Passing The Paintbrush

Hani חאני
Passing The Paintbrush

In the fall of 2024, three educational audio documentaries were produced and three workshops were held on Lotte Laserstein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel to share more information about these three incredible Queer Jewish artists who lived, loved, and worked in Mitte. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/foerderung/zentrum/).

Episodes

  1. JAN 28

    Interview with Regina Potomkina

    Featured Guest: Regina Potomkina Instagram*:https://www.instagram.com/regina.110/?hl=en *Contact her via Instagram to purchase her works, dm with an offer! Dagesh Profile: https://dagesh.de/kuenstler/regina-potomkina/?lang=en EDA feature: https://edamagazin.de/regina-potomkina/ Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come for more full-length interviews to be published in the coming weeks. The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/) Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: A Cool Guitar and Synth Beat by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 725420 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/725420/ I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com

    31 min
  2. Toni Ebel Audio Documentary

    11/30/2024

    Toni Ebel Audio Documentary

    Show website with full works cited - passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com Featured Guest Experts Raimund Wolfert- Book on Charlotte Charlaque  Brandy Schillace -Website, Upcoming Book Dr. Jonah I. Garde Ari Wolf -Medium Article and JWA article on Charlaque Annelisa Leinbach- Website , Instagram  Regina Potomkina Instagram , Eda Magazine  Dr. Emily Evans  Mine Pleasure Bouvar Linktree , Instagram Mara P. Eliza Jane Coyle Yishay Garbasz- Website  Production and Writing Written, produced, and mixed by me Hani Esther Indictor Portner  with technical advising  by Rocket Loam  Huge thanks to Raimund Wolfert and Esra Paul Afken for their work writing, researching, and curating exhibitions on Ebel, and bringing her art and story into the lives and hearts of many So grateful to Clara Hartmann for her dedication and research to uncover Dora Richter’s story. Lili Elbe Library- Website, Instagram Thanks to Kai* Brust for making me aware of Ebel’s  file in the Landesarchiv, sharing research Ebel applied to use the name and for helping me write the text about her name change. An online exhibit they curated includes previously unpublished between Charlotte Charlaque and Toni Ebel can be viewed here - Spectrum of In_justice Research support Research assistance by the kind librarians and archivists at the Magnus Hirschfeld Gesellschaft, Spinnboden, Schwules Musuem, ONE archive at USC, Anna Schultz at the  Akademie Der Kunst Kunstsammlung, Julia Nagel at the Stadt Musuem, The Judische Gemeinde Library,  Ladesarchiv, and Stadt Bibliotek. This episode is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Jens Dobler,  a wonderful person who always greeted me with kindness at the archive and who’s work and research I relied upon when learning about queer bars and clubs before the Shoah and the May 10 book burning. May his memory be a blessing  Donate to the archiv zentrum!  https://www.betterplace.org/de/organisations/56507-spinnboden-lesbenarchiv-bibliothek-e-v Music/Sounds Taffy Sunset  from the album Tales of the Diaspora  used with permission from the artist. You can Buy Tzipporah’s amazing music on Bandcamp. Links in shownotes.  “The Gallery" by Rae du Soleil used with permission from Artist  Played By Ear (Meaningless Rich World) by Jangwa From Free Music Archive  licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license   1 (jazz) by HoliznaCC0 from free music archive  is licensed under a Createive Commons 0 2 (jazz) by HoliznaCC0  from Free Music Archive  licensed under a Creative Commons 0. Gazing by Andy G. Cohen from the Free Music Archive licensed under Creative Commons BY 4.0 Special Thanks  To Mara for her editorial and writing support +  love and inspiration,  Boba for cute cat noises Rocket for helping me learn how to use a microphone and make the series sound as nice as possible,   Nana for helping me with my query letter so that I could find so many amazing people to interview,  Grammy for giving me advice on how to interview people, and inspiring my music choices Rae du Soleil for the use of her powerful song the Gallery Listen and Support: Soundcloud, Instagram  Tzipporah for letting me feature such beautiful music.   Listen and support : bandcamp  ,  instagram , website,  linktree, spotify Melissa Wertheimer who wrote an online research guide to Jewish Composers Daniel Carkner who compiled and researched to write an incredible blog post about Klezmer music that became public domain in the US in 2024 I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to tell me what you think of the series, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.  This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund

