Tomorrow at Christ Church

Tomorrow, January 27, is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz in 1945, a date that is observed as a day of Holocaust remembrance internationally. Appropriately, tomorrow is the opening of Shoah: A Meditation on the Holocaust, an installation by Phillip Schwartz at Church Church Episcopal, 431 Union Street.

Child's Mugshot. Phillip Schwartz, 2024. Upholstery fabric and satin

Inspired by the Stations of the Cross, the story of the Passion of Christ told through visual art which has been used for centuries in Christian prayer and meditation, Shoah: A Meditation on the Holocaust is a combination of egg tempura paintings, icons, and textile works. Many of the images in these works are based on open-sourced photographs housed in the collection of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

Schwartz is a Hudson-based artist and iconographer whose work has been shown locally and internationally. His textile work was recently featured in Fiber Art Now. One of his quilts will be on view at the Texas Quilt Museum in La Grange, TX, from March until August, as part of the exhibition "Excellence in Quilts." His work is also included in an exhibition at the Center of Exploratory and Perceptual Arts (CEPA) in Buffalo called "The Power of Resilience and Hope: Photography and the Holocaust: Then and Now."

Shoah: A Meditation on the Holocaust opens on Saturday, January 27, at Christ Church Episcopal, 431 Union Street. There will be an opening reception from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The installation will be on view through Sunday, February 11. Exhibition hours are Sunday from noon to 4:00 p.m., Thursday through Saturday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., and by appointment. Call or text (518) 929-4411 to arrange a visit outside of the hours given.