Address: 527 Hudson Street, #20171
New York, NY 10014
Phone/Fax: 917-763-9500
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Website: https://memoryprojectproductions.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheMemoryProject
Director/Person-in-Charge: Laurie Weisman, Executive Director
Principal Staff Members:
Roz Jacobs, Creative Director
Samantha Weisman, Assistant Director
Year Established: 2008
Staff: Salaried - 2
Type of Organization or Mission: The mission of The Memory Project Productions is to promote social justice through art and remembrance. We engage people in art and personal stories to: Honor the lives of Holocaust victims, survivors, and rescuers; Help people remember and honor their own family stories; Understand our place in history; and Appreciate the value of memory and the creative process.
Core Beliefs: As descendants of Holocaust survivors, we have a particular responsibility to fight intolerance and promote understanding; sharing stories through creativity makes tangible connections to the past and emotional bonds between people in the present; and experiencing art provides opportunities to see and connect with the world more fully.
Publications: Finding Kalman: A Boy in Six Million by Roz Jacobs and Anna Huberman Jacobs; The Memory Project: Connecting Art and History Curriculum Guide; Finding Kalman, award-winning documentary film (available with subtitles in Spanish and English); Memory Project Portrait Cards; Messages From Survivors Shoebox Cards
Exhibits:
Messages From Survivors - A scalable and replicable exhibit for museums, schools, libraries and community centers. Short videos and panels provide an intimate view of one family’s experiences and transmit the reality and immensity of the Holocaust. A take-home component provides community engagement:https://memoryprojectproductions.com/messages-from-survivors
Finding Kalman - A traveling multimedia exhibit interweaves a Holocaust survivor's story of the brother she lost in a kaleidoscopic video grid that displays portraits of the boy being made. Available in English, Polish and Hungarian: https://memoryprojectproductions.com/finding-kalman-exhibit
Never Again—Again - A traveling exhibit with six paintings and a video highlighting the stories of six survivors of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda: https://memoryprojectproductions.com/rwanda-never-again-again
Curriculum Materials:
The Memory Project Curriculum Kit - Turnkey curriculum kit links art and history through portrait-making and interviews. Curriculum materials for Never Again—Again
Services:
Traveling exhibits; Workshops connecting art and history; Remembrance Portrait Gallery, support materials for exhibitors: https://memoryprojectproductions.com/portrait-gallery; Portrait of the Month - monthly feature of a portrait and story from the online remembrance gallery; Online film screenings and discussions.
