Arts & Entertainment
Film and Discussion: "Through the Eye of the Needle" at the Brooklyn Museum. Sunday Nov. 15, 2015, 2PM
Documentary "Through the Eye of the Needle: The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz". Followed by a conversation with the artists daughters. 2PM

The Sackler Center presents the award-winning documentary Through the Eye of the Needle: The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz, (2011, 30 min.), which tells the story of Esther Krinitz, a Holocaust survivor who created a stunningly beautiful series of 36 fabric collage panels, intricately embroidered in vivid color. Together, they depict her childhood and survival as a young girl in Poland, and her arrival in the U.S. following the war, where she made her home in Brooklyn. Conversation with Bernice Steinhardt and Helene McQuade, daughters of Esther Krinitz, follow the screening.
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th floor.
Free with Museum admission.