You Should Never Have to Be Less Jewish to Become More Successful.
Artists For Unity is for the Jewish photographer, designer, filmmaker, writer, musician, artist, producer, stylist, creator, the person trying to make something of themselves without hiding who they are to get there.
AFU is a registered 501(c)3
We help Jewish creatives meet each other, fund their work, show their work, & get into rooms they could not get into alone.
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Zusha Goldin
Meet Our Founder
Instead of staying silent,
he chose to act.
Zusha’s first exhibit titled: Artists Against Antisemitism transformed online hate into undeniable public evidence.
More than 35 public voices stood beside the Jewish community holding the exact antisemitic messages sent to Zusha, exposing the reality Jewish youth experience every day.
Ginnifer Goodwin
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Paul Walterhauser
Debra Messing
James Maslow
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Julianna Margulies
Tiffany Haddish
Institution building runs in Zusha’s family.
Zusha’s great-aunt Celia Franca founded the National Ballet of Canada. Celia was born Tzivia Franks into a Jewish immigrant family in London. As she entered the elite world of ballet, Franks became Franca, and her Jewish identity became less visible.
Zusha’s great-uncle Alfred Morris built the largest independent hairdressing school in Europe. Alfred spent his life teaching people how to build careers in beauty. Notable students include the world-famous Paul Mitchell.
Different generations. Different industries. Different relationships to being Jewish.
But they built.
Every Jewish creative has the same underlying fear
“Will I lose an opportunity if I show up as myself, or do I have to hide my identity?”
We’ve Done Exhibits In:
How Artists For Unity Came to Be
Artists For Unity started out to raise awareness of the virulent antisemitism all over social media and to build unity between all peoples. Our exhibitions successfully did that. The exhibitions ran in West Hollywood, Manhattan, Columbia University, and Miami Art Week.
Then we noticed something we hadn’t planned for. We watched Jewish creatives meet people who could hire them, fund them, collaborate with them, and open doors. We realized the exhibitions could be more than a place to show work. It could be a place to build careers.
And we realized that might be the bigger opportunity. Jewish creatives got the opportunity to further their career in an environment where they got to be fully themselves.
And when Jewish creatives can embrace their identity, and create fashion, art, movies, songs, etc, that’s what shapes the culture.
Miami Art Week.
Columbia University
West Hollywood
Manhattan
Media, Art, Music, and Film is what shapes culturee. We’re here to help the next generation of Jewish artists build careers in fashion, art, music, and film, so the world sees who we are through what they make.
What We’re Working on Next
We are raising $410,000 to build the next phase of Artists For Unity around 5 things
Fund the work
Grants and commissions for Jewish photographers, filmmakers, writers, designers, musicians, artists, and other creatives with something worth making and not enough resources to make it.
Show the work
Exhibitions and cultural projects that give emerging talent an actual platform, and bring that work into cities, campuses, and institutions where it can reach people far beyond our own community.
The Chain
A new exhibition asking a simple, deeply personal question: after 4,000 years of migration, persecution, assimilation, and reinvention, why do Jews keep choosing to remain Jewish?
Connect the people.
One of the most difficult aspects of building a career is connecting with the cultural gatekeepers who can take a chance on you. Our goal is to give Jewish creatives the opportunity to meet one another, find collaborators, build friendships, meet mentors, and walk away knowing people who can help move their careers forward.
Open the doors.
Mentorship, introductions, & access to people further ahead. Editors, curators, agents, producers, designers, executives, publishers, managers, and others willing to help the next person get in.
Founding Partners
Help us open doors for the next generation of photographers, filmmakers, writers, designers, musicians, & producers, the people who will shape how the world sees the Jewish people.
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Cornerstone
The people closest to the work. A private walkthrough of the upcoming exhibit with Zusha himself, before it opens to anyone else, print included. Your name attached to a specific Jewish creative's first commission, so you know exactly who you helped before the world does.
$50,000+
02
Chain Builder
Preview night for The Chain, walking the space with Zusha before it opens to the public. A signed print from the exhibition. And word on exactly where the rest of your gift moved: which Jewish creative got funded, what they made.
$15,000–$49,999
03
Room Opener
Priority seats at every opening and event we produce, The Chain included. Real updates on the specific creative your gift funded, not a quarterly newsletter. A seat at the donor dinner before the doors open to everyone else.
$5,000–$14,999
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First In
Your name listed as a founding supporter of The Chain. An invitation to every exhibition we produce. First access to tickets before they go public.
$1,000–$4,999
