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SUMMARY:Across Life-Worlds Art Talk with Curator Vlad Smolkin
DESCRIPTION:Join the Jewish Museum of Maryland for a curator-led engagement exploring the art highlighted in Across Life-Worlds: A Family History of Soviet Jewish Emigration. Curated by Victoria Smolkin and Vlad Smolkin\, the exhibition places the stories of several Soviet Jewish families who came to Maryland in conversation with the global and national politics that enabled their emigration. Through presenting a selection of lived experiences\, the exhibition explores how American and Soviet Jews\, who began as distant strangers on opposite sides of the Cold War divide\, came to see each other as family.  \nAt the event\, explore the gallery and gain insight into aspects of the exhibition that both directly and indirectly incorporate art and artists. Learn about the ways that art functions to support and integrate the history of Soviet Jewish emigration presented. Hear how the curator’s background in the arts has shaped some of the curatorial decisions. \nAbout Across-Life Worlds \nIn the late twentieth century\, more than a million Soviet Jews left the Soviet Union—the largest ethnic emigration from the USSR\, and the largest Jewish migration since the “Great Migration.” In the late 1980s and early 1990s Maryland became a major destination for this Soviet Jewish exodus. Across Life-Worlds follows the stories of these disparate branches of the Jewish family\, tracing their converging fates during the Cold War and coming to a focus on their reunification in the U.S. The exhibition curators\, themselves children of Soviet Jewish emigration\, capture family stories in interviews\, photos\, home videos\, and objects that reflect the years before their departure and after their arrival—a period that also marks the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.  \nAbout the Featured Curator \nVlad Smolkin was born in Kyiv\, Ukraine\, and emigrated to the United States in 1989 with his parents and sister\, co-curator Victoria Smolkin. He is an artist\, curator\, and founding director of CPM Gallery in Baltimore\, where he presents an international roster of contemporary artists\, publishes limited edition prints\, and partners with a range of curators\, writers\, and scholars. Across his work\, he creates spaces for collaboration and critical reflection\, asking how individuals might see and act within the systems that organize their lives. Smolkin received his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012 and has exhibited nationally and internationally. His artistic and curatorial work has been featured in Frieze\, Artforum\, Forbes\, The Washington Post\, Artnet\, Hyperallergic\, BmoreArt\, among others. He has served as a visiting artist\, critic\, and lecturer at institutions including Moore College of Art and Design\, Johns Hopkins University\, the Maryland Institute College of Art\, Massey University in New Zealand\, Art Institute of Boston\, and Wesleyan University\, and has taught in the graduate Art History Department at Georgetown University. \nComplimentary kosher non-alcoholic beverages will be served.  \nPlease note that capacity for this program is very limited and advance registration is strongly encouraged. Program tickets are available on a sliding scale.  \nAccessibility: The Museum building\, including the family and all-gender single-stall bathroom\, is wheelchair accessible. Masks are welcome but not required. Complimentary masks will be available for anyone who would like one. Noise-reducing headphones and earplugs are available upon request at the front desk. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be available for the formal program elements. Please reach out to our team if you have additional accessibility needs. \nParking: Street-side parking is available\, including in the parking lot located directly across the street from the Museum building. Please be sure to check parking signs and parking spot markings. \nFor questions\, please contact info@jewishmuseummd.org or 410.732.6400.
URL:https://jewishmuseummd.org/event/across-life-worlds-art-talk-with-curator-vlad-smolkin/
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