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Article: CLEVELAND STATE ART GALLERY PRESENTS LOCAL ARTIST WHO CAPTURES TIMELESS STORIES OF JEWISH IMMIGRANTS, MAY 11-JUNE 3
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- April 11, 2006
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Celeveland State University issued the following news release:
Over the past century, millions of people have immigrated to the United States, but few have been given a chance to share their story. Where did they come from? Why did they leave?
The Cleveland State University Art Gallery will present a new exhibit, "Eye Contact/Century to Century," in which artist Pamela Heller gives a voice to 16 Jewish immigrants who came to Cleveland over the last century to escape religious persecution in their homelands. The exhibit features a 40-minute video that highlights each immigrant's experience, as well as a combination of photographic images and mixed media.
"Eye Contact" runs May 11 through ...