| Rae Stern: In Fugue, installation detail
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Contact: Cheryl Gail
Phone: 816-474-7316
Email: cgail@belgerarts.org
belgerarts.org
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| UPCOMING ARTIST TALKS in Conjunction with RAE STERN: IN FUGUE
Belger
Arts is pleased to announce that on November 7th and 8th, Rae Stern
will return to Kansas City to discuss her work at Crane Yard Studios and
at 21c Museum Hotel. Please see details for each event below and note that time and location vary. Both events are free and open to the public.
Kristallnacht Commemoration
November 7th, 2019 at 7:00 PM
Belger Crane Yard Gallery
2011 Tracy Avenue, KC, MO
In collaboration with the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, Belger
Arts invites you to attend the MCHE community-wide commemoration event
for Kristallnacht and to hear artist Rae Stern talk about her
exhibition In Fugue.
The evening will begin with a light reception at 6:30 p.m. at Belger Crane Yard Studios, followed by a talk at 7:00 p.m.
Complimentary reservations are available at 913-327-8196 or rsvp@mchekc.org
21c SALON: CONVERSATIONS
November 8th, 2019 at 6:00-7:30 PM
21c Museum Hotel
219 W 9th Street, Kansas City, MO
21c Kansas City invites you to join a conversation between Catherine
Futter, Director of Curatorial Affairs at Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
and Israeli-American Artist, Rae Stern.
For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/907128802989098/
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| | Rae Stern: In Fugue features
new, groundbreaking works in porcelain and paper. On view September 26,
2019 – January 5th, 2020 at the Belger Crane Yard Gallery, the
exhibition focuses on the elusive and ephemeral nature of memory as both
a personal and universal phenomenon. Through the manipulation of the
translucent attributes of porcelain and paper, and with innovative use
of digital technology, the works pose questions about the relationship
between object, memory, and time.
The exhibition runs through January 4, 2020
Belger Crane Yard Gallery
2011 Tracy Avenue
Kansas City, MO
The exhibition is supported by Belger Arts, Dick and Evelyn Belger, Asylum Arts, Joan and Steve Israelite and Irene Bettinger.
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| | Rae’ut
Stern is an Israeli-American artist residing in New York City. As a
new-media artist, Stern incorporates digital tools in the manipulation
of multiple mediums - including ceramics, photography, paper, and
textiles. Over a decade of experience working in the high-tech industry
has influenced Stern’s art and fueled her interest in the social and
cultural effects of technology.
Stern
holds a master’s degree from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design,
Jerusalem, as well as an undergraduate degree from the Tel Aviv
University. Stern’s interest in the ceramic medium has led her to pursue
clay-centric training opportunities and residencies at Penland School
of Crafts, NC, Greenwich House Pottery, NY and Anderson Ranch, CO, among
others. Most recently, Stern spent a year as a full time Visiting
Artist at the Belger Crane Yard Studios in Kansas City, MO. Notable
shows include the Sixth Ceramic Biennial at the Eretz Israel Museum,
Ceramic Top 40 at both Belger Arts and Harvard University, and Dish at
Medalta Museum. Her work is included in the Eretz Israel Museum
collection, as well as in private collections in Israel and the USA. She
has also received support in the form of fellowships and grants from
UNESCO, Asylum Arts, the Schusterman Foundation, and Belger Arts.
photo: Saj Issa
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| | About Kristallnacht
Commonly
translated as “Night of Broken Glass”, Kristallnacht is a reference to
the broken windows of synagogues, Jewish-owned stores, community
centers, and homes destroyed and plundered by rioters in Nazi Germany
November 9-10, 1938. In all, 267 synagogues were burned or destroyed,
7,500 Jewish businesses were vandalized or looted, at least 91 Jewish
people were killed, and approximately 30,000 Jewish men were imprisoned
in concentration camps. Rioters also damaged Jewish cemeteries,
hospitals, and schools while police and fire brigades stood aside, under
orders to intervene only if the fires threatened non-Jewish property.
Kristallnacht
ended the illusion that normal Jewish life under the Nazis was still
possible. It also marked a turning point in Nazi anti-Jewish policy that
would culminate in the Holocaust—the systematic, state-sponsored mass
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