Background

The Leo Baeck Centre for Progressive Judaism located in East Kew Victoria (LBC) has had a long tradition of engaging its community in Jewish culture.

In May 2003 the LBC Board endorsed the establishment of the Leo Baeck Arts Centre Committee (LBAC) to manage an ongoing series of art exhibitions within the Leo Baeck Kiddush Hall and Library. The overall vision for the Arts Centre was to promote Jewish and broader cultural values.

In December 2003 the LBC Board together with generous member’s donations, funded upgrading the facilities of the Kiddush Hall to provide an professional art exhibition space.

The creation of the Arts Centre represents a significant step in realising the goals of the Leo Baeck Centre to both link effectively with the broader community and becoming a ‘living’ centre of Jewish cultural activities in Melbourne. In particular, the Arts group promotes the opportunity for LBC members to share their creative talents with both the LBC and broader communities.

Exhibitions

Since its inception in 2004 the LBAC Committee has successfully, selected, organised, launched and promoted many art exhibitions.

2004	Nita Jawary – The Perpetual Table
2005	Rachel Johnson – ‘Spiritual Threads’
2005	Ian Brown – The Face of Hope
2006	Michael Morgan – Yizkor Remembrance
2006	Multi Faith Art Festival – Postcards: Reflections on Love and Marriage
2007	Aloma Triester – The Art of Memory
2007	Multi Faith Art Festival – Landlines: Letter, Line and Form
2008	Lazar Krum – 20th Century Icons
2008	Gary Solomon – Art With Heart
2008	Multi Faith Art Festival– Land and Spirit and Transformation
2009	Maadi Einfeld – Selected Works on Paper 1980 -2008
2010	The Journey Continues: 60th anniversary photographs
2011	Community Exhibition by LBC Artists
2011	Lex Mrocki – Seen and Unseen (loaned by the Jewish Museum)
2012	Janet Wolf Bau – The Art of Illustration
2014	Lazar Krum – Paper Journey
2014	Nita Jawary – Exuberance
2015	Peter and Ria Eisler – Expression
2015	Janet Wolf Bau – Captured Moments in Time
2016	Zoe Bell – Dreamscape
2016	Jess Solomon – Ark
2017	Miriam Morris – Ner Tamid
2017	Dianne Toone – Oil on Canvas
2017	Naum Belog – Works
2018	Val S – Travel with Val
2018	Jan Palmer – Melbourne and Beyond
2019	Children’s Art Exhibition
2019	Steve Einfeld – Looking at You Looking at Me
2019	Yishkah C. Du Brae James – Goodness & Beauty
2020	Shirley Cass – Marking The Stranger