Voice to Vision
"Filters", '63 x "43, 2005, David Feinberg, with contributions from; Lucy Smith, survivor, and artist, Jennifer Barnnet, Emily Widi, Diane Goodman, and Peter Lemmen
The Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, presents Voice to Vision, an exhibition that captures the extraordinary experiences of genocide survivors from different parts of the world. Voice to Vision opens September 2 and runs through October 2, 2008. A public reception will be held Friday, September 12 from 6:00-8:30 pm. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 am – 7 pm. All events at the gallery are free and open to the public.
The Nash Gallery, in The Regis Center for Art, is located at 405 21st Avenue South on the University of Minnesota west bank campus. Parking is available in the 21st Avenue Ramp.
The Holocaust, Darfur, Rwanda, Laos, Tibet- these names conjure up headlines throughout the world of unimaginable experiences and connect people to atrocities that tragically define the 20th and 21st centuries. Voice to Vision captures the horrific experiences of genocide survivors from different parts of the world through both film and art.
David Feinberg, artist and Associate Professor in the Department of Art at the University of Minnesota, directs the Voice to Vision collaborative project. Guest artists whose thematically-related work also appears in the exhibit include Esther Malabel, digital prints on textile - Making It Home: Before And After; Diane Grace Goodman, installation - Elegy; and Aviel Goodman, photomontage series - Heroes.
Four special events, in the In-Flux space adjacent to the Nash Gallery and free and open to the public, are scheduled during the exhibit: panel discussions with the survivors and screenings of the documentaries in which they are featured creating the art. Continuing education credits are available to teachers through the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota (chgs@umn.edu for information).
Film and Panel Events:
Tuesday, Sept. 16, 7:00-9:00 pm: Voice to Vision I: Holocaust Survivors Share Experiences Through Art – David Feinberg, Director of Voice To Vision, Moderator. Panelists: Murray Brandys and Joe Grosnecht., Holocaust survivors, and Emily Krikava, artist.
Saturday, Sept. 20, 2:00-4:30 pm: Voice to Vision III: Romania 1941/Rwanda 1994 - Ellen Kennedy, Interim Director, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Moderator. Panelists: Holocaust survivors Max and Edith Goodman; Rwandan survivors Floriane Robins Brown and Alice Tuza.
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 7:00-9:00 pm: Voice to Vision II: If Nothing Else They’ll Hear My Beating Heart – Sheila O' Connor, Professor of Creative Writing, Hamline University, Moderator. Panelists include Holocaust survivors Lucy Smith and Sabina Zimering and composer Midge McCloy.
Saturday, September 27, 2:00- 4:30 pm: Voice to Vision IV: It Was Meant to Be - Germany, Tibet and Laos (world premiere) – Patricia Frazier, Professor of Psychology, Moderator. Panelists include Holocaust survivor Margot De Wilde, Tibetan survivor Dorjay Sakya, and Laotian survivors Yer and Pa Lee.
Sponsors include:
- Tychman Shapiro Gallery
- Sabes Jewish Community Center
- Leland J. Frankman, Attorney at Law
- Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, University of Minnesota
- Department of Art, University of Minnesota
- Utrecht Art Supplies, Minneapolis
- Penco Artist Supplies, Minneapolis
- Grant-in-Aid of Research, University of Minnesota
- Rimon: The Minnesota Jewish Arts Council
- The Howard B. Brin Jewish Arts Endowment
To see a sample of the art, visit www.chgs.umn.edu/museum/exhibitions/voice/
