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PO Box 1721, Seattle, WA 98111 U.S.A. |
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Student essay
by Sonya S.,
May 26, '99. below: A 'thank you' card by an 8th grader at a Tacoma school who attended a slide presentation at Pacific Lutheran University's Foreign Language dept, spring 2003
Below:
Transcription of a
hand-written letter sent to the artist by Sam G., March 1999. |
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CLASS & WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS: |
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Class
1 Length: 60 minutes plus Q&A and discussion time
Suggested audience: Ages 12 and older.
A Note for teachers of children ages nine through eleven:
A modified and shortened slide presentation which includes a student
and teacher group discussion on the ways that people are different;
and introduces topics of stereotyping, racial and religious prejudice,
war, ethnic conflict, and genocide is available for teachers of students
ages nine through eleven. (In American schools: 4th & 5th graders).
Description:
The slide presentation interweaves over 20 "Under the Wings of G-D" drawings
with examples of actual photos used by the artist as inspiration and source material in
making the artworks. The presentation offers audiences the opportunity to hear
about this monumental important art series in the artists own words.
It also provides an unusual format for audiences to ask all those questions
they don't get to ask artists when seeing art in museums and galleries or
reading about it in books.
Designed as exquisite works of fine art and widely admired for their aesthetic beauty,
the Under the Wings of G-D drawings offer audiences a wide variety of discussion
topics on the Holocaust.
Selected topics may include:
~ How Jews got their horns, how to identify them, and where to locate them
~ German, Polish and Russian stereotyping of Jews in the 1920's and 30's in art,
comics & photography
~ Popular engraving of Jews in the middle ages and late 19th century France
~ Moral and ethical choices during the Holocaust
~ Making individuals out of the impossible numbers of victims
~ The "Under the Wings..." drawings as angels: a Jewish, Christian or
universal interpretation?
~ Wings and angels in Torah (The Old Testament)
~ Aesthetics in the series: the use of negative space and the white of the
drawing paper in creating composition & effect; how the drawings are drawn,
composition, drawing from photos & birds wings.
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Class
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THE HOLOCAUST ART
OF
ISRAEL BERNBAUM & AKIVA SEGAN 
 above left, detail from Bernbaum's painting 'The Warsaw Ghetto Streets" above right: detail from Segan's "Shoah Dreams" Length: 60 minutes plus Q&A and discussion time OVERVIEW: The class begins with examples of pre-war visual anti-Jewish and anti-Semitic imagery including 19th century engravings, early 20th century drawings and German-Austrian school books glorifying hatred of Jews. Two major artworks by Bernbaum from My Brothers Keeper are shown: "On Both Sides of the Ghetto Wall" and "The Warsaw Ghetto Streets." An overview of the "Under the Wings of G-D" Shoah art series is shown, including slides of the 2005 monumental mosaic & drawing "Life and Death in the Ghetto." Several examples are shown of works from the companion "Sight-seeing with Dignity" series.
Class 6
The class is based on the self portraits
and other art created 
Three Nussbaum Self Portraits
Left:
"Self Portrait with Mask & Paper Horn (# 2)" |
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GENERAL INFORMATION
DRAWING WORKSHOP
INFORMATION ON CLASSES: |
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AUDIENCE AGES:
Slide classes are for youth ages 11 and up. Most presentations are for
youth: upper level elementary school, junior high / middle school, high
school and college / university. Beginning June 2002 adult presentations
are for museum, prison, police academy and other special circumstance
audiences. Special classes are available for 5th graders which introduce the topics
of prejudice, stereotyping and hate. COSTS: |
Israel
Bernbaum - 
