The Jerusalem Center for the Visual Arts (JCVA) is an international artists-in-residence program that hosts artists and curators in Israel.
[1] It provides a platform for interaction with local artists, curators and art academies, as well as links to museums and general audiences.
The program, established in 1987 by philanthropist Francis K. Lloyd, was directed in its early years by curator Yona Fischer.
[4] Past participants in the program include Sophie Calle, Daniel Buren, Haim Steinbach, Guenther Uecker, Krzysztof Wodiczko (2004), Monika Sosnowska (2008), Wilhelm Sasnal (2009), Raqs Media Collective (2011), Joe Kubert (2011) and Harun Farocki (2012).
[7] During her residency in 2007, Anila Rubiku, who often works with local embroiderers on her complex Urban Pornitecture, was introduced to a group of traditional Ethiopian Jewish craftswomen.