Passing The Paintbrush – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Featured Guest: Regina Potomkina

Instagram*:https://www.instagram.com/regina.110/?hl=en

*Contact her via Instagram to purchase her works, dm with an offer!

Dagesh Profile: https://dagesh.de/kuenstler/regina-potomkina/?lang=en

EDA feature: https://edamagazin.de/regina-potomkina/

Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come for more full-length interviews to be published in the coming weeks.

The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah.

This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)

Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.

The music featured in this episode:

A Cool Guitar and Synth Beat by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 725420 Licensed under Creative Commons 0

https://freesound.org/s/725420/

I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.

If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet!

Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam

www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com

Show website with full works cited - passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com

Featured Guest Experts

Raimund Wolfert- Book on Charlotte Charlaque 

Brandy Schillace -Website, Upcoming Book

Dr. Jonah I. Garde

Ari Wolf -Medium Article and JWA article on Charlaque

Annelisa Leinbach- Website , Instagram 

Regina Potomkina Instagram , Eda Magazine 

Dr. Emily Evans 

Mine Pleasure Bouvar Linktree , Instagram

Mara P.

Eliza Jane Coyle

Yishay Garbasz- Website 

Production and Writing

Written, produced, and mixed by me Hani Esther Indictor Portner  with technical advising 

by Rocket Loam 

Huge thanks to Raimund Wolfert and Esra Paul Afken for their work writing, researching, and curating exhibitions on Ebel, and bringing her art and story into the lives and hearts of many

So grateful to Clara Hartmann for her dedication and research to uncover Dora Richter’s story. Lili Elbe Library- Website, Instagram

Thanks to Kai* Brust for making me aware of Ebel’s  file in the Landesarchiv, sharing research Ebel applied to use the name and for helping me write the text about her name change. An online exhibit they curated includes previously unpublished between Charlotte Charlaque and Toni Ebel can be viewed here -

Spectrum of In_justice

Research support

Research assistance by the kind librarians and archivists at the Magnus Hirschfeld Gesellschaft, Spinnboden, Schwules Musuem, ONE archive at USC, Anna Schultz at the  Akademie Der Kunst Kunstsammlung, Julia Nagel at the Stadt Musuem, The Judische Gemeinde Library,  Ladesarchiv, and Stadt Bibliotek.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Jens Dobler,  a wonderful person who always greeted me with kindness at the archive and who’s work and research I relied upon when learning about queer bars and clubs before the Shoah and the May 10 book burning. May his memory be a blessing 

Donate to the archiv zentrum! 

https://www.betterplace.org/de/organisations/56507-spinnboden-lesbenarchiv-bibliothek-e-v

Music/Sounds

Taffy Sunset  from the album Tales of the Diaspora  used with permission from the artist. You can Buy Tzipporah’s amazing music on Bandcamp. Links in shownotes. 

“The Gallery" by Rae du Soleil used with permission from Artist 

Played By Ear (Meaningless Rich World) by Jangwa From Free Music Archive  licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license  

1 (jazz) by HoliznaCC0 from free music archive  is licensed under a Createive Commons 0

2 (jazz) by HoliznaCC0  from Free Music Archive  licensed under a Creative Commons 0.

Gazing by Andy G. Cohen from the Free Music Archive licensed under Creative Commons BY 4.0

Special Thanks 

To Mara for her editorial and writing support +  love and inspiration, 

Boba for cute cat noises

Rocket for helping me learn how to use a microphone and make the series sound as nice as possible, 

 Nana for helping me with my query letter so that I could find so many amazing people to interview, 

Grammy for giving me advice on how to interview people, and inspiring my music choices

Rae du Soleil for the use of her powerful song the Gallery

Listen and Support: Soundcloud, Instagram 

Tzipporah for letting me feature such beautiful music.  

Listen and support : bandcamp  ,  instagram , website,  linktree, spotify

Melissa Wertheimer who wrote an online research guide to Jewish Composers

Daniel Carkner who compiled and researched to write an incredible blog post about Klezmer music that became public domain in the US in 2024

I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to tell me what you think of the series, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. 

