Brandeis Initiative on the Jews of the Americas 

The discussion and reception are part of Brandeis University's 75th Year celebration

Rescheduled date: June 10th, 6:00-7:30pm

Location:
Rapaporte Treasure Hall, Goldfarb Library
Brandeis University
415 South Street
Waltham, MA 02453

Please note that this event is in person but will be recorded and made available later.

Art, Architecture and the Jews: A Story of Modernism and the Diaspora
Featuring: Rosa Lowinger (Brandeis '78) and David Fixler
In memory of: Professor Gerald Bernstein, Tribute by Carol Davis (Brandeis '80)

This conversation, in memory of beloved Professor Gerald Bernstein, showcases Brandeis' leadership in the world of mid-century modernist art and architecture—movements intimately connected with the Jewish diaspora and the promise of a future that coincided with the founding of our university by the US Jewish community in 1948.

The event will feature art and architecture conservator and author Rosa Lowinger in conversation with architect and scholar David Fixler, as they explore their responsibilities to the material world as it intersects with the dynamic forces of time and memory. The event will include a book signing for Lowinger's latest book Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair (Row House, 2023), where intergenerational trauma and healing are narrated through the unique lens of a Cuban-born entrepreneur, trained to maintain artistic and architectural integrity by intimately understanding the object's origin story and then making it viable and relevant in the present.
 

Rosa Lowinger

Cuban-born American writer and art conservator, Lowinger is the founder of RLA Conservation, LLC, one of the largest woman-owned art and architectural conservation firms in the United States. Lowinger is a fellow of the American Institute for Conservation, the Association for Preservation Technology, and the American Academy in Rome.

David Fixler

Architect and lecturer at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, Fixler is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and the Association for Preservation Technology (APT), Peer Review Architect for the United States General Services Administration, and  leader in multiple global conservation organizations.