August 17–December 2, 2018
Esther Nisenthal Krinitz was 12 in 1939 when the Nazis came to her Polish village. She remembers every detail through a series of exquisitely embroidered fabric collages. Her art is an eyewitness account of tragedy and healing.
READ:
A Stitch in Time – Democrat and Chronicle | Spevak Review – WXXI | UofR Newscenter
Lecture
Transmission Of Holocaust Experiences Onto Subsequent Generations
Sunday, November 4, 2018 at 2 pm
Join us for a presentation by Nurit Fischer-Shemer, University of Buffalo PhD candidate, on a study about the effects of the Holocaust experience on children of Holocaust Survivors. Fischer-Shemer, herself a child of survivors, interviewed children of survivors from Rochester and Buffalo New York for the study. Included in museum admission. learn more
Jewish Heritage Celebration Series
Sunday, November 11, 2018 | noon to 5 pm
Lecture at 2 pm
Bernice Steinhardt | Memories of Survival
In her illustrated talk, daughter Bernice Steinhardt will add insightful narrative to each panel.
Professional Development for teachers
Art and Remembrance: Picturing Our Stories
Wednesday, October 3, 4:30-7 pm | Pre-registration required
Lecture
The Art and Story of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz: Her Daughters Remember
Included in museum admission
Sunday, September 16 at 2:00 pm | MAG Auditorium
WXXI Broadcasts
Through the Eye of the Needle-The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz
Saturday, August 11th at 10 pm on WXXI-World (DT 21.2 / Cable 1275)
Sunday, August 12th at 1 pm on WXXI-TV (DT 21.1 / Cable 11 & 1221)
Sunday, August 12th at 6:30 pm on WXXI-World (DT 21.2 / Cable 1275)
Listen in to the Rochester Jewish Film Festival interview on Connections with WXXI’s Evan Dawson. The opening shorts program screened Through the Eye of the Needle, 2011, featuring the work of and interviews with Esther Nisenthal Krinitz.
Democrat and Chronicle
Democrat and Chronicle with Jack Garner
Shown: Passover Matzos, 1998, (detail)
Embroidery and fabric collage.
Underwritten by the William & Sheila Konar Foundation, with additional support from Joan Feinbloom, the Gallery Council of the Memorial Art Gallery, Mona Friedman Kolko and Mark Kolko, Hillel Community Day School, Hillel at the University of Rochester, the Jewish Federation of Greater Rochester, Jewish Senior Life, the Louis S. Wolk Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester, Pamela Miller Ness and Paul Marc Ness, and an anonymous donor in honor of Hillel at the University of Rochester.
Funding was also provided by the Ames Amzalak Memorial Trust, Rina & Danny Chessin and family, Daphne Futerman & Ira Jevotovsky and family, Peggy & Eli Futerman and family, Rubens Family Foundation, Marty and Vanessa Friedman, Tracie and Abe Glazer, Jill Friedman Rosen and Brian Rosen, Simon & Josephine Braitman Family Supporting Foundation, Essie Germanow, Robin and Michael Weintraub, Gradinger Family Fund, the Families of Laurence and Karen Kessler and Dennis Kessler and Andrea Miller, Dr. Ronald and Trudie Kirshner, Bud and Joan Rusitzky, Marcia Stern, Walsh Duffield, John and Jane August, Marianne & Herb Friedman, Jed Kolko and Eric Rice, and Danielle Kolko Henshaw and Larry Henshaw.
