Storyopolis, the children\’s art gallery and bookstore, is kicking out children next week for a grownups-only project, an Artists\’ Studio Series featuring the not-so-kid-friendly art created by children\’s book illustrators they work with regularly.
\”A lot of people went to Israel when the country was new and bought Yemenite art, but they didn\’t tell you it was Yemenite,\” said the museum\’s director and founder, Norma Kershaw. \”Ancient or modern, whatever people have\” would be welcomed.
Not many artists begin an ambitious new series at 76, but Arnold Mesches did just that after receiving a large box stuffed with FBI documents in 1999. It had taken the Jewish American painter three years and dozens of letters to obtain the 760-page dossier, his FBI file from 1945 to 1972. The papers — obtained under the Freedom of Information Act — chronicle his left-wing activities from the Communist red scare of the 1950s to the Vietnam War era.\n\n
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis was a prolific Bauhaus artist, who taught art to the children of Terezin. Her art and the art produced by the children in the camp under her tutelage is the subject of a new exhibition at the Simon Weisenthal Center\’s Museum of Tolerance.
\nThe Holocaust, impossible to grasp in its entirety, has been depicted, in part, through every conceivable format and medium. Two joint exhibitions, now at The Jewish Federation\’s Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, surprise with new and affecting insights into the measureless catastrophe.
here are some 39 million refugees and displaced persons in the world today, and Angelenos can get a hint of how they live and survive at \”A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City\” exhibition, now in Exposition Park through Oct. 22.
Sculptress Harriet Zeitlin and painter Pat Berger share a lot in common. Friends for many decades, both artists have worked for more than 50 years, have had extensive teaching experience, were active in organizations championing artists\’ rights in the 1970s, lost their husbands in the 1990s. They even own terriers (Pilot and Dori, respectively).
When thecolumnist and author Jack Newfield started work on his documentaryabout Robert F. Kennedy, his mind was rooted as much in the presentas it was in the past. Yes, a large part of the purpose of thethree-hour special, \”Robert F. Kennedy: A Memoir\” (Discovery Channel,Sunday, June 7, 8 p.m.), was to commemorate and honor the latesenator on the 30th anniversary of his assassination.
Attention,anyone who was ever married or bar mitzvahed at Etz Jacob Congregation at 7659 Beverly Blvd.: The shul wants testimonials, photographs and memorabilia for an exhibit honoring its 80thanniversary. The temple is the oldest in Beverly-Fairfax, and, according to Rabbi Rubin Huttler, it\’s in large part responsible for creating the Jewish enclave around Fairfax Avenue.
Paintings from Terezin are on exhibit at the Jewish Federation Building
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