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Varda Yatom Sculptures is a many-faceted art and sculpture activity center established by artist Varda Yatom, who lives and creates in Kibbutz Sasssa in the Galilee. Varda Yatom is an internationally acclaimed sculptor, who has been named by an international commission as one of the ten leading ceramic sculptors in the world.
You are invited to visit Varda Yatom’s studio, located in the green and verdant Kibbutz Sasa. There you will be able to appreciate the rich diversity of her works and her personal story which is intertwined with them.
Come with friends or family, and delight in Varda’s studio Continue Reading
Due to the security situation – closed until further notice.
Varda Yatom Sculptures is a many-faceted art and sculpture activity center established by artist Varda Yatom, who lives and creates in Kibbutz Sasssa in the Galilee. Varda Yatom is an internationally acclaimed sculptor, who has been named by an international commission as one of the ten leading ceramic sculptors in the world.
You are invited to visit Varda Yatom’s studio, located in the green and verdant Kibbutz Sasa. There you will be able to appreciate the rich diversity of her works and her personal story which is intertwined with them.
Come with friends or family, and delight in Varda’s studio and gallery on the kibbutz. You can take a guided tour that includes Varda’s personal life story, or you may choose either a creative workshop, given privately or in small groups, or a lesson in ceramics.
When Varda Yatom was named one of the ten leading ceramic sculptors in the world, Israel’s Ministry of Culture awarded her its Prize for Design, and calling her:
“…one of the most prominent, respected, influential and ground-breaking creators in the sphere of ceramic art in Israel and the world.”
Varda Yatom received a master’s degree cum laude in ceramic sculpture at Alfred University in New York.
Her work has been shown in over twenty individual exhibitions and some thirty group exhibitions in Israel and around the world.
Her sculptures are part of many public and private collections in Europe, the U.S. and Israel.
Among them: The Hetjens International Museum of Art in Dusseldorf, Germany, where she was invited to represent Israeli art with a one-woman show. Recently her work was chosen to be part of the permanent collection in Israel’s Knesset.
In the United States her works are part of the collections at the Laguna Beach Art Museum, the Art Galleries of Long Beach University in California, and Alfred University New York, as well as museums in Spain and Denmark.
Israel’s Ministry of Education and Culture has twice conferred on Varda the Prize for Creativity.
Her works have been published in art books as well as in numerous articles in international art journals and periodicals.
At the same time, Varda Yatom has been active in the field of education. She has run the Anne Frank Educational Centre for Youth on her kibbutz. There, together with her team , she developed integrative and unique educational methods for the teaching of art.
Western Galilee Now is a registered non-profit grassroots organization (NGO) promoting awareness and appreciation for the region’s boutique wines, beers, food and produce, along with its cultural diversity, its historic traditions and the area’s scenic routes nestled between the mountains and the Mediterranean Sea acting as a Chamber of Commerce to boutique tourism operators in the region.
We expose the visitors to the unique heritage and hospitality through workshops, culinary events, art, music, guides tours, festivals and also through our Tourist Information Center in Akko, owned by JNF USA which we were chosen to operate since Jan. 2016.
Our vision is to develop local and foreign tourism based on close cooperation between all the interested parties in the region.
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