tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9333713100469732342024-03-06T04:15:08.489+02:00Jerusalem-USAI began this blog more than a decade ago by inviting students, visitors, and residents to document life in JerUSAlems in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, and Vermont.
Museums in the 12 states with places called JerUSAlem joined museums throughout the world in a Global Tribute to Rembrandt. See participating museums in USA below and museums worldwide at http://globaltributetorembrandt.blogspot.com.
Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-53328774207259779702020-05-19T10:52:00.006+03:002021-08-22T11:11:56.127+03:00JerUSAlem-USA: From Participatory Art to Virtual Cyberangel Flights<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: orange;">jer</span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">U</span>S</span><span style="color: #0b5394;">A</span><span style="color: orange;">lem-usa</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;">was created by artist Mel Alexenberg as a </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">participatory art project </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">that invited residents and visitors to the 20 places in USA named Jerusalem to</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> document their experiences through photographs and texts</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> that</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: medium;"> tell the stories of how the places got the name "Jerusalem." There are JerUSAlems in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, and Vermont.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">As digital technologies developed, the project evolved into cyberangel flights from Jerusalem in Israel to museums in the states with places named "Jerusalem." </span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">See Mel Alexenberg's article on the <a href="https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/jerusalem-usa-see-the-20-jerusalems-in-usa/">20 Jerusalems in USA</a> and documentation of all the virtual flights at <a href="http://globaltributetorembrandt.blogspot.com/">Global Tribute to Rembrandt</a>. Read about the background for the spiritual dimensions of the new media age in his book <a href="http://throughabiblelens.blogspot.com/"><i>Through a Bible Lens</i></a>.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: red;">Alabama</span>, [Place] is in Lawrence County; location is 34°42'18"N 87°13'37"W</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: orange;">Arkansas</span>, [Place] is in Conway County; location is 35°24'17"N 92°49'0"W; Zip Code is 72080</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: purple;">Georgia</span>, [Place] is in Camden County; location is 30°58'41"N 81°50'45"W</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: purple;">Georgia</span>, [Place] is in Pickens County; location is 34°26'30"N 84°34'56"W</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: red;">Maryland</span>, [Place] is in Baltimore County; location is 39°27'46"N 76°23'22"W</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: red;">Maryland</span>, [Place] is in Frederick County; location is 39°31'27"N 77°34'49"W</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: red;">Maryland</span>, [Place] is in Harford County; location is 39°27'46"N 76°23'22"W</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: red;">Maryland</span>, [Place] is in Montgomery County; location is 39°9'33"N 77°24'23"W</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: orange;">Michigan</span>, [Place] is in Washtenaw County; location is 42°16'29"N 83°58'55"W</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: purple;">New York</span>, [Township] is in Yates County; location is 42°37'13"N 77°8'35"W; Zip Code is 14418</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem Corners, <span style="color: purple;">New York</span>, [Hamlet] is in the Town of Evans in Erie County; location is 42°40'93"N 79°00'98"W</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: red;">North Carolina</span>, [Place] is in Davie County; location is 35°48'54"N 80°30'57"W</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: orange;">Ohio</span>, [Populated Place] is in Monroe County; location is 39°51'6"N 81°5'33"W</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: orange;">Ohio</span>, [Village]; location is 39°51'N 81°6'W; Zip Code is 43747</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: purple;">Rhode Island</span>, [Place] is in Washington County; location is 41°22'36"N 71°31'5"W</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: red;">Tennessee</span>, [Place] is in Lincoln County; location is 35°14'36"N 86°47'4"W</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: orange;">Utah</span>, [Place] is in Sanpete County; location is 39°33'50"N 111°39'25"W</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: purple;"><span style="color: purple;">Vermont,</span> </span>[Place] is in Addison County; location is 44°10'11"N 72°58'15"W</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Jerusalem, <span style="color: purple;">Vermont</span>, [Place] is in Windsor County; location is 43°50'18"N 72°46'27"W</span><div><br /></div><div>The images below show Jerusalem, Rhode Island, and Jerusalem, Michigan<br /><br />
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on the cover of Prof. Mel Alexenberg’s book <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://thoughabiblelens.blogspot.com/">Through a Bible Lens: Biblical
Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media </a></span>ascend from
Jerusalem in Israel as in the biblical account of Jacob’s dream.
They come down into art museums in the twelve states in USA in which there are places
named “Jerusalem.” </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzawF7lw-kmzY5Dr_MCdQRLmJe1Nf282kJImN-pMxISdQ0J7OH1L8SYeyBW240wKu4UHfNa6p8RRljhmWlWb9rgQkGQ94eQPHOfTCTeQZrZdFJc7p2S_molABUyFNg-p7-7KIZhnxkMm-/s2048/0cover-front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzawF7lw-kmzY5Dr_MCdQRLmJe1Nf282kJImN-pMxISdQ0J7OH1L8SYeyBW240wKu4UHfNa6p8RRljhmWlWb9rgQkGQ94eQPHOfTCTeQZrZdFJc7p2S_molABUyFNg-p7-7KIZhnxkMm-/w266-h400/0cover-front.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><span style="font-size: medium;">The United
States of America is the only country in the world whose people’s love for the
Bible and for Jerusalem in the Land of Israel has prompted them to create
twenty new Jerusalems in the New World.</span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">“My heart
yearns for Jerusalem. I will not stop praying for her until righteousness shines
like the dawn, and her salvation blazes like a burning torch.” (Isaiah 62:1)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">The mayor of
Jerusalem Nir Barakat wrote: “December 6, 2017 will be remembered in history
for decades and centuries to come as that day the president of the free world
stood on the side of truth – recognizing Jerusalem as the eternal and
indivisible capital of the State of Israel. For 3,000 years, the center of Jewish
life, prayer and history has been the city of Jerusalem.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 107%;">“If I
forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function. May my tongue
cling to the roof of my mouth If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt
Jerusalem above my chief joy.” (Psalm 137:5-6)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Jerusalem is
mentioned 667 times in the Hebrew Bible. Since King David moved the capital of
Israel to Jerusalem more than 3,000 years ago, It has never been the capital of
any other country.</span><o:p style="font-size: 14pt;"></o:p></span></p></div>
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</div>Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-39361310902483499112019-11-25T10:43:00.000+02:002020-05-25T08:20:09.772+03:00Zero Cybermiles between Jerusalem in Israel and the 20 JerUSAlems in USA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There are thirty museums participating in artist Mel Alexenberg's <em><a href="http://globaltributetorembrandt.blogspot.com/">Global Tribute to Rembrandt</a></em> on five continents including those from the twelve states in USA that have places called JerUSAlem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The titles of the blog posts for the museums in the twelve states shows its distance in miles to Jerusalem in Israel and to Jerusalem in the US state. Zero cybermiles are added to describe the elimination of distance through today's digital technologies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">For example: <span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><span style="color: windowtext;"><a href="https://globaltributetorembrandt.blogspot.com/2019/09/university-of-michigan-museum-of-art-in.html"><span style="color: windowtext;">University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor: 6,018 miles from Jerusalem, Israel; 14 miles from Jerusalem, Michigan; or 0 cybermiles</span></a></span></i></span>, and<i> <span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color: windowtext;"><a href="https://globaltributetorembrandt.blogspot.com/2019/09/everson-museum-of-art-in-syracuse-new.html"><span style="color: windowtext;">Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York: 5,690 miles from Jerusalem, Israel; 78 miles from Jerusalem, New York; or 0 cybermiles</span></a></span></span></i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I coined the word “cybermiles” to highlight the difference between my digital events honoring Rembrandt on the 320<sup>th</sup> anniversary of his death in 1989 and on the 250<sup>th</sup> anniversary on 2019. Cybermiles symbolizes the shift from the fax generation to the ubiquitous digital culture of smartphones and social media.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">On the morning of October 4,<sup> </sup>1989, my Rembrandt inspired cyberangel ascended from the AT&T building in New York. It flew to Amsterdam to Jerusalem to Tokyo to Los Angeles, returning to New York on the same afternoon. It took an hour in each city to receive 28 pages of angel fragments and fax them on to the next city. After a five-hour flight around the planet, the deconstructed angel was reconstructed for the fifth time at its starting point. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Unlike fax technology where the cyberangel went from one city to the next on its circumglobal flight, today’s technology sees cyberangels ascend into “The Cloud” and descend into cities throughout the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Cloud describes a vast number of computers interconnected through a real-time communication network such as the Internet. The Cloud is a living network of networks blanketing our planet that expresses the biblical commentary that the angels in Jacob’s dream ascend into The Cloud and come down throughout the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In 1989, the distance between participating cities is measured in miles. Learn more about the circumglobal faxart event at <a href="https://globaltributetorembrandt.blogspot.com/2019/07/rembrandt-inspired-cyberangels-circle.html">Rembrandt Inspired Cyberangels Circle the Globe</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In 2019, rather than flying from place to place, cyberangels ascend into The Cloud and drop down anywhere in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cybermiles in the age of smartphones and social media erases miles. Follow my emerging digital homage to Rembrandt as it is happening at this <a href="http://globaltributetorembrandt.blogspot.com./">Global Tribute to Rembrandt</a> blog.</span></div>
Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-84655610448310507702019-11-24T15:46:00.005+02:002022-09-09T09:47:04.608+03:00Museum of Modern Art in New York City: 5,696 miles from Jerusalem, Israel; 305 miles from JerUSAlem, New York; or 0 Cybermiles<br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">As a digital homage to Rembrandt on the 350th anniversary of his death, artist Mel Alexenberg is launching cyberangels from Land of Israel, the setting of Rembrandt's Bible themed artworks, to art museums in the twelve US states that have places named JerUSAlem<em><strong>. </strong></em></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">Top image: Rembrandt inspired cyberangels arrive from Israel at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in time for lunch at the Terrace Cafe. The biblical words for </span><i style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">angel </i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">and </span><i style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">food </i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt;">are spelled with the same four Hebrew letters to teach that angels are spiritual messages arising from everyday life. Perhaps there is spiritual significance that museums that offer art also offer food.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Second image: The cyberangels begin their virtual flight from the Israel Museum's Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem, home of ancient Bible scrolls. They gain momentum by going up from the tallest building in Israel, the 91 story Azrieli Spiral Tower in construction in Tel Aviv with the shape of a Bible scroll.<br /><br />Third image: Cyberangels spiral up from a NASA satellite image of the Land of Israel on a smartphone screen on the cover of Mel Alexenberg’s latest book <span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><a href="http://throughabiblelens.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #0563c1;">Through a Bible Lens</span></a></i></span>. They launch the book throughout the world from the artist/author’s studio in Israel. See praise for the book at<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/israel365.com/make-the-bible-come-alive-and-transform-your-photography-buy-your-book-now?e=a5ad410914"><span style="color: #0563c1;"> Israel365</span></a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Bottom image: This experimental mixed media artwork by Mel Alexenberg was exhibited in the “The Second Emerging Expression Biennial: The Artist and the Computer” exhibition at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York in 1987-88.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">It creates a visual dialog between a hand-drawn etching, photoetching, and computer-generated etchings based on a Rembrandt drawing in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art that placed Alexenberg’s print in its collection. It was also acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in 1987.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">Mrs. Alfred R. Stern, Chairman of the Committee on Prints and Illustrated Books, wrote on adding Mel Alexenberg’s 1986 etching with aquatint, <i>Jacob’s Dream</i> from the series <i>Digitized Homage to Rembrandt</i> to MoMA’s collection: </span></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 17.12px;">“The members of the committee were pleased to accept this computer-assisted etching of Rembrandt’s imagery. As an example of the innovative technological experimentation taking place at Pratt Graphic Center, it will be of great interest to students of the development of graphic techniques.”</span></span>Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-4635977146195391462019-09-25T11:09:00.002+03:002020-05-19T14:42:26.730+03:00Book Launch via Cyberangels Ascending from the Land of Israel and Going Down into JerUSAlems in USA <div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">What better way to launch a book than to have cyberangels </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">emerge from the book's cover, </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ascend from the Land of Israel, and fly to JerUSAlems in USA and around the globe announcing their message.</span> <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Cybera</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">ngels are digital age messengers announcing how biblical insights can transform smartphone photography and social media into imaginative ways for seeing spirituality in everyday life. <i><a href="http://thoughabiblelens.blogspot.com/">Through a Bible Lens</a></i> speaks to Jews and Christians who share an abiding love of the Bible by inspiring the creation of a lively dialogue between our emerging life stories and the enduring biblical narrative.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Top image: On the cover of Prof. Mel Alexenberg’s highly acclaimed book <span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><a href="http://throughabiblelens.blogspot.com/">Through a Bible Lens</a>, </i>Rembrandt inspired cyberangels </span>spiral up from a NASA satellite image of the Land of Israel on a smartphone screen. The launching of the book to JerUSAlems in USA and throughout the world begins in the artist/author’s studio in Israel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bottom image: The lithograph “Angel Ascending from the Land of Israel”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> was created in the graphic center affiliated with the Israel Museum in Jerusalem by Alexenberg as a digital homage to Rembrandt on the 320th anniversary of his death. He was invited to Israel to make this lithograph when he was head of the art department at Pratt Institute in New York and research fellow at MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies. It is in the collection of the Israel Museum. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In tribute to Rembrandt on the 350<sup>th</sup> year of his death, his digitized angels that have been dormant in the museum’s flat files came alive to adorn the cover of the 2019 book <i><a href="http://throughabiblelens.blogspot.com/">Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media. </a></i></span><br />
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Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-67849969692026571742019-09-17T10:22:00.001+03:002019-11-25T10:16:09.233+02:00Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City: 5,696 miles from Jerusalem, Israel; 305 miles from JerUSAlem, New York; or 0 Cybermiles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Top image: Rembrandt inspired cyberangels arrive from Israel at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in time for lunch. The biblical words for <i>angel </i>and <i>food </i>are spelled with the same four Hebrew letters to teach that angels are spiritual messages arising from everyday life. Perhaps there is spiritual significance that museums that offer art also offer food.<br /><br />Second image: The cyberangels begin their flight from the Israel Museum's Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem, home of ancient Bible scrolls. They gain momentum by going up from the tallest building in Israel, home of Facebook’s R&D Center, until construction is completed for the 91 story Azrieli Spiral Tower in Tel Aviv with the shape of a Bible scroll.<br /><br />Third image: Cyberangels spiral up from a NASA satellite image of the Land of Israel on a smartphone screen on Mel Alexenberg’s newest book <span class="MsoHyperlink"><i><a href="http://throughabiblelens.blogspot.com/">Through a Bible Lens</a></i></span>. They launch the book throughout the world from the artist/author’s studio in Israel.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bottom image: This experimental mixed media artwork by Mel Alexenberg that was exhibited in the “The Second Emerging Expression Biennial: The Artist and the Computer” exhibition at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in New York, Sept. 17, 1987- January 24, 1988 and was acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art for its Department of Drawings and Prints. It is based on a Rembrandt drawing in the same collection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN">The text in the The Met’s website reads: </span>“Digitized Homage to Rembrandt: Jacob's Dream, 1986–87, Mel Alexenberg, American (born 1937). Etching, photoetching, and aquatint from computer generated-image, Accession Number 1987.110”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">As a digital homage to Rembrandt on the 350th anniversary of his death, artist Mel Alexenberg is launching cyberangels from Land of Israel, the setting of Rembrandt's Bible themed artworks, to art museums in the twelve US states that have places named JerUSAlem. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Top image: Rembrandt inspired cyberangels arrive from Israel at the elegant café of the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York, in time for lunch. