Caron Tabb Art
Deeply Rooted: Faith in Reproductive Justice
This curatorial project, hosted by the Kniznick Gallery at Brandeis University and organized in partnership with the Haddasah-Brandeis Institute, features twenty-one artists working across five decades, four continents, and numerous traditions each responding to abortion and reproductive justice through the lens of faith and culture.
Be the Change: A Jewishly Inspired Public Art Movement
Be the Change, now in its second year, is a multi-city art and activism initiative drawing from the Jewish tenet of justice as symbolized by the ritualistic Jewish Tzedakah box. It was inspired by my series of Justice Vessels and invites a curated group of artists to consult with local grassroots nonprofits and then create commissioned works of public art addressing a social justice issue of their choosing. The goal is to help viewers connect to issues of injustice and empower them to become agents of change.
For A Human Is a Tree of The Field
This Sukkah installation was commissioned by the Vilna Shul in the fall of 2022. This Sukkah captures this spirit of movement and progress by drawing from my immigration experiences, first as a child moving from South Africa to Israel and later as an adult moving from Israel to the US. The piece reflects on the meaning and impermanence of home as well as on the notion of refuge and what it means to welcome the stranger. Further, it is a meditation on what I see as my responsibility as a Jewish artist to act in a way that honors my own humanity and that of others.
Tiny Pricks
Tiny Pricks is a public art project created and curated by Diana Weymar. Contributors from around the world stitched Donald Trump’s words into textiles, creating the material record of his presidency and of the movement against it. The collection counterbalances the impermanence of Twitter and other social media, and Trump’s statements as president through the use of textiles that embody warmth, craft, permanence, civility, and a shared history. The daintiness and integrity of each piece stand in stark contrast to his presidency. I contributed three pieces to the project.
For A Human Is a Tree of The Field
This Sukkah installation was commissioned by the Vilna Shul in the fall of 2022. This Sukkah captures this spirit of movement and progress by drawing from my immigration experiences, first as a child moving from South Africa to Israel and later as an adult moving from Israel to the US. The piece reflects on the meaning and impermanence of home as well as on the notion of refuge and what it means to welcome the stranger. Further, it is a meditation on what I see as my responsibility as a Jewish artist to act in a way that honors my own humanity and that of others.
Persist and Rise from the Ashes
Persist and Rise from Ashes was commissioned in 2019 for the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston's annual Hannukah celebration. The large-scale Hannukiah (Menorah) included poems and citations printed on fabrics and illuminated to create sculptural flames. The selected texts were intended to connect the story of Hanukkah and Jewish people’s fight for freedom to modern-day struggles for justice and equality.
The Light from Within
The Light From Within was commissioned by The Jewish Arts Collaborative in 2020 as part of the "Brighter Connected" initiative, which brought the light of Hanukkah to eight Boston-area neighborhoods through works of art in windows. Designed in collaboration with teen artists in the Artists For Humanity program who reside in the neighborhood and employees of the Bowdoin Street Health Care Center, this installation is focused on themes of community and resiliency.