Roz Jacobs, Artist

Roz Jacobs is a New York City artist who has been exhibiting her paintings and drawings in galleries and museums in the United States, Canada, Europe, Russia, Israel, and Japan since 1987. She is represented by Synchronicity Fine Arts in Greenwich Village.

Her interests extend to writing and video production. Her screenplay, Emily and Gitta was produced by the American Film Institute. She was script and story consultant for Andrej Wajda’s film, Korczak, screenplay by Agniezska Holland (Europa, Europa). Jacobs’ books and screen adaptations for children have been published by Macmillan and McGraw-Hill and Time for Kids. She is working on a documentary about her parents who are survivors of the Holocaust. The Memory Project is the integration of themes that have been of vital interest throughout her life.

Laurie Weisman, Editor/Producer

Laurie Weisman’s career has focused on using media and new technologies to touch and educate wide audiences. As Vice President of School Products at Sesame Workshop, she worked on broadcast shows Ghostwriter and Math Talk, and developed award-winning curricular programs integrating video, audio and print in partnership with publishers Scott Foresman and Rigby. At Scholastic, Inc., she was Editorial Director for Readabout, a computer-based project to help students understand and enjoy non-fiction. She was editorial director for a series of Time For Kids Readers, content-rich social studies supplements published by Harcourt in partnership with Time, Inc. She produced teacher guides and multimedia components for The Voyages of the Mimi, PBS series that integrated computer software, books, and television to make math and science learning compelling for students. Before obtaining a Masters degree in Museum Education from Bank Street College of Education, she was a park ranger and a horticulturist in Central Park, and the princess of Belvedere Castle.