Nick Golebiewski

Instagram takeover at the Museum at Eldridge Street – March 10, 2016

March 10, 2016

On March 10, 2016 I took over the Instagram feed at the Museum at Eldridge Street. Here’s a record of the day. Also, take a look at the #NicksLunchboxatEldridge hashtag on Instagram.

I’m taking over over the Instagram feed at @museumateldridgestreet all day today, follow along with #NicksLunchboxAtEldridge The Eldridge Street Synagogue was built in 1887 and designed by architects Peter and Francis William Herter. This was the first time in America that Eastern European Jews had built a synagogue from the ground up. By the 1940s though, the main sanctuary gradually fell out of use, and into decay. #NicksLunchboxService #eldridgestreet #synagogue #chinatown #chinatownnyc #herterbrothers #lowereastside #facade #art #architecture #drawing #LES

A photo posted by Nick Golebiewski (@nickgolebiewski) on Mar 10, 2016 at 6:03am PST

Initiated in the 1980s, the restoration of the @museumateldridgestreet was completed in 2007. This chandelier was just ‘hanging by a thread to heaven’ before being restored (-Roberta Brandes Gratz, founder of the Museum at Eldridge Street). There are over 300 parts to this chandelier all carefully conserved, and amazingly, put back together again. #NicksLunchboxAtEldridge #NicksLunchboxService #art #architecture #eldridgestreet #synagogue #chandelier #drawing

A photo posted by Nick Golebiewski (@nickgolebiewski) on Mar 10, 2016 at 7:36am PST

800th Lunchtime #drawing: “Walking in hundred year old footsteps” and looking up at the west facing rose window @museumateldridgestreet. This is my 800th consecutive daily drawing in my #NicksLunchboxService project—and I’m excited for this to be at The Museum at Eldridge Street! That’s one every single day without missing a single drawing since January 1, 2014. A single worship session has not been missed here at the synagogue whether in the main sanctuary or the lower level space (with the exception of Hurricane Sandy). Now that’s quite a run! #NicksLunchboxAtEldridge #drawing #NicksLunchboxService #800 #art #architecture #milestone #stainedglass #synagogue #interior #eldridgestreet

A photo posted by Nick Golebiewski (@nickgolebiewski) on Mar 10, 2016 at 9:27am PST

The Instagram takeover of @museumateldridgestreet continues. Hand painted designs are everywhere on the walls throughout the synagogue, creating patterns, marble and more—here the design curls between two street facing stained glass windows. #NicksLunchboxAtEldridge #starofdavid #stainedglass #design #handpainteddesigns #drawing #NicksLunchboxService

A photo posted by Nick Golebiewski (@nickgolebiewski) on Mar 10, 2016 at 10:32am PST

The winding staircase @museumateldridgestreet from the balcony level, which was used for seating the women of the Orthodox congregation. #NicksLunchboxAtEldridge #windingstaircase #drawing #stairwell #NicksLunchboxService #balcony #synagogue #art #architecture #drawing #sketchbook #vertigo

A photo posted by Nick Golebiewski (@nickgolebiewski) on Mar 10, 2016 at 11:34am PST

Part of the cast iron fence outside of the @museumateldridgestreet. Passers by were stopping for a minute to check out the drawing, of which this one took a minute. #NicksLunchboxAtEldridge #eldridgestreet #castiron #museumateldridgestreet #museum #synagogue #drawing #NicksLunchboxService #art

A photo posted by Nick Golebiewski (@nickgolebiewski) on Mar 10, 2016 at 12:34pm PST

Another drawing by artist @nickgolebiewski who has taken over our Instagram feed today! Here he captures the light and Shadow created by the sanctuary’sluminous stained glass. Did you know there are 67 stained glass windows in the synagogue? All display geometric forms, no figures or animals, in keeping with Jewish custom. #NicksLunchboxatEldridge #nickslunchboxservice #museumateldridgestreet #stainedglass #shadowandlight #art #architecture

A photo posted by Museum at Eldridge Street (@museumateldridgestreet) on Mar 10, 2016 at 11:39am PST

Finishing up the day with artist Kiki Smith and architect Deborah Gans’ stained glass rose window at the east end of the sanctuary, installed 2010, a modern intervention—in a way celebrating the process of restoring the synagogue and creating the Museum at Eldridge Street. Thanks for following along (visit the museum!) and thank you to @museumateldridgestreet for inviting me to takeover their Instagram feed for the day. Did you see every drawing? Check out #NicksLunchboxAtEldridge to see them all. #kikismith #museum #synagogue #NicksLunchboxService #deborahgans #rosewindow #art #architecture #museumateldridgestreet #museum #sanctuary #sketch #stainedglass #drawing

A photo posted by Nick Golebiewski (@nickgolebiewski) on Mar 10, 2016 at 3:00pm PST

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