Holocaust Museum Houston Digital Newsletter November 2015

NEWS

UPCOMING WORKSHOPS FOR EDUCATORS “Love and Hope: Poetry, Art and Expression during Genocide” Friday, Jan. 29, 2016, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. From the children’s drawings created in the Theresienstadt Ghetto to a Rwandan survivor’s drum troupes, artistic expression played a vital role in survival and resistance during and after the Holocaust and other genocides. This workshop will focus on written, musical and visual expressions of art as a teaching and healing tool. “Through Different Lenses: Cultural and Historical Literacy through Photography” Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In conjunction with HMH’s exhibition of Roman Vishniac’s iconic images of Jewish life in Europe before and during the Holocaust, this workshop will juxtapose images from American Indian, African American, and Latino communities to examine photography not only as art, but also as witness. Participants will consider the pedagogical best practices in teaching about the Holocaust and other histories through photography. Participants will engage in a rich examination of cultural context and intended audiences, and will be actively involved in using strategies to incorporate new resources into their classrooms. This program will meet the TEKS requirements for Social Studies teachers in grades 3-12. “Memorials, Memorialization and Memory” Friday, March 4, 2016, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. As with memory itself, memorialization and communal remembrance vary across time and geography. This workshop will introduce Holocaust and genocide memorials worldwide, as well as the politics of creating and sustaining these spaces. In teaching about the symbolism and landscape of these memorials, students can better understand not only the subject matter, but the culture of memory. “The Devil in the Details”: Gender, Genocide and the Family Friday, April 15, 2016, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. As part of Genocide Awareness Month, this workshop will examine genocide in the world today. In addition to working with internationally known scholars, teachers will dissect the controversial definition of genocide and look at current genocides, with an emphasis the gendered aspects of genocide. The fee for each is program is $20 per person, which includes workshop materials but not lunch. To register for any event or for information on continuing education credits, visit www.hmh.org/RegisterEvent.aspx.

New Docent Class Graduates

HMH has spent the last two months training perspective docents to provide tours through the Museum. Among those volunteering were: (front row seated, left to right), Mary Gonzalez, Amanda Dixon, Sandy Block, Leslie Roppolo; (second row: Lauren Shepley, Shane Clark, Bruce Kirsch, Dick Brooks, Ajit Giani, Shelley Hubble, Maria Itkin, Devorah Cohen, Marilyn Chambers, Mal Sokol, Daniel Pickelner, Teresa Davis, Laron Robinson, Paul Kilpatrick and Ron Walker.

Executive Director Named Lerner Fellow

Stanlee J. Stahl, Jerrilynn Miller and Dr. Robert Jan van Pelt joined Museum Executive Director Dr. Kelly J. Zúñiga and Kelly Webeck for the Jewish Foundation of the Righteous’ Alfred Lerner Fellowship for Holocaust Educators on a tour of Holocaust sites in Europe.

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