In this virtual “Curator’s Corner,” from March 24, the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center’s Museum and Programming Director, Dr. Thorin Tritter, focused on a piece of artwork created by Marietta Gruenbaum, one of 15,000 children who passed through the ghetto and camp in Theresiensiendt. He also discussed some of the experiences of children during the Holocaust.

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On February 24, 2021, Internationally renowned 3D pop artist Charles Fazzino joined the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center of Nassau County (HMTC) for an art talk and demonstration. On this special evening, Charles was in his studio in New Rochelle, NY where he showed his collection of Jewish-themed artwork, created over the span of his career – a collection that celebrates the history, the culture, and the hope of the Jewish people. He also demonstrated his unique three-dimensional technique, discuss the evolution of his signature vibrant and detailed style, and answer your questions.

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Acclaimed silver artist Michael Galmer was interviewed by his granddaughter in a virtual program on September 29, 2020, about his sculpture “Tears of the Holocaust,” which he donated to HMTC in 2017, as well as his process and approach to the Holocaust. if you missed this program you can watch it now:

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Join HMTC and 60 other museums and cultural institutions around the world for We Are Here: A Celebration of Resilience, Resistance, and Hope on Sunday, June 14 at 2:00pm ET.

Featuring award-winning media personalities Whoopi Goldberg, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Adrien Brody, Mayim Bialik, Jackie Hoffman, and Tiffany Haddish, world-renowned singers and musicians, Renee Fleming, Lea Salonga, Steven Skybell, Joyce DiDonato, and Lang Lang, and other public figures from all walks of life, the free 90-minute program will commemorate the recent anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising project a message of hope amidst the crises we face.

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Born in a small Russian village, Marc Chagall rose to become one of the most famous and influential artists of his day.  His paintings are filled with fantastic imagery: lovers flying over cities, animals with human faces, people turning into violins, musicians leaping over rooftops.  Yet despite his many sources of inspiration, his Jewish roots, he said, were always his truest guide: “If I were not Jewish I never would have become an artist.”  In her presentation from June 9, 2020, Dr. Linda Burghardt explored the development of Chagall’s work as his life took him through Tsarist Russia, Nazi-controlled Europe and post-war America. If you missed this program you can watch it now:

This program was funded in part by Humanities New York with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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