Sunset Salons: Historic Preservation – Religious Institutions Then & Now
Clifton Cultural Arts Center partners with the Skirball Museum for a conversation about architecture, historic preservation, and the history of Cincinnati’s religious institutions against the backdrop of
Jewish Cincinnati: A Photographic History by J. Miles Wolf.
Featured Panelists
Margo Warminski is Preservation Director of the Cincinnati Preservation Association, a position she has held since 2004. Prior to joining CPA, she worked as an independent preservation consultant in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky. Warminski is a native of Detroit, where she developed a passion for historic architecture and urbanism at an early age. An avid writer, she has contributed to five books. Margo currently is restoring a former church parsonage that was narrowly saved from demolition.
J. Miles Wolf is a photographer, publisher and artist living in Cincinnati. His career of 40 years has included owning and managing art galleries, retail stores, photo labs and his own publishing company. He is a prolific photographer about to publish his ninth book. His photographs are in hundreds of corporate collections and thousands of homes around the Cincinnati area. Wolf’s photographs are in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and the Cincinnati Art Museum. He has had exhibits for all four FotoFocus events in Cincinnati including this year’s Jewish Cincinnati: A Photographic History at the Skirball Museum.
Gary Phillip Zola is the Edward M. Ackerman Family Distinguished Professor of the American Jewish Experience & Reform Jewish History at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Cincinnati, as well as the Executive Director of The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives. Zola serves as editor of The Marcus Center’s award-winning biannual publication, The American Jewish Archives Journal. President Barack Obama appointed Dr. Zola on three separate occasions (2011, 2014, and 2017) to serve as a member of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, an independent agency of the Federal government. Established by Public Law in 1985, the Commission exists to foster the preservation and protection of the cemeteries, monuments, and historic buildings associated with the foreign heritage of United States citizens. Although HUC-JIR presidents have received appointments to U.S. Commissions, Professor Zola is the first regular member of the College-Institute’s faculty to receive such a Presidential appointment
Schedule:
6:00pm – Doors open for light bites and chocolate desserts
6:15pm – Featured panel conversation
Advance ticket sales for this event have ended. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door at the Cincinnati Skirball Museum.
Many thanks to our generous sponsors:
Lite Bite Sponsors:
Drs. Patricia Klein and Reid Hartmann