Contemporary Jewish Museum

MAKES THE DIVERSITY OF JEWISH EXPERIENCE RELEVANT THROUGH ART & PROGRAMS THAT CHALLENGE & INSPIRE.

SEE SCHEDULE O.ACTIVITY 1:CJM AUDIENCESIN FISCAL YEAR 2022, THE CJM ACCOMPLISHED ITS MISSION TO MAKE THE DIVERSITY OF JEWISH EXPERIENCE RELEVANT TO TWENTY FIRST CENTURY AUDIENCES THROUGH ITS EXHIBITIONS, EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AND THE STRATEGIC DISTRIBUTION OF DIGITAL MEDIA. KEY FISCAL YEAR 2022 METRICS INCLUDE: 39,500 ON-SITE VISITORS917,800 ONLINE VISITORSEXHIBITIONSFY 2022 EXHIBITIONS AND ARTIST PROGRAMS COVERED A WIDE RANGE OF ART AND ARTISTS. OZ IS FOR OZNOWICZ: A PUPPET FAMILY'S HISTORY. (JULY 21, 2022-MARCH 5, 2023). FRANK OZ IS A LEGENDARY ACTOR, FILM DIRECTOR, AND PERFORMER KNOWN WIDELY FOR BEING THE CLOSEST COLLABORATOR OF MUPPET CREATOR JIM HENSON. OZ ORIGINATED AND PERFORMED MANY ICONIC MUPPET CHARACTERS, INCLUDING MISS PIGGY, FOZZIE BEAR, AND COOKIE MONSTER, AS WELL AS YODA IN THE STAR WARS FILMS. OZ'S PATH TO PERFORMING, PUPPETRY, AND USE OF HUMOR AS A TOOL FOR BOTH SOCIAL CRITIQUE AND SOCIAL GOOD, WAS PAVED BY HIS PARENTS, ISIDORE (MIKE) AND FRANCES OZNOWICZ.TIKKUN: FOR THE COSMOS, THE COMMUNITY, AND OURSELVES. (FEBRUARY 17, 2022-JANUARY 8, 2023). WORKS BY THIRTY BAY AREA BASED CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS REFLECTING ON THE JEWISH CONCEPT OF TIKKUN (HEBREW FOR "TO REPAIR"). IN A MOMENT OF COLLECTIVE CHALLENGES AND UNCERTAINTY, THIS EXHIBITION RE-EXAMINES THE TERM TIKKUN AS A PHENOMENON OF CARE AND INTERCONNECTEDNESS THAT IS GROUNDED IN PERSONAL ACTION, ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND COMMUNITY, UNFIXED FROM ITS EVOLVING MEANINGS THROUGHOUT HISTORY. TAKEN TOGETHER, THE WORKS IN THIS EXHIBITION CONSIDER HOW THE CONCEPT OF TIKKUN CAN HELP US LOOK CRITICALLY BOTH INWARD AND OUTWARD, GUIDE US THROUGH CHANGE, AND BUILD RESILIENCE FOR THE ONGOING WORK OF REPAIR.THE JIM HENSON EXHIBITION: IMAGINATION UNLIMITED. (MARCH 31, 2022-AUGUST 14, 2022) A CELEBRATION OF THE LEGACY OF JIM HENSON (1936-1990), TRAILBLAZING PUPPETEER, ANIMATOR, CARTOONIST, ACTOR, INVENTOR, AND FILMMAKER. FEATURING MORE THAN 150 OBJECTS DRAWN FROM THE BELOVED WORLDS OF SESAME STREET, FRAGGLE ROCK, THE DARK CRYSTAL, LABYRINTH, AND MORE, THE EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTED HENSON'S GROUNDBREAKING WORK FOR FILM AND TELEVISION, HIS INDELIBLE MARK ON POPULAR CULTURE, AND THE PROFOUND SOCIAL IMPACT OF HIS WORK. IT ALSO INCLUDED MATERIAL FROM HENSON'S EXPERIMENTAL FILM PROJECTS AND HIS EARLY WORK, PRESENTING HIM AS A RESTLESSLY CREATIVE PERFORMER AND TECHNICAL INNOVATOR. AUDIENCES DISCOVERED HOW HENSON AND HIS TEAM OF BUILDERS, PERFORMERS, AND WRITERS CREATED AN UNPARALLELED BODY OF WORK, SHARING CHARACTERS AND STORIES THAT REPRESENT DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND ABILITIES. THESE STORIES CONTINUE TO DELIGHT AUDIENCES AND INSPIRE PEOPLE OF ALL AGES TO LOOK BEYOND DIFFERENCES AND CULTIVATE A MORE COMPASSIONATE, INCLUSIVE WORLD.GOLEM: A CALL TO ACTION. (JUN 21, 2021-JUN 19, 2022) AN EXHIBITION IN THREE PARTS BY LOS ANGELES-BASED ARTIST JULIE WEITZ, COMPRISING THREE VIDEO ARTWORKS- GOLEM V. GOLEM, MY GOLEM AS A WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER, AND PRAYER FOR BURNT FORESTS- THAT DRAW ON JEWISH ALLEGORY, FOLKLORE, AND SPIRITUAL PRACTICE TO CONFRONT SOCIETAL AND ECOLOGICAL DISASTERS. THE LEGEND OF THE GOLEM ORIGINATES AS FAR BACK AS THE MIDDLE AGES, WHEN JEWISH MYSTICS IMAGINED THE CREATION OF A CLAY HUMANOID AS A MEDITATIVE TECHNIQUE FOR BECOMING CLOSER TO GOD. BY THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, POPULAR YIDDISH FOLKTALES CHARACTERIZED THE GOLEM AS A HELPER, COMPANION, OR RESCUER OF AN IMPERILED JEWISH COMMUNITY. IN THIS EXHIBITION, WEITZ REVITALIZES GOLEM MYTHOLOGY TO FRAME A MORAL IMPERATIVE FOR ACTION ON THE SOCIAL AND ECOLOGICAL ISSUES WE FACE TODAY.EXPERIENCE LEONARD COHEN. (AUGUST 5, 2021-FEBRUARY 13, 2022) LEONARD COHEN'S WORDS GAVE VOICE TO THE HUMAN CONDITION, IN ALL OF ITS GRACE AND IMPERFECTION-AND TO THIS DAY, THEY CONTINUE TO INSPIRE GENERATIONS OF ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, AND WRITERS. EXPERIENCE LEONARD COHEN IS A SERIES OF FOUR SOLO EXHIBITIONS OF CONTEMPORARY ART INSPIRED BY THE LIFE AND WORK OF LEONARD COHEN (1934-2016), THE INFLUENTIAL MUSICIAN, MAN OF LETTERS, AND GLOBAL ICON FROM MONTREAL, CANADA.EXPERIENCE LEONARD COHEN - CANDICE BREITZ: I'M YOUR MAN. (SEPTEMBER 18, 2021-FEBRUARY 13, 2022) THIS SOLO EXHIBITION BY ARTIST CANDICE BREITZ FEATURED THE WORK I'M YOUR MAN (A PORTRAIT OF LEONARD COHEN), A NINETEEN-CHANNEL VIDEO INSTALLATION PRESENTED ACROSS TWO SPACES. THE WORK BRINGS TOGETHER A COMMUNITY OF EIGHTEEN ARDENT LEONARD COHEN FANS, EACH OF WHOM HAS CHERISHED COHEN'S MUSIC FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY TO PAY POSTHUMOUS TRIBUTE TO THE LATE LEGEND.EXPERIENCE LEONARD COHEN - MARSHALL TRAMMELL IN RESIDENCE. (AUGUST 5, 2021-JANUARY 2, 2022) MARSHALL TRAMMELL OFFERED REFLECTIONS ON LEONARD COHEN'S LIFE, SPIRITUALITY, AND MUSICAL PRACTICE IN REAL TIME. AN OAKLAND-BASED EXPERIMENTAL ARCHIVIST, PERCUSSIONIST, CONDUCTOR, AND COMPOSER WHO HAS BUILT A PRACTICE CENTERED ON COLLABORATION, MARSHALL TRAMMELL PERIODICALLY INHABITED THE MUSEUM'S MARIBELLE AND STEPHEN LEAVITT YUD GALLERY IN A DYNAMIC RESIDENCY THAT INCLUDED IMPROVISATION, PERFORMANCE, AND COLLABORATIVE RE-CONTEXTUALIZATION OF DIVERSE FACETS OF COHEN'S LEGACY.EXPERIENCE LEONARD COHEN - GEORGE FOK'S PASSING THROUGH. (AUGUST 5, 2021-JANUARY 2, 2022) AN IMMERSIVE VIDEO WORK CELEBRATING LEONARD COHEN'S SINGULAR VOICE, INFLUENTIAL MUSIC, CHARISMATIC PERSONA, AND INIMITABLE STAGE PRESENCE. DRAWING ON A VAST ARCHIVE OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL, FOK PAID TRIBUTE TO COHEN'S MONUMENTAL FIVE-DECADE CAREER THROUGH A COLLAGE OF COLLECTIVE MEMORIES, CONCERT FOOTAGE, AND EMOTIONS THAT HAVE ENCHANTED GENERATIONS OF FANS AROUND THE WORLD. PRESENTED AS A SEAMLESS, HOUR-LONG VIDEO PRESENTATION, PASSING THROUGH INVITED VISITORS TO EXPLORE COHEN'S LIFE AND LEGACY AS A MASH-UP CONCERT, A COMPOSITE PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST, AND AN EVOCATIVE REFLECTION ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD, HIS FANS, AND HIMSELF.EXPERIENCE LEONARD COHEN - JUDY CHICAGO: COHANIM. (AUGUST 5, 2021-JANUARY 2, 2022) A SOLO EXHIBITION BY