    2h 55m
  3. 11/11/2024

    Interview with Annelisa Leinbach

    Featured Guest: Annelisa Leinbach Website:  https://www.annelisaleinbach.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annelisaleinbach Group Exhibit with Annelisa’s Painting  “Dwelling Spaces”  Art Space in Exile Elsenstraße 87, 12435 Berlin Opening hours: Sunday 24/11 16:00 - 20:00 Monday 25/11 closed Tuesday - Friday 16:00 - 20:00 Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come for more full-length interviews to be published, and the third audio documentary on Toni Ebel in November. The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/) Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: A Cool Guitar and Synth Beat by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 725420 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/725420/ Laserstein Painting we discuss "Im Gasthaus" (1927) I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com

    39 min
  4. Lotte Laserstein Audio Documentary

    10/23/2024

    Lotte Laserstein Audio Documentary

    Show website with full works cited www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com Passing the Paintbrush Events Sign up  Featured Guest Experts Clara Julia Escalera Hadass Gilboa , Litho Werkstatt Teltow  Eliza Jane Coyle Hannah Mitchelle Provisor  Hannah Steinkopf-Frank Annelisa Leinbach Professor Kerry Wallach - Biography of Rahel Szalit Gail Prensky- JudischeKulturbundProject Dr. Eva Atlan-  Back into the Light Four Women Artists – Their Works, Their Paths Book Production and writing  Written, produced, and mixed by me Hani Esther Indictor Portner  with technical advising by Rocket Loam  Many thanks to Dr. Anna-Carola Krausse for her work writing, researching, and curating exhibitions on Laserstein, helping her work become recognized again, and the interest in her life be renewed in Germany.  Research support Thank you to the kind librarians at Spinnboden, the  Akademie Der Kunst, The Judische Gemeinde Library, The  Zentral Landes Bibliotek, Jewish Museum, Berlinische Gallerie, and Stadt Bibliotek. Donate to the archiv zentrum!  https://www.betterplace.org/de/organisations/56507-spinnboden-lesbenarchiv-bibliothek-e-v Music/Sounds Gazing by Andy G. Cohen from the Free Music Archive Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License Easy Going Music Loop by Seth_Makes_Sounds  from  Freesound.org number 691837 Released Under  Creative Commons 0  Morning in Nebraska.aiff by Danjocross  from Freesound.org number  503209Releasesed Under  Creative Commons 0 Sunshine On The Pool by Jangwa from the free music archive Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License This episode featured the following incredible music by  Tzipporah played with permission from the artist.  -Olam Chesed Yivaneh, Tzipporah https://tzipporah.bandcamp.com/track/olam-chesed-yivaneh-rabbi-menachem-creditor-cover -Eshet Chayil (Woman of Valor)  https://tzipporah.bandcamp.com/track/eshet-chayil-woman-of-valor I have also  used the following  public domain classical music recordings made available by the Open Educational Resources on Music created by Ulrich Kaiser Béla Bartók’s - 83 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Sz 83 A2 Andante played by the Radio-Symphony-Orchestra Berlin  Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay Additional voices by the talented Hannah Mitchell Provisor.  Special Thanks  To Mara for her editorial and writing support +  love and inspiration,  Boba 4 cute cat vibes Rocket for helping me learn how to use a microphone and make the series sound as nice as possible,   Nana for helping me with my query letter so that I could find so many amazing people to interview,  Grammy for giving me advice on how to interview people, and inspiring my music choices Tzipporah for letting me feature such beautiful music.   Listen and support : bandcamp  ,  instagram , website,  linktree,  spotify Melissa Wertheimer who wrote an online research guide to Jewish Composers Daniel Carkner who compiled and researched to write an incredible blog post about Klezmer that became public domain in the US in 2024 Rebecca Ness for permission to talk about this Artwork, Self Portrait with a Cat (After Laserstein) I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to tell me what you think of the series, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.  This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund  Links to view paintings  Die Mutter der Künstlerin, Meta Laserstein vor Häusern ~1921 Im GastHaus- 1927 Am Motorad - At the Motorcycle- 1929 Abend über Potsdam- 1930 Ich und mein Modell -1929/1930 Russisches Mädchen mit Puderdose- 1928 Im Meinem Atelier-1928 Polly Tieck 1929  Selbstportrait mit Katze 1928 The Émigré (Dr. Walter Lindenthal) 1941

    2h 6m
  5. 09/17/2024

    Interview with Hannah Michelle Provisor

    Featured Guest: Hannah Michelle Provisor https://www.hannahprovisor.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannahmichelledraws They Were Very Close Friends Teaser Video: https://vimeo.com/967155517 Article on Hey Alma “ An Illustrated Love Letter to My Bubbie’s Sunbeam Food Processor” https://www.heyalma.com/an-illustrated-love-letter-to-my-bubbies-sunbeam-food-processor/ Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come for more full-length interviews to be published, and the second audio documentary on Lotte Laserstein in a few weeks! The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/) Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. The music featured in this episode: A Cool Guitar and Synth Beat by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 725420 Licensed under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/s/725420/ Paintings mentioned: Gruppe IX, 1922 Gertrude Sandmann Girlfriends, 1916/1917 Gustav Klimt Ich und Mein Model 1929/30 Lotte Laserstein  The Two Friends 1894 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam

    40 min
  6. Gertrude Sandmann Audio Documentary

    08/31/2024

    Gertrude Sandmann Audio Documentary

    website with full works cited - ⁠www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com⁠ September 22 workshop on Sandmann ⁠Sign up ⁠ You can donate to the Archive Zentrum project ⁠here⁠ Featured Guest Experts Justice Mvemba - ⁠Desta- Decolonial Tours ⁠  Dr. Eva Atlan-  ⁠Back into the Light Four Women Artists – Their Works, Their Paths Book⁠ Prof. Kerry Wallach - ⁠Biography of Rahel Szalit⁠ ⁠Hannah Mitchelle Provisor ⁠ ⁠Hannah Steinkopf-Frank⁠ Dr. Anna Havemann -⁠https://www.hauskunstmitte.de/⁠    Biography of ⁠Sibylle Ascheberg von Bamberg⁠, ⁠Gertrude Sandmann⁠ Production and writing  Written, produced, and mixed by me Hani Esther Indictor Portner  with technical advising by Rocket Loam  Many thanks to Dr. Anna Havemann for her work writing, researching, and transcribing Gertrude Sandmann’s diaries for her biography, which is where the quotes provided in this documentary are drawn.  quotes were translated by Deepl and Google translate from their original german to english.  Additional voiceovers by⁠ Mariel Hansson Folk⁠ Research support Research assistance by the kind librarians at Spinnboden, Magnus Hirschfeld Gesellschaft, FFBIZ, the  Akademie Der Kunst, The Judische Gemeinde Library, Zentral Landes Bibliotek, Berlinische Gallerie, and more!  I was given wonderful resources and advice from the Mills Music Librarians when making sure the Yiddish songs you hear in this episode are old enough to be in the public domain, such as the ⁠Cornell guide to Copyright Term and the Public Domain ⁠. A huge thank you to Sherry Mayrent for donating her collection of Yiddish music, and all the librarians at⁠ Maryrent Collection of Yiddish Recordings⁠ and the ⁠Mills Music Library of Digital Collections⁠ for the work you do to ensure that we can enjoy these cultural treasures. Music/Sounds ⁠"Warmer" by Andy G. Cohen Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0  Attribution International License From the Free Music Archive⁠ ⁠"A Perceptible Shift" by Andy G. Cohen, Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0  Attribution International License From the Free Music Archive⁠ ⁠Slow Moving Waves by Rest You Sleeping Giant Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License From the Free Music Archive⁠ ⁠Exlibris by Kosta T Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License From the Free Music Archive⁠ ⁠London Gallery Subduded Voices -G by Martian freesound.org number 49378 Licensed under Creative Commons 0⁠ ⁠Another Guitar Beat by Seth Makes Sounds freesound.org number 724666 Licensed under Creative Commons 0⁠ ⁠Ocean Waves 06  by Lucas_Schacht . freesound.org number 534915 Licensed under Creative Commons 0⁠ ⁠Boruch habo⁠ ⁠Composed by Louis Friedsell Recorded September 27, 1906 in Philadelphia.⁠ ⁠Published by  Victor Talking Machine Company in  Camden, New Jersey⁠ ⁠האפּעט מחותנים, Hopet machetonym⁠ ⁠Composed by Louis Friedsell Recorded September 1919⁠ ⁠Published by Emerson Phonograph Company in New York⁠ ⁠ Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 in B flat major D485 , first  Allegro ⁠ ⁠played by the   NBC Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Arturo Toscanini⁠ Special Thanks  To Mara and Boba for their love and inspiration,  Rocket for helping me learn how to use a microphone and make the series sound as nice as possible,  Nana for helping me with my query letter so that I could find so many amazing people to interview,  Grammy for giving me advice on how to interview people, and inspiring my music choices Dr. Hilla Lavie for consent to read aloud a quote in her essay Melissa Wertheimer who wrote an ⁠online research guide to Jewish Composers⁠ Daniel Carkner who compiled and researched to write an ⁠incredible blog post ⁠about Klezmer music that became public domain in the US I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work if something doesn’t sound right send me an email ⁠passingpaintbrush@gmail.com⁠ This is a project hosted by the ⁠Spinnboden Lesbian Archive⁠ and funded by ⁠Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund  ⁠

    1h 26m
  7. 08/11/2024

    Interview with Justice Mvemba -DeSta decolonial tours

    Featured Guest: Justice Mvemba. You can book a tour from DeSta- dekoloniale stadtfuehrung /decolonial tours and subscribe to the newsletter here : https://www.dekolonialestadtfuehrung.de/en/ And follow on social media Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/decolonialtours/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dekolonialestadtfuehrung Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@deSta-DekolonialeStadtfuhrung Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come August for the release of the first audio documentary, and keep a look out for more full-length interviews to be published in late July  The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible Painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/) Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.  The music featured in this episode: “Calming piano loop 60bpm” by Seth_Makes_Sounds - from Freesound.org , number 679738, License under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/people/Seth_Makes_Sounds/sounds/679738/ links to organizations mentioned in this episode: Desta -dekoloniale stadtfuehrung/ decolonial tours Afrika-Haus Berlin I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.  If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform  you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam

    24 min
  8. 07/21/2024

    Interview with Dr. Eva Atlan

    Featured Guest: Dr. Eva Atlan. The catalog for Back into the Light Four Women Artists – Their Works, Their Paths can be purchased here:  https://www.kerberverlag.com/de/2011/back-into-the-light Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come August for the release of the first audio documentary, and keep a look out for more full-length interviews to be published in late July  The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible Painters who survived the Shoah. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/) Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.  The music featured in this episode: “Calming piano loop 60bpm” by Seth_Makes_Sounds - from Freesound.org , number 679738, License under Creative Commons 0 https://freesound.org/people/Seth_Makes_Sounds/sounds/679738/ The Artists, Writers, and Institutions mentioned in this episode: Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt Samuel Bak Max Beckmann Rosy Lilienfeld Erna Pinner Amalie Seckbach Ruth Cahn Sascha Schwabacher Margot Rieß Städelsches Kunstinstitut Joseph Roth James Ensor Henri Matisse Jacob Nussbaum Hessischer Rundfunk I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.  If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on Spotify/Apple Podcasts that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet! Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam

    1h 8m

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In the fall of 2024, three educational audio documentaries were produced and three workshops were held on Lotte Laserstein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel to share more information about these three incredible Queer Jewish artists who lived, loved, and worked in Mitte. This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/foerderung/zentrum/).

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