This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund 

Featured Guest: Annelisa Leinbach Website:  https://www.annelisaleinbach.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annelisaleinbach

Group Exhibit with Annelisa’s Painting 

“Dwelling Spaces”

 Art Space in Exile Elsenstraße 87, 12435 Berlin

Opening hours:

Sunday 24/11 16:00 - 20:00

Monday 25/11 closed

Tuesday - Friday 16:00 - 20:00

Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come for more full-length interviews to be published, and the third audio documentary on Toni Ebel in November.

The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah.

This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)

Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.

The music featured in this episode:

A Cool Guitar and Synth Beat by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 725420 Licensed under Creative Commons 0

https://freesound.org/s/725420/

Laserstein Painting we discuss

"Im Gasthaus" (1927)

I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.

If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet!

Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam

www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com

Show website with full works cited www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com

Passing the Paintbrush Events Sign up 

Featured Guest Experts

Clara Julia Escalera

Hadass Gilboa , Litho Werkstatt Teltow 

Eliza Jane Coyle

Hannah Mitchelle Provisor 

Hannah Steinkopf-Frank

Annelisa Leinbach

Professor Kerry Wallach - Biography of Rahel Szalit

Gail Prensky- JudischeKulturbundProject

Dr. Eva Atlan-  Back into the Light Four Women Artists – Their Works, Their Paths Book

Production and writing 

Written, produced, and mixed by me Hani Esther Indictor Portner  with technical advising by Rocket Loam 

Many thanks to Dr. Anna-Carola Krausse for her work writing, researching, and curating exhibitions on Laserstein, helping her work become recognized again, and the interest in her life be renewed in Germany. 

Research support

Thank you to the kind librarians at Spinnboden, the  Akademie Der Kunst, The Judische Gemeinde Library, The  Zentral Landes Bibliotek, Jewish Museum, Berlinische Gallerie, and Stadt Bibliotek.

Donate to the archiv zentrum! 

https://www.betterplace.org/de/organisations/56507-spinnboden-lesbenarchiv-bibliothek-e-v

Music/Sounds

Gazing by Andy G. Cohen from the Free Music Archive Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License

Easy Going Music Loop by Seth_Makes_Sounds  from  Freesound.org number 691837 Released Under  Creative Commons 0

 Morning in Nebraska.aiff by Danjocross  from Freesound.org number  503209Releasesed Under  Creative Commons 0

Sunshine On The Pool by Jangwa from the free music archive Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License

This episode featured the following incredible music by  Tzipporah played with permission from the artist. 

-Olam Chesed Yivaneh, Tzipporah

https://tzipporah.bandcamp.com/track/olam-chesed-yivaneh-rabbi-menachem-creditor-cover

-Eshet Chayil (Woman of Valor) 

https://tzipporah.bandcamp.com/track/eshet-chayil-woman-of-valor

I have also  used the following  public domain classical music recordings made available by the Open Educational Resources on Music created by Ulrich Kaiser

Béla Bartók’s - 83 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Sz 83 A2 Andante played by the Radio-Symphony-Orchestra Berlin  Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay

Additional voices by the talented Hannah Mitchell Provisor. 

Special Thanks 

To Mara for her editorial and writing support +  love and inspiration, 

Boba 4 cute cat vibes

Rocket for helping me learn how to use a microphone and make the series sound as nice as possible, 

 Nana for helping me with my query letter so that I could find so many amazing people to interview, 

Grammy for giving me advice on how to interview people, and inspiring my music choices

Tzipporah for letting me feature such beautiful music.  

Listen and support : bandcamp  ,  instagram , website,  linktree,  spotify

Melissa Wertheimer who wrote an online research guide to Jewish Composers

Daniel Carkner who compiled and researched to write an incredible blog post about Klezmer that became public domain in the US in 2024

Rebecca Ness for permission to talk about this Artwork, Self Portrait with a Cat (After Laserstein)

I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to tell me what you think of the series, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. 

This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund 

Links to view paintings 

1. Die Mutter der Künstlerin, Meta Laserstein vor Häusern ~1921
2. Im GastHaus- 1927
3. Am Motorad - At the Motorcycle- 1929
4. Abend über Potsdam- 1930
5. Ich und mein Modell -1929/1930
6. Russisches Mädchen mit Puderdose- 1928
7. Im Meinem Atelier-1928
8. Polly Tieck 1929 
9. Selbstportrait mit Katze 1928
10. The Émigré (Dr. Walter Lindenthal) 1941

Featured Guest: Hannah Michelle Provisor https://www.hannahprovisor.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannahmichelledraws

They Were Very Close Friends Teaser Video: https://vimeo.com/967155517

Article on Hey Alma “ An Illustrated Love Letter to My Bubbie’s Sunbeam Food Processor”

https://www.heyalma.com/an-illustrated-love-letter-to-my-bubbies-sunbeam-food-processor/

Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come for more full-length interviews to be published, and the second audio documentary on Lotte Laserstein in a few weeks!

The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible painters who survived the Shoah.

This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)

Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops.

The music featured in this episode:

A Cool Guitar and Synth Beat by Seth_Makes_Sounds -- from Free sound.org number 725420 Licensed under Creative Commons 0

https://freesound.org/s/725420/

Paintings mentioned:

Gruppe IX, 1922 Gertrude Sandmann

Girlfriends, 1916/1917 Gustav Klimt

Ich und Mein Model 1929/30 Lotte Laserstein 

The Two Friends 1894 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com.

If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet!

Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam

website with full works cited - ⁠www.passingthepaintbrush.wordpress.com⁠

September 22 workshop on Sandmann ⁠Sign up ⁠

You can donate to the Archive Zentrum project ⁠here⁠

Featured Guest Experts

Justice Mvemba - ⁠Desta- Decolonial Tours ⁠ 

Dr. Eva Atlan-  ⁠Back into the Light Four Women Artists – Their Works, Their Paths Book⁠

Prof. Kerry Wallach - ⁠Biography of Rahel Szalit⁠

⁠Hannah Mitchelle Provisor ⁠

⁠Hannah Steinkopf-Frank⁠

Dr. Anna Havemann -⁠https://www.hauskunstmitte.de/⁠   

Biography of ⁠Sibylle Ascheberg von Bamberg⁠, ⁠Gertrude Sandmann⁠

Production and writing 

Written, produced, and mixed by me Hani Esther Indictor Portner  with technical advising by Rocket Loam 

Many thanks to Dr. Anna Havemann for her work writing, researching, and transcribing Gertrude Sandmann’s diaries for her biography, which is where the quotes provided in this documentary are drawn. 

quotes were translated by Deepl and Google translate from their original german to english. 

Additional voiceovers by⁠ Mariel Hansson Folk⁠

Research support

Research assistance by the kind librarians at Spinnboden, Magnus Hirschfeld Gesellschaft, FFBIZ, the  Akademie Der Kunst, The Judische Gemeinde Library, Zentral Landes Bibliotek, Berlinische Gallerie, and more! 

I was given wonderful resources and advice from the Mills Music Librarians when making sure the Yiddish songs you hear in this episode are old enough to be in the public domain, such as the ⁠Cornell guide to Copyright Term and the Public Domain ⁠. A huge thank you to Sherry Mayrent for donating her collection of Yiddish music, and all the librarians at⁠ Maryrent Collection of Yiddish Recordings⁠ and the ⁠Mills Music Library of Digital Collections⁠ for the work you do to ensure that we can enjoy these cultural treasures.

Music/Sounds

⁠"Warmer" by Andy G. Cohen Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0  Attribution International License From the Free Music Archive⁠

⁠"A Perceptible Shift" by Andy G. Cohen, Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0  Attribution International License From the Free Music Archive⁠

⁠Slow Moving Waves by Rest You Sleeping Giant Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License From the Free Music Archive⁠

⁠Exlibris by Kosta T Released under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International Attribution License From the Free Music Archive⁠

⁠London Gallery Subduded Voices -G by Martian freesound.org number 49378 Licensed under Creative Commons 0⁠

⁠Another Guitar Beat by Seth Makes Sounds freesound.org number 724666 Licensed under Creative Commons 0⁠

⁠Ocean Waves 06  by Lucas_Schacht . freesound.org number 534915 Licensed under Creative Commons 0⁠

⁠Boruch habo⁠

⁠Composed by Louis Friedsell Recorded September 27, 1906 in Philadelphia.⁠

⁠Published by  Victor Talking Machine Company in  Camden, New Jersey⁠

⁠האפּעט מחותנים, Hopet machetonym⁠

⁠Composed by Louis Friedsell Recorded September 1919⁠

⁠Published by Emerson Phonograph Company in New York⁠

⁠ Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 in B flat major D485 , first  Allegro ⁠

⁠played by the   NBC Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Arturo Toscanini⁠

Special Thanks 

To Mara and Boba for their love and inspiration, 

Rocket for helping me learn how to use a microphone and make the series sound as nice as possible, 

Nana for helping me with my query letter so that I could find so many amazing people to interview, 

Grammy for giving me advice on how to interview people, and inspiring my music choices

Dr. Hilla Lavie for consent to read aloud a quote in her essay

Melissa Wertheimer who wrote an ⁠online research guide to Jewish Composers⁠

Daniel Carkner who compiled and researched to write an ⁠incredible blog post ⁠about Klezmer music that became public domain in the US

I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work if something doesn’t sound right send me an email ⁠passingpaintbrush@gmail.com⁠

This is a project hosted by the ⁠Spinnboden Lesbian Archive⁠ and funded by ⁠Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund  ⁠

Featured Guest: Justice Mvemba. You can book a tour from DeSta- dekoloniale stadtfuehrung /decolonial tours and subscribe to the newsletter here : https://www.dekolonialestadtfuehrung.de/en/

And follow on social media

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/decolonialtours/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dekolonialestadtfuehrung

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@deSta-DekolonialeStadtfuhrung

Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come August for the release of the first audio documentary, and keep a look out for more full-length interviews to be published in late July 

The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible Painters who survived the Shoah.

This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)

Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. 

The music featured in this episode:

“Calming piano loop 60bpm” by Seth_Makes_Sounds - from Freesound.org , number 679738, License under Creative Commons 0

https://freesound.org/people/Seth_Makes_Sounds/sounds/679738/

links to organizations mentioned in this episode:

Desta -dekoloniale stadtfuehrung/ decolonial tours

Afrika-Haus Berlin

I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. 

If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on whatever platform  you are listening from that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet!

Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam 

Featured Guest: Dr. Eva Atlan. The catalog for Back into the Light

Four Women Artists – Their Works, Their Paths can be purchased here: 

https://www.kerberverlag.com/de/2011/back-into-the-light

Thank you for listening to this extended interview bonus episode! I hope you tune in come August for the release of the first audio documentary, and keep a look out for more full-length interviews to be published in late July 

The current Artists we are exploring this season are Lotte Lasertein, Gertrude Sandmann, and Toni Ebel, three incredible Painters who survived the Shoah.

This is a project hosted by the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/aktionsfonds-in-einfach/)

Follow @Friends_of_dora on Instagram for further updates on upcoming episodes and workshops. 

The music featured in this episode:

“Calming piano loop 60bpm” by Seth_Makes_Sounds - from Freesound.org , number 679738, License under Creative Commons 0

https://freesound.org/people/Seth_Makes_Sounds/sounds/679738/

The Artists, Writers, and Institutions mentioned in this episode:

Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt

Samuel Bak

Max Beckmann

Rosy Lilienfeld

Erna Pinner

Amalie Seckbach

Ruth Cahn

Sascha Schwabacher

Margot Rieß

Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Joseph Roth

James Ensor

Henri Matisse

Jacob Nussbaum

Hessischer Rundfunk

I have done my best to fact-check and provide sources for all of my work, if something is missing or doesn’t sound right, or you just want to talk, send me an email at passingpaintbrush@gmail.com. 

If you want to tell your friends about this podcast or rate it on Spotify/Apple Podcasts that would be a free way to really help share this project with those who would be interested but do not know of it yet!

Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam

Featured Guest: Grammy Marlene Joy Indictor Music: “Chill Beat” by Seth_Makes_Sounds - from Freesound.org , number 678003, License under Creative Commons 0 All in a Garden Green (Whistle Quartet Version) by Axletree From the Free Music Archive https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/music-from-a-hampshire-farm/all-in-a-garden-green-whistle-quartet-version/ licensed under a Creative Commons BY 4.0 International License. with slight modification of start and end times and added looping to extend length Spinnboden Lesbian Archive (https://spinnboden.de/) and funded by Demokratie in Der Mitte’s Aktionsfund (https://demokratie-in-der-mitte.de/foerderung/zentrum/

Written, produced, and mixed by me, Hani Esther Indictor Portner with technical advising by Rocket Loam