Karen Walanka, z”l (1946-2018)
Karen was a long-time member of the AGJA and the Guild’s president in 2015. In 2007, Karen founded the Judaic Arts Fair in Chicago, one of the most highly regarded biennials of Jewish art and culture in the United States, sponsored by Moriah Congregation. The AGJA’s annual Karen Walanka Online exhibit is a way for us to honor Karen’s memory, her love of beauty and her life-long ambition to bring it to us all.