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The biblical words for <i>angel </i>and <i>food </i>are spelled with the same four Hebrew letters to teach that angels are spiritual messages arising from everyday life. Perhaps there is spiritual significance that museums that offer art also offer food.<br /><br />Second image: The cyberangels begin their flight from the Israel Museum's Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem, home of ancient Bible scrolls. They gain momentum by going up from the tallest building in Israel, home of Facebook’s R&D Center, until construction is completed for the 91 story Azrieli Spiral Tower in Tel Aviv with the shape of a Bible scroll.<br /><br />Third image: Cyberangels spiral up from a NASA satellite image of the Land of Israel on a smartphone screen on Mel Alexenberg’s newest book <i>Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media.</i> They launch the book throughout the world from the artist/author’s studio in Israel. See praise for the book at<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/israel365.com/make-the-bible-come-alive-and-transform-your-photography-buy-your-book-now?e=a5ad410914"> Israel365</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bottom image: Alexenberg’s lithograph “Angel Announcing Birth of Samson to Manoah” that has been in the collection of Everson Museum of Art since 1986. In tribute to Rembrandt on the 350<sup>th</sup> year of his death, his digitized angels dormant in the museum’s flat files awaken to adorn the cover of the 2019 book <i>Through a Bible Lens. </i>The Rembrandt inspired cyberangels fly from the book cover to Syracuse, New York, 78 miles from Jerusalem, New York.</span></span></div>
Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-66585696470972871952019-09-17T10:11:00.002+03:002021-12-17T10:29:42.015+02:00Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio: 5,943 miles from Jerusalem, Israel; 136 miles from Jerusalem, Ohio; or 0 Cybermiles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">As a digital homage to Rembrandt on the 350th anniversary of his death, artist Mel Alexenberg is launching cyberangels from Land of Israel, the setting of Rembrandt's Bible themed artworks, to art museums in the twelve US states that have places named JerUSAlem. </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Top image: Rembrandt inspired cyberangels arrive from Israel at the elegant café of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in time for lunch. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The biblical words for <i>angel </i>and <i>food </i>are spelled with the same four Hebrew letters to teach that angels are spiritual messages arising from everyday life. Perhaps there is spiritual significance that museums that offer art also offer food.<br /><br />Second image: The cyberangels begin their flight from the Israel Museum's Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem, home of ancient Bible scrolls. They gain momentum by going up from the tallest building in Israel, home of Facebook’s R&D Center, until construction is completed for the 91 story Azrieli Spiral Tower in Tel Aviv with the shape of a Bible scroll.<br /><br />Third image: Cyberangels spiral up from a NASA satellite image of the Land of Israel on a smartphone screen on Mel Alexenberg’s newest book <i>Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media.</i> They launch the book throughout the world from the artist/author’s studio in Israel. See praise for the book at<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/israel365.com/make-the-bible-come-alive-and-transform-your-photography-buy-your-book-now?e=a5ad410914"> Israel365</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Bottom image: Alexenberg’s lithograph “Digitized Homage to Rembrandt: Night Angels” that has been in the collection of since 1986. In tribute to Rembrandt on the 350<sup>th</sup> year of his death, his digitized angels dormant in the museum’s flat files awaken to adorn the cover of the 2019 book <i>Through a Bible Lens. </i>The Rembrandt inspired cyberangels fly from the book cover to Youngstown, Ohio, 136 miles from Jerusalem, Ohio.</span><br />
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Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-2364562050553245892019-09-17T10:07:00.003+03:002021-12-17T10:31:45.343+02:00University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor: 6,018 miles from Jerusalem, Israel; 14 miles from Jerusalem, Michigan; or 0 Cybermiles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">As a digital homage to Rembrandt on the 350th anniversary of his death, artist Mel Alexenberg is launching cyberangels from Land of Israel, the setting of Rembrandt's Bible themed artworks, to art museums in the twelve US states that have places named JerUSAlem. </span></div>
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<i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">“He had a vision in a dream. A ladder was standing on the ground, its top reaching up towards heaven as Divine angels were going up and down on it.” (Genesis 28:12)</span></i></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Top image: Rembrandt inspired cyberangels arrive from Israel at the café of the University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor in time for lunch. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The biblical words for <i>angel </i>and <i>food </i>are spelled with the same four Hebrew letters to teach that angels are spiritual messages arising from everyday life. Perhaps there is spiritual significance that museums that offer art also offer food.<br /><br />Second image: The cyberangels begin their flight from the Israel Museum's Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem, home of ancient Bible scrolls. They gain momentum by going up from the tallest building in Israel, home of Facebook’s R&D Center, until construction is completed for the 91 story Azrieli Spiral Tower in Tel Aviv with the shape of a Bible scroll.<br /><br />Third image: Cyberangels spiral up from a NASA satellite image of the Land of Israel on a smartphone screen on Mel Alexenberg’s newest book <i>Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media.</i> They launch the book throughout the world from the artist/author’s studio in Israel. See praise for the book at<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/israel365.com/make-the-bible-come-alive-and-transform-your-photography-buy-your-book-now?e=a5ad410914"> Israel365</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Bottom image: Alexenberg’s serigraph “Long Island Angels” that has been in the collection of University of Michigan Museum of Art since 1987. In tribute to Rembrandt on the 350<sup>th</sup> year of his death, his digitized angels dormant in the museum’s flat files awaken to adorn the cover of the 2019 book <i>Through a Bible Lens. </i></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The Rembrandt inspired cyberangels ascend from the Land of Israel into The Cloud, the network of networks, and come down to link Long Island to Michigan on continental United States.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">As a digital homage to Rembrandt on the 350th anniversary of his death, artist Mel Alexenberg is launching cyberangels from Land of Israel, the setting of Rembrandt's Bible themed artworks, to art museums in the twelve US states that have places named JerUSAlem. </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Top image: Rembrandt inspired cyberangels arrive from Israel at the café of the Birmingham Museum of Art in Alabama in time for lunch. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The biblical words for <i>angel </i>and <i>food </i>are spelled with the same four Hebrew letters to teach that angels are spiritual messages arising from everyday life. Perhaps there is spiritual significance that museums that offer art also offer food.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Second image: The cyberangels begin their flight from the Israel Museum's Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem, home of ancient Bible scrolls. They gain momentum by going up from the tallest building in Israel, home of Facebook’s R&D Center, until construction is completed for the 91 story Azrieli Spiral Tower in Tel Aviv with the shape of a Bible scroll.</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Third image: Cyberangels spiral up from a NASA satellite image of the Land of Israel on a smartphone screen on Mel Alexenberg’s newest book <i>Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media.</i> They launch the book throughout the world from the artist/author’s studio in Israel. See praise for the book at<span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://mailchi.mp/israel365.com/make-the-bible-come-alive-and-transform-your-photography-buy-your-book-now?e=a5ad410914"> Israel365</a></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Bottom image: Alexenberg’s lithograph “Long Island Angels” in the collection of Birmingham Museum of Art.<i> </i>The Rembrandt inspired cyberangels ascend from the Land of Israel to The Cloud, the network of networks, and come down to link Long Island to Alabama on continental United States.</span><br />
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Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-76929233787172560612019-09-17T09:44:00.001+03:002019-11-25T20:19:35.870+02:00Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, North Carolina: 6,180 miles from Jerusalem, Israel; 211 miles from Jerusalem, North Carolina; or 0 Cybermiles<div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">As a digital homage to Rembrandt on the 350th anniversary of his death, artist Mel Alexenberg is launching cyberangels from Land of Israel, the setting of Rembrandt's Bible themed artworks, to art museums in the twelve US states that have places named JerUSAlem. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Top image: Rembrandt inspired cyberangels arrive at Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville, North Carolina from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Middle image: Cyberangels spiral up from a NASA satellite image of the Land of Israel on a smartphone screen on Mel Alexenberg’s newest book <a href="http://throughabiblelens.blogspot.com/">Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media.</a> They launch the book throughout the world from the artist/author’s studio in Israel. See praise for the book at<a href="https://mailchi.mp/israel365.com/make-the-bible-come-alive-and-transform-your-photography-buy-your-book-now?e=a5ad410914"> Israel365</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bottom image: Alexenberg’s lithograph “Digitize Homage to Rembrandt: Day Angels” that has been in the collection of Meridian Museum of Art since 1986. In tribute to Rembrandt on the 350<sup>th</sup> year of his death, his digitized angels dormant in the museum’s flat files awaken to adorn the cover of the 2019 book Through a Bible Lens. The Rembrandt inspired cyberangels fly from the book cover to Greenville, North Carolina, 211 miles from Jerusalem, North Carolina.</span><br />
