Museum presents talk on Soviet art and culture

          The Jewish Museum Milwaukee will present Christine Evans, assistant professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, in a lecture on “Soviet Art and Culture after Stalin.”

          The event is scheduled for Wednesday, May 29, 11:30 a.m., at the museum, 1360 N. Prospect Ave.

          The talk is being held in conjunction with the museum’s current featured exhibit, “Felix Lembersky: Soviet Form, Jewish Context,” showcasing the works of Lembersky, a Jewish artist working in the Soviet Union during and after the reign of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin.

          Admission is free for members, $5 for non-members. RSVP needed. To register call 414-390-5730 or visit www.jewishmuseummilwaukee.org.

          The exhibit is organized and presented by the JMM and the Sam and Helen Stahl Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. It is on display through July 14.

          It is sponsored by Annalee & Abe Sosman Family, Anonymous Foundation, Gene & Ruth Posner Foundation, Inc., Uniterra Foundation, Woman’s Club of Wisconsin; is co-sponsored by the Art History and History Departments of UWM; and is part of the Stahl Center’s Legacy Heritage Jewish Studies Project and the UWM Peck School Year of the Arts 2013 celebration.