Passing The Paintbrush
Passing The Paintbrush
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In the fall of 2024, three educational audio documentaries were produced and three workshops were held on Lotte Laserstein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel to share more information about these three incredible Queer Jewish artists who lived, loved, and worked in Mitte. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/foerderung/zentrum/).
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Explores the lives and works of notable artists like Lotte Laserstein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, with episodes discussing their contributions, historical contexts, and the impact of their art post-Shoah, such as the enduring legacy of Laserstein's painting 'Im Gasthaus'.
Learn More: www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com
Passing the Paintbrush is an educational project and podcast about historic Queer Jewish artists in Berlin. After the release of each audio documentary, we held history and practical art workshops on the featured artists.
Season 1 focused on Gertrude Sandmann, Lotte Laserstein, and Toni Ebel, learning about their lives through site visits and interviews with historians, authors, and artists.
Thank you to all the funders and partners who made the production possible
Spinnboden
Demokratie In Der Mitte
BMF
EVZ
Featured Guest: Hadass Gilboa
Website: https://www.hadassgilboa.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hadassgilboa/
Printmaking Workshops:
https://www.hadassgilboa.com/workshops
High Grounds Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/high_grounds_workshops/
Lithography Printing Studio in Berlin – Lithowerstatt: https://www.lithowerkstatt-berlin.de/
Article about the studio from 2022:
http://www.lithowerkstatt-berlin.de/Bilder/LW_Tagesspiegel%202022.jpg
Feature in Kultur.txt:
Kultur ring video about the studio : https://youtu.be/vP2kEe7o_7E?feature=shared
Printworking at BBK https://www.bbk-kulturwerk.de/en/printing-workshop
Pia Szur:
Lithography at Solnhofen: https://ssg-solnhofen.de/en/usage/translate-to-english-lithografie
History of Lithography : https://www.aepm.eu/publications/conference-proceedings-2/from-stone-to-chip-alois-senefelder-and-the-invention-of-lithography-in-an-international-context/li-portenlaenger-invention-of-lithography-and-the-solnhofen-quarries/
Fossil hunting at Solnhofen:
https://www.naturpark-altmuehltal.de/freizeit/a-z/hobby-steinbruch_solnhofen-19262/
The Farhud: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-farhud
The Ma’abarot: https://www.nli.org.il/en/discover/israel/zionism/zionism-history/maabarot
The Burnt Vehicles Compound :
https://habsor.co.il/?p=25636&lang=en
What is a Lithograph:
https://www.invaluable.com/blog/what-is-a-lithograph/
Thank you for listening to this extended bonus episode! I hope you tune for more episodes to be published soon
The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah.
This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund in 2024
(https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)
The 5 bonus episodes of 2025 including this publication are produced with support from n-ost and funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice.
https://n-ost.org/projects/history-unit
Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.
The music featured in this episode:
Lofi Beat Loop Schmoop by Seth_Makes_Sounds from freesound.org number 722425 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/722425/
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Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner, with technical advising by Rocket Loam
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