Translator Alex Zucker will be in conversation with photographer, curator, and project manager of the Czech National Trust, Eva Heyd, on the occasion of her new publication, Ticket to the New World, and an exhibition of the same name.
The book, edited by Heyd, follows the fates of numerous prominent figures of the First Czechoslovak Republic’s cultural scene (including Bohuslav Martinu, Alexander Hammid, and Jiri Voskovec) who decided to leave the country at the beginning of World War II. Some emigrated out of fear of persecution, while others refused to live under a totalitarian regime. The bilingual publication aims to document their unusual life stories and fates, introduce their American activities and work, and map their lasting contributions.
The conversation will be followed by an opening of the exhibition Ticket to the New World curated by Eva Heyd, featuring works by Alex Hammid and Bedrich Grunzweig, images by graphic designer Ladislav Sutnar, caricatures by Adolf Hoffmeister and Antonin Pelc, and documents from the career of soprano Jarmila Novotna. On view until June 25. >> Read more
Ticket to the New World (2018), edited by Eva Heyd, illustrated by Hans Lichtenwagner. Published for a 2018 exhibition organized by Czech National Trust. All proceeds of the sale of the book go to the support work of the charity which aim is to preserve Czech heritage for future generations.
Free and open to the public. Online registration through Eventbrite is required. Masks are required inside the venue.
The 2022 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival is dedicated to the people of Ukraine fighting for their independence. 🇺🇦 Suggested donation ($10) will be used to support Ukrainian refugees. All collected funds will be donated to People in Need, a Czech non-governmental, non-profit organization with over 20 years of experience in helping people in emergencies all over the world.
Project partners: Czech National Trust, Dvorak American Heritage Association, Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences New York Chapter, Embassy of the United States of America in Prague, and Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.
ABOUT
EVA HEYD was born in Prague and graduated from Charles Universitybegan her career as a professional photographer and journalist in what was then Czechoslovakia. In 1985 she emigrated to the United States, where she lived for twenty years, working as a photographer for prestigious museums and galleries in New York. 2005 she returned back to the Czech Republic where she settled in the small town in Rožmitál pod Třemšínem, Central Bohemia. Currently she acts as a project manager of Czech National Trust and takes care of several projects of this nonprofit organisation. She is active as a journalist, photographer, and writer and she also curates art shows. In her own artwork, she concentrates on art projects experimenting with the use of photographic images. She has exhibited in leading galleries in New York as well as other parts of the United States and Europe.
ALEX ZUCKER has two translations out in 2022: The Lake, a novel by Bianca Bellová, and The Selected Writings of Jan Patočka: Care for the Soul. He lived in Prague from 1990 to 1995, and currently lives in Brooklyn.
ABOUT THE 2022 REHEARSAL FOR TRUTH THEATER FESTIVAL
The 2022 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival: Under Pressure is organized by the Vaclav Havel Library Foundation and the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association in partnership with the Polish Cultural Institute New York, GOH Productions, Czech National Trust, Terezin Music Foundation, Trap Door Theatre, and Yara Arts Group.
The festival is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, Consulate General of the Czech Republic in New York, Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, Ministry of Human Capacities, Hungary, and Society for the History of Czechoslovak Jews.