Robyn Awend, Executive Director
Community builder and mixed-media artist Robyn Awend is a well-known figure in the Jewish arts community. Her passion for cultivating creativity has led her work in the Twin Cities Jewish non-profit arts community for the past fifteen years. Through the creation of innovative programs and synergistic partnerships, Robyn develops distinctive avenues for identity exploration and deep communal connections.
Trained as a letterpress printer and curator, Robyn’s work has been exhibited and collected nationally by individuals and institutions. Her text based prints and mixed-media installations speak to societal and cultural influences that both confine and define who we are.
Robyn is a recent Fellow at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and a founding member of Form + Content Gallery in Minneapolis. She served as the longest standing Rimon board member and shares her enthusiasm for the organization through her ongoing commitment to the Jewish arts community.
Jordy Bomberg, Communications Associate
After studying English/World Literature and Painting at Pitzer College, Jordy Bomberg traveled to Israel to study Torah at Pardes Jewish Institute. While living in Tel Aviv she also worked with artists collecting artwork for Omanoot.com. When Jordy first moved to the Twin Cities she found her home and community at the Sabes JCC interning at the Tychman Shapiro Gallery and teaching yoga in the fitness center. She loves and takes pride in her Jewish community. You might find Jordy and her son playing baseball or basketball, skiing, or biking the greenway.
