Ori Alon CV

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Ori Alon 60 Anderson St., Beacon NY, 12508 [email protected] 917.533.4703 www.alfassibooks.com Interdisciplinary work Perform and interact with audience regularly with the participatory art project Empowering Clerks Network (Center for Supportive Bureaucracy) since 2006. Offered Playful Paperwork services in the Israel Museum, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Clearwater Festival, led workshops and events in various locations in temples, on the street, in living rooms and online offering services he developed and designed: Forgiver’s License (Class A&B) Joy Permit (JP33) DIY Certificates of Recognition (COR107) Certified Apology Declaration (447D) Letter Writing Service helped over 200 people write letters using vintage typewriters. Where’s my Typewriter matchmaking service, helped 25 writers to start relationships with typewriters. Refurbished Report Card (RRC202) Personal Multitasking Sketchbook Device (MSD4) Writing/Publications Official Letters from the Empowering Clerks Network, 2015 Center for Supportive Bureaucracy Official Catalog , 2015 Third Temple , sort of stories, 2015 The Magic Bagel, an interactive children’s book series (1 ,2 ,3 ), 20142015 Philatelic Meditations , Hitler & Me , Patriot Act postage stamps comics, 20142015 Facebook Statuses , a handmade collection of writings on social media platforms, 2014 A Jew Killed , picture book memoir, 2014 Letters, of all sorts , Artist book, 2014 In 2014 funded Alfassi Books community publishing house celebrating creative expressions in which old and new dwell together. 2,500 booklets were printed and over 20,000 views on Scribd page. Shows / performance Live Art Festival, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, 2015 Group show, Open to The Sky, BHA Sukkah Project, Beacon 2014 Group show, Light, Dirt and Longing, Faith in Art Gallery, Beacon 2013 Coproduced Artist Quarter community art event, Jerusalem Market, 2008 Jerusalem YMCA Moderate Voices for Peace, JewishArab theatre group, 2008 Netivot Community Theatre Group, 2001 Teaching Lead workshops and facilitate Supportive Bureaucracy events in museums, religious communities, conferences, libraries and more. 2015 Developing programs and teaching K7 and adults with a focus on creating Jewishthemed artworks. Beacon Hebrew Alliance, Beacon NY 2011Present Tutoring a child who has Cerebral Palsy 20062008 Environmental educator, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) 20002003 Tour guide, Israel 20042008

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Ori Alon, founder of the Center for Supportive Bureaucracy

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Ori Alon 60 Anderson St., Beacon NY, 12508

[email protected] 917.533.4703 www.alfassibooks.com

Interdisciplinary work Perform and interact with audience regularly with the participatory art project Empowering Clerks Network (Center for Supportive Bureaucracy) since 2006. Offered Playful Paperwork services in the Israel Museum, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Clearwater Festival, led workshops and events in various locations in temples, on the street, in living rooms and online offering services he developed and designed: 

○ Forgiver’s License (Class A&B) ○ Joy Permit (JP­33)  ○ DIY Certificates of Recognition (COR­107) ○ Certified Apology Declaration (447D) ○ Letter Writing Service ­ helped over 200 people write letters using vintage typewriters. ○ Where’s my Typewriter ­ matchmaking service, helped 25 writers to start relationships with typewriters. ○ Refurbished Report Card (RRC­202)  ○ Personal Multitasking Sketchbook Device (MSD4)  

Writing/Publications ● Official Letters from the Empowering Clerks Network, 2015 ● Center for Supportive Bureaucracy Official Catalog, 2015 ● Third Temple, sort of stories, 2015 ● The Magic Bagel, an interactive children’s book series (1,2,3), 2014­2015 ● Philatelic Meditations, Hitler & Me, Patriot Act ­ postage stamps comics, 2014­2015 ● Facebook Statuses, a handmade collection of writings on social media platforms, 2014  ● A Jew Killed, picture book memoir, 2014 ● Letters, of all sorts, Artist book, 2014 

In 2014 funded Alfassi Books community publishing house celebrating creative expressions in which old and new dwell together. 2,500 booklets were printed and over 20,000 views on Scribd page. Shows / performance 

● Live Art Festival, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, 2015 ● Group show, Open to The Sky, BHA Sukkah Project, Beacon 2014 ● Group show, Light, Dirt and Longing, Faith in Art Gallery, Beacon 2013 ● Co­produced Artist Quarter community art event, Jerusalem Market, 2008 ● Jerusalem YMCA Moderate Voices for Peace, Jewish­Arab theatre group, 2008 ● Netivot Community Theatre Group, 2001 

Teaching ● Lead workshops and facilitate Supportive Bureaucracy events in museums, religious communities, conferences, 

libraries and more. 2015 ● Developing programs and teaching K­7 and adults with a focus on creating Jewish­themed artworks. Beacon Hebrew 

Alliance, Beacon NY 2011­Present ● Tutoring a child who has Cerebral Palsy 2006­2008 ● Environmental educator, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) 2000­2003 ● Tour guide, Israel 2004­2008 

  

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Ori Alon 60 Anderson St., Beacon NY, 12508

[email protected] 917.533.4703 www.alfassibooks.com

Other ● Father and homeschooler of Maayan, Sasha and Zakai, married to Ana. ● Medic, pacifist, terrible soldier, ametour poet, gun control advocate, SPNI community Garin Nachal ● Managed a community restaurant, Jerusalem, 2008 

 Education 

● School of Visual Theatre, Jerusalem, graduated 2007. ● Hofen Institute for Progressive Education, graduated 2008. ● Self taught. 

More about my work: ● Zoketsu Norman Fischer, one of the leading Zen­Buddhism teachers in the US, founder of Everyday Zen and ECN 

Commissioner of Compassion, 11/04/2015 teaching (starting min 45)  ● Times of Israel, 09/21/2015 “Just in time for Yom Kippur, Israeli American artists issues Forgiver’s Licenses” ● Chronogram, 05/01/2015, Souls of Typewriters ● Erev­Rav, Israeli art magazine 12/22/2014 As Seen from Beacon (Hebrew) ● An Army Draft, Gladys Magazine, 2014