Imagining A Better World: The Artwork of Nelly Toll
In the fall of 2013, as part of the exhibition, the team at Massillon Museum in Ohio collaborated with Dr. Nelly Toll to create a faithful replica of the apartment she hid in with her mother during World War II.
VIDEO: A segment from the traveling exhibit.
The exhibit was awarded the 2014 Best Exhibition of the Year by the Ohio Museums Association as well as the Ohio Museum Association 2015 Visual Communications Award for the accompanying Educators Resource.
For the first time, nearly the entire collection of Nelly Toll’s original paintings were exhibited in the main gallery of the Massillon Museum, in March of 2014. Much of the artwork was on loan from private and museum collections including the National Holocaust Memorial Museum. Eight of her paintings are part of the permanent collection of the Yad Vashem Musem in Israel. The Imagining A Better World traveling exhibit is opening at the following locations across North America;
Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, Ohio September 15, 2018 through December 30, 2018 Click here for more information about this venue.
University of Alberta - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada September 28, 2017 through March 11, 2018 Click here for more information about this venue.
Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio - San Antonio, Texas
January 1, 2016 through March 31, 2016
Reception with artist March 2, 2016
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May 6, 2016 through July 10, 2016
Reception May 6, 2016
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April 1, 2017 through April 30, 2017
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March 1, 2016 through February 28, 2017
Reception March 5, 2016
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March 20, 2017 through July 10, 2017
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"Nelly's story is inspiring; she was able to transform fear and tragedy into beautiful images," said Alexandra Nicholis Coon, museum Executive Director, who further described the exhibition as "a journey through her imagery of hope and imagination."
Please visit the Massillon Museum web site to read Nelly Toll's biography, learn about her educational activities for children and find breaking news for upcoming events and the Traveling Exhibit.