Archived Exhibitions:

Photographic Visions of the Diaspora

On view August 24, 2012 – May 31, 2013
Opening Reception: October 17, 2012 at 5-7 p.m.

Photographic Visions of the Diaspora is dedicated to the work of the late Sy Edelstein, who spent years photographing Jewish shopkeepers from New York to Los Angeles. His work from the 1980s and ’90s captures a once vibrant but rapidly fading world of businesses that, as Edelstein said, “are a part of our lives, and whose presence we take for granted.”

Organized by Anne Hromadka, Guest Curator of the Art Collection and Exhibitions at HUC-JIR’s Jack H. Skirball Campus in Los Angeles, in partnership with campus’ Enhancement Committee.

>> Read more

Commitments

On view May 10, 2012 – May 31, 2013

Commitments highlights the sculptural creations of Marlene Louchheim, a unique artist whose work is about more than replicating large-scale burlap sacks using a variety of metals. Her art pieces talk to each other — about love, about distance, about fear and tenderness. Above all, perhaps, they talk about commitment and the need to heal the world. Commitments features four works by Louchheim that range from small, intimate sculptures to towering aluminum and bronze bags.

Organized by the Enhancement Committee of HUC-JIR's Jack H. Skirball Campus in Los Angeles and curator Anne Hromadka. This exhibition is made possible through the generosity of HUC-JIR, the Lochheim family, and Sue Neuman Hochberg.

>> Read more

Deeply Rooted

On view August 24, 2012 – December 14, 2012
Opening Reception: October 17, 2012 at 5-7 p.m.

Deeply Rooted is an exhibition exploring the connection between the two primordial trees in the Garden of Eden: the Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Four artists present literal and metaphoric understandings of these powerful symbols as they have developed over the centuries and have been used in science, religion and philosophy. Deeply Rooted features works by Gary Frederick Brown, Bonita Helmer, Maddy LeMel, and Hillel Smith.

Organized by Anne Hromadka, Guest Curator of the Art Collection and Exhibitions at HUC-JIR’s Jack H. Skirball Campus in Los Angeles, in partnership with campus’ Enhancement Committee.

>> Read more