This winter and spring, the Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will present artistic programs featuring internationally acclaimed artists in the performing and visual arts.
The series, titled “Semester of the Arts,” will celebrate the experiences and artistic achievements of Jews past and present.
The series begins with an art exhibition at UW Hillel, “Chernobyl: Behind the Back of Time.”
Throughout the exhibition, Dresden-based artist Marion Kahnemann asks questions of history, before and after Chernobyl, of our use of language, and of our approach to diversity and ideology.
The opening reception will take place Thursday, Feb. 6, 5 p.m. The artwork will remain up for viewing at Hillel, 611 Langdon St., through April 6.
In March, the series turns to theatre for a production of Andrei Malaev-Babel’s one-man show “Babel: How it was Done in Odessa.”Isaac Babel was one of the greatest prose writers of the 20th century. In 1939, he was arrested by the KGB and in 1940 was executed.
This show is a tribute to Isaac Babel by his grandson, who will perform five of Babel’s stories. The performance will take place on Sunday, March 2, at 2 p.m., in Lathrop Hall, 1050 University Ave.
The series concludes with concerts — two in Madison, one in Milwaukee — by Fusions, a trio featuring UW-Madison professor of cello Uri Vardi, and Israeli musicians Taiseer Elias (oud) and Menachem Wiesenberg (piano). Fusions aims to highlight the connections and commonalities between Arab and Israeli folk and art music, which are rarely heard together.
The concerts will take place on April 5, 8 p.m. in Mills Recital Hall, 455 N. Park St.; April 6 at noon at the Chazen Museum, 750 University Ave.; and April 6, 7 p.m. at the Rubenstein Pavilion in Milwaukee, 1400 N. Prospect Ave.
All events are free and open to the public. For additional information and updates, visit the website, jewishstudies.wisc.edu/arts.
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