curator’s tour & panel discussion
The Courage to Create: Addressing the Holocaust through Art - In-person Event
A curator-led tour of the exhibition Tapestries by Shoshana Comet: From Survival to Strength will be followed by a panel of scholars in conversation with Dr. Shay Pilnik, Director of The Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies of Yeshiva University.
The discussion will reference the tapestries to explore artistic representation of the Holocaust, the use of art to record and preserve history, and art as a means of recovery from trauma.
Panelists include:
- Mariya Keselman-Mekler, Creative Arts Therapist and Program Manager of Wellness Program for Holocaust Survivors at KleinLife in Philadelphia
- Archie Rand, Artist and Presidential Professor of Art at CUNY - Brooklyn College
- Dr. Ori Z. Soltes, Teaching Professor at the Center for Jewish Civilization at Georgetown University.
Light refreshments will be served.
Co-sponsored by Yeshiva University Museum and The Emil A. and Jenny Fish Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
The exhibition Tapestries by Shoshana Comet has been made possible with assistance from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Supported by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future and by the German Federal Ministry of Finance.
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curator’s tour & panel discussion
