Diane Samuels is a co-founder of City of Asylum. As a volunteer, she has led its public art, facilities development, and residency programs.
She is an artist represented by Pavel Zoubok Fine Arts (NYC). Her work is part of permanent collections and she has exhibited widely in the U.S. and Europe. Most relevant to the conference, are several commissioned works. In 1998, she completed a commissioned memorial garden in Grafeneck, Germany, site “A” of the so-called euthanasia experiments in 1940. In 2002, she finished a six-year project working with residents in Buttenhausen, Germany, to deal with its WWII legacy. Luminous Manuscript, a commissioned permanent artwork for the main hall of the Center for Jewish History in New York is included in “Monuments: America’s History in Art and Memory.”
At the Summit
The inaugural Eradicate Hate Summit was a truly impressive gathering of leaders dedicated to finding lasting and effective solutions to violent extremism. I was particularly moved by the prominence given to survivors and family members of victims of hate and violence throughout the event. Their stories and those of so many others must be at the center of what we do and why we do it.
