Survival and Intimations of Immortality: The Art of Alice Lok Cahana, Rabbi Ronnie Cahana, and Kitra Cahana

Kitra Cahana, American Nomads: Subway Song, 2010

Survival and Intimations of Immortality: The Art of Alice Lok Cahana, Rabbi Ronnie Cahana, and Kitra Cahana

Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, Portland, OR - To May 25

by Joseph Gallivan

The work of three generations of artists from the same family—a painter, a poet and a filmmaker—illuminates how the Holocaust impacted them in different ways. This is generational trauma turned into creativity. Key to their work was “preserving the memories, culture, and identity of their shared family and the Jewish people,” according to guest curator Ori Z Soltes.