01/08/2011 - 02/21/2011
The Mansion at Strathmore
North Bethesda, Maryland
current exhibit

Art and Remembrance is a non-profit, arts and educational organization that seeks to change people's hearts and minds by illuminating the experience of war, oppression, and injustice through the power and passion of personal narrative in art.

BackStory A Blog


Getting to Youngstown
April 25, 2010

In mid-March, Esther's exhibit opened at the Butler Institute of Art in Youngstown, Ohio. How did this come about?
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When Hollywood Came to My Living Room
February 02, 2010

In 1996, Hollywood director Lawrence Kasdan wanted to make a feature-length movie about Esther Krinitz. Although he wasn't able to make his film, his interviews with Esther will now be a part of an Art and Remembrance documentary.
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Memories of Survival in Japan
January 03, 2010

Students in Japan and Korea, where Memories of Survival has also been published, are learning and talking about Esther's story.
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Heroism and Perseverance
December 27, 2009

Welcome to the BackStory blog and my inaugural post!
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