Liana Finck: The Bintel Brief Sixth & I Historic Synagogue District of Columbia: Greater Washington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Rockville, Silver Spring - United States Art Wed 11 Jan 2012
2012
January 2012
Wednesday 11 January 2012
Wed 11 Jan, 7 pm. 600 I Street, N.W., Washington, 20001. Jessica Krivoy, 202/408-3100. Sixth & I Historic Synagogue - [email][events]
Exhibit Opening Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Time: 7:00 PM The exhibit showcases pieces from Liana Finck’s upcoming graphic novel based on The Jewish Daily Forward’s “Bintel Brief” advice column. Through the column, young immigrants sought advice on a variety of heartbreaking and absurd dilemmas. Finck’s illustrations capture these letters as seen from the point of view of a narrator – an omniscient but relatively helpless columnist inspired by the Forward’s founding editor, Abraham Cahan. Finck graduated from Cooper Union and received a Fulbright Fellowship to Brussels to write a graphic novel about Georges Remi, the creator of the beloved comic book character Tintin. She is a recipient of the prestigious Six Points Fellowship, a two-year grant for