The public is cordially invited to attend an opening reception for an exhibit now showing at MC's McCormick Gallery, in the Allison Fine Arts Building. The exhibit, which opened last week at the gallery, has already attracted attention from the local media.
Midland Reporter-Telegram
In an effort to educate students and the public about the early 1990s Bosnian genocide, an exhibit titled “Prijedor and the Bosnia Genocide” opened Thursday in Midland College’s McCormick Gallery.
The exhibit, sponsored statewide by the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission and locally by the Jewish Philanthropic Union of the Permian Basin, is traveling to about 12 Texas towns as a way to educate individuals about genocide.
It tells the story of genocide in the Bosnian city of Prijedor between 1992 and 1995. The exhibit consists of 34 display panels with photos and text, as well as a 40-minute video.
Bill Foster, senior pastor at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship, served as a U.S. Army chaplain in Bosnia during the 1990s and will speak about the aftermath and his experiences during a reception at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the gallery.
Educational exhibit on genocide to open at MC
By Meredith Moriak, ReporterMidland Reporter-Telegram
In an effort to educate students and the public about the early 1990s Bosnian genocide, an exhibit titled “Prijedor and the Bosnia Genocide” opened Thursday in Midland College’s McCormick Gallery.
The exhibit, sponsored statewide by the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission and locally by the Jewish Philanthropic Union of the Permian Basin, is traveling to about 12 Texas towns as a way to educate individuals about genocide.
It tells the story of genocide in the Bosnian city of Prijedor between 1992 and 1995. The exhibit consists of 34 display panels with photos and text, as well as a 40-minute video.
Bill Foster, senior pastor at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship, served as a U.S. Army chaplain in Bosnia during the 1990s and will speak about the aftermath and his experiences during a reception at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the gallery.
Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission’s
PRIJEDOR: LIVES FROM THE BOSNIAN GENOCIDE
January 9 - February 21, 2014
McCormick Gallery • Allison Fine Arts Building • Midland College
McCormick Gallery • Allison Fine Arts Building • Midland College
ObjectiveThe Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission hopes to educate citizens about the circumstances that lead to the Bosnian Genocide through the thirty-four (34) panel, Prijedor: Lives From the Bosnian Genocide exhibit at eight Texas venues over the course of the next two years.
The exhibit honors both the memory of the lives lost in the Prijedor genocide and the experiences of the survivors whose stories are told within the exhibit. The exhibit’s targeted audience is Texas residents, particularly college students, middle and high school students, and educators.
Background
The exhibit Prijedor: Lives from the Bosnian Genocide tells the story of genocide in the Bosnian city of Prijedor between 1992 and 1995. Thirty-four display panels and a forty-minute video combine information from official sources, including the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, with original photographs and compelling testimony from genocide survivors now living in St. Louis, Missouri.
Prijedor: Lives from the Bosnian Genocide resulted from extensive collaboration between the Union of Citizens of the Municipality of Prijedor, the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center of St. Louis, Fontbonne University, the St. Louis Chapter of the American Red Cross, Patrick McCarthy (St. Louis University), and Barbara Nwacha – Exhibit Designer (Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville) & Patrick McCarthy – Exhibit Adivsor.
Fontbonne University’s contribution to this collaborative exhibit is part of the ongoing Bosnia Memory Project at Fontbonne University, dedicated to establishing an enduring record of the experiences of Bosnian immigrants in St. Louis.
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Allison Fine Arts Building
3600 N. Garfield
Midland, Texas 79705
(432) 685-4651
3600 N. Garfield
Midland, Texas 79705
(432) 685-4651
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