It all started with a boy in Switzerland, who wanted to be a chef... ■ ■ ■ ■ ■■ ■ ■ Ellsworth Kelly: Blue and Yellow and Red- Orange (Bleu et Jaune et Rouge-Orange), 1964-65, lithograph. Ellsworth Kelly: Colors on a Grid, 1976, screenprint and lithograph. lending library, so fabulous institu- tions like the DIA can call up and ask for an exhibition. "We do the lending for free and usually give outreach money to pay for brochures, visiting artists and student transportation. We generally have two or three traveling exhibi- tions at a time. It's all become a sig- nificant part of my philanthropy." Also important to that overall phil- anthropic outlook is participation in a number of Jewish organizations. He is director of the Mittleman Jewish Community Center, trustee of the Greater Portland Hillel and co-presi- dent of Congregation Shaarie Torah. Schnitzer has established a Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies at the University of Oregon Ellsworth Kelly: Green with Red (Vert avec Rouge), 1964-65, lithograph. and Portland State University in memory of his father, and he set up the Jordan Schnitzner Book Awards offered for academics by the Association for Jewish Studies. "If we're concerned about passing on our Jewish values, a key compo- nent of that is a passion for art," says Schnitzer, the father of two teenage daughters. "When you support the arts, you're supporting healthy values and help- ing build healthy communities. When you're experiencing the arts, for me visual arts, it helps ground you. "There's creativity and a bit of the artist in all of us, and out of going to exhibitions, we get inspired to be bet- ter human beings and try harder to be the best that we can be." E 248-624-1033 www.pepinosdining.com 1837220 "Ellsworth Kelly: Prints" will be on view May 24-Sept. 8 at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Hours are 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 9 a.m.- 10 p.m. Fridays and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays. The exhibition is free with museum admission: $8 adults, $6 seniors ages 62 and older, $4 for ages 6-17 and free for residents of Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties and DIA members. (313) 833-7900; www.dia.org . GREEK