The Center for Hope, Humanity, and Holocaust Education, inspired by the work of artist Robert Sutz, is slated to open in Phoenix, AZ, in 2025. To date, Sutz has created more than 145 sculptural busts called “life masks” and pastel portraits of survivors, liberators, and righteous gentiles.

“I want future generations to know that these people are beautiful,” Sutz says. “I feel as though I am still in a race against time; the survivors are leaving us and with them their beautiful faces and unbelievable stories and memories.”

When the 17,000-square-foot facility opens, it will include a gallery filled with Sutz’s artwork, also galleries for permanent and temporary exhibitions.