Mind the Gap, The Mosaic Students Exhibition of Studio Edna Segev
Curator: Maya Segev Neiberg
, Givatayim Theater,
1 Lea Koenig Street, Givatayim
Opening: Friday January 9, 2026 at 11:30
“About twenty years ago, roughly two years after I opened my studio in the backyard of my home in Givatayim, my aunt showed up carrying four huge buckets filled with mosaic stones. These were stones my grandmother, Ira Arbitman, had used for her own artwork, covered in decades of dust since she passed away. Those stones still find their way into my work today, and my students enjoy this treasure too, along with the many other materials that fill the Givatayim studio.”
Edna Segev, 59, mosaic artist and mother of two, brings decades of experience in art and design. She is the granddaughter of the late Ira Arbitman, painter and mosaic artist, who passed down both her creativity and her deep connection to the craft.
Mosaic is simply part of her life. Edna exhibits in Israel and abroad, participates in mosaic symposiums and lectures around the world about the Israeli mosaic tradition and her personal ties to its history.
Working alongside Edna is Asia, her right hand and full partner in the studio. She is 57, a mother of three, with thirty years of experience across a wide range of creative disciplines.
Together they piece fragments, pay attention to the gaps and the tiny details, weave together materials that hold layers of past, present and future, and turn ideas into a rich visual language. For them, mosaic is not just an art form, it is a way to express thought and emotion, much like a painter uses canvas and brush, only here the cutter and the stone lead the process.
The exhibition opens: January 7, 2026
Closing date: February 25, 2026
Visiting hours: Sunday to Thursday 9:00 to 18:00
Weekends depend on theater activity, details available on the website
https://t-g.co.il/events-calendar/
Tours may be arranged with Edna Segev, 0549980731
