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X-WR-CALNAME:I SAW IT: From Holocaust Poem to Artist Book
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DESCRIPTION:Award-winning artist Harriet Bart will discuss her abiding inte
 rest in the personal and cultural expression of memory in her mixed-media 
 work.\n\nBart recently collaborated with Boston College professor of Russi
 an\, English\, and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer on the creation of an a
 rtist book based on Shrayer’s translation of I SAW IT (1942)\, a powerfu
 l poem by Jewish-Russian poet and early Holocaust witness Ilya Selvinsky.\
 n\nFollowing a presentation by Bart about her work\, Shrayer will join Bar
 t in a conversation about making art from agony moderated by Burns Librari
 an Christian Dupont. Burns Library has acquired a copy of I SAW IT\, which
  will be on display other Holocaust-related works.\n\nBart’s installatio
 ns\, objects\, and books have been exhibited extensively throughout the Un
 ited States and Germany. She has also completed more than a dozen public a
 rt commissions in the United States\, Japan\, and Israel. Based in Minneap
 olis\, Bart has been the recipient of fellowships from the MacDowell Colon
 y\, Yaddo\, Virginia Center for Creative Arts\, Bush Foundation\, McKnight
  Foundation\, NEA Arts Midwest\, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. Since
  2000\, she has published more than a dozen fine-press artists books and w
 on two Minnesota Book Awards.\n\nI SAW ITwas recently featured in a BC New
 s article.\n\nLight refreshments will be served following the program. The
  event is free and open to the public. Registration not required.
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LOCATION:Burns Library\, Fine Print Room
SUMMARY:I SAW IT: From Holocaust Poem to Artist Book
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 rtist_book
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