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Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-86711691305897224062019-09-02T11:57:00.001+03:002019-11-25T20:20:09.933+02:00Cincinnati Art Museum: 6,195 Miles from Jerusalem, Israel; 228 miles from JerUSAlem, Ohio; or 0 Cybermiles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">As a digital homage to Rembrandt on the 350th anniversary of his death, artist Mel Alexenberg is launching cyberangels from Land of Israel, the setting of Rembrandt's Bible themed artworks, to art museums in the twelve US states that have places named JerUSAlem. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Top image: Rembrandt inspired cyberangels arrive from Israel at the Cincinnati Art Museum in time for lunch. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The biblical words for <i>angel </i>and <i>food </i>are spelled with the same four Hebrew letters to teach that angels are spiritual messages arising from everyday life. Perhaps there is spiritual significance that museums that offer art also offer food.<br /><br /> Second image: The cyberangels begin their flight from the Israel Museum's Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem, home of ancient Bible scrolls. They gain momentum by going up from the tallest building in Israel, home of Facebook’s R&D Center, until construction is completed for the 91 story Azrieli Spiral Tower in Tel Aviv with the shape of a Bible scroll.<br /><br /> Third image: Cyberangels spiral up from a NASA satellite image of the Land of Israel on a smartphone screen on Mel Alexenberg’s newest book <i><a href="http://throughabiblelens.blogspot.com/">Through a Bible Lens</a></i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They launch the book throughout the world from the artist/author’s studio in Israel.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bottom image: Alexenberg’s lithograph “Angel Announcing Birth of Samson to Manoah” that has been in the collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum since 1986.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In tribute to Rembrandt on the 350<sup>th</sup> year of his death, his digitized angels dormant in the museum’s flat files awaken to adorn the cover of the 2019 book <i>Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>They fly from the book cover to the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem, Israel, on to Jerusalem, Ohio.</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-37638946551680380222019-09-02T11:42:00.002+03:002019-09-25T08:21:53.949+03:00High Museum of Art in Atlanta: 6,456 Miles from Jerusalem, Israel; 340 Miles from JerUSAlem, Georgia; or 0 Cybermiles<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">“He had a vision in a dream. A ladder was standing on the ground, its top reaching up towards heaven as Divine angels were going up and down on it.” (Genesis 28:12)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Top image: Rembrandt inspired cyberangels arrive from Israel at the High Museum of Art<br />from the Israel Museum's Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem, home of ancient Bible scrolls.<br /><br /> Middle image: Cyberangels spiral up from a NASA satellite image of the Land of Israel on a smartphone screen on Mel Alexenberg’s newest book <i><a href="http://throughabiblelens.blogspot.com/">Through a Bible Lens</a></i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They launch the book throughout the world from the artist/author’s studio in Israel.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Bottom image: Alexenberg’s lithograph “Digitized Homage to Rembrandt: Day Angels” that has been in the collection of the High Museum of Art since 1987.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In tribute to Rembrandt on the 350<sup>th</sup> year of his death, his digitized angels dormant in the museum’s flat files awaken to adorn the cover of the 2019 book <i>Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>They fly from the book cover to the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem, Israel, on to Jerusalem, Georgia.</span><i><o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-34348915189984486102019-08-29T17:34:00.003+03:002021-12-17T10:35:37.626+02:00Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga: 6,417 miles from Jerusalem, Israel; 116 miles from JerUSAlem, Tennessee; or 0 Cybermiles <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms";">As a digital homage to Rembrandt on the 350th anniversary of his death, artist Mel Alexenberg is launching cyberangels from Land of Israel, the setting of Rembrandt's Bible themed artworks, to art museums in the twelve US states that have places named JerUSAlem. </span><i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span></i>
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<i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: blue;">“He had a vision in a dream. A ladder was standing on the ground, its top reaching up towards heaven as Divine angels were going up and down on it.” (Genesis 28:12)<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: blue;">Angels in Jacob’s dream go up from the Land of Israel and go down throughout the world.</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">T</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">op image: Rembrandt inspired cyberangels arrive from Israel at the Hunter Museum of American Art in time for lunch nearby at the Rembrandt Coffee House. </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"> </span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">The biblical words for </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">angel </i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">and </span><i style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">food </i><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">are spelled with the same four Hebrew letters to teach that angels are spiritual messages arising from everyday life. Perhaps there is spiritual significance that museums that offer art also offer food. </span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /> Second image: The cyberangels begin their flight from the Israel Museum's Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem, home of ancient Bible scrolls. They gain momentum by going up from the tallest building in Israel, home of Facebook’s R&D Center, until construction is completed for the 91 story Azrieli Spiral Tower in Tel Aviv with the shape of a Bible scroll.<br /><br /> Third image: Cyberangels spiral up from a NASA satellite image of the Land of Israel on a smartphone screen on Mel Alexenberg’s newest book <i><a href="http://throughabiblelens.blogspot.com/">Through a Bible Lens</a></i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They launch the book throughout the world from the artist/author’s studio in Israel.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Bottom image: Alexenberg’s lithograph “Digital Homage to Rembrandt: Day Angels” that has been in the collection of the Hunter Museum of American Art since 1986.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In tribute to Rembrandt on the 350<sup>th</sup> year of his death, the day angels dormant in the museum’s flat files awaken to adorn the cover of the 2019 book <i>Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i>They fly from the book cover to the Shrine of the Book in Jerusalem, Israel, and on to Tennessee where there are two places called Jerusalem.</span><br />
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Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-73479485302006172162018-10-16T13:26:00.002+03:002020-05-19T13:52:53.328+03:00Cyberangel Artworks in Museum Collections in States with Places Called JerUSAlem <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Mel Alexenberg's cyberangel artworks
are in the collections of art museums in some of the states where there
are places called </span><strong style="font-family: "trebuchet ms", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Jerusalem:</strong><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: red;">Birmingham Museum of Art</span>, Birmingham, Alabama; <span style="color: red;">University of Michigan Museum of Art</span>, Ann Arbor, Michigan; </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: red;">Everson Museum of Art</span>, Syracuse, New York; <span style="color: red;">Metropolitan Museum of Art</span>, New York City;<span style="color: red;"> Museum of Modern Art</span>, New York City; <span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: red;">Cincinnati Art Museum</span>, Cincinnati, Ohio;<span style="color: red;"> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: red;">Hunter Museum of American Art</span>, Chattanooga, <span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">Tennessee; and <span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span lang="EN" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><strong>H</strong></span><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: red;">igh Museum of Art</span>, Atlanta, Georgia.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span>
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">He created them (1986-87) at Pratt Institute in New York
when he was head of Pratt's art department and research fellow at MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies. His cyberangel artwork is also
represented in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American
