Mindy Weisel, an inter­na­tion­al­ly renowned artist, author and speak­er, was elect­ed into the Smith­son­ian Archives of Amer­i­can Artists in 2000. Her works are in the per­ma­nent col­lec­tions of the Nation­al Muse­um of Amer­i­can Art, Oxford Uni­ver­si­ty and the Israel Muse­um, among many oth­er pub­lic and pri­vate col­lec­tions. Weisel is the author of Daugh­ters of Absence: Trans­form­ing a Lega­cy of Loss and Touch­ing Qui­et: Reflec­tions in Soli­tude. She is also a mem­ber of the Unit­ed States Art in Embassies pro­gram. Weisel lived and worked, for over forty years, in Wash­ing­ton, D.C. and now resides in Jerusalem with her husband.