Jan. 17, 2019- Collin College will host the photographic exhibition Spots of Light: To Be a Woman in the Holocaust Wednesday, Jan. 30-Thursday, Feb. 28 in the J Building of the Frisco Campus, 9700 Wade Blvd. The event commemorates International Holocaust Remembrance Day which is Sunday, Jan. 27. Sponsored by the college’s Student Activity Fee Advisory Committee, the exhibition is free and open to the public.
A production of the Museum Division of Yad Vashem – the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, the exhibition features nine aspects of the Jewish woman’s daily life during the Holocaust: love, motherhood, caring for others, womanhood, resistance and rescue, friendship, faith, food and the arts. Each aspect is accompanied by a personal story, related in the first person.
Learn more about the exhibition at https://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/ready2print/index.asp#women.
For exhibition hours or additional information, contact Dr. Amira Albalancy, Collin College professor of biology, at aalbalancy@collin.edu.
Collin College serves more than 55,000 credit and continuing education students annually and offers more than 100 degrees and certificates. The only public college in the county, Collin College is a partner to business, government and industry, providing customized training and work force development. In addition, the college operates the Collin Higher Education Center, which serves 3,500 additional students each year in partnership with The University of Texas at Dallas, Texas Woman’s University, Texas A&M Commerce, Texas Tech and the University of North Texas.