, Individual projects

Jewels for Mosaic Tree
with COLLEGE STUDENTS
Dartmouth College Roth Centerfor Jewish Life student made parochet, Rabbi Daniel Siegel, Hannah Tiferet Siegelark curtain
Painted silk banners Mt Holyoke college interfaith chapel


University of Massachusetts Hillel, Amherst, Massachusetts, Individual projects

BCI/Brandeis Bardin Institute, Brandeis, California, Parochet Project

University of California Hillel, Berkeley, California, Torah Cover

Mt. Holyoke College, Department of Religious Affairs, Hadley, Massachusetts, Banners

Dartmouth College Roth Center for Jewish Life, Hanover, New Hampshire, Parochet

Tufts University Hillel, Medford, Massachusetts, Torah Cover

MIT Hillel, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Individual projects

Brown-RISD Hillel, Providence, Rhode Island, Wall Hanging

Regional Conference, Berkeley Hillel, California

Stanford University, Department of Religious Life, Palo Alto, California, Wall Hanging

SF Hillel Foundation, San Francisco, California, Wall Hanging & Individual projects

University of California Hillel, Santa Cruz, California, Wall Hanging & Individual projects

Hillel of Silicon Valley, San Jose, California, Banner

with COLLEGE STUDENTS
Adults engaged in art making with Nancy Katz
adults using art materials
Nine young adults stand around a quilt which they helped artist Nancy Katz make in 1986.

 

Jewish Songwriting Retreat, Salem, Massachusetts, Playing with Materials

Core Connects RI, Providence, Rhode Island, "The Woman in the Mirror"
Temple Sinai Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, "Building a Tree"

Jewish Federation of the Berkshires, "Together We Create Beauty" with Mark Liebowitz
URJ 2017 Biennial, Boston, "Art & Judaism" with 6 Points Creative Arts Academy Staff
Women's Rabbinic Network, Healing Scarf Creation; ongoing relationship

Institute for Jewish Spirituality Kivvun, West Cornwall, Connecticut, Identity Project

Congregation Emanu-El B’nei Jeshurun, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Torah Covers

Women's Federation of Temple Sisterhoods, San Rafael, California

UAHC Healing Conference, Needham, Massachusetts, Healing Scarf Creation

UAHC National Biennial, Boston, Massachusetts

Ruach Ha’Aretz, Watsonville, California, Building Ritual & Ritual Objects

Aleph Kallah, Jewish Renewal Summer Institute of Learning

Congregation Kol Shofar, Tiburon, California

Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, San Francisco, California

Oakland Hebrew Day School, Oakland, California, Parents Association

Shir Ha Neshama Minyan, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Community Synagogue, Port Washington, New York

Temple Beth El, Eureka, California

UAHC Regional Biennial, Savannah, Georgia

UAHC Regional Biennial, San Jose, California

Congregation Rodef Sholom Sisterhood, San Rafael, California

Basherte Labor Day Retreat, Elat Chayyim, Accord, New York, Chuppah Project

Rashi School, Needham, Massachusetts

Congregation Eitz Chayim, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Temple Israel, Stockton, CaliforniaTemple Isaiah, Lafayette, California

Congregation Shir Hadash, Los Gatos, California, Parochet Project

Temple Isaiah, Lexington, Massachusetts, Sisterhood Workshop

Klezcamp West, Petaluma, California, Ritual Objects Workshop

Temple Beth El, San Pedro, California, Sisterhood Shabbaton

Temple Israel, Boston, Massachusetts, Women's Kallah

Congregation Bet Haverim, Davis, California, Adult B’not Mitzvah

Sonoma County Jewish Women’s Gathering, Santa Rosa, California

UAHC West Coast Kallah, Santa Cruz, California

Hadassah Women, San Francisco, California

Temple Beth Torah, Fremont, California

Congregation Beth Shalom, San Francisco, California

Hevrah Congregation, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Tallit Project

UAHC Regional Biennial, Monterey, California

Peninsula Agency for Jewish Education, San Mateo, California

UAHC Camp Swig, Young Adult Weekends, Saratoga, California

Project Kesher: International Conference of Jewish Women, Kiev, Ukraine

with ADULTS
SevenTorahs covers created by synagogue members of all ages, synagogue art

DOROT Summer Teen Program, Manhattan, Intergenerational Self Portraiture Workshop

Congregation Emanu-El B’nei Jeshurun, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Torah Covers

Westminster Presbyterian Church, Tiburon, California, Bible study group

By Hand and Hearts, St. Paul, Minnesota, Senior Arts Program

New Bridges Grandmothers Group, Palo Alto, California 

with SENIORS
Jo Milgrom inspired handmade midrash torn paper workshop with Nancy Katz, NewCAJE arts session
ECE, early childhood educators from Israel & San Francisco, adults sharing oil pastel drawings.
EDUCATING EDUCATORS

Hebrew College Pardes Jewish Studies Day School Educators, Boston, Massachusetts

NewCAJE, Multiple locations, multiple workshops

Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, Executive MA program, New York
West Hartford Educators Conference, West Hartford, Connecticut
JCC Camp Poyntelle, Poyntelle, Pennsylvania

JCC Berkshire Hills-Emanuel Camps, Copake, New York

JCC Surprise Lake Camp, Cold Spring, New York

JCC Camp Eddie Isaacs, Holmes, New York

Boston BJE, Early Childhood Yom Iyun, Lexington, Massachusetts

Sulamot Family Educators, Springfield, Massachusetts

JCCA Camp Director Training, Lekhu Lakhem Senior Fellows Retreat

San Francisco Bureau of Jewish Education, Marc Chagall at SFMOMA

Arts Education Intensive Workshop, Berkeley, California

Temple Beth Am, Seattle, Washington

Suffolk Association of Jewish Educators, Commack, New York

National Association of Temple Educators, San Francisco, California

Israel/Bay Area ECE Exchange, San Francisco, California

SFJCC Preschool Teacher Training, San Francisco, California

Agency for Jewish Education Teacher Retreat, Oakland, California

Mini CAJE Conference, Seattle, Washington

Coalition on Alternatives in Jewish Education, National Conferences

The Jewish Family Education Project, San Francisco, California

Boston BJE Family Educators, Boston, Massachusetts

Bay Area Jewish Educator's Conference, San Rafael, California

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