INIMITABLE ARTIST JUDY CHICAGO FEATURED TWELVE VIBRANT PAINTINGS ON PORCELAIN THAT EXPLORE AND REFLECT ON THE LYRICS OF LEONARD COHEN. CHICAGO, WHO HAS LED THE CONTEMPORARY ART FIELD IN FEMINIST PRACTICE FOR DECADES, CREATED THIS BODY OF WORK AS A PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO COHEN'S LYRICS AND WHAT THEY HAVE MEANT TO HER THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. IN THEIR COLORFUL, SPARE, AND PAINTERLY INTERPRETATIONS OF COHEN'S SONGS, THESE WORKS EXPRESS A SENSE OF INTIMACY AND HEARTFELT SPIRITUAL CONNECTION.WHAT WE HOLD: A YOUTH AUDIO PROJECT. (APRIL 11, 2021-MARCH 18, 2022). WHAT SHAPES US? WHICH FAMILY HISTORIES BECOME OUR CORE STORIES? HOW DO WE MAKE THEM OUR OWN? IN THIS ONLINE AUDIO EXHIBITION, TEENS RANGING IN AGE FROM 15 TO 18 YEARS OLD CREATED INDIVIDUAL AUDIO RECORDINGS REFLECTING ON AND CONNECTING WITH THEIR FAMILIES' STORIES OF MIGRATION, RESILIENCE, ACCEPTANCE, IDENTITY AND PASSION.LEVI STRAUSS: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN STYLE. (FEBRUARY 1, 2021-AUGUST 8, 2022) USING THE INVENTION OF THE BLUE JEAN AS A LENS THROUGH WHICH TO VIEW NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA, THIS EXHIBITION FOLLOWED JEWISH IMMIGRANT LEVI STRAUSS'S JOURNEY FROM BAVARIA TO CALIFORNIA AND THE POPULARIZATION OF BLUE JEANS TO THE PRESENT. THE EXHIBITION FEATURED THE LARGEST PUBLIC DISPLAY OF MATERIALS FROM THE LEVI STRAUSS & CO. ARCHIVES EVER PRESENTED, TOGETHER WITH CLOTHING AND DOCUMENTS FROM OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.PROGRAM AND EDUCATION HIGHLIGHTSTHE CJM IS AMONG THE BAY AREA'S MOST IMPORTANT ARTS AND JEWISH EDUCATION RESOURCES FOR K-12 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS. ALL TOURS AND ACCOMPANYING ARTMAKING WORKSHOPS ARE FREE. DURING FY 2022, K-12 SCHOOL PROGRAMS WERE OFFERED BOTH ONLINE AND IN PERSON. INTERACTIVE TOURS OF EXHIBITIONS AND THE CJM'S BUILDING LED BY PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS ARE THE CENTERPIECE OF THE PROGRAM. ONLINE CURRICULUM RESOURCES ENHANCE TEACHERS' ABILITY TO INCORPORATE TOUR CONTENT IN THE CLASSROOM. ONLINE ART MAKING WORKSHOPS DEEPEN STUDENTS LEARNING AND FOSTER CREATIVITY.ACCESS PROGRAMSTHE CJM OFFERS A WIDE ARRAY OF ACCESS PROGRAMS FREE OF CHARGE TO FULFILL A COMMUNITY NEED FOR HIGH-QUALITY, INDIVIDUALIZED OPPORTUNITIES FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. IN FISCAL YEAR 2022, THE CJM CONTINUED THIS LONGSTANDING DEDICATION TO ACCESSIBILITY, WITH AN EXTENSIVE RANGE OF PROGRAMMING FOR VISITORS WITH INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL, OR SOCIAL BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION. THESE ACTIVITIES WERE OFFERED ONLINE AND IN PERSON.TEEN PROGRAMSTHE CENTERPIECE OF THE CJM'S TEEN PROGRAMS IS THE TEEN ART CONNECT (TAC) INTERNSHIP, A YEARLONG, PAID INTERNSHIP AT THE CJM THAT PROVIDES HANDS-ON WORK EXPERIENCE, APPRENTICESHIPS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS, AND SKILL-BUILDING ARTS ACTIVITIES. NINE TAC INTERNS PLANNED AND PRODUCED A SERIES OF EVENTS FOR THEIR PEERS ABOUT JEWISH CULTURE AND ART. AS THE FISCAL YEAR PROGRESSED, THE TAC PROGRAM ACTIVITIES MOVED FROM ONLINE TO IN PERSON.