WHO WE ARE

Ascalon Art Studios, Inc. is a multi-faceted art studio creating projects from conception through installation by producing unique works of art, in consultation with synagogue committees and architects. Projects are executed by a talented and dedicated staff of artisans under the direction of artist/designer David Ascalon, and are designed to fit your budgetary requirements.

About Ascalon:

The foundation of David Ascalon's work is his heritage -- Jewish tradition melded with an artistic lineage, and built upon the premise that an artist should give something of himself to others. The result of his work is unique, bold, energetic and surging in-depth understanding and love of Biblical and contemporary Jewish history, as well as a strong sense of purpose. It is this desire -- to create meaning and beauty from a vast array of elements -- that has driven Ascalon to his interest in synagogue art.

Born in Israel to a family of artists, David Ascalon came to the United States as a teenager. He studied art at California State College in Northridge, and interior design and architecture at Pratt Institute in New York. Soon after the "Six Days War" in 1976, he spent a year working in Israel with the noted architect Arie El-Hannani -- but soon left the field in search of a more immediate means of artistic expression. Ascalon fused his skills as a sculptor and architect and began to create forceful and symbolic liturgical art. He had found his life's work as the designer of synagogue sanctuaries -- and the art that enriches them.

Today the internationally renowned designer/ artist presides over Ascalon Studios in southern New Jersey, where skilled artisans translate his ideas using bronze and steel, ceramic and mosaics, wood and fibers, stained glass and sand-carved glass; to create windows, arks, eternal lights and menorahs, murals, sculptures, bemah furnishings, donors' recognition and memorial walls, Holocaust memorial sculptures and outdoor art objects.

David Ascalon has won numerous design awards and design competitions. He is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Interior Design.

Projects Include:

Synagogue Interior Design Consultants

Designers and Fabricators of:

Arks Menorahs Eternal Lights Stained Glass Windows Sculptures (All Media) Mosaics Tapestries and Fiber Arts Holocaust Memorial Sculptures Ceremonial Art Objects Yahrzeit Walls Donors' dedication walls Trees of Life Etched Glass Ceramic Murals Bemah Furnishings

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