History as a pioneering exemplar of computer-generated fine art printmaking.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />The serigraph above in the collection
of the Israel Museum was created by Mel Alexenberg at the museum affiliated
Burston Graphics Center in Jerusalem, Israel. It inspired the cover of the artist's newest book <i><a href="http://throughabiblelens.blogspot.com/">Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media</a></i>. The book provides the conceptual background for his cyberangel artworks: fine art prints, paintings, global telecommunications events, and the digital flight of cyberangels from Jerusalem in Israel to JerUSAlems in USA and throughout the world. </span><br />
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Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-73673201515535283092018-10-05T12:46:00.002+03:002021-04-20T15:03:29.964+03:00JerUSAlem-USA as Participatory Art<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">Jer<span style="color: red;">U</span>S<span style="color: #3366ff;">A</span>lem-USA</span></em> is a participatory art project that links the twenty Jerusalems in the United States with the original Jerusalem in Israel. There are Jerusalems in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, and Vermont.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-style: normal;">The name of the American Jerusalems was inspired by the Bible where we read about King David establishing Jerusalem as the capital of the unified state of the Israelite nation more than 3,000 years ago. Today, Jerusalem is the vibrant capital of the modern State of Israel.</span></span><br />
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-style: normal;"><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><em>"This city of Jerusalem I have set in the midst of nations, with other countries round about her." </em></span>(<em>Ezekiel </em>5:5)</span><br /><span style="color: #33ccff;"><br /></span>Jer<span style="color: red;">U</span>S<span style="color: #3366ff;">A</span>lem-USA invites museums, schools, and anyone with a smartphone or camera in Israel and USA join with him in creating a collaborative work of art. Unlike the solitary role of the visual artist in his studio, the role of the artist in a networked world is shifting to becoming more like the role of playwright/producer/director in theater and film, composer/conductor in music and choreographer in dance.<br /><br />In her book <em>The Reenchantment of Art</em>, Suzi Gablik proposes, “a new paradigm of <em>participation</em> in which art will begin to redefine itself in terms social relatedness…encouraging the emergence of a more participatory, social interactive framework for art, and supporting the transition from art-for-art’s-sake assumptions of late modernism.”</span></span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">As the artist of <em>Jer</em></span><em><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: red;">U</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">S</span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: #3366ff;">A</span></em><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><em>lem-USA</em>, I create the conceptual framework, craft the score/script, and form a team of collaborators who together under my baton bring into being an aesthetic work of participatory art.</span></div>
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<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br />The significance of participatory art in our networked world is explored in depth in Mel Alexenberg's books <i><span style="color: #3333ff;">Through a Bible Lens: Biblical Insights for Smartphone Photography and Social Media</span> </i>(HarperCollins),<i style="color: #3333ff;">The Future of Art in a Postdigital Age: From Hellenistic to Hebraic Consciousness </i>and<i> </i><i style="color: #3333ff;">Educating Artists for the Future: Learning at the Intersections of Art, Science, Technology and Culture</i><i style="color: #6600cc;"> </i>(both published by Intellect Books/University of Chicago Press).</span><br />
<span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif">Dr. Alexenberg is former art professor at Columbia University, research fellow at MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies, head of the art department at Pratt Institute, and professor at universities in Israel.</span></div>
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Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-2165960028135678132011-10-23T11:25:00.024+02:002011-11-01T09:02:23.317+02:00Jerusalem, Ohio<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Jerusalem resident Joy Yontz is a fifth grade teacher. She invited her students to photograph their Jerusalem, a town in an agricultural area in the rugged hills of eastern<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span>Ohio. Their photographic sequence begins and ends with images titled "Good morning Jerusalem" and "Good night Jerusalem." We see children's views of their rural town: rooster announcing dawn, entrance to Jerusalem, Amish buggy on a rainy day, snowy day, old school, Jerusalem post office, quilt barn, pumpkin harvest, painted pumpkins on Miss Clevenger's porch, Allison showing her goat at the county fair, tractor, Jim riding his horse Penny, and wild turkeys in a corn field. </div><br />
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<span style="color: magenta;">by Jerusalem Resident Joy Yontz </span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: magenta;">History</span></strong><br />
The first house was built in 1825. By 1847, there were only three residences in the area that was to become Jerusalem. The Quaker religious group built a church and named it Jerusalem. It is thought that Jerusalem (the town) was named after the church. The Quakers moved from the area and about 1860 the building was remodeled and used as a hotel. The Ohio River & Western Railroad went through Jerusalem until forced out of business in 1931 by a combination of automobile competition and the Great Depression. There are no signs of the railroad left in the small village. <br />
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<strong><span style="color: magenta;">The People and Families of Jerusalem: As of 2010 Census</span> </strong><br />
There are an estimated 161 people in the village corporation limits; 1,079 people with a Jerusalem address. About 61% of adults are married. Approximately 79% of housing in Jerusalem is owner-occupied. 93% of the residents drive to work. The following statistics are based on the population with a Jerusalem address: Total Population 1,079 - Male, 538; Female 541; Median Age 37.4; Race - White 1,051, Black or African American 9; Indian American 2; Asian 14; Hispanic or Latino 1; Average family size 3.09; Occupied housing units 401; High School Graduate or higher 604; Bachelor’s Degree or higher 80; Speak a language other than English at home 6.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: magenta;">School</span></strong><br />
The first and only school in town was built in 1884. It was a two story frame building at the west end of Church Street. That building was replaced in 1920 with a three room building. Jerusalem had a high school until 1929. Elementary students continued to attend the Jerusalem School until the fall of 1958 when they were transferred to Beallsville Elementary School. The building now serves as a Community and Recreation Center. <br />
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<strong><span style="color: magenta;">Churches</span></strong><br />
The earliest records found of the Church of Christ date back to about 1907 when meetings were held in the homes of members and then in one of the rooms of the Jerusalem School. They purchased a building lot in 1912 for $150. The congregation still worships in the building on Main Street. Beginning in 1852, Methodist services were held in the private residence of Jacob Lawrence. They purchased a building in 1960. In the past few years, there have been several Amish families move into the area. There is now a large population of Amish and they travel to each other’s homes to worship. <br />
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<strong><span style="color: magenta;">Economics</span></strong><br />
There is a dairy farm on the west side of town. The surrounding rural area also has many farms where dairy cattle, beef cattle, goats, and produce are raised. The public water system, Switzerland of Ohio Water District, has an office in the corporation limits. They serve the town’s people and any others who have city water in the surrounding area. However, many people still have their own private water wells to supply their homes and farms with water. <br />
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The people of Jerusalem are either self-employed or work at the coal mines or steel mill. Ohio Valley Coal and Century Mine are employers of a large number of residents; they are both located within 5 -10 miles of the town. Ormet, a steel mill, is located along the Ohio River. The only other employer, which is within close proximity of the town, is the local school district, Switzerland of Ohio Local Schools. This is the only school district in Monroe County and also includes part of Belmont County. It is the largest school district in Ohio, geographically, has 2 high schools, 1 pre-K/12 school, and 5 elementary schools. The children in Jerusalem, Ohio attend Beallsville Public School; a Pre-K to 12th grade building with under 400 students. <br />
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<strong><span style="color: magenta;">Recreation</span></strong><br />
Jerusalem is a very small, rural village and the largest city is an hour’s drive. However, the Switzerland of Ohio Country Club, along with Wilson Lake, is about ½ mile from the east side of town. It offers the residents an opportunity to enjoy a round of golf and/or a day of fishing. The residents who enjoy horseback riding, rodeos, and mutton busting spend many hours at the Grizzle Ridge Arena.<br />
