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not taking on women for professional
jobs — certainly not Jewish women
— so I asked Eliel Saarinen for advice,"
Schnee recalls. "This well-known archi-
tect was very clear in telling me to apply
to competitions — and win them. I did
my best to follow his suggestion."
After working as an instructor and
lecturer for Michigan State University,
Schnee became the assistant to the chief
architectural designer for Raymond
Loewy Associates in New York City. One
year later, she opened her own studio,
designing and completing custom silk-
screening for contemporary textiles and
winning awards.
Her late husband, Edward, a Yale
University economics graduate, joined
her to manage Adler/Schnee furnishings
center, which operated from 1949-1977
in Detroit.
During the 1950s, Schnee developed
some of the designs that have been
reissued by Anzea Textiles and will be
on display at the BBAC, where a com-
panion exhibit, "Art Transformations in
Rural Michigan," will show the prints of
Dorothy Anderson Grow.
Schnee's projects have included the
restoration of Orchestra Hall and con-
sulting work with acclaimed architects,
including Frank Lloyd Wright.
"Design brings order to the world
by creating an aesthetic unity of space,
light, color, pattern and texture," says
Schnee, whose designs are in the collec-
tions of the Museum of American Crafts
in New York City and the Victoria and
Albert Museum in London. "I have tried
to find the best possible expressions of
beauty and function." ❑
"Show the Colors: A Life in
Design" runs July 25-Aug. 29
at the Birmingham Bloomfield
Art Center, 1516 S. Cranbrook,
in Birmingham. The exhibit can
be seen 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Mondays-
Thursdays and 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Fridays-Saturdays. There will be a
reception 6-8 p.m. on opening day
and a free artist talk 7 p.m. Friday,
Aug. 22. (248) 644-0866 or
www.BBArtCenter.org .
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Bernstein, who had his bar mitzvah at
Congregation Beth Moses in Detroit, has
made wall mezuzahs and menorahs, but
none of his current work is functional.
His designs have been offered through
galleries and are in the corporate collec-
tions of Steelcase, Chrysler and GMAC.
"I want each form to stand out, so I
work toward having very brilliant colors:'
Bernstein explains. "Each project goes
through two electric firings and two-to-
six raku firings.
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clay. Without the perfect formula, the pot-
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"I continuously search for ancient
Judaic documents, which I use as inspira-
tion to recreate scrolls and revive their
meaning," says Amrani, 50, who studied
art at the University of Haifa and also
has done representations of the human
figure.
"While I'm interested in scrolls of both
Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews, I also have
used the Dead Sea Scrolls as my subjects."
Amrani, whose pieces have been
offered at other Michigan art fairs over
many years, learned techniques from her
mother, a painter, and her father, a sculp-
tor. She sought ways to make her projects
very unique and has done custom work.
Bernstein, whose pottery also will
be shown during the Labor Day week-
end at Arts, Beats & Eats in Pontiac,
studied ceramics at Northern Michigan
University after earning an economics
degree at Michigan State University
"My pots are wheel-thrown vessels:'
explains Bernstein, 58. "I use the vessel
form as my canvas and the firing process
as my paint brush. I believe my pieces
reflect the hues and forms of the environ-
ment in the Upper Peninsula. Some of the
colors are reminiscent of the hues of Lake
Lone Pine (17 mile)
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