I SAW IT: From Holocaust Poem to Artist Book (Discussants: Award-winning artist Harriet Bart and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer, moderated by Burns Librarian Christian Dupont)

Award-winning artist Harriet Bart will discuss her abiding interest in the personal and cultural expression of memory in her mixed-media work.

Bart recently collaborated with Boston College professor of Russian, English, and Jewish Studies Maxim D. Shrayer on the creation of an artist book based on Shrayer’s translation of I SAW IT (1942), a powerful poem by Jewish-Russian poet and early Holocaust witness Ilya Selvinsky.

Following a presentation by Bart about her work, Shrayer will join Bart in a conversation about making art from agony moderated by Burns Librarian Christian Dupont. Burns Library has acquired a copy of I SAW IT, which will be on display with other Holocaust-related works.

Light refreshments will be served following the program. The event is free and open to the public.

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