Online Lunch & Learn: “Stories of Survival”: In Conversation With Jim Lommasson and Ralph Rehbock
When you’ve lost everything, a single object can take on extraordinary meaning. Illinois Holocaust Museum’s exhibition, Stories of Survival: Object. Image. Memory., features powerful collaborative artworks by survivors of the Holocaust and 7 other genocides, showcasing more than 50 personal artifacts brought to America as families fled persecution and war.
Join Illinois Holocaust Museum & Navy Pier for an online “lunch & learn” program about the role of memory and remembrance in the aftermath of atrocity with:
- Jim Lommasson, award-winning photographer of artworks featured in Stories of Survival
- Ralph Rehbock, Holocaust Survivor and contributor to the exhibition
- Dr. Daniel Aschheim, Deputy Consul General of Israel to the Midwest
- Moderated by Arielle Weininger, Chief Curator of Exhibitions & Collections, Illinois Holocaust Museum
The conversation will focus on the panelists’ incredible personal journeys and the remarkable collaborative storytelling experience behind the exhibition.
Free to the public. Reservations required.
Lead Sponsors
Supporters
David C. & Sarajean Ruttenberg Arts Foundation
Joan & Bill Brodsky and Family
Contributors
Linda & Richard Price Family Fund
Leonard and Diane Sherman Family Foundation
Norman & Virginia Bobins, The Robert Thomas Bobins Foundation
Anna & Mark Hertsberg
Larry & Donna Mayer