A special tour of the listeningtotheenemy.com project

A special tour of the listeningtotheenemy.com project

Event | Available (Membership Required)

N/A (see course description), NY 12604 United States
see course description
5/6/2026 (one day)
2:00 PM-4:00 PM EDT on Wed

A special tour of the listeningtotheenemy.com project

Event | Available (Membership Required)

Please join artist Madeleine Segall-Marx for a tour of the installation of her 10-years-in-the-making art project, that speaks to the idea that if we can understand the viewpoint of those we are taught are our enemies, we might one day learn to live on the planet without killing each other. She presented this project at the Commission of the Status of Women at the UN, and has taught a course on it at both Vassar and Bard LLI (please see Tish Fitzpatrick's article on the course in LLI Vassar's latest newsletter).

 

The project is comprised of 25 large artworks, both sculpture and wall works, along with personal stories of people who have been caught in armed conflict. The book "The Singing Bowl: Voices of the Enemy," will be available to look through and purchase, if you like. 

 

The works all together are an eyeful, as is the barn in which they are installed, at WaveCrest in Hyde Park.

 

Please come to the house at WaveCrest by 2 pm, where the construction of the project will be explained. Then we will take a short walk to the barn for the tour.  At 4 pm, those who would like to stay on at the house for snacks and viewing of other things, are welcome.

 

You can bring along one other, who is not an LLI member. To register a non-member, send their name and email address to Carole Wolf at cwolf.creative@gmail.com .

There is room for 20. Please RSVP by April 29.

 

Madeleine Segall-Marx

Madeleine Segall-Marx a former instructor of figurative sculpture, splits her time between her SoHo, NYC and Hyde Park studios. She has won myriad awards for her work, including the Dutchess County Executive Arts Award to an Individual Artist. When president of the National Association of Women Artists, she developed programs for its members that involved social justice issues. Her journey in the Listening to the Enemy Project (supported by grants from NYSCA and the Puffin Foundation) led to her involvement with helping Iraqi refugees and with Nepal's Tharu population.

Carole Wolf