Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 7:00-8:15 pm
Wednesday, July 1, 2020, 7:00-8:15 pm

The Washington Conservation Guild presents Two Summer Zoom Talks hosted by the Jewish Study Center, Washington, D

The Odyssey of the Lost Mural

Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 7:00-8:15 pm

The Lost Mural was painted in 1910 in Burlington, Vermont’s Chai Adam Synagogue by Ben Zion Black, a talented artist and immigrant from Kovno, Lithuania.  Two native sons of Burlington, Aaron Goldberg and Jeff Potash, will recount the history of Burlington’s Jewish Community and the story of its Lost Mural.

The Rescue and Conservation of the Lost Shul Mural

Wednesday, July 1, 2020, 7:00-8:15 pm

This follow-on class explains the multiyear efforts of the large interdisciplinary team headed by conservators Richard L. Kerschner and Constance S. Silver to solve the challenging and complex puzzle of stabilizing and protecting and then safely moving the flaking and fragile mural to a nearby synagogue for its long-term display and care.

Register for free at https://www.jewishstudycenter.org/

For more information on the project, visit https://www.lostmural.org