From CJN:
Last summer, the Jewish Federation of Cleveland’s Cleveland Israel Arts Connection started planning a Roe Green Gallery show of Israeli photographer Michal Chelbin’s works.
It started when curator and art dealer Matthew Garson, who is also the gallery’s volunteer director, visited Israel with the Cleveland Israel Arts Connection – the Federation’s program which brings Israeli artists and culture to Cleveland to help facilitate connections between the two communities. He became acquainted with Chelbin through a mutual contact, they hit it off and started planning her show at the Beachwood gallery.