Tripod: Material/Text/Image

An Online Bilingual Academic Journal of the Department of Ceramics and Glass Design, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem

 Tripod is a new, peer-reviewed, academic journal of the Department of Ceramics and Glass Design at Bezalel, first published in the beginning of 2018. The online journal lays the foundation for a research field in the Department’s areas of knowledge, and it is intended to provide a platform for the research activity conducted within the Department and outside it.

Read  Journal

The journal seeks to develop the discourse in the fields of materiality and craft, and especially it intends to consolidate the discussion within those fields through a multidisciplinary dialog, which opens up channels to new, invigorating contexts between the various disciplines. The journal’s encouragement of the formation of new research paths also reflects the will to establish a wide community of scholars, creators and collaborators from diverse knowledge fields both in Israel and abroad.

In addition, this platform aims to enable a fertile dialog between theoretical study and material study, while developing an alternative discourse outside conventional categories, which gives rise to complex bodies of knowledge that inspire thinking and action.

Editorial Board

Editor of first issue Hilla Ben Ari
Dr. Eran Ehrlich
Prof. Muli Ben Sasson
Dr. Zivia Kay
Yael Atzmony
Mosh Kashi
Dafna Kaffeman
Galia Armeland

Past Presidents:

Prof. Boris Schatz, 1906-1932
Josef Budko,  1935-1940
Mordecai Ardon (Max Bronstein), 1940-1952
Zeev Ben-Zvi, 1952-1953
Jacob Steinhart, 1953-1955
Yerachmiel Schechter, 1955-1957
Isaac Aschheim, 1960-1961
Arch. Felix Darnell, 1962-1964
Dan Hofner, 1965-1979
Prof. Ran Shchori, 1979-1991
Dr. Ran Sapoznik, 1991-2003
Prof. Arnon Zuckerman, 2003-2012
Prof. Eva Illouz, 2012-2015

Past Vice Presidents for Academic Affairs:

Prof. Yaarah Bar-On, 2004-2012
Dr. Tal Ben Zvi, 2014-2015
Dr. Yuval Karniel, 2016-2019

Past Heads of Departments and Programs:

Jack D. Weiler Department of Architecture
Prof. Arthur Goldreich, 1966-1980
Prof. Leonard Warsaw,  1981-1985
Prof. Yosef Schweid, 1985-1988
Saadia Mendel, 1988-1990
Prof. Zeev Druckman, 1990-2002
Prof. Zvi Efrat, 2002-2010
Arch.Yuval Yasky, 2010-2018

Master's Program in Urban Design (M.Urb.Des)
Prof. Arch Zeev Druckman 2010-2013
Dr. Haim Yaakobi, 2013-2014

Department of Ceramics and Glass Design
Prof. Gedula Ogen, 1965-1980
Prof. Ziona Shimshi, 1981-1987
Prof. Lidia Zavadsky, 1987-1990
Dina Geller, 1990-1994
Prof. Didi Lin, 1995-2005
Prof. Muli Ben-Sasson, 2005-2013
Dr. Eran Ehrlich, 2014-2022

Blanche & Romie Shapiro Department of Fine Arts
Prof. John Byle, 1967-1977
Dedi Ben-Shaul, 1977-1979
Prof. Osvaldo Romberg, 1979-1982
Prof. Nurith Kenaan-Kedar, 1982-1985
Prof. Zvi Tolkovsky, 1985-1988
Yoram Meroz, 1988-1992
Prof. Larry Abramson, 1992-1999
Prof. Yitshak Livne, 1999-2002
Prof. Ido Bar-El, 2003-2011
Eli Petel, 2011-2019

Master's Program in Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
Prof. Nahum Tevet, 2001-2010
Dr. Raphael Zaguri-Orly, 2010-2014
Mr. Nicola Trezzi, 2014-2017

Polonsky Department of Industrial Design
Prof. Shmuel Kaplan, 1980-1992
Prof. Chanan de Lange, 1992-1995
Prof. Ezri Tarazi, 1995-2004
Prof. Ami Drach, 2008-2004
Mr. Haim Parnas, 2008-2016
Prof. Safi Hefetz, 2016-2024

Master's Program in Industrial Design (M.Des.)
Prof. Ezri Tarazi, 2004-2012  
Ms. Michal Eitan, 2012-2017

Department of Jewelry and Fashion Design
Prof. Arie Ofir, 1972-1984
Alex Ward, 1984-1991
Avi Siton, 1991-1997
Dr. Reuven Zahavi, 1998-2005
Prof. Einat Leader, 2005-2013
Ms. Tamara Yovel Jones, 2013-2017

Department of Photography
Prof. Hanan Laskin, 1981-1994
Yigal Shem Tov, 1994-2000
Yossi Breger, 2000-2006
Prof. Miki Kratzman, 2006-2014
Prof. Dor Guez, 2014-2017

Department of Screen-Based Arts
Prof. Rony Oren, 2000-2009  
Prof. Dudu Mezah, 2009-2017
Ms. Sarah Jane Hatooka, 2017-2018
Ms. Tami Bernshtein, 2019-2023

    Animation Unit
    Isaac Yoresh, 1971-1996
    Prof. Yossi Abolafia, 1997-2001
    Prof. Rony Oren, 2000-2008

    Video and New Media Unit
    Micky Hertz, 1986-1994
    Prof. Dudu Mezach, 1994-2008

Department of Visual Communication
Mike Felheim, 1968-1977
Prof. Yarom Vardimon, 1977-1987
Kenneth R Windsor, 1987-1988
Prof. Avi Eisenstein, 1988-1995
Prof. Anat Katzir, 1995-1996
Prof. Shimon Sandhouse, 1997-2000
Yosi Ohayon, 2001-2005
Hanoch Marmari, 2005-2008
Prof. Adi Stern, 2008-2016
Erez Gavish, 2016-2024

Master's Program in Visual Communication (M.Des.)
Prof. David Tartakover, 2017-2018
Dr. Liat Lavi, 2019-2023

Department of Visual and Material Culture
Dr. Ran Sapoznik, 1980-1991
Prof. Michael Harsgor, 1991-1992
Dr. Mordechai  Rimor, 1993-1995
Dr. Michael Levin, 1995-1999
Dr. Lea Dovev, 1999-2004
Prof. Dana Arieli-Horowitz, 2004-2012
Prof. Ory Bartal, 2012-2022

Master's Program in Policy and Theory of the Arts (M.A.)
Prof. Menahem Natan Brinker, 2011-2013
Prof. Lyat Friedman, 2014-2022