10/06/2012 - 09/01/2013
American Visionary Art Museum
800 Key Highway
Baltimore, MD
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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.

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Exhibits

Fabric of Survival - The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz
September 21, 2013 - December 22, 2013
Florida Holocaust Museum
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Fabric of Survival - The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz
September 07, 2014 - November 30, 2014
Evansville Museum of Art and Science
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The Art of Storytelling - Lies, Enchantment, Humor & Truth
Featuring "Fabric of Survival - The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz"
October 06, 2012 - September 01, 2013
American Visionary Art Museum
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Baltimore Sun : Holocaust tapestries at AVAM help explore the nature of narrative
October 04, 2012
by Mary Carole McCauley
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Smithsonian.com - Around the Mall : Through the Eye of the Needle: Views of the Holocaust at Ripley Center
November 28, 2011
by Joseph Stromberg
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KUHF Radio: The Front Row : Through the Eye of the Needle - Interview with Bruce Steinhardt
August 17, 2007
by Catherine Lu & Chris Johnson
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Books

Hilos de la Vida - Threads of Life
A Collection of Quilts & Stories
by Molly Johnson Martinez and Anderson Valley Artists
Soft Cover Book - $20.00
Book + DVD Combo - $30.00
It only takes a glimpse to realize that this 84 page book is a treasure. Its pages are brimming over with an abundance of color, a feast for the eyes that documents the quilts, the artistic product of some of the women and children of the Anderson Valley.

Hilos d... more

Memories of Survival
by Esther Nisenthal Krinitz and Bernice Steinhardt
Published by Art and Remembrance
$15.99 + S&H (Educator & volume discounts available)
Book + DVD Combo $24.99

In this beautiful 64-page picture book,  Esther Nisenthal Krinitz tells her story of survival during the Holocaust through her art and narrative.  Acompanying text by her daughter, Bernice Steinhardt, adds historical detail, context and interpretation. While a beautifu... more



Videos (Click to Display All)

Art Memory and Healing
This video presents the panel discussion that followed the Maryland premiere of our 30-minute documentary on the life and fabric art of Holocaust survivor Esther Krinitz. The event took place in the Cultural A... more

Gallery Talk -- "Fabric of Survival: The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz"
In this on-line video, Bernice Steinhardt and Helene McQuade share stories of their mother, Esther Nisenthal Krinitz, who in 1977 began creating works of fabric art to tell her story of survival during the Holo... more

Interview with Esther Nisenthal Krinitz (View On-Line)
Esther Nisenthal Krinitz tells her story of survival in this on-line video

In 1998, acclaimed filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan spent three days interviewing Esther Nisenthal Krinitz and family, with he... more



Audio

Through the Eye of the Needle - Interview with Bruce Steinhardt
KUHF Radio: The Front Row with Catherine Lu & Chris Johnson - Fri, Aug 17, 2007
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Film

Through the Eye of the Needle - The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz

Directed by Nina Shapiro-Perl
An Art and Remembrance Production

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