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Exhibits

Original Fabric of Survival Artwork on Exhibit
Esther & the Dream of One Loving Human Family

EXHIBIT NOW OPEN with advanced time entry tickets.

This expanded exhibit of Esther’s art and story includes a partial recreation of Esther’s modest farm home, a thatched-roofed country cottage like the one Esther stitched in her first picture, all in a beautiful newly designed installation.
American Visionary Art Museum
Baltimore, Maryland
February 2019 – March 2024

Watch on YouTube as AVAM Director Rebecca Hoffberger and Art and Remembrance President Bernice Steinhardt introduce you to the exhibit. A live recording from the opening night.

Read exhibit reviews in The Baltimore Jewish Times, Baltimore Magazine and JMore – Baltimore Jewish Living

Watch “Beyond the Politics of Hate: Pathways to Empathy and Compassion”, a panel discussion on the current climate of hate toward immigrant, LGBTQ+ and Muslim communities, and the interplay with the resurgence of anti-Semitism. Produced by Art and Remembrance and recorded live on February 24, 2019 at the American Visionary Art Museum.

UPCOMING EVENTS

None at this time.

Looking for a Speaker? Contact us to arrange a presentation by one of Esther’s daughters, Bernice Steinhardt or Helene McQuade, or one of her grandchildren, including a showing of the documentary Through the Eye of the Needle.

THROUGH THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE

This inspiring 30-minute award-winning documentary examines the life of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz – how she survived the Holocaust as a teenager and how she came to tell her life story in a series of 36 fabric collage and embroidered panels.

View the film on YouTube with optional English and Spanish subtitles.
View with Polish subtitles: Przez ucho igielne. Sztuka Esther Nisenthal Krinitz (Angielski z polskimi napisami)
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