Tue September 12, 2023
Let's Talk About the Holocaust: Reexamining our Collective Memory
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Tuesdays, September 12-November 2, 2023 | 1-2:40pm
How can we deepen our empathy and expand our understanding of difficult history by engaging with works of art? How might artists offer unique vantage points into the complexities of inherited memory? The Holocaust, the systematic genocide against Jews and other minorities, is one of the most traumatic events in Jewish and world history. Beginning in the mid 1990s, museums and Holocaust Memorials began to center victims' points of view in Holocaust narratives. Building on this approach, The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM) has presented exhibitions that tell the stories of the Holocaust through art and the experiences of artists. In this course, we will engage with examples from past CJM exhibitions that offer personal reflections on the Holocaust from those who experienced it firsthand, along with the work of contemporary artists who are second- and third-generation survivors grappling with this collective trauma. Artists will include Roman Vishniac, Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, Charlotte Salomon, Mark Rothko, Christian Boltanski, Lisa Kokin, and Guy Goldstein.
This eight-week course is led by Ron Glait, The CJM's Adult Learning Program Manager, and is offered as part of the Fromm Institute's fall semester. The class will meet in person every Tuesday at the Fromm Institute for an engaging lecture and conversation based in art and history.
Course price $125.
Presented by Contemporary Jewish Museum. In the The Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning.
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How can we deepen our empathy and expand our understanding of difficult history by engaging with works of art? How might artists offer unique vantage points into the complexities of inherited memory? The Holocaust, the systematic genocide against Jews and other minorities, is one of the most traumatic events in Jewish and world history. Beginning in the mid 1990s, museums and Holocaust Memorials began to center victims' points of view in Holocaust narratives. Building on this approach, The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM) has presented exhibitions that tell the stories of the Holocaust through art and the experiences of artists. In this course, we will engage with examples from past CJM exhibitions that offer personal reflections on the Holocaust from those who experienced it firsthand, along with the work of contemporary artists who are second- and third-generation survivors grappling with this collective trauma. Artists will include Roman Vishniac, Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, Charlotte Salomon, Mark Rothko, Christian Boltanski, Lisa Kokin, and Guy Goldstein.
This eight-week course is led by Ron Glait, The CJM's Adult Learning Program Manager, and is offered as part of the Fromm Institute's fall semester. The class will meet in person every Tuesday at the Fromm Institute for an engaging lecture and conversation based in art and history.
Course price $125.
Presented by Contemporary Jewish Museum. In the The Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning.
Tuesdays, September 12-November 2, 2023 | 1-2:40pm
How can we deepen our empathy and expand our understanding of difficult history by engaging with works of art? How might artists offer unique vantage points into the complexities of inherited memory? The Holocaust, the systematic genocide against Jews and other minorities, is one of the most traumatic events in Jewish and world history. Beginning in the mid 1990s, museums and Holocaust Memorials began to center victims' points of view in Holocaust narratives. Building on this approach, The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM) has presented exhibitions that tell the stories of the Holocaust through art and the experiences of artists. In this course, we will engage with examples from past CJM exhibitions that offer personal reflections on the Holocaust from those who experienced it firsthand, along with the work of contemporary artists who are second- and third-generation survivors grappling with this collective trauma. Artists will include Roman Vishniac, Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, Charlotte Salomon, Mark Rothko, Christian Boltanski, Lisa Kokin, and Guy Goldstein.
This eight-week course is led by Ron Glait, The CJM's Adult Learning Program Manager, and is offered as part of the Fromm Institute's fall semester. The class will meet in person every Tuesday at the Fromm Institute for an engaging lecture and conversation based in art and history.
Course price $125.
Presented by Contemporary Jewish Museum. In the The Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning.
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How can we deepen our empathy and expand our understanding of difficult history by engaging with works of art? How might artists offer unique vantage points into the complexities of inherited memory? The Holocaust, the systematic genocide against Jews and other minorities, is one of the most traumatic events in Jewish and world history. Beginning in the mid 1990s, museums and Holocaust Memorials began to center victims' points of view in Holocaust narratives. Building on this approach, The Contemporary Jewish Museum (The CJM) has presented exhibitions that tell the stories of the Holocaust through art and the experiences of artists. In this course, we will engage with examples from past CJM exhibitions that offer personal reflections on the Holocaust from those who experienced it firsthand, along with the work of contemporary artists who are second- and third-generation survivors grappling with this collective trauma. Artists will include Roman Vishniac, Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore, Charlotte Salomon, Mark Rothko, Christian Boltanski, Lisa Kokin, and Guy Goldstein.
This eight-week course is led by Ron Glait, The CJM's Adult Learning Program Manager, and is offered as part of the Fromm Institute's fall semester. The class will meet in person every Tuesday at the Fromm Institute for an engaging lecture and conversation based in art and history.
Course price $125.
Presented by Contemporary Jewish Museum. In the The Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning.
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