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Architecture student crafts chicken coop for food exhibit FIU COURSES AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM OF FLORIDA-FIU SPRING 2014 SEMESTER January 6 – April 26, 2014 SYD 4606 – Sociology of World Jewish Communities, Prof. Abraham Lavender, Mondays, 6:45-9:15 p.m. An overview of Jewish communities throughout the world. Analyze the origins, migrations, demographic and social characteristics. Covers Ashkenazi, Sephardi and Mizrahi communities. REL 3308 – Studies in World Religions, Ivanessa Arostegui, Wednesdays, 6:45-9:15 p.m. Examines the origins, teachings and practices of selected world religions.
FIU student Anyeli Sylva didn’t know what to expect when a chicken coop she crafted out of pallet wood went on display at the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. “I went to the museum on the exhibit’s opening night and I had no idea what to expect. It was a great feeling to see people standing around the piece and talking about it,” said Sylva, a senior architecture major in FIU’s College of Art + Architecture. “This is my first work on display at a museum and I’m so happy and thankful for the entire experience.” The chicken coop is part of the museum’s food exhibit, Growers, Grocers & Gefilte Fish: A Gastronomic Look at Florida Jews & Food. Spanning nearly 200 years, it features artifacts, figures and photographs of produce growers, ranchers, “ma and pa” grocers, distributers, butchers, bakers and renowned chefs who have helped shaped Florida’s gastronomic culture and history. Sylva’s chicken coop is modeled after the wheeled chicken crate cart first fabricated by Ralph Gross in 1950. An egg packer and shipper from Kansas City, Gross moved to Florida with his wife in 1939 and purchased 40 acres of
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land on Broward Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. Operating as Gross Farms, they sold chickens and eggs to local stores and to the Naval Air Station during World War II. Sylva’s coop is 22 inches tall and 26 inches wide. It is made of pre-stressed pallet wood in a variety of colors, including cherry, walnut, red oak, maple, pine and poplar. The Growers, Grocers & Gefilte Fish exhibit will be on display until October 2014.
Panther Pride: Aneyli Sylva posing with her work on display at JMOF-FIU.
TILES | Newsletter of the Jewish Museum of Florida – FIU | December 2013
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