Even in our darkest times, we turn to art to express our deepest emotions.

We invite you to
REFLECT AND RESPOND
​to Labkovski's artwork depicting the Holocaust. 

Selected responses will be presented during the Holocaust Commemoration Program on April 20, 2020 at 5 p.m. PST

Appropriate for ages 13 and up.
 

Submissions are due by
​1:00 p.m.,  April 16.  

The Reflect and Respond program is an opportunity to learn about the Holocaust through the artwork of Lithuanian-Israeli artist David Labkovski, who survived the Holocaust while imprisoned in Siberia. Responses can be in poetry, prose or art.

Guidelines: 

1. Watch the video, “Reading Labkovski’s Narrative Art”.

2. View the artwork depicting the Holocaust. Each artwork has a link to learn about the context of the piece depicting the              Holocaust in Vilna (current day Vilnius, Lithuania).

3.  Reflect upon 1 artwork and write your response in a poem, prose or art piece.

                    * Poem may be no more than 30 lines.
                    * Essay may be no more than 300 words.
                    * Artwork will only be displayed through the David Labkovski Project website.

4.  All work must be original.

5. Submit your entry as a PDF to ​info@davidlabkovskiproject.org​
    by 1 p.m. PST, Monday, April 13.

6. Entries must include your name, email, parent/guardian email (if under 18 years of age) and phone number.

The David Labkovski Project REFLECT AND RESPOND Program Committee will review entries You will be notified by Friday, April 17 if you have been selected to read your poem or essay aloud during the program.

We will rehearse via online video on Sunday, April 19, at 5 p.m. PST, and then read your work at the program on Sunday, April 20, at 5 p.m. PST.

If your work is not chosen to be in the ceremony, it will be available through the David Labkovski Project website.

The David Labkovski Project reserves the right to use the submissions in future publications.
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