Join us for a live sculpting session by internationally renowned sculptor Frances Segelman, as she creates a sculpture of Holocaust survivor Harry Olmer MBE in front of an audience.
Yad Vashem UK works closely with Frances Segelman producing Holocaust survivor sculptures. This will be the 8th sculpting she has done in a series for Yad Vashem UK.
This is a wonderful opportunity to see Frances Segelman in action, find out more about the process of creating a sculpture, and meet Holocaust survivor Harry Olmer MBE.
Frances will begin sculpting at 6pm onwards, with a break at 7pm, before resuming at 7:30 pm.
There will be a Q&A at 8:15pm.
Some light refreshments will be provided.
Frances Segelman
Frances Segelman FRSA MRSS, was born in Leeds, Yorkshire. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors and a Liveryman of Painters and Stainers Livery Company.
An established sculptor of personalities from the world of entertainment, politics and sport, Frances is known for her sculptures of The Royal Family. These include busts of HM The King, the late Queen, Prince Philip, HRH The Princess Royal, HRH The Duke of Kent and HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh.
Often working in front of an audience, Frances is a fast and naturally creative sculptor, and has sculpted a wide variety of public figures from the world of entertainment, politics and sport. Recent commissions include Lord David Blunkett, Sir Simon Rattle, Dame Joan Collins, Lord Julian Fellowes, Dame Joanna Lumley and Bruce Oldfield.
Harry Olmer MBE
Harry Olmer, born in 1927 in Sosnowiec, Poland, enjoyed a happy childhood with his five siblings. When WWII began, his family briefly fled to Charsznica but returned to find their town occupied by Germans. Harry was forced to work for them, clearing snow and toiling in a brick factory. In 1942, his mother, sisters, grandmother, and aunts were sent to Belzec and murdered. Harry was taken to Płaszów concentration camp, then to Skarżysko-Kamienna, where he worked with deadly picric acid. He survived gruelling labor in Buchenwald and Schlieben. After liberation in 1945, Harry came to England as one of the Windermere ‘Boys’. Despite arriving in the UK with nothing, Harry built a successful life, studying dentistry at Glasgow University, marrying Margaret Lunzer, having four children and eight grandchildren and only recently retiring as a dentist at 86.
This event is in partnership with Yad Vashem UK.