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During winter, sled riding, ice skating, and snow days from school are fun for all. Many participate in the different hunting seasons: deer, turkey, raccoon, mink, muskrat, beaver, rabbit, squirrel, and goose are a few. The summer months bring the county fair for the 4-H groups. Children and adults enjoy the week of taking their animals and/or projects to be displayed and judged. This is the beginning for many who will become our future farmers and veterinarians. Others learn the importance of other topics from money management to computer graphics.Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-53207956834177521232009-10-31T19:09:00.005+02:002009-10-31T19:22:22.414+02:00Jerusalem, North Carolina<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzDTMCnLoo6_JCcVxbBc1gjzd7LUm1Eda5TxZxvBIeu2RLP3A8zoSWfbF5gWZgPPde6LMHQNvZ0VO4T-6QQvRVjMh_yA5aZheHTNm0WiLJxkS9-U700wUSVBdIPCm4o5SJHNUgzShIW30/s1600-h/NCMH_squash.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398815495702809714" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCzDTMCnLoo6_JCcVxbBc1gjzd7LUm1Eda5TxZxvBIeu2RLP3A8zoSWfbF5gWZgPPde6LMHQNvZ0VO4T-6QQvRVjMh_yA5aZheHTNm0WiLJxkS9-U700wUSVBdIPCm4o5SJHNUgzShIW30/s400/NCMH_squash.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlq16wrFSfdN44u5B9Z1utgTGc9DAuplfL0kSLdXe5RHFR1VUvpcZPHc5Io0kwljA6BJ6pISHUW-iCVVpHe0k69Vnu0ZQN8TPtxAXhf4nvCz-gPMThOQe9C12-72-Ti4MXKXwbDQcCzUP-/s1600-h/NCMH_firedistrict.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398813943862498274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlq16wrFSfdN44u5B9Z1utgTGc9DAuplfL0kSLdXe5RHFR1VUvpcZPHc5Io0kwljA6BJ6pISHUW-iCVVpHe0k69Vnu0ZQN8TPtxAXhf4nvCz-gPMThOQe9C12-72-Ti4MXKXwbDQcCzUP-/s400/NCMH_firedistrict.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rwZp3pnvInCt0sdkCj2zz221aFbm5Xx__9iEE6xV1SEtjUeIywMLJpXnvbo5ChRQm-pMbUNgUD2uqXNW4PvFsvvLtQoag_xWF1OXrNWiMPKlR3ceEKppg2nRDqj-U9vwd_oYSkiyEyzD/s1600-h/NCMH_house_tower.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398813581052202466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rwZp3pnvInCt0sdkCj2zz221aFbm5Xx__9iEE6xV1SEtjUeIywMLJpXnvbo5ChRQm-pMbUNgUD2uqXNW4PvFsvvLtQoag_xWF1OXrNWiMPKlR3ceEKppg2nRDqj-U9vwd_oYSkiyEyzD/s400/NCMH_house_tower.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU06WpAKndgYQCZaq5mTGLaznFz5AhDs_OY13sZBq0dQSZWEv1pYIFQFulWfWLDIbm8lPt0J8TJRpIIbHZQzb_oJPp2ZVA-F4mFeIfpY1fak3TW9agpIQEfjW4FxO3bBa1ZhOvu0u00zId/s1600-h/NCMH_oldcar.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398813355151392994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU06WpAKndgYQCZaq5mTGLaznFz5AhDs_OY13sZBq0dQSZWEv1pYIFQFulWfWLDIbm8lPt0J8TJRpIIbHZQzb_oJPp2ZVA-F4mFeIfpY1fak3TW9agpIQEfjW4FxO3bBa1ZhOvu0u00zId/s400/NCMH_oldcar.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiii9gP-RgmN3d-L9zfYaP_nQIROapZEuoNnD7bl-ibu7NCKJ8fkdFJasNGrV5uE1HE7wk1ozlyPxK7FoFRfQs8VBeG9jxG1dP_YKQVCcN_XVwAUVfL254WlbfF2QAiONdHhVQdn4ab6c/s1600-h/NCMH_churchsign.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 298px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398813092951308130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtiii9gP-RgmN3d-L9zfYaP_nQIROapZEuoNnD7bl-ibu7NCKJ8fkdFJasNGrV5uE1HE7wk1ozlyPxK7FoFRfQs8VBeG9jxG1dP_YKQVCcN_XVwAUVfL254WlbfF2QAiONdHhVQdn4ab6c/s400/NCMH_churchsign.JPG" /></a>About the photographer: Maria Howard is a studio art major at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina studying photography with Professor Leo Morissey.Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-75413029944719853222009-10-29T11:06:00.007+02:002009-10-31T19:44:36.270+02:00Jerusalem, Michigan 4<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPWxOFuDf4Cl3c40ikIHvaVUO0HkeDKiZZYgN82ucsKW919PcILssE67MDJFmmNzv7WMgS0GlaJKT640ByFP7Yo3Wg0ON0Au-v2nsUAVOpnkx5NIxD2th5nkuDBCZiAdZlrOUOBhyphenhyphenAw_g/s1600-h/MIJL_lady&sunflower.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 287px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398821374057345170" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPWxOFuDf4Cl3c40ikIHvaVUO0HkeDKiZZYgN82ucsKW919PcILssE67MDJFmmNzv7WMgS0GlaJKT640ByFP7Yo3Wg0ON0Au-v2nsUAVOpnkx5NIxD2th5nkuDBCZiAdZlrOUOBhyphenhyphenAw_g/s400/MIJL_lady&sunflower.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkg8QNR9Q8g1eIh7cPoN8lA2wmD2r3gzMJbTPp4w5qHRHeiPYXGqd6Gv1y1b54ywRXksEhUqz9tLAK0ihK1eTz6Hx6JTIsaAAcyySp-iL88qUfK1L8trSg7eaVz9MykNE3HTXUhWqpCblV/s1600-h/MIJL_lady&sunflower.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397948092462203186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkg8QNR9Q8g1eIh7cPoN8lA2wmD2r3gzMJbTPp4w5qHRHeiPYXGqd6Gv1y1b54ywRXksEhUqz9tLAK0ihK1eTz6Hx6JTIsaAAcyySp-iL88qUfK1L8trSg7eaVz9MykNE3HTXUhWqpCblV/s400/MIJL_lady&sunflower.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBoxFjVVc7S6qu1m4KBoCBYtiGaDp8zRGsxs0EwCvrGj5PbQCtDIfGim79oTpujs8QdTLVY2EESmOujnYEgAaQ6Vi-4Mz84HZ5QDXcjiQqIb5od5fOaF7z2jVXVPsk4Imjxey_b6cPz4X/s1600-h/MIJL_backyardswing.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397947613598271506" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBoxFjVVc7S6qu1m4KBoCBYtiGaDp8zRGsxs0EwCvrGj5PbQCtDIfGim79oTpujs8QdTLVY2EESmOujnYEgAaQ6Vi-4Mz84HZ5QDXcjiQqIb5od5fOaF7z2jVXVPsk4Imjxey_b6cPz4X/s400/MIJL_backyardswing.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9AN1A-5mWdzrzEGuEWjG4_vS6ooDcu54iAnPWXCdsM2GB9a0R2o5pNi3WPU5rrYbS6HiyT1ZwE2gNN_twZpkzNk86wOJ8LV881cUFYe0BlQrKMilgxVfuDUp512Xm6PAFzFqpztY8gxAQ/s1600-h/MIJL_lady&dog.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 280px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397946741398116322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9AN1A-5mWdzrzEGuEWjG4_vS6ooDcu54iAnPWXCdsM2GB9a0R2o5pNi3WPU5rrYbS6HiyT1ZwE2gNN_twZpkzNk86wOJ8LV881cUFYe0BlQrKMilgxVfuDUp512Xm6PAFzFqpztY8gxAQ/s400/MIJL_lady&dog.jpg" /></a>Jordan Long traveled with his friend Cranbrook MFA student PD Rearick to Jerusalem, MI, where he photographed Tillie Whit in her sunflower field, with her dog Bucky, her home and backyard swing. He wrote how he was blessed to have met such an amazing lady who lives in one of the five houses in Jerusalem, Michigan, and had been to the original Jerusalem in Israel.Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-75714622929511794302009-10-26T20:33:00.006+02:002009-10-26T20:47:44.407+02:00Jerusalem, Utah 7<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqFk7YWGiu3V40PnDrFaJN7s-fNIklppgsiNR4ukonoQ1YlZVD055fWo5CPfB3C0mGxknlkci45jYDW2A22VolIoxDO-AwMLrJSEQaWN8Auaq8W5sdrufh0mSKIxPYiA88nAAybRWeKxL/s1600-h/UTMD_farm_equipment.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396980957037210914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqFk7YWGiu3V40PnDrFaJN7s-fNIklppgsiNR4ukonoQ1YlZVD055fWo5CPfB3C0mGxknlkci45jYDW2A22VolIoxDO-AwMLrJSEQaWN8Auaq8W5sdrufh0mSKIxPYiA88nAAybRWeKxL/s400/UTMD_farm_equipment.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6L_HjIMoczS3Ch37mKMazwhoB49fLtl1CC09-8nw72f7a9r7gFjJgIOjsIp4dPgf1pX9obVP_5SJThdVhyphenhyphenH0twdIG1f8u7n0-UKIFmPkbeDrkNUPd3pJBbzKvhtx-aFx2VEwZZGu5Ke91/s1600-h/UTMD_bushouse.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396980805703945346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6L_HjIMoczS3Ch37mKMazwhoB49fLtl1CC09-8nw72f7a9r7gFjJgIOjsIp4dPgf1pX9obVP_5SJThdVhyphenhyphenH0twdIG1f8u7n0-UKIFmPkbeDrkNUPd3pJBbzKvhtx-aFx2VEwZZGu5Ke91/s400/UTMD_bushouse.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwf03gCyp3g_j8e-b7BqkL0heOVZvlQsVMSfGwB4Gxe5DjKklXhjyCK1pT-dQfWBmb7azw47BxjNy4wljBag63v4FW7T8WzXaWovksi7qDpsLs0g_Gn2XrkH3DVTP2U4u1T3Ea5pUaXDkm/s1600-h/UTMD_house.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396980623042910002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwf03gCyp3g_j8e-b7BqkL0heOVZvlQsVMSfGwB4Gxe5DjKklXhjyCK1pT-dQfWBmb7azw47BxjNy4wljBag63v4FW7T8WzXaWovksi7qDpsLs0g_Gn2XrkH3DVTP2U4u1T3Ea5pUaXDkm/s400/UTMD_house.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWM7Jl6yw4ht0CJxFghKfLuA5gyS-RroXmoykmI5DK9OMuGv4q2q6ko7Hv3HVUZjBju_1dzbmj3k4rtmOjOhdKHIK_MPxqYs4dR7V7b8OvOlrv-ZW_HT9cmFdrmWAC5AOFdSb_Ln9MH0X/s1600-h/UTMD_log_cabin.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396980486391456786" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmWM7Jl6yw4ht0CJxFghKfLuA5gyS-RroXmoykmI5DK9OMuGv4q2q6ko7Hv3HVUZjBju_1dzbmj3k4rtmOjOhdKHIK_MPxqYs4dR7V7b8OvOlrv-ZW_HT9cmFdrmWAC5AOFdSb_Ln9MH0X/s400/UTMD_log_cabin.jpg" /></a>Snow College photography student Molly Davis wrote:<br />A long, dry, dirt road led up to the town. There were old decaying cabins and sheds, log cabins, and tiny houses where the people lived. A car came down the dirt road with a lady wearing a pink hat and pink lipstick. She introduced herself as Laura Phelps, “Mayor” of the town. She was sweet and excited about the JerUSAlem-USA project when we explained it to her. She told us about the history of little Jerusalem that was established by her great-grandfather.<br /><br />Walking down the road was a man in his flannel shirt and worn out jeans with his eight-month-old Great Dane puppy. You could hardly call her a puppy. She was huge. The man was in the process of training her. Her jumping all over the place scared me. The man, who did not want to be identified, told us about his great-great-grandmother and how she lived in the broken down blue bus in his shed. He then left to help his neighbor with a farming project. The farming equipment was painted in beautiful bright colors, which was humorous because the town itself was very dry and bland with green trees and hills behind it. I felt a sense of beauty there even with the “No Trespassing” and “Keep Out” signs.Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-84495311450408983622009-10-22T16:41:00.010+02:002021-04-22T10:18:29.128+03:00Jerusalem, Michigan 3<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KEcBEqTRjBBS3Kgl3qdVVUKj3hNdG7NIbAePPq3T9WxuJTR8z0T6AH-vo8whc93nsY_UGuVBVPaT76Au2rkcO_chXtk8O-1u5BPzcRkkhcQk0KxiHpu5TvbpVq3JpfymIvG96f2kgN6A/s1600-h/MIGO_half+tree.jpeg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395435726275943858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1KEcBEqTRjBBS3Kgl3qdVVUKj3hNdG7NIbAePPq3T9WxuJTR8z0T6AH-vo8whc93nsY_UGuVBVPaT76Au2rkcO_chXtk8O-1u5BPzcRkkhcQk0KxiHpu5TvbpVq3JpfymIvG96f2kgN6A/s400/MIGO_half+tree.jpeg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 268px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBTw50rpD8zC4ox0RoPL9hsXdWxISCVNjyCQxIJP2jDKzG_acK87pDlVtMTjUgR5fdwA7mg2gFdChsFSipEp3oroEoVsEzZE3zVb44izySYvB-8WJ1K3QiPeoRp8X-iRIbJ-qhmmf5yrYW/s1600-h/MIGO_jerusalem.jpeg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395435612173296450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBTw50rpD8zC4ox0RoPL9hsXdWxISCVNjyCQxIJP2jDKzG_acK87pDlVtMTjUgR5fdwA7mg2gFdChsFSipEp3oroEoVsEzZE3zVb44izySYvB-8WJ1K3QiPeoRp8X-iRIbJ-qhmmf5yrYW/s400/MIGO_jerusalem.jpeg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 266px;" /></a> About the photographer: Ginger Owen is Assistant Professor and Area Coordinator for Photography and Intermedia at the College of Fine Arts of Western Michigan University. She photographed Jerusalem, Michigan, a dirt road street about a mile long with less than 15 houses on the street. It is surrounded by corn fields and farmland.
