…Art (S( Soul Peek inside the personal collection of Park West Gallery's director. WRITTEN BY KHRISTI ZIMMETH I PHOTOGRAPHS BY GENE MEADOWS Opposite page: Contemporary artist Igor Medvedev, whose quietly elegant Late Fishing hangs above a cherry-wood Ello sideboard in the dining room of Morris and MaryAnn Shapiro's Novi home, says that his work is about capturing "visual miracles." B 1 6 • MARCH 2009 • IN platinwn A large work by Ma...…
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…Arts & Entertainment ON THE COVER Mending 'Broken' Hearts Photo exhibit chronicles children around the world whose lives have been saved by Israeli medical teams. Ilene Wolff Special to the Jewish News A philanthropic program that mends children's hearts may be doing more to foster goodwill between Israel and other countries than any ambassador or peace talks ever could. The program, Save a Child's Heart, is composed of volunteer Israeli...…
…Arts & Entertainment All-American Artist DIA hosts Norman Rockwell exhibit. career telling stories to school and recre- ational groups, will present tales in keep- ing with some lighter subject matter found in Rockwell's work. The family session, wo images and a program of which calls upon Jewish traditions, runs family stories bring Jewish per- 2-3 p.m. Sundays, March 15 and 22. spective to "American Chronicles: "Rockwell was great at usin...…
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