Science

DIA hosts U-M's Taubman Institute fundraiser pairing researchers and artists.

he Evening of Art + Science at
the Detroit Institute of Arts was
held May 14. It featured origi-
nal works of art inspired by the artists'
conversations with eminent University
of Michigan physician-researchers. The
artworks were auctioned to raise funds for
the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research
Institute's Emerging Scholars Program,
which provides grants to early-career cli-
nician-scientists to enable them to further
their research.

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Dr. Renee Pinsky, Joanne Danto and Dr. David Pinsky

Dr. Eva Feldman of the Alfred Taubman
Medical Research Institute paired with

artist John Corbin, who created what he Alison and Richard Taubman examine earrings created for the Edith Briskin, Dr. Eva Feldman, Dr. Charles Burant
calls "Telomeres."
event.

'The Memory Project'

Multimedia exhibit explores the life of a Polish Jew who vanished during WWII.

A

rtist Roz Jacobs and filmmaker
Laurie Weisman presented the
opening of their multimedia
exhibit, "The Memory Project," on May
17 at the Holocaust Memorial Center
Zekelman Family Campus in Farmington
Hills. The exhibit will continue through
Aug. 16.

The exhibit features the works of artist
Roz Jacobs and filmmaker Laurie Weis-
man who explore the life of Jacobs' Uncle
Kalman, who vanished during World War
II in Poland. The exhibit features Roz Ja-
cobs' mother, Anna, a Holocaust survivor,
who recalls her own story of survival and
memories of her beloved younger brother
Kalman. The exhibit tells the story of a

family's resiliency and, ultimately joy, in
spite of trauma and loss.
"The Memory Project" has been dis-
played throughout Poland and in Buda-
pest, Hungary and several U. S. museums.
Admission to this event is free with
museum admission or membership. For
details, go to www.holocaustcenter.org, or
call (248) 553-2400.

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Jacobs' portraits of her Uncle
Kalman

Filmmaker Laurie

Weisman and artist

Roz Jacobs discuss
"The Memory

Project" at the
Holocaust Memorial
Center.

Center right:
Learning how

the project came
together

Row oo WE GET

THIS PHOTOGRAPH?

HOWDIDWI

Far right:

An attendee checks
out information
about the portraits.

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