Sasha Galitsky

• Name — Sasha Galitsky • Native Name — סשה גליצקי • Birth Name — Alexander Galitsky • Born — 8 March 1957 • Birthplace — Lubertsy, Moscow oblast, USSR • Occupation — Visual artist, sculptor, writer, art therapist • Awards — Ministry of Aliyah and Integration prize

Galitsky's paintings have been exhibited in Perm Museum of Contemporary Art in Perm, Russia, the Moscow Manege, the Israel Museum, the «Tzuk Gallery» in Netanya, Israel, and other places. In 1990 he emigrated to Israel, and soon opened a mobile wood sculpture studio in ten homes for the elderly. In 2023, together with his wife and constant collaborator Tanya, Sasha founded the non-profit foundation "TEDY" (an abbreviation for the phrase "craft play live", in Hebrew תמיכה דרך יצירה), which within two years opened all over the country nearly 30 mobile art studios BAOBAB for wood sculpture and other types of handicrafts and crafts that require complex logistics. BAOBAB's mobile workshops work with people experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder due to war, evacuation, loss of loved ones, destruction of their homes; in studios the elderly step by step regain a sense of resilience and stability – through human warmth, participation, and the joy of creativity. His book, "Mom, Don't Worry! How to Learn to Communicate with Elderly Parents Without Going Crazy Yourself?" (2016) became a bestseller sold over 25,000 copies, and the book "Don't Be Afraid! How to Grow Old Without Going Crazy?" has already been reprinted four times.

• Official website • The Silver Age Art Museum