Exhibitions + Curatorial Services
Bringing Contemporary Israeli Culture to Your Institution
The Israel Culture Project (ICP) at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan partners with museums, galleries, JCCs, universities, Hillels, cultural centers, libraries, and arts organizations to bring outstanding Israeli art and culture to audiences across North America.
Whether you are looking for a fully curated traveling exhibition, an exhibition developed specifically for your institution, or consultation on Israeli artists and contemporary culture, ICP serves as your curatorial partner from concept through presentation.
Drawing on decades of experience producing exhibitions and cultural programming, together with an extensive network of artists, curators, collectors, and cultural institutions in Israel and the United States, we help organizations present thoughtful, engaging, and accessible Israeli cultural experiences.
Traveling Exhibitions
ICP currently offers the following exhibitions for institutions interested in presenting contemporary Israeli art.
Taste of Belonging
Curated by Dr. Smadar Sheffi
Food is far more than nourishment. It is memory, identity, migration, ritual, politics, and home.
Through contemporary artworks by leading Israeli artists, Taste of Belonging explores how food reflects the many layers of Israeli society. Family recipes, holiday traditions, street food, agriculture, hospitality, celebrity chefs, and shared meals become entry points into conversations about belonging, culture, and collective identity.
The exhibition can be accompanied by artist talks, curator lectures, panel discussions, culinary demonstrations, and community programming.
The Art of Picnic
Curated by Tamar Lamdan and Carmit Shine
Few experiences are as universal as gathering outdoors to share a meal.
The Art of Picnic examines the picnic as both a cultural ritual and an artistic idea. Through contemporary Israeli art, the exhibition explores themes of leisure, landscape, community, hospitality, environmental awareness, and public space, revealing how something seemingly simple can reflect larger social and cultural narratives.
The exhibition lends itself particularly well to family audiences and outdoor community engagement, with opportunities for participatory programming and public activations.
Time
Featuring Elinor Carucci and Tal Shohat
Curated by Udi Urman
Photography has the remarkable ability to preserve fleeting moments while reminding us how quickly life changes.
Featuring celebrated Israeli photographers Elinor Carucci and Tal Shohat, Time explores family, childhood, memory, aging, intimacy, identity, and the passage of time. Through deeply personal and visually compelling photographs, the exhibition invites visitors to reflect on their own lives and relationships while discovering two of Israel’s most significant contemporary photographic voices.
Family Literary Festivals
Beyond exhibitions, ICP develops curated literary festivals designed for families, schools, libraries, and community institutions.
Inspired by our successful annual Books That Changed My Life Festival, these festivals combine literature with visual arts, music, food, film, performances, workshops, and hands-on experiences, transforming books into immersive cultural celebrations.
Each festival is built around a central theme and can be adapted to audiences of different ages and communities.
Examples of festival themes include:
- Journeys
- Home
- Friendship
- Wonder
- Food
- Nature
- Identity
ICP works closely with partner organizations to develop programming that reflects their community while drawing upon Israeli authors, illustrators, artists, performers, and educators.
Custom Curatorial Services
Looking for something unique?
ICP also offers custom exhibition development and curatorial consultation for institutions interested in presenting Israeli art and culture.
Whether you are beginning with a broad idea or searching for a particular artist or theme, we can help create an exhibition specifically tailored to your organization.
Our services include:
- Exhibition concept development
- Curatorial research
- Artist recