From August, 2025

“Celebration Garden” awarded TN Arts Commission grant

Emily Moorhead-Wallace and J Taylor Wallace in collaboration with the Knoxville Jewish Alliance have been awarded partial funding for a public sculpture on the Arnstein Jewish Community Center grounds in Knoxville, Tennessee. Chagigah Shel Gina (Hebrew for “Celebration Garden”) is a community-engaged public art and education project that includes a series of free public workshops, an artwork swing, and a garden featuring plants used in Jewish cultural traditions. Two public workshops will guide participants through the creative process. In the first workshop on November 6th, participants will learn sketching techniques and explore how individual and group drawings can be transformed…