The Centre for Ethnographic Research and
Exhibition in the Aftermath of Violence (CEREV) and Department of Art
History at Concordia University present:
Painted Memories of a
Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust, with Mayer
Kirshenblatt and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett.
Father, now 92 years old, and daughter will converse informally on stage beneath large projected images of Mayer’s paintings. This family collaboration—a moving blend of memoir, oral history and artistic interpretation—is at once a labor of love, a tribute to a distinctive imagination, and an enduring representation of a lost way of life. They are in Montreal to receive to receive the J.I. Segal Award for their book on Tuesday November 11.
One of the highlights of our visit to Montreal was the chance to see Mayer's childhood friend Joe Somberg, whom he had not seen for many years.
Photographer: David Ward
Immediately following their presentation, Barbara will deliver an illustrated talk about the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, which is being created on the site of the formed Warsaw Ghetto.
Wednesday November 12:
6:00 pm Painted Memories of a Jewish Childhood in Poland Before the Holocaust
7:30 pm Creating the Museum of the History of Polish Jews
York Ampitheatre
Concordia University EV Building
1515 Ste-Catherine Street West
(NE corner Guy X Ste-Catherine)
Guy metro
There is an underground entrance to the EV Building.
Exit the metro platform at the Guy Street end.
At the top of the first escalator make a hard right.
Pass through the revolving doors.
You now are in the basement of the EV Building.
Go up the escalator.
The York Ampitheatre is on the ground floor, ahead and to the left.
Ask at the security booth if you don’t see the sign.
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