![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_52857738.jpg) | jewish throne. one of three legacy thrones created by mel alexenberg and miriam benjamin in collaboration with jewish, hispanic, and african-american elders and new world school of the arts students |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_29117447.jpg) | artist miriam benjamin with jewish throne
in miami |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_44436773.jpg) | detail. jewish throne |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_83875991.jpg) | ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_63874948.jpg) | (top) steel frame for jewish thone (bottom) detail |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_11422060.jpg) | new world school of the arts student welding frame for jewish throne |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_13522555.jpg) | ceramic hora dancer created by jewish elder who was a professional ballet dancer |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_48954494.jpg) | artist miriam benjamin helps elder create ceramic dancer |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_79529253.jpg) | african-american throne |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_7431211.jpg) | top of african-american throne |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_24661274.jpg) | old and young hands working together |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_96026424.jpg) | african-american elders telling their life stories in clay |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_39747154.jpg) | ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_8424252.jpg) | retired school principal tells story of working in cotton fields in her youth |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_45960955.jpg) | retired journalist tells of her childhood through clay |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_40989052.jpg) | hispanic throne |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_26332454.jpg) | hispanic throne facing biscayne bay in miami |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_95250413.jpg) | students working on hispanic throne |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_83181977.jpg) | ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_47594439.jpg) | (top) hispanic throne detail (bottom) art students working on throne |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_19400957.jpg) | ceramic mask glazed and fired |
| ![](images/artworks_photos/artwork_photo_36585485.jpg) | hispanic elder creating mask based upon cuban folklore |
|