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David (Dudu) Gerstein
Helen Bar-Lev
Myrna Wacknov
Elaine Amyot - Mandalas
Naomi Kerer
Elhanan Ben-Avraham
Judy Swanson
Raphael Wettenstein
Tamar Gerchuk
Itamar Shajak
Lisa Aigen
Judith Appleton
Phyllsie Gross
Albert Huynh
George Harkins
Roni Sagi
Eva Avi-Yonah, 1921-2011
Phyllsie Gross


Phyllsie Gross was born in Philadelphia in 1950 and moved to Israel in 1973. She holds a B.A. in foreign language and literature from Temple University, and an M.Ed. in Creative Arts in Learning from Lesley University. Her son Yarden is a published poet and an aspiring artist. Her son Golan is an award-winning singer and an aspiring actor. She lives at Kibbutz Evron with her husband, Michael. She works with the elderly, tutors English, runs a charity, paints and has published three books of poetry.

The artwork displayed is from her exhibit "Ketuba, Woman, Poetry" The paintings include hand decorated marriage contracts, portraits of kibbutz women, with their stories told in original poems in English and in Hebrew translation. The exhibit is currently showing at the Nahariya Cultural Center until the end of May.