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Bak Featured Artist in "Holocaust as Subject" Exhibition at
Tweed Museum of Art

UMD faculty Alexis Pogorelskin and Deborah Petersen-Perlman will present a "Gallery Talk" discussing the works of painter Samuel Bak. The lecture will take place April 8 at noon in the Tweed Museum of Art Lecture Gallery. Bak's works are a featured part of the "Holocaust as Subject" exhibition on display April 13 - June 13 in the Tweed Museum of Art. The lecture launches the 2004 Baeumler-Kaplan Holocaust Commemoration Program.

The exhibition "Holocaust as Subject" will feature four contemporary artists whose works address Holocaust-related themes. Painter Samuel Bak, Installation Artist Ellen Rothenberg, Graphic Artist Art Spiegelman, and Photographer Debbie Teicholz each attempt to raise awareness and allow for discussion of issues surrounding the Holocaust, as well as issues centering around the ways societies and individuals have used art to deal with the worlds' most tragic events.

Samuel Bak will give the Baeumler-Kaplan Holocaust Commemoration keynote lecture "Return to Vilnius" on April 20. He will discuss his experiences during World War II.

Below is a complete list of Baeumler-Kaplan Holocaust Commemoration events and programs

2004 Baeumler-Kaplan Holocaust Commemoration Calendar

All events are free and open to the public

Thursday, April 8 at 12 noon: Gallery talk on Samuel Bak and Holocaust Art

• Drs. Alexis Pogorelskin & Deborah Petersen-Perlman
• Tweed Museum of Art Lecture Gallery

Thursday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m.: Presentation on Holocaust Memorials

• Dr. Stephen Feinstein, the University of Minnesota's Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies on the Twin Cities campus.
• Tweed Museum of Art Lecture Gallery.

Sunday, April 18 at 7:00 p.m.: Film

• "There Once Was a Town," a documentary film about a small village in Lithuania called Eishyshok whose Jewish citizens were nearly exterminated.
• UMD Bohannon Hall room 90. A panel discussion will follow the film.

Tuesday, April 20 at 4:00 p.m.: Keynote Lecture

• Painter Samuel Bak will speak on his "Return to Vilnius".
• UMD Kirby Ballroom.

Wednesday, April 21 at 6:00 p.m.: Art & Design Lecture

• Ellen Rothenberg will present a lecture on her Anne Frank Installation.
• Tweed Museum of Art Lecture Gallery.

Thursday, April 22 at noon: Alworth "Brown Bag" Presentation

• "'Push Me Toulec!' - How eight adults and three children survived the Nazi Holocaust." Mr. Max Herbach recounts his family's "great escape".
• UMD Kirby Ballroom A.

For more information on Baeumler-Kaplan Holocaust Commemoration events, see http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/holocaust/ or contact Deborah Petersen-Perlman at:
phone: 726-6849 or 726-7528
fax: 726-7505
email: dpeters1@d.umn.edu