Helene Fischman's "Art From the Ashes" Opens Tonight at Golda Meir Library in Wisconsin

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WISCONSIN---The opening reception for Art from the Ashes: Finding Light in the Shadow of the Shoah will be held in the Fourth Floor Exhibition Gallery of the Golda Meir Library on Wednesday, February 19, 2014, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The exhibit features the work of visual artist Helene Fischman, a noted Bay-area artist and educator, and currently an MFA candidate in the UWM Department of Art & Design, who established "artist residencies" for herself in former Nazi territory, making former concentration camps her studio. UWM Golda Meir Library: "Art from the Ashes: Finding Light in the Shadow of the Shoah" (Ends May 30); 2311 E. Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI; 414-229-4785; www4.uwm.edu [link]