Jots & Tittles

New Bible Art Museum

Modern artists creating images inspired by the Bible will be featured at the newly reorganized Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum in Bethesda, Maryland. Katherine Janus Kahn, one of the artists whose work will be displayed, describes the collection as a “wild mix of stuff.”

The “stuff” ranges from wax and ceramic sculpture, “soul ladders” made from branches and mementos (inspired by Jacob’s ladder), to charcoal drawings, acrylic paintings and mixed-media works, including the Birth of Abraham II (above) by Marilyn Banner.

From February 3 to May 12, 2002, the work of eight contemporary artists will be shown in the exhibit Angels and Messengers. Phillip Ratner’s art is also on display in the museum. Contact the Ratner Museum, 10001 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814; (301) 897–1518; www.ratnermuseum.com.

Organ Donors

Musicians, churches, academics and preservationists throughout Europe are banding together to preserve organs that have fallen into disrepair. Centuries of neglect and a lack of funding have silenced more than 20,000 instruments, mostly in Eastern European churches.