Artist Talk: Seeking The Lost Princess

Join us for an intimate artist talk with Jessica Tamar Deutsch, whose exhibition Rebbe Nachman’s The Lost Princess: An Illustrated Re-Telling animates a classic Hasidic tale into today’s world of color and imagination. Jessica will share how drawing, research and ritual informed the work, from sketchbook pages to large-scale canvases and beyond. We will explore themes of loss and return, seeking the divine feminine and how visual storytelling can invite viewers of all ages into Jewish ideas, big and small. This conversation and reception to follow includes time for audience questions, light bites from Iggy’s Place, live klezmer in the gallery and other refreshments. 

Want a hands-on creative experience? Join us on October 28 for the Collage Workshop: The Lost Princess in Pieces. Link coming soon

ABOUT THE ARTIST  

Jessica Tamar Deutsch is a New York-based illustrator, educator, and community artist who weaves Jewish mysticism into contemporary visual language. A graduate of Parsons School of Design, she is also the creator of The Illustrated Pirkei Avot, a collection of short teachings from early rabbinic sages, and The Torah of My Kishkes: Diary of a Twenty-Something Jewess. 

Through colorful, joyful fine-lined drawings and layered symbolism, Deutsch opens pathways into sacred text and tradition, drawing connections with the pulse of ancient tradition and contemporary culture. Her practice includes collaborative projects that center Jewish learning, creativity and collective imagination. 

Bring home the magic with your own copy of The Lost Princess! Visit our friends at Ayin Press to purchase Jessica Tamar Deutsch’s retelling.