APRIL 2014


EXAMINER MEDIA • ARTSWNEWS


A3 news in brief


New Appointments at Copland House


Copland House’s Board of Trustees has elected Fred Pack for a two year term as President, succeed- ing Lawrence L. Faltz, who served in the position since 2003. Pack served on the board since 2005, and as Treasurer since 2009. Dr. Falz will remain Trustee and was named Immediate Past President. Additionally, Derek Bermel, Founding Clarinetist of Music from Copland House, has been named Artistic Director of the American Composers Orchestra. For more info, visit: www.coplandhouse.org.


Jacob Burns Film Center Appoints New Executive Director


recently worked as a consultant, will be the first Executive Director to fol- low founder Steve Apkon, who will remain on the organization’s Board of Directors. For more info, visit: www.jbfc.org.


Mahlstedt Gallery Opens in New Rochelle


Lest We Forget: Holocaust in Art


Janet Langsam, ArtsWestchester CEO; Yardena Youner, artist; Millie Jasper, Executive Director, Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center; New York State Senator Andrea Stewart-Cousins; Luis Perelman, Blue Door Co-Director


Trinity - A Spirit, A Pawn and Something In Between by Sandra Vucicevic


Edie Demas (photo credit: Russell Peborde)


Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) has appointed Edie Demas as its new Executive Director. Demas has had an active career in arts education, spending two decades focused on arts appreciation and education pro- gramming. She plans to bring this background to JBFC, an educational and cultural institution dedicated to making film a vibrant part of Westchester communities. Demas, who served as Director of Education at New York City’s New Victory Theater for ten seasons and most


Westchester’s newest art gallery, Mahlstedt Gallery, located in New Rochelle, aims to introduce a “viral art scene that embraces all inter- est and forms of contemporary art,” according to the gallery’s Executive Director Oshi Rabin. Rabin and her husband purchased the historical J. A. Mahlstedt Lumber and Coal Company building to explore a con- ceptual approach to the blend of science and art. These exhibitions will often display contemporary work by international artists with a goal of inciting dialogue with the global community. Its next exhibition, Shadow Odyssey, will be on view from April 4 through May 5. For more info, visit: www.jam415.com.


A powerful Holocaust-themed art exhibition presented by the Holocaust and Human Rights Education Center in concert with ArtsWestchester, Lest We Forget, serves as a reminder of a painful past and ensures the continued edu- cation for future generations. On view at ArtsWestchester’s Gallery9, the show features 10 artists includ- ing Ed Lessing, a Holocaust survivor whose collection of paintings titled


Stilled Music represents his own experiences and reflections of his time during the occupation. A spe- cial candle-lighting commemoration will close the exhibition on Yom HaShoah, “Holocaust Remembrance Day,” on April 27 from 2-4:30pm. For more information, visit: www.hhrecny.org.


(news in brief continued on page A6)


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