The Shared Stories video (above) presents our vision for how artists around the world connect to the Kulturbund artists’ experiences and the issues they face.
The centerpiece of our story is told through first-hand accounts captured in interviews with Kulturbund artists between 2002 and 2004 and current-day artists that we started interviewing in 2013. They live around the world in places such as Afghanistan, Argentina, Congo DRC, India, Iran, Mali, Niger, Russia, Sri Lanka, Syria, and Ukraine.
We continue to be inspired by these artists, working on various efforts, such as:
COVID-19: The Oppressor, a collection of music and art responses to the 2020 global pandemic.
Featured Short Stories, a presentation of stories about artists that show their powerful responses to oppression through their art.
The Greek Chamber Music Project presents a powerful program in memory of the Holocaust, honoring the Sephardic Jews of Greece and the broader Mediterranean. The Sephardim have a deep history in Greece, with musical traditions that have had lasting influences on the region.
Theatre Artists gather for a two-day improvisational workshop in June 2013 to explore their personal and global affinities to the Kulturbund.
3 Frames/By Me is curated from the full play BY ME YOU’LL NEVER KNOW written by playwright Tom Minter.
Two Pianos is a one-hour live multimedia music-documentary performance that vividly tells the story of concert pianists Anna Burstein Bieler-Suwalski and Halina Neuman Schulsinger who met at the Leipzig Conservatory in 1926. They gave two-piano concerts at the Kultburnd Leipzig branch in 1934 and 1936.
With Love, Elio: An Artist’s Path to Happiness is a film about a transgender Italian artist.
For some reason, I wasn’t able to access the video, but I am very interested in getting more information. I am a Jewish artist who has centered most of my artistic life using Biblical themes to address contemporary issues. I am now working on a series of large charcoal drawings addressing the immigrant/refugee crisis.
Please put me on your email list to receive all your emails concerning the Library of Congress programs you are working on.
I also am a Jewish book illustrator, including the KarBen Publishers “Sammy Spider” preschool series.
Dear Katherine,
Thank you so much for your comment. Sorry you couldn’t access the video. If you care to try again, here’s the link https://www.judischekulturbund.com/shared-stories/. (I just checked it and it is working).
Your artwork is beautiful. And I am happy to hear about your response to the current refugee crisis through your art and your book “Sammy Spider”.
I will add your name to our mailing list and hope to see you at the LOC program.
Gail, The Jüdische Kulturbund Project
This is amazing. May I share this everywhere?
I appreciate you for this great initiative, how do u work with artists, I mean requirements to join your Organization, accessing a video is like saving a visible immortal life, congratulation.