Violins of hope

I am grateful to have served as the Creative Director and Designer for the Pittsburgh Violins of Hope exhibition.

Violins of Hope is a cultural heritage organization and project that seeks to preserve instruments played by Jews before and during the Holocaust. Comprising some 90 instruments, the collection records stories of resistance, perseverance, and tragedy. Each violin is an artifact and emblem of hope and remembrance.

In partnership with Violins of Hope Greater Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Libraries’ Distinctive Collections team curated and designed an exhibition in CMU’s Posner Center that featured 21 violins and accompanying imagery, video, and text. The exhibition was the largest installation in the Posner Center’s history and transformed the Center’s interior into an immersive and publicly accessible gallery.