8-05-2024 1:42pm

RVCC to Present Art Exhibition Focusing on Dangers of Hatred

Donnella Tilery Editor

School and community groups are invited to schedule a free tour of Bearing Witness, an exhibition featuring 36 mixed-media quilts and other works of fabric art, on display at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg from August 28-December 13.

Presented in collaboration with the RVCC’s Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies and its Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, the exhibition will feature artwork highlighting the perils of anti-Semitism, racism, homophobia, sexism, and inequity.

The exhibition, organized by Studio Art Quilt Associates (SAQA), Inc., will be on display in the Morris & Dorothy Hirsch Library of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Racism, located on the second floor of the College’s Evelyn S. Field Library.

Humanity’s shared history includes a violent and shameful component—that of deliberate attempts to eradicate specific populations due to differences in culture, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender expression, and race. These acts are often motivated by those in power, and collective trauma and tragedy are part of many people’s past and present. These themes are explored in the exhibition, which features work by artists from the United States, as well as the United Kingdom, Israel, Germany, Italy, and Canada.

For additional information about the exhibition or to schedule a tour, contact Michelle Edgar, Program Specialist, Institute of Holocaust and Genocide Studies, at michelle.edgar@raritanval.edu. To learn more about the Holocaust Institute, visit https://www.raritanval.edu/community-resources/holocaust-institute.