Rebekah Erev
1704 Conger Ave. NW
Olympia, WA 98502
415-940-1362
rebekaherevstudio.com
rebekah@rebekaherevstudio.com
Education
2014-2016 Do-It-Yourself Art School (formally DIY MFA, a self-directed, advanced degree program and artist collective),
San Francisco Bay Area, CA
2013 Kohenet Hebrew Priestess Institute, Ordination, Falls Village, CT
2009 Master in Teaching, k-12 and Art credentials, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
2006 BA, Studio Art and Creative Writing, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
2001-2002 Concentration Glass and Bookmaking, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Selected Employment
2014-current Rebekah Erev Studio: coaching, intuitive readings, workshops, Olympia, WA
2013-current Kohenet (Hebrew Priestess), Practicing clergy person, Olympia, WA
2013-2018 Childcare worker, various families, San Francisco Bay Area, Philadelphia
2016-2017 Home school Teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area
2013-2014 Volunteer, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2012-2014 Teaching Artist, Cultural Kaleidoscope Program, Palo Alto, CA
2012-2013 Art Teacher, Gateway Middle School, San Francisco, CA
2009-2012 Art Teacher, 6th grade teacher, subsitute teacher, North Thurston Public Schools,
Lacey, WA, Olympia School District, Olympia, WA
2006-2008 Volunteer Coordinator and Manager, Olympia Food Cooperative, Olympia, WA
2001-2003 Shop Coordinator and Workshop Instructor, Community Print, Olympia, WA
1998-1999 Glassblowing Assistant and Shop Manager, DKL Studios, Cedarville, NJ
Selected Public Presentations
2013-current- Queer community group performances for Purim, Sukkot, and other events, in collaboration with Nomy
Lamm, Ezra Nepon and Jack Pryor
2017-current- Various Queer Mikveh performances, Chicago, IL.; Albany Bulb, Albany, CA, Baker Beach, San Francisco, CA.,
Seattle, WA, Mendocino, CA., Olympia, WA., Philadelphia, PA, San Francisco, CA, Oakland, CA, Olympia, WA
2017 Mutual Incantations, solo show, CTRL+SHFT Artist Collective, Oakland, CA
2017 Various Queer Mikveh performances, Chicago, Albany, San Francisco, Seattle, Olympia
2016 Hex Work, group exhibition, Qulture Collective, Oakland, CA
2016 Studio Sale, two person show with Grace Rosario Perkins, Five Pins Project, San Francisco, CA
2016 Twins, group exhibition, Wolfman Gallery, Oakland, CA
2016 Collective Hex, solo performance, Qulture Collective, Oakland, CA
2015 FREAKS | B | COMING | HOME performance,The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA, Olympia Knitting Mills Artist
Collective, Olympia, WA, Rainmaker Artist Residency, Portland, OR
2015 HÄXÄN Festival, “Mountain Oracle,” solo performance, Oakland, CA
2015 Street Performance, “Mountain Oracle,” solo performance, San Francisco, CA
2015 Middle Tense, solo show, The Olympia Knitting Mills Artist Collective, Olympia, WA
2015 Cycles, solo show, E.M. Wolfman Gallery, Oakland, CA
2015 Opal Moon Fauna, group exhibition, Art Thou Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2015 We’re Seeing Portals Everywhere, group exhibition, Down At Lulu’s, Oakland, CA
2015 (Re)Visions Film Festival, screening, “Release from Identity Control,” with Wu Li Leung, Fruitvale Public Library,
Oakland, CA
2014 Moon Angels A.K.A. “feelings”, solo show, Alchemy Collective Cafe, Berkeley, CA
2012 What She Said, group exhibition, QB, Olympia, WA
2012 In Honor Of, group exhibition, Kitzel’s, Olympia, WA
Residencies and Awards
2018 Berman Foundation Grant for Queer Mikveh Project
2018 Successful Indigogo Campaign for Queer Mikveh Project
2017 CTRL+SHFT Artist Collective, Residency, Oakland, CA
2016 Fancyland, Residency, Blue Lake, CA
2016 Center for Cultural Innovation, Quick Grant
2015 Olympia Knitting Mills Artist Collective, Residency, Olympia, WA
2014 Successful Indigogo Campaign for Moon Angels Oracle Deck
2003 International Student Exhibition, student award, Glass Art Society Seattle, WA
Selected Bibliography
2020 Daydreaming Wolves Podcast, “Art, ritual and celebrating life with Rebekah Erev”
2019 The Arq, “Interview with Rebekah Erev”
2018 Jewschool, "#TorahForTheResistance: The Queer Mikveh Project," interview with Nicki Green
2018 Little Red Tarot, "Queer futures actualized in the present."
2018 Mayyim Hayyim, "Why Queer Mikveh?"
2017 Yiddish Book Center’s Wexler Oral History Project, Interview with Rebekah Erev
2017 Have Company Podcast, “In Conversation with Rebekah Erev” Episode 50
2016 Congratulations Pinetree Podcast, “Do It Yourself” Episode 106
2016 "Follow Your Arrow: Artist and Priestess Rebekah Erev on Making Spirituality Accessible to All," Autostraddle
2016 "Finding the Magic in Shemini Atzeret," Tablet Magazine
2015 Burke, Sarah “Art School Opt-Out” Eastbay Express
Curatorial
2016 Hex Work, curator, Qulture Collective, Oakland, CA
2012 What Could Be, curator, Kitzel’s, Olympia, WA
2012 Introduction, curator, Artist’s Gallery, Olympia, WA
2003 An Overview, curator, Community Print at K Records, Olympia, WA
2003 Yeah But, curator, Community Print at K Records, Olympia, WA