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzHh0bgvR9uVMV3c2jI1X5sMBU8lb50j1ejzlTMP20RqXHuo-1v4PPVVCMPB6aAwEjYnU38oIfYWlV0TcQjA5xUL8QpOJ2Q-86D_95ZLzu9vQB96dsyLI52KwqbjGN4ui8a1iMIFOKr6VX/s1600-h/MIGO_space.jpeg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395435443290699170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzHh0bgvR9uVMV3c2jI1X5sMBU8lb50j1ejzlTMP20RqXHuo-1v4PPVVCMPB6aAwEjYnU38oIfYWlV0TcQjA5xUL8QpOJ2Q-86D_95ZLzu9vQB96dsyLI52KwqbjGN4ui8a1iMIFOKr6VX/s400/MIGO_space.jpeg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 268px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-85044183189260500602009-10-22T16:22:00.008+02:002009-10-26T20:48:32.558+02:00Jerusalem, Michigan 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYS7ereMknlPCwfqcpt72dPwE5EcKReYsbRZ2wVnRo1c8UrCp8xpjfpiR1uHKpgAwhCWHRsCU868Ledl2IV4vDeEIdaUYjfGMdEbvAD4TM5aOlJOXjVQ6-kqhFrgnKitDfZDQZqbGKEF9/s1600-h/MIPDR_road.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395430266506008034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYS7ereMknlPCwfqcpt72dPwE5EcKReYsbRZ2wVnRo1c8UrCp8xpjfpiR1uHKpgAwhCWHRsCU868Ledl2IV4vDeEIdaUYjfGMdEbvAD4TM5aOlJOXjVQ6-kqhFrgnKitDfZDQZqbGKEF9/s400/MIPDR_road.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydbg0_BMctjmZHMb8FUv6aEGiHCOjqPlls1zxWE66fnJLA_TnBRUuWcKcJbMiG8XDroicUBcHo6iAcg3uhbPeDXVJZ5OPCkmBDPjFvD7dLMBNcwl-HPEdk4pXJLa-iXm96rZ-hGXn43yv/s1600-h/MIPDR_woods.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 399px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395430121627559762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydbg0_BMctjmZHMb8FUv6aEGiHCOjqPlls1zxWE66fnJLA_TnBRUuWcKcJbMiG8XDroicUBcHo6iAcg3uhbPeDXVJZ5OPCkmBDPjFvD7dLMBNcwl-HPEdk4pXJLa-iXm96rZ-hGXn43yv/s400/MIPDR_woods.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiqkk3iUtOcmIeSh2amfpRxvHdInvHCMAQbYDmZp27-VOZ5BeNdvr6IT62dH9WdxRkyJO3lKgL-gBG2UyUFMf5g8FEnG-3MJOQGydll9fxc_ufO_S_1skppIdBir3h66c8Vl6lvVNomEW_/s1600-h/MIPDR_house.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395429989738776130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiqkk3iUtOcmIeSh2amfpRxvHdInvHCMAQbYDmZp27-VOZ5BeNdvr6IT62dH9WdxRkyJO3lKgL-gBG2UyUFMf5g8FEnG-3MJOQGydll9fxc_ufO_S_1skppIdBir3h66c8Vl6lvVNomEW_/s400/MIPDR_house.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTa6YvBVqa1R4BHOQj_i57n6j75t6vvfwvEj6W3AQCbM71KjlBWw0sK335mmJTD-ggL8ONrghQVNGodpHLv4qBltetbFVGokrNoJ_8NFRiwwBnspmbZHwpI94gxnjiuTU30mYGdORCHXyZ/s1600-h/MIPDR_lady&dog.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 399px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395429828473521410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTa6YvBVqa1R4BHOQj_i57n6j75t6vvfwvEj6W3AQCbM71KjlBWw0sK335mmJTD-ggL8ONrghQVNGodpHLv4qBltetbFVGokrNoJ_8NFRiwwBnspmbZHwpI94gxnjiuTU30mYGdORCHXyZ/s400/MIPDR_lady&dog.jpg" /></a>About the photographer: Paul-David Rearick is a MFA student of photography professor Liz Cohen at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. He photographed the main road through Jerusalem, Michigan, one of five houses in ‘downtown’ Jerusalem, the foundation of the creek mill, and Ms. Tillie Whit and her dog Bucky.Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-46563229679991344202009-10-22T15:54:00.008+02:002009-10-26T20:47:28.974+02:00Jerusalem,Utah 6<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6NGsNAM6-KIFKnSNkcVjddAytcTC6TEC2D0yBcsl48ea4KuXkx4QW7arTMC6gNJvFS8wyzPZPEiFk1ZI51jfDnHBftub62WF3PuUUVDDifRKZNxcliIO_QPDfjYOcqcX1Q2n7tqhxTzP/s1600-h/UTHD_grainscene.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395423087100401490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz6NGsNAM6-KIFKnSNkcVjddAytcTC6TEC2D0yBcsl48ea4KuXkx4QW7arTMC6gNJvFS8wyzPZPEiFk1ZI51jfDnHBftub62WF3PuUUVDDifRKZNxcliIO_QPDfjYOcqcX1Q2n7tqhxTzP/s400/UTHD_grainscene.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwStSW_fVcNdYZhe5v_LNghzm0zEmzW6wRTKgpYjluvc8e9cOJwCtbs5XkIVVx9tDZ2UpQNVYhNSkF5wFDm2o8bDg-grxUi8lbp8BxfnxulA5ddc0OWxLdBhOvQsXKz5VlKzjD8wFLUUwV/s1600-h/UTHD_branches_scene.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395422928639044242" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwStSW_fVcNdYZhe5v_LNghzm0zEmzW6wRTKgpYjluvc8e9cOJwCtbs5XkIVVx9tDZ2UpQNVYhNSkF5wFDm2o8bDg-grxUi8lbp8BxfnxulA5ddc0OWxLdBhOvQsXKz5VlKzjD8wFLUUwV/s400/UTHD_branches_scene.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0e-LGSKu42nD50rKDBaj8zbUR5s9VtXmsGHrHROLq0zYKX12Jr3H6z0h1W0j1QrORk35ro6jEBGcZVA-fiVIv7iuzIB_cSI1xvqL35mgvOAkxWpRF6DQh5Q0zMhSzMs109YwuesaU4yKH/s1600-h/UTHD_no_treaspassing.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395422769709484162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0e-LGSKu42nD50rKDBaj8zbUR5s9VtXmsGHrHROLq0zYKX12Jr3H6z0h1W0j1QrORk35ro6jEBGcZVA-fiVIv7iuzIB_cSI1xvqL35mgvOAkxWpRF6DQh5Q0zMhSzMs109YwuesaU4yKH/s400/UTHD_no_treaspassing.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu3YHVUepoMN8y31EXzVGygUClAMwNuw_J0wfErOaeepsDYxGCHbQV00l4cxvgEzodqjMH4bmzwg3WJR-XHG7EcNeI7hombbiR8ChYAHZ4MIZAsyJQinJPwWmtjBeZT_LdvsBcfZcg0U15/s1600-h/UTHD_deadend.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395422573769945154" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu3YHVUepoMN8y31EXzVGygUClAMwNuw_J0wfErOaeepsDYxGCHbQV00l4cxvgEzodqjMH4bmzwg3WJR-XHG7EcNeI7hombbiR8ChYAHZ4MIZAsyJQinJPwWmtjBeZT_LdvsBcfZcg0U15/s400/UTHD_deadend.jpg" /></a>About the photographer: Heaston Dahl is a photography student at Snow College in Ephraim, Utah.Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-59456889596830671242009-10-22T11:44:00.014+02:002009-10-26T20:47:07.987+02:00Jerusalem, Utah 5<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBclchzA6P2kek5vupdgT2Sw36OTqPiEKq4nCGPhpRV_vWpLExf6ogFD7IUHUt4Es71M_ZAak3pRNCriWKMpkj3oJa4d3k-wVhFZVe2rkj85PM490vwD3cLNNMxPtmM0s0mXZ1aa_8gXCm/s1600-h/UTKE_road_mountains.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395359968664632162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBclchzA6P2kek5vupdgT2Sw36OTqPiEKq4nCGPhpRV_vWpLExf6ogFD7IUHUt4Es71M_ZAak3pRNCriWKMpkj3oJa4d3k-wVhFZVe2rkj85PM490vwD3cLNNMxPtmM0s0mXZ1aa_8gXCm/s400/UTKE_road_mountains.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVH_dpdeqf9BZ7x45h2fRZer9Y2sxwsWS95r_ggBOtcax1t2Q_DnEfwQD6wIDvXH52bzW8so-HbIC5GZDImNzHbW9UJ4Ha4SVNPbxjuLvYe7LtMpYprideudeBx3fTDbd1aKfwnuRF32IW/s1600-h/UTKE_horse.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395359029216883570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVH_dpdeqf9BZ7x45h2fRZer9Y2sxwsWS95r_ggBOtcax1t2Q_DnEfwQD6wIDvXH52bzW8so-HbIC5GZDImNzHbW9UJ4Ha4SVNPbxjuLvYe7LtMpYprideudeBx3fTDbd1aKfwnuRF32IW/s400/UTKE_horse.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG1REuSar0p7frhkmb5TM4eEJA1zW5iWzcSv6_jHH3WHsc0hN-uSHzj_f289eSBEjsFFYjH6Pz_gp9lFVMgwc5Kj4LvGFi3Gb7xcbS9hwN3pQEV2BBIcEbbyU3WAGrqB_b9T_63u-N8dFK/s1600-h/UTKE_oldtractor.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395358508082134658" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCTFrR3SB-mAH06IaFqExAu9OXxvTqVGo2GrdYmN-v2x2cJ4H16qO4a6YH1BUae9k_S60Le4e-kaSCvK1jD2A0Kzg7ZKuqHBUeSqRjHaWLcta_RaZECW2SpKCmW1Imv2a_ZfyTLTz21hg8/s400/UTKE_house1.JPG" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-RWLBvVizZnSPtRfvhUDyjF5q3A6PCrcfPGG_OrV4CWZWGHgyklvgiOP12u9V8rfIHtjmi0dFZuW5FJtex5Yxz7nGk2TwR0xldeXjSVq1Ta7o6FfK6oVfpsOHx1dBSErecupz-XnWo4BV/s1600-h/UTKE_barn_colorfulparts.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395358351072065858" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-RWLBvVizZnSPtRfvhUDyjF5q3A6PCrcfPGG_OrV4CWZWGHgyklvgiOP12u9V8rfIHtjmi0dFZuW5FJtex5Yxz7nGk2TwR0xldeXjSVq1Ta7o6FfK6oVfpsOHx1dBSErecupz-XnWo4BV/s400/UTKE_barn_colorfulparts.JPG" /></a>Karen Everitt is a student of photography professor Amy Jorgensen at Snow College.<br /><br />Professor Jorgensen wrote to Mel Alexenberg: "I showed your blog to my Snow College students and they were all very excited about participating. Though the majority of them are from rural areas of Utah, most were unaware of the existence of a Jerusalem, UT. They've spent the last few weeks visiting Jerusalem and documenting their experiences. It's been a great project for them to explore an unfamiliar rural town and make connections with the broader global community."<br /><div></div>Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-35904918598739697762009-10-22T09:44:00.004+02:002009-10-26T20:46:45.241+02:00Jerusalem, Utah 4<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_u3HUEWFn_675q78bKc6GvpO25ncCeAS2A5V5opJDc-DTgVEAds9aHU-Jxm088IuHInN1wEggyNoF22xJulT8hSCaCaaHBQ98V3noKlu80ds5O4znp5kiPBYusoZUzICQPpWvRLPTHwPF/s1600-h/UTCG_oldbus.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395353463151632530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_u3HUEWFn_675q78bKc6GvpO25ncCeAS2A5V5opJDc-DTgVEAds9aHU-Jxm088IuHInN1wEggyNoF22xJulT8hSCaCaaHBQ98V3noKlu80ds5O4znp5kiPBYusoZUzICQPpWvRLPTHwPF/s400/UTCG_oldbus.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX0GY3TH32i63fuGQI2VcmL5uu3KnM1lc3afKTWyE9_kLqWsDashIZkgoQkIz60KLXL2vJOr8bmoRhx4IVYx6tB0jqBk8YhjLuQoso_gJ85118F7kcNXLOE4rTzPApaRu28GpeizdRmIyN/s1600-h/UTCG_woman_wash.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395352333530630194" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBeKjDprrSie8Pj86y4sca_DGdvGPgWy8qi6weZ4V0slo85oZFUj8oXSvOvc_aZbNs2UzpO7QEIEkEC-QdNZkvUX4EZbXgZ9Y_FL0TVMsJWHie_n45jSCjN09FqiKJAORApWH66Q4gHSF/s400/UTCG_tractor.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4CzbyTZbS4QEbn2cps0PBsrel5uRe5y1gr7qDWzazmVH0Gm_8CHuq1F08g1Zkx-BAeiDBhyphenhyphenLu4zdtu3pacAKMpglH9gcPBGmnJ_dr4PCthQ0vadWocojnWFQYUMyWaS4Z-0geBeyfgDOt/s1600-h/UTCG_cornfield.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395352052587397618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4CzbyTZbS4QEbn2cps0PBsrel5uRe5y1gr7qDWzazmVH0Gm_8CHuq1F08g1Zkx-BAeiDBhyphenhyphenLu4zdtu3pacAKMpglH9gcPBGmnJ_dr4PCthQ0vadWocojnWFQYUMyWaS4Z-0geBeyfgDOt/s400/UTCG_cornfield.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgCpFqet-Vm7rnVu0HfOvh6aq8zyT8zUIRzj2AzGiRQt7fEAniYi3vACuLgSthtVW01t37cUbu9873YhcYxghT7u6XFwkZHPm-lDu8ZOSspPQ64JmZJQLJfxJxMkUYIyyV8MU6SK7XLq-/s1600-h/UTCG_house2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395351756973416946" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIgCpFqet-Vm7rnVu0HfOvh6aq8zyT8zUIRzj2AzGiRQt7fEAniYi3vACuLgSthtVW01t37cUbu9873YhcYxghT7u6XFwkZHPm-lDu8ZOSspPQ64JmZJQLJfxJxMkUYIyyV8MU6SK7XLq-/s400/UTCG_house2.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrpdKGI5724dBXxkd5Li3tiKO8es52zM3I4Y_RI0Vx8hhwJINVjJxVrUmShl44L_bcyBJaahKFogxLeoXGq1bSiHdaUh-5cBeKIJIXRR1XHZif4aU4oiRupwPbMGz0xE1d_sq97vgUcrK/s1600-h/UTCG_address_sign.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395350929958478482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglrpdKGI5724dBXxkd5Li3tiKO8es52zM3I4Y_RI0Vx8hhwJINVjJxVrUmShl44L_bcyBJaahKFogxLeoXGq1bSiHdaUh-5cBeKIJIXRR1XHZif4aU4oiRupwPbMGz0xE1d_sq97vgUcrK/s400/UTCG_address_sign.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZaKdnFHYPq7WVYh5oxprBzgMouiy5f7WXIW0RYEeDqSTgv0EITtXSlDVij9t0_7dOuw9mf4YbdTddP3bcYITbto9mtUhJhj0zVTaNI54JbaRPmGyshah01E5YiJbLlos5eaL4a47EUQk/s1600-h/UTCG_kitchenwall.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395349267183054002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZaKdnFHYPq7WVYh5oxprBzgMouiy5f7WXIW0RYEeDqSTgv0EITtXSlDVij9t0_7dOuw9mf4YbdTddP3bcYITbto9mtUhJhj0zVTaNI54JbaRPmGyshah01E5YiJbLlos5eaL4a47EUQk/s400/UTCG_kitchenwall.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPS-s53Kp57Bt8JeZWRFxtVHt2pMtv6rv1-IBRJ8wdVAiODIl2I4-YqtwfcosLykkvPo06qDyfUaY9UeOyGza3lYZplEpO91UjOZPHAjNllVEzpNFvEmz0XNmc1WQx6SiOLCyyIqSPs6I/s1600-h/UTCG_manintruck.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 268px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395340809512979890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPS-s53Kp57Bt8JeZWRFxtVHt2pMtv6rv1-IBRJ8wdVAiODIl2I4-YqtwfcosLykkvPo06qDyfUaY9UeOyGza3lYZplEpO91UjOZPHAjNllVEzpNFvEmz0XNmc1WQx6SiOLCyyIqSPs6I/s400/UTCG_manintruck.jpg" /></a>Cynthia Glad is a student of photography professor Amy Jorgensen at Snow College where she is majoring in art. She is a 38 year-old mother of six who interviewed and photographed three of the families living in Jerusalem, Utah. Cynthia lives in the town of Moroni only a five-minute drive from Jerusalem.<br /><br />She wrote: “I found as a talked to the residents, they were excited as well. I think this gives one more human connection to the rest of the world that sometimes these little places are lacking. They are happy and content in their lives, secluded for the most part by choice. But to know that there are people just like them in communities across the USA and in Israel is eye opening. Even though the initial connection is linked only by the name of their community, they will find other similarities with the people and lives of those other places. It makes the world a little smaller. Kind of like Disney's ‘It's a Small World After All.’<br /><br />One couple spent many years taking their children ‘to the farm’ on weekends and holidays. When the father retired and sold his chiropractic business, they went to the farm to live. They own several acres and have a gigantic garden. There are bags and boxes of fruits and vegetables throughout the kitchen, as well as bottles and racks of dried and processed foods. The night I visited with them, the pressure canner was busy at work on the stove. All these are signs of the efforts they have put into the land and the reward for their hard work. They have one pasture that every evening fills up with about a hundred deer. They lead a busy life that at the same time carries a sense of quiet. The land that Jerusalem, Utah, sits on has been in the mother’s family since the mid 1800’s when the first settler Lawrence Christensen moved there. Laura Phelps, another great-granddaughter, says of her great-grandfather, ‘Someone asked him the name of his little town and he said, Little Jerusalem. It has been Jerusalem ever since.’ Of the six homes in the community, one is vacant, two are “move-ins” and the other three have family ties with Lawrence Christensen.<br /><br />Jack Bailey drove by in his truck. He is the great-grandson of Lawrence Christensen. He was born and raised in Jerusalem. His family home had burned down many years ago. He now has a home that sits on many acres and is nestled against the mountain where he raised his kids. Jack is 82 years old and has been farming all his life. Jack has only about 30 head of sheep left on his farm. He said, ‘I’m about ready to give it up.’”Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-933371310046973234.post-267433872058503562009-10-22T09:35:00.007+02:002009-10-26T20:45:52.426+02:00Jerusalem, Utah 3<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroaaTCpjrx4BhBZIC1EQFMn8p5b_nAk24hywDgj9KIoD7wzbg5SZYQovT3nD9Cc1kiRK2RMtbiAHd1a5kOPy3NcrzkG78lDCgseodUskF-uJBAyEwhmv7IxFrtp6XRiLwnmLg1Xt23ddW/s1600-h/UTKJ_house.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395326535860624610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhroaaTCpjrx4BhBZIC1EQFMn8p5b_nAk24hywDgj9KIoD7wzbg5SZYQovT3nD9Cc1kiRK2RMtbiAHd1a5kOPy3NcrzkG78lDCgseodUskF-uJBAyEwhmv7IxFrtp6XRiLwnmLg1Xt23ddW/s400/UTKJ_house.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzw8YuuSV5v_yaNS0etPI6bNOPkxHGzQaIa7YOPJ4X0AuDNmRPNiROCKtNNZqXAiwr68lLzUCK9Uqc2m_ex8l4fQZTk3JYYUCyK7JGNpGe-7KyVwj_0ZoeYWhtTq2lgAm_mjJayG7e88R/s1600-h/UTKJ_at_computer.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395326416345740370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNzw8YuuSV5v_yaNS0etPI6bNOPkxHGzQaIa7YOPJ4X0AuDNmRPNiROCKtNNZqXAiwr68lLzUCK9Uqc2m_ex8l4fQZTk3JYYUCyK7JGNpGe-7KyVwj_0ZoeYWhtTq2lgAm_mjJayG7e88R/s400/UTKJ_at_computer.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ19BJO5Wv0kDtX7x3TD-g0nohwLgIkbcV3X7QPuLm-nIoxpQPGVgJ4jPATgTO3rFGLqoCRjU5HRo-M2DLfh4NvzHxofqiC9l805SHEL8AaluKCwXXaLUfyuWHjCSYliOD6zXlADI5io5f/s1600-h/UTKJ_kitchen.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395326264804540610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ19BJO5Wv0kDtX7x3TD-g0nohwLgIkbcV3X7QPuLm-nIoxpQPGVgJ4jPATgTO3rFGLqoCRjU5HRo-M2DLfh4NvzHxofqiC9l805SHEL8AaluKCwXXaLUfyuWHjCSYliOD6zXlADI5io5f/s400/UTKJ_kitchen.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDj-tHvO5M0AZr3ASk6Wn37jsJlRUNBpBEAXuPrkCfvLWDTyvB6qTcsRb40pigqXJnt1F6aDmDZkhLAUqLIvTSGPcdstkSqe26QvIDM2E5DbSJgzCbTOdeXgSDT-MSXA2cXWiKBqzYrQ3/s1600-h/UTKJ_dawnfield.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 267px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395326063600387106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheDj-tHvO5M0AZr3ASk6Wn37jsJlRUNBpBEAXuPrkCfvLWDTyvB6qTcsRb40pigqXJnt1F6aDmDZkhLAUqLIvTSGPcdstkSqe26QvIDM2E5DbSJgzCbTOdeXgSDT-MSXA2cXWiKBqzYrQ3/s400/UTKJ_dawnfield.jpg" /></a>Kylee Jasper, a Snow College art student wrote:<br />Being a Utah resident my whole life I did not know that a Jerusalem, Utah, existed until about a month ago, even though the town was established in 1871. When first venturing into this unknown place the impression it gave was: Jerusalem, Utah – rural community, northwest of Moroni, Utah, consisting of six occupied homes. I decided to explore these two obvious elements, rural community and the limited number of homes.<br /><br />Rural community: early rising, empty fields, odor, stray cats, and privacy. During the three times I went there to shoot, I only saw three people. One man came out to let his dog take care of some business as he questioned me about being there. After answering his questions, he politely excused himself and went back to the comfort of his isolated home.<br /><br />An hour had passed when I saw a teenage girl come out of the same house and walk to the corner of the only intersection of the town. Moments later, I turned around to face the one road that leads into the town and saw a Northern Sanpete High School bus. The nearest high school to Jerusalem is in a town called Mount Pleasant, two towns over. I was surprised that a bus traveled that distance for one student. I later approached this student, Alex, on another day while she was skipping out on a day of school. Alex repeatedly voiced her opinion on everyone in the town calling them crazy, as well as telling me that everyone in Jerusalem has gone to jail at least once. That put an interesting twist on the sweet, quaint Jerusalem that I had been photographing. She then gave me permission to come in to photograph whatever I pleased, as she went back to play on the Internet.<br /><br />A man drove by in a truck, not changing pace as he passed. I watched him stop at a house that the owners no longer occupied and were not allowed to rent out because of a black mold outbreak. The driver got out of his truck attached a metal grid panel to the ball hitch of his truck leaving a trail of dust from the dirt road behind him<br /><br />While getting to know Jerusalem, the structures in it became more intimate. My favorite house is the first house you see as you enter the town. The same home that Alex and her father live at. I was drawn to this house from the beginning but as I walked around to the back of the home, I found it more interesting. This house must have gone through quite a few remodels because the front of the home is white stucco with turquoise trim and the back is wood. It seems as though everyone in Jerusalem takes what they have and utilizes it to its fullest. The buildings in Jerusalem tell the history of the town. There are barns that are slowly collapsing and some old homes that have been kept up. Alex also told me that most of the people who live in Jerusalem or their families have always lived there, except for her and her dad who moved in when she was in elementary school. It sounds as though no one comes in and no one comes out.<br /><br />The solitude and distance from civilization of the town reflects the people perfectly. It is quiet in an eerie kind of way. Being there early in the morning not hearing anything besides the shutter release on my camera kept me on edge. I did not know why I felt so uneasy about being in this small town. However, after replaying what Alex said in my head I started to wonder if I subconsciously picked up on the abnormalities of the locals. Or it could possibly be that I have seen too many horror movies with the setting being in a small quiet town. After getting to know this quiet town, I am leaving Jerusalem, Utah, viewing it as an even more mysterious place than I did before.Mel Alexenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07182769814712212162noreply@blogger.com