l'ART'ceny: Launched on Anniversary of Mona Lisa Heist

l'ART'ceny: Thefts Prompt Local Artist to Provide Access to Original Works "for a steal"

Virtual Show Launched on 99th Anniversary of Mona Lisa Heist

Fairfax, VA - August 21, 2010

Local artist Jennifer Judelsohn today launched l'ART'ceny, a virtual gallery of dozens of original artworks for sale at reduced prices. Recent and past incidents of art larceny prompted the idea.

"At my first exhibit in the mid-1990s," Judelsohn says, "two of my pieces were stolen." After another similar incident, "I realized I had more in common than I thought with master artists, like DaVinci and others, who have had their work stolen, too," she admits. "Instead of filing another police report, I decided to create l'ART'ceny: A place to get 'ART' for a steal without committing a crime."

Judelsohn's artwork includes acrylic paintings and prismacolor mandalas inspired by a wide-range of personal, spiritual, and natural subject matters. These original works are now available on Facebook through Monday, August 30.

A licensed psychotherapist, Judelsohn also is a working artist who exhibits in solo and group shows around the United States. Her artwork also is in private collections around the world. She supports other artists by curating the "Evolution of Art" series for emerging artists in the Greater Washington, D.C., area and is a former board member of Project Create, a nonprofit organization that provides free, professionally taught art classes to at-risk children in Washington, D.C.

Judelsohn also is the author/illustrator of Songs of Creation: Meditations on the Sacred Hebrew Alphabet, a collection of meditative drawings of the letters of the Aleph-Bet along with interpretive text on each letter. She has composed numerous poems and is currently working on a fairy tale for children and adults.

A nationally and internationally acclaimed educator and speaker, Judelsohn presents workshops, seminars, and classes on spirituality, art, and soulwork. She received a B.A. in 1985 and a J.D. in 1988 from the State University of New York at Buffalo; she received an M.S.W. from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1996.

Neshama Soulworks Studio

Jennifer Judelsohn

(703) 273-0485

jennifer@soulworksstudio.com