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THE WEEK IN REFLECTION: EXHIBIT OPENING   
Into the Light: The Healing Art of Kalman Aron  
 
Artist Kalman Aron with his wife, Miriam Sandoval Aron
by Self-Portrait, 1954

Our newest exhibit, INTO THE LIGHT: The Healing Art of Kalman Aron, opened this week with a reception attended by the artist, Holocaust Survivor Kalman Aron.

Born in Riga, Latvia in 1924, Kalman Aron was a child prodigy who at age thirteen was commissioned to paint the official portrait of the Latvian President. Aron's life was turned upside down in 1941, when the Germans invaded Latvia and he was deported to a concentration camp. Aron settled in Los Angeles after the war and had a long, successful career. He began as a portrait painter and later became known for his  vibrant landscapes and intriguing studies of people in his unique style, "psychological realism."
   
For more information about the exhibit, visit our website
 
COMING UP:
LAMOTH Docent Training
Monday, October 12, at 10:00 am  



We are now accepting applications for our docent program. Our talented and dedicated docents lead educational tours for students and adults in our galleries. The annual docent training program begins October 12 and meets every Monday for ten weeks. The training will cover the history of the Museum, the Museum's collections and exhibits, an introduction to the history of the Holocaust, and gallery teaching techniques. For more information and to fill out an application, please visit our website
SPOTLIGHT: RIGHTEOUS CONVERSATIONS PROJECT 
Curt Lowens: A Life of Changes Honored at Film Festivals 
 
Curt Lowens: A Life of Chan ges continues to be honored at  film festivals throughout the country. The film was a finalist for the prestigious 2015 CINE Golden Eagle Award in the Youth - Documentary Short category. It also premiered recently at the Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham, Alabama, and has bee n selected for the Mill Valley Film Festival in October.
 
The film was created by  students in collaboration with Holocaust Survivors at the Righteous Conversations  Project Digital Storytelling Workshop at Harvard-Westlake School in 201 4. To view the film, click here. For more information about the Righteous Convers ations Project, visit our website

THE LEGACY OF WOMAN IN GOLD:  
LAMOTH's Annual Gala Dinner 
Sunday, November 1, 2015
   
LAMOTH Musical Ambassador performs at 2014 Annual Gala

Our Annual Gala Dinner will feature a performance by one of our Musical Ambassadors, student pianists selected through an audition process to 
advance the mission of Holocaust education and commemoration through their passion for music. Applications for this year's Musical Ambassadors program are due October 2, with auditions on October 25. More information here.  

Music plays a integral role at LAMOTH. Our President and honoree, Randy Schoenberg, is the grandson of two prominent composers, Arnold Schoenberg and Erich Zeisl. Arnold Schoenberg is often described as the "father of modern music." He is best known for developing the Twelve-Tone Method of Composition, a broad departure from the romantic style of the late nineteenth century. Raised in Vienna,  Schoenberg was forced to flee to the United States in 1933 due to the rise of Nazism.

Randy's maternal grandfather, Erich Zeisl, also was raised in Vienna. He entered the Vienna State Academy at age fourteen and published his first works two years later. Zeisl's work was just gaining recognition when Hitler's Anschluss forced him to flee Austria. He had received an Austrian state prize in 1934, but was unable to secure a publishing contract because the music of Jewish composers had been banned in Germany. 
 
For more information about our Annual Gala Dinner, click here.  
   
COMING UP:  
3G at LAMOTH Genealogy Workshop
October 7, 2015, at 7:00 pm 


Join 3G at LAMOTH on Wednesday, October 7, at 7:00 pm, for a genealogy workshop with LAMOTH President Randy Schoenberg, Jewish genealogy expert and Geni.com volunteer curator. Randy will talk about getting started researching one's family history, with a focus on families of Holocaust Survivors. The event is free. For more information or to RSVP, email jordanna@lamoth.org
SURVIVOR SPEAKER:  
Peter Daniels 
Sunday, September 12, at 2:00 pm 
 

This Sunday at 2:00 pm, Peter Daniels, who was born in Berlin in 1936, will talk about his experiences as a child during the Holocaust, including his imprisonment in Theresienstadt. 
 
 
The Righteous Conversations Project is made possible through generous support from the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, the Righteous Persons Foundation, The Erwin Rautenberg Foundation, and The Michael & Irene Ross Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles. 

Museum Hours:    
Saturday - Thursday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 
Friday 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM   
Admission is always free.

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