Sculptor/painter Madeleine Segall-Marx will present background and anecdotes of her
ten year art project (2002-2013) which offers up the idea that if we listen to the "enemy's";
story, perhaps we would be less inclined to kill him. She collected 25 personal stories
from people caught in war around the globe, and with each she created a visual
artwork that represents that story-teller's voice. There will be three classroom
discussions, and the fourth and final class will be a trip to the project, which is
permanently installed in a beautiful barn on her property in Hyde Park. The project
consists of three elements: 25 large wall works or sculptures, 25 stories, and 25
references to food in the form of recipes—one from the culture of each storyteller. The
artist will explain why food becomes a thread between the works. She presented a
lecture on the project at the UN Commission on the Status of Women some years back,
under the auspices of the Women's Caucus for Art.