The Robert H. Jackson
Center
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
August 28, 2007
Artist Sid ChafetzÕs ÒThe PerpetratorsÓ on View at the Jackson Center Beginning
September 1
A two-month exhibition of large-scale prints by
internationally recognized artist Sidney Chafetz opens September 1st
at the Robert H. Jackson Center. ÒThe PerpetratorsÓ is a collection of starkly
rendered portraits and biographical text depicting the men who implemented the
policies of the Third Reich and carried out the atrocities of the Holocaust.
The exhibit is designed to educate, provoke discussion and encourage study
among all age groups.
Mr. Chafetz stated, ÒPerpetrators
has two functions. The first is as an art
exhibition; the second as a catalyst for public programs on that terrible period
in world history. It is my hope to provoke the audience to think critically
about the present by remembering a past when a single tyrant was joined by a
cadre of men in perpetrating evil across the world.Ó
In conjunction with the exhibit, Mr. Chafetz will speak at a
noon program on Monday, September 17 in the Jackson CenterÕs Carl Cappa
Theater. This event and the exhibit are free and open to the public.
A resident of Columbus, Ohio, Chafetz is emeritus professor
of art at The Ohio State University. He graduated from the Rhode Island School
of Design and then served in the U.S. Army in England, France, Belgium and
Germany from 1942–1945. Following World War II, he continued his formal
training at LÕEcole des Beaux Arts, Fontainebleau, the Academe Julian, Paris,
and with artists Fernand Leger and Stanley W. Hayter. He has been the recipient
of many honors and awards including two Fulbright fellowships and a Ford
Foundation grant. He was selected as outstanding printmaker by the Mid-American
Print Council and was elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design
and later elevated to Academician. His work is included in private and public
collections in the U.S., Africa, Europe, South America, Israel and Japan. He is
represented by Sherrie Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
Major funding for this exhibit is provided by Bush
Industries. Other sponsors to date are Arrow Mart; Artone Manufacturing Co.;
Caprino Management Services; Chautauqua Region Community Foundation; Geer Dunn
Company, Inc.; Ronald E. Hermance Family; Congregation Hesed Abraham and
Individual Members of the Congregation; Jamestown Community College; Charles M.
Smith, Inc.; Valley of Jamestown Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry;
and William A. Walrod Trust.
The exhibit continues through October 31. Gallery hours are
Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
For more information or to schedule group tours, contact Carol Drake at
716-483-6646 or cdrake@roberthjackson.org.
The Jackson CenterÕs mission is to advance the legacy of
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson through education and exhibits,
and by pursuing the relevance of his ideas for our generation. The Center is
located at 305 East Fourth Street, Jamestown. Tours are available from 10
a.m.–4 p.m., Monday–Friday and Saturdays from 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Contact information:
The Robert H. Jackson Center
716.483.6646
Carol Drake
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