
Mai Gini
The ESEK NOVA Collection
Creativity. Memory. Friendship.
Shop art, jewelry, and meaningful gifts by Nova survivors. Your purchase supports their livelihoods and helps their creativity reach new homes.
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Mai Gini

Itamar Joseph

Itamar Joseph

Itamar Joseph

Maayan Dee

Dar-Ya Shemesh

Dar-Ya Shemesh

Dar-Ya Shemesh

Dar-Ya Shemesh

Shye Klein

Shye Klein

Dean Yehuda Carmel

Jollori

Jollori

Mai Gini

Dar-Ya Shemesh

Dar-Ya Shemesh

Ehud Gardi

Einav Amster
02 / The people behind the work
Personal stories of creativity, memory, and rebuilding. Open a portrait to meet the person behind each piece.
Painter & makerMai Gini uses painting to explore emotion, memory, and her experience of surviving Nova. Through color and layered brushwork, she gives form to feelings that are difficult to put into words.
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Digital illustrator & graffiti artistA Shenkar graduate and Nova survivor, Itamar Joseph brings pop art and street culture into his illustrations. His work explores mental health, security, and Israeli society through color, symbolism, and personal experience.
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Artist & songwriterBorn in Israel and raised in London, Maayan Dee found refuge in art and music after surviving Nova. Her song and painting Bring Them Home connect her personal story with remembrance and the hope for the hostages’ return.
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Silversmith & therapistDean Yehuda Carmel is a silversmith and therapist from Kfar Saba. A Nova survivor, his healing journey led him through pain, reflection, and renewal. His jewelry embodies light drawn from hardship—each piece a testimony to solidarity, courage, and the beauty that can emerge from fracture.
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Designer & goldsmithOri Aviram crafts jewelry as symbols of resilience and connection. After losing her cousin Adi Margalit at the Nova Festival, Ori created the Adi Collection in her memory. Each piece carries grief, love, and hope, transforming personal stories into timeless symbols of strength.
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Painter & Judaica artistJerusalem artist Dar-Ya Naomi found new depth in her work after surviving October 7. She blends biblical script with vivid color, bridging ancient tradition and modern expression. Her watercolors and hand-painted Judaica share a path of inner healing, resilience, and renewal.
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Writer & wellness creatorEinav Amster turned trauma into a journey of healing and renewal. Writing became her anchor and led her to create Magnet to My Reality, a therapeutic journal that inspires clarity, gratitude, and growth.
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PhotographerCanadian-Israeli photographer Shye Klein survived the Nova Festival and reshaped his life’s work through its lens. Since October 7, he has used photography to raise awareness, combat antisemitism, and preserve memory.
Architect & ceramic artistArchitect and artist Ehud Gardi survived October 7 while helping evacuate Nova survivors. His RELIC project silk-screens historical maps and archaeological drawings onto ceramic tiles.
Watch their story ↗03 — Still Dancing Documentary
Still Dancing: Four Ways Forward After Nova
Go beyond the headlines. Meet Nova artists rebuilding their lives through creativity, memory, and friendship—and help their stories reach more people.
Your purchase helps this work continue. Proceeds support expanding the ESEK Nova Collection.
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04 / Gather together
Experience Still Dancing with survivor conversation, art, and community. Find your city below and open a date for details.
Schedule updated October 5, 2026. Confirm event details with the organizer.
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Upper East Side · Hosted by Jewish National Fund-USA
Still Dancing · Screening, gallery & pop-up
Friday · Doors open 10 a.m. · Screening and talkback 11 a.m. · Pop-up market until 3 p.m. (Eastern time)
Featuring Einav Amster and Ori Aviram.
All are welcome. Exact location provided upon RSVP.