About the Guild

Mission Statement of the Guild is to research preserve and develop the Traditional, Rare and Contemporary Folk Visual Arts. The Guild was formed in April 2000 in Brooklyn by a group of philanthropic and community-minded Jews, who were committed to popularize and exhibit the Jewish Visual Folk and Contemporary Art. Since its inception the Guild has performed hundreds exhibitions, presentations and workshops in New York, dedicated to Jewish Folk Creativity.

Administrative members of the Council
presidentYelena Zubok
vice presidentVictor Ostapenko
treasurerOlga Farber
accountantAnna Nemerovsky
artistic
director
Nina Zhuravel
secretaryNina Tsypina
secretaryIzabella Gutman
Honorary members of the Council
Ilya NathansonFounder
Former president


Rudolf Rozenblyum
Founder
Former 1st
Chairman
Evgeni TonevitskyFormer ChairmanIsaac VaynschnelboymMember
Leonid AlaverdovFormer ChairmanRabbi M.TokarskyMember
Gulnara TsiklauriFormer ChairwomanYevgeniya RozentsvitFormer Vice President
Vladimir LobanovFormer ChairmanYevgeniy VeprinskyFormer Treasurer
Wolf ChechikFounderMark RabinovichFormer Curator
David NathansonFounder
former VP
Michael NemirovskyMember
Boris NathansonFounderZina KelebeyevaFormer Curator
Moisey NathansonFounderYakov KleynermanFormer Treasurer
Lydia CutlerFounder
Isaac GogermanFounder
Boris KontoretsFounder
Boris LankiousFounder
Henry VolnyFounder
Ida OrelFounder