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Creative Conversations With Tomer Peretz
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About the Event
Join us for Creative Conversations, a series of exclusive experiences where we explore art and how it can cultivate empathy and understanding in society.
Meet the Museum of Tolerance’s inaugural artist-in-residence Tomer Peretz while we explore and participate in his special installation, ART WILL S8T YOU FREE.
Join us on one of the following dates:
Sunday, May 18, 2 pm-4 pm
Monday, May 19, 4 pm-6 pm
Limited availability. Tickets required; no walk-ins.
ABOUT THE EXHIBIT
ART WILL S8T YOU FREE by Tomer Peretz features a collection of eight works as well as an interactive installation. It is the continuation of Peretz’s layered collaborations with a community of trauma survivors that includes frontline responders and survivors of the October 7 terrorist attacks, sexual violence as a weapon of war and mass shootings.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Growing up in Jerusalem amidst the Arab-Israeli conflict, Tomer Peretz was exposed to terrorist attacks from his most formative years, when he first began to find solace and self-expression through art. He served four years in the IDF during the Second Intifada, experiencing combat and the loss of comrades. References to trauma and violence are a throughline of much of his work. Peretz and his family have lived in Los Angeles since 2005.
Peretz was in Tel Aviv on October 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists launched a brutal attack on southern Israel. He volunteered to help disaster response teams collect bodies from Kibbutz Be’eri, one of the deadliest sites in the attack. The horrific scenes he bore witness to there profoundly affected Peretz, who has always used art to reflect his life experiences and address the harsh realities of conflict.
