Lecture and reception: Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females—Tapestries and Sculpture by Linda Stein

Linda Stein

Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females

August 22 – September 29, 2023

Lecture, 9/8, 12-1 p.m.

How Art is a Catalyst for Gender Justice vs. Bullying and Oppression

Performance, 9/8, 1 p.m.

Dance performance by Professor Ambre Emory-Maier and students

Reception 9/8, 1-2 p.m.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Contact: Anderson Turner, Director, School of Art Collection and Galleries

                    haturner@kent.edu, 330-672-1369 (office)

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KENT, Ohio – The School of Art Collection and Galleries at Kent State University are pleased to announce a new exhibition, Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females Tapestries and Sculpture by Linda Stein.

The exhibit, which will be on view from August 22 to September 29 in the CVA Gallery, located in the Center for the Visual Arts, 325 Terrace Drive, Kent, Ohio. This show features 11 Heroic Tapestries, 20 Spoon-to-Shell box sculptures and one Protector sculpture. The tapestries depict women who risked or lost their lives during the Holocaust, including Anne Frank, alongside lesser-known women such as Noor lnayat Khan (a Muslim who sent radio signals to allies in Nazi-occupied France and was executed at Dachau). It also includes two videos, one featuring Gloria Steinem, Abigail Disney, Elizabeth Sackler, and the other features an interview by Linda Stein of Raymond Learsy, the son of one of the women featured in a heroic tapestry.

About Linda Stein

Linda Stein is a feminist artist, activist, educator, and writer. She is the Founding President of the non-profit Have Art: Will Travel! Inc (HAWT) for Courageous Kindness. She coined the expression The 4 B’s (Bully, Bullied, Bystander, Brave Upstander) as a teaching tool. “My goal as an artist,” Stein says, “is to use my gender-bending art to inspire Upstander behavior for peace, equality and diversity.” Stein’s Art Archives are at Smith College and the Linda Stein Art Education Collection is at Penn State University.

Please join us on September 8, 2023, from 12-1 p.m. for Lecture by the artist titled, How Art is a Catalyst for Gender Justice vs. Bullying and Oppression; A dance performance at 1 p.m. by Kent State University Professor Ambre Emory-Maier and students; and a reception from 1-2 p.m. in the Center for the Visual Arts lobby adjacent to the CVA Gallery.

•All events are free and open to the public.

•This exhibit is presented with support from the Ohio Arts Council and the Kent State University College of the Arts, School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences and Humanities, The Women’s Center, and the LGBTQ+ Center.

The CVA Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Thursday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Friday 10:00 am - 2:00 pm,

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