Led by Sheridan Gold and Sally Churgel

Mask by Steven MacNear; print by David Friedman.

Preparing your soul for the High Holy Days doesn’t have to be serious business. We are offering a playful, contemplative and unique artistic experience designed to open yourself for this year’s Holy Days. 

In a guided, gentle manner, Sally and Sheridan will offer music, poetry and art for a deeper connection to your soul. You will create a mask that will allow you to explore the face you present to the world and the one you retain just for yourself and the Divine. We believe that creative imagining supports you to nourish your soul, and deepening your connection to yourself, in surprising and elegant ways.

This workshop will take place in person at Ner Shalom.

We will provide all the supplies but we encourage you to bring your own images if you have any.

Optional: bring a photo or two of yourself at different stages in your life that you wouldn’t mind cutting and refashioning for your mask. 

Sally Churgel is a Ner Shalom High Holy Day leader, poet laureate from 2009-2019, and past president. Sally is a healer/intuitive (business is Call to Joy), writer, transformation guide and Argentine tango dancer. She has been making collages for 25 years and loves working with Sheridan to bring this process to the Ner Shalom community.

Sheridan Gold, musician and artist, is a retired Special Education teacher. She has been a member of Congregation Ner Shalom for 9 years and plays music with the Good Shabbos Band most Friday nights. She has been creating collages for the past 20 years, and is thrilled to be able to help lead this workshop with Sally.