{"id":277487,"date":"2026-02-06T16:43:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/277487\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T16:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T16:43:12","slug":"lewes-artist-donates-mural-to-chabad-of-southern-delaware-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/277487\/","title":{"rendered":"Lewes artist donates mural to Chabad of Southern Delaware | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

LEWES, Del. – A local artist was recognized this week for donating a hand-painted mural to Chabad of Southern Delaware during an unveiling gathering at the community\u2019s workshop and worship center on Minos Conaway Road.<\/p>\n

The mural was created by Lewes artist Davide Bavati as a gift to the congregation. The artwork was painted on an interior wall inside the three-year-old community space.<\/p>\n

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Powers said Bavati had not painted a mural in many years, but decided this was the right time to return to mural work. (Ellen Powers)<\/p>\n

Host, Ellen Powers, said Bavati was inspired after seeing the newly completed room and feeling it needed artwork to bring warmth and meaning to the space. Powers said Bavati had not painted a mural in many years, but decided this was the right time to return to mural work.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis wasn\u2019t about creating something grand,\u201d Bavati said. \u201cThe space is simple and meaningful, and I wanted the painting to respect that. It felt like a privilege to contribute something by hand that could quietly live with the community and be part of their everyday gatherings.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mural features a trompe l\u2019oeil architectural niche and a scene inspired by Rachel\u2019s Tomb, a historic and spiritual site Bavati visited years ago and had long hoped to paint. After the unveiling, the rabbi shared the story of the biblical matriarch Rachel and explained the site\u2019s importance within the Jewish faith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEWES, Del. – A local artist was recognized this week for donating a hand-painted mural to Chabad of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[143114,59728,143115,82761,19268,85,46,143113,54925,43,4608,143116,59727],"class_list":["post-277487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-chabad-of-southern-delaware","tag-coasttv","tag-davide-bavati","tag-delaware","tag-donation","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lewes","tag-mural","tag-news","tag-painting","tag-trompe-l","tag-wrde"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}