Building Art and Memory
Professor Robert Katz (University of Maine at Augusta) will be in conversation with Dr Aaron Rosen (King's College, London) speaking about this practice as a sculptor and showing selections from his film: "Were the House Still Standing: Maine Survivors and Liberators Remember the Holocaust."
Professor Katz is an installation artist and sculptor who works mostly in welded steel. His art has been featured in exhibitions throughout the USA and he has served as a visting artist at numerous exhibitions universities. He is the designer of the outdoor sculpture, Dwelling of Remembrance: A Holocaust Memoriai in Scarsdale, New York as well as the Slivka Holocaust Memorial in Portland, Maine. All are welcome.