Center Makor

Art About the Holocaust
2026-01-27 - 2026-02-10 | Community Hub, 1320 Centre St, Newton Centre, MA, 02459, United States
Art About the Holocaust
UN Holocaust Remembrance Day
Exhibition and Film Screening
Screening of the documentary film The Lost Brothers, Israel.
An exhibition of graphic art, photographs, and wood inlay work.
Artworks by Alexander Gassel, Andrey Gagarin, and Mikhail Faktorovich.
Grand Opening
Tuesday, January 27, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 28, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, January 29, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets – $18
The exhibition is on display until February 10
Group visits are welcome
Additional exhibition hours:
February 1: 4-6 р.м. and 6-8 р.м.
February 3: 6-8 р.м.
February 4: 6-8 р.м.
February 10: 6-8 р.м.
If you want to organize group or personal viewing at convenient time, contact us at centermakor@gmail.com
Community Hub
1320 Centre St., Newton
TICKETS

Alexander Gassel is a Russian-American artist and designer. Blending the avant-garde with traditional Russian iconography and combining ancient symbols with contemporary subjects, Gassel creates surrealist works that reflect his cultural heritage alongside his experience of life in America.
Alexander Gassel uses ancient techniques employed in the creation of icon paintings. He paints with egg yolk tempera, making his own color pigments by grinding natural stones and minerals, such as malachite, cinnabar, or lapis into powder, which he then mixes with egg yolk. The artist often applies gold or silver leaf on the paintings. Blending the avant-garde with traditional Russian iconography, combining ancient symbols with contemporary subjects, Gassel creates surrealist works that reflect his cultural heritage alongside his experience of life in America.
Learn more about Alexander Gassel and his works at alexandergassel.com
Andrey Gagarin
I am a 74-year-old psychiatrist with no formal photographic education, but I have been making photographs since the age of twelve. My work arises from observation rather than instruction — from standing still, listening, and looking carefully at the world in front of me.
The image of Birkenau was taken six years ago using infrared optics. I chose infrared not for effect, but because it reveals what ordinary sight cannot: the quiet trace of time, the way memory lingers in light long after people have disappeared. For me, this photograph is not a document of a place, but an encounter with history — a way of seeing underlying presence and absence at the same moment.
Photography, like psychiatry, is an act of attention. It asks you to stay, to witness, and to hold what is often difficult to hold. This is what I try to do with my images.

Michael Farro (Mikhail Faktorovich) — Marquetry
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Michael Farro was born in Bobruisk, Belarus. He studied at MIIT in Moscow and earned a Ph.D. in Economics. Michael works as a computer programmer and has taught computer science at Boston University. In parallel with his technical career, he pursues marquetry — creating narrative wood veneer panels that explore memory, history, and human experience. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife.

This event takes place at our Community Hub located at 1320 Centre St., Newton, 02459.
Parking is available between the buildings or on the ramp behind the open bar gate. Newton Centre T Station is 6 minutes away by foot.
Find Center Makor on the display by the entrance door and call us.
The building is accessible to people with disabilities.

Teen Movie Club – The Lost Brothers
2026-02-08 16:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Teen Movie Club
The Lost Brothers
A documentary film by Haim Edgar. Israel.
A touching story about two brothers who found each other 72 years after the World War II.
This story cannot fail to touch you, dear viewer. It is about how the war ended 75 years ago, but people are still being carried away to this day and their fates are being determined by its merciless hand. According to the author, it touches each of us who live in the fast-paced 21st century.
We decided to show you a movie about the fate that unexpectedly and fatally manifested itself in the life of Arie Perel.
On April 24, 2018, a phone call rang in Arieh’s home. “We are calling you from Warsaw, from the Museum of the History of Polish Jews,” he heard on the other end of the phone receiver. – “We want to inform you, Arie, that you were found by your brother, and you were adopted in 1947 in Wroclaw.
And what he didn’t realize was…
His brother Adam has been searching for him for 72 years since the war.
The film was released in Israel in May of 2019.
Sunday, February 8th at 4:00 p.m.
The Community Hub. 1320 Centre St., Newton
Come for the film, stay for the conversation. We can’t wait to see you there! Parents are invited!
REGISTER
Registration is required. The event is free, but we’re asking for $18 donation.
Artworks by Alexander Gassel, Andrey Gagarin, and Mikhail Faktorovich are still on view. Learn more.

This event takes place at our Community Hub located at 1320 Centre St., Newton, 02459.
Parking is available between the buildings or on the ramp behind the open bar gate. Newton Centre T Station is 6 minutes away by foot.
Find Center Makor on the display by the entrance door and call us.
