KWAHS provides Educational Outreach for over 600 Monroe County Students
With an image of her father, photographer Arthur Rothstein and mother Grace projected in the background, Dr. Annie Rothstein-Segan (third from left) entertains (left to right) Social Studies teacher Teddi Valeski, Key West Art & Historical Society Education Specialist Adele Williams, and Rothstein-Segan’s partner, Brodie Hefner at Key West High School on Thursday. From October 15 through October 21, Dr. Rothstein-Segan is visiting schools throughout the Keys as part of the KWAHS Student Life Speaker Series, sharing stories of her father and the images he captured for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression.Underwritten by a Florida Keys Council of the Arts “Artists in Schools” Grant, Dr. Rothstein-Segan’s presentation, titled “Bringing Arthur Rothstein to Life” compliments a current exhibit of the famed photographers work at the Custom House Museum in Key West.Also pictured: Dr. Annie Rothstein-Segan, lectures to students of the Key West Montessori Charter School at the Custom House Museum’s Helmerich Research & Learning Center. Dr. Rothstein-Segan will also be presenting to the Key West Collegiate Academy, Marathon High School, Coral Shores High School and Sigsbee Charter School.
To learn more about the Society’s on-going education outreach and initiatives please contact Adele Williams, Education Specialist, at 305-295-6616, ext. 115.
Closing Party
Assignment Key West 1938:
Arthur Rothstein Photographs
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 – 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Custom House Museum – Bryan Gallery
Join us for the closing party of the Custom House Museum’s very successful exhibition, Assignment Key West 1938: Arthur Rothstein Photographs. Thousands of visitors have enjoyed learning about Depression-era Key West through his visually stunning images. On Tuesday, November 10, 2015 the Museum will open from 5:30PM to 7:00PM giving visitors one last chance to connect with Rothstein’s Key West. The exhibit features 40 photographs taken by Rothstein while on assignment in Key West in January 1938.
Rothstein’s daughter, Annie Segan, has encouraged the Society to make these images available for purchase during the closing party to raise funds to support future exhibitions at the Custom House Museum. This is a rare opportunity to acquire a museum-quality reproduction while supporting one of the island’s premier non-profit cultural organizations. We are grateful to the exhibit sponsors, Judith and Stanley Zabar, Maxine Makover and Jack Paul, and the Arthur Rothstein Archive. For more information about the closing party or the Arthur Rothstein exhibition, please contact Cori Convertito, Curator, on 305-295-6616 x112.
