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On a series of antique doors, California artist Beth Grossman has illustrated her great-grandmother's journey from Russia to a new life in the United States. While working on this project, the artist found that her own experiences and beliefs resonated strongly with those of her great-grandmother. This insight helped her to gain a new perspective on her own identity as an artist and as a Jewish woman. However, this story is not only a personal one - it is an American story. In researching and documenting Bella's life, Ms. Grossman realized that her great-grandmother's story is intimately related to the history of other immigrants to America. "Everyone has his or her own version of the story," she says. "Viewers who experience the doors are often prompted to tell their own stories of immigration and search for heritage." She hopes that these doors will serve as passageways through which others will begin to explore and document their own family histories.
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