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Artist and poet
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Raquel Sanchez is a multidisciplinary visual artist and poet.

Early life

Sanchez was born in Paris, France to Ellen Lapidus Stern, an American artist and Juan Sánchez Peláez, celebrated Venezuelan poet and winner of the National Prize winner for Literature. She grew up travelling between New York, Ibiza, Morocco and Venezuela.

Social work

Sanchez earned a master's degree in social work from Yeshiva University and founded and directed the Rose Institute, a center for at-risk youth in Jerusalem in the 1990s. It was called a sanctuary for English-speaking youth. The Rose Institute partnered with Kidum Noar, an at-risk youth program in Jerusalem and the Ministry of Education in 2001 to form Crossroads Jerusalem.

Poetry

Sanchez is a published poet with her work appearing multiple times in Arc: the Journal of the Israel Association of Writers in English, chaired by Karen Alkalay-Gut. She has also been published in the International Library of Poetry and Voices Israel. In 2022 she was co-translator of a new bilingual edition of poetry by her father Juan Sánchez Peláez entitled El alba es el leopardo.

Art

Her art was featured in the 2019 Jerusalem Biennale. and used in publications such as Makor Rishon Arc and Can Magazine. She is a featured in the Rosenbach Contemporary gallery in Jerusalem.

In 2024 she participated in Helmets for Heroes, with proceeds going to NATAL – the Israel Trauma and Resiliency Center. In 2024 her exhibition Many Waters was featured at The Artist's House in Rishon LeZion curated by Vera Pilpoul. It was described as " figurative and the abstract," with elements "given to seascapes, and seawater as one of the elements in the universe and as a reflection of human feelings and experiences. Another representation is given to the sky, which is sometimes blue, a color that means heavenly and spiritual, and sometimes changes to other shades."



References

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  2. Hurtado, Miguel Ángel (2022-09-25). "Juan Sánchez Peláez: revelación y transparencia". Fundación para la Cultura Urbana (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  3. ^ Art, Raquel Sanchez. "Raquel Sanchez Art". Raquel Sanchez Art. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  4. Silver, Eric (2000-01-27). "Lost in Jerusalem". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  5. Silver, Eric (2000-01-27). "Lost in Jerusalem". Jewish Journal. Retrieved 2024-12-22.
  6. "El alba es el leopardo". NILA ediciones (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  7. "Fusing Israeli art, life and Judaism". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2024-11-16.
  8. וולפיש, שלמה. "הריקוד העדין של הווידוי ביום כיפור". www.makorrishon.co.il. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  9. admin (2023-11-04). "arc 30: Serendipity". Israel Association of Writers in English. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
  10. פלפול, ורה (September–October 2024). "מים רבים". כאן (91): 84.
  11. Com, Managedartwork. "Raquel Sanchez, Post-Renovation".
  12. "Helmets for Heroes charity art catalogue" (PDF).
  13. Ziva (2024-10-09). "רחל סנצ'ז, מים רבים, אוצרת: ורה פלפול, בית האמנים, גבעתי 17, ראשון לציון, 19.10.2024-20.9.2024". מֵעֵבֶר לַמַּרְאָה (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2024-11-18.
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