Program areas at Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Exhibition, turning inward, judy chicago june 2, 2022 to september 22, 2022turning inward, judy chicago, from the collections of jordan d. schnitzer and his family foundation, traces judy chicago's development as an artist and Jewish woman across six decades, from her early formal vocabulary of geometric color abstraction and work with pyrotechnics to the explorations of self-identity, the politics of gender, and her personal formative experiences. The exhibition consists of 35 pieces primarily focuses on works on paper. Throughout her often tumultuous and frequently controversial career chicago continued to push forward a feminist-based approach to art and art Education.
Exhibition, harley gaber's die plague october 7, 2022 to january 29, 2023 harley gaber was an american-jewish minimalist composer and visual artist, known for his arresting works that rearranged the language of art and music. Between 1993 and 2002, gaber traveled in europe, visiting the concentration camps at buchenwald and dachau, and photocopying hundreds of images in german archives that depicted the weimar republic through the Holocaust. Gaber spent these nine prolific years collaging images into unexpected arrangements and juxtapositions; the resulting canvases became die plage. The exhibition considers the role of individuals in the course of history and consequently challenges viewers to examine their responsibility to their nation and to one another in the plagues of our times.
Exhibition, a century of bb camp september 21, 2022 to january 29, 2023 b'nai b'rith camp was founded in 1921 and in those early days campers slept on old army cots in tents. After a century of growth, over 1,000 campers a summer enjoy a camp experience. Today, bb camp hosts summer camp sessions, day camps, and family camp, as well as rejewvenation, last day of camp young adult weekend and men's camp, sessions exclusively for adults. As bb camp (known affectionately just as "camp") moves into a second century of operation, this exhibition offers a glimpse of highlights from the first 100 years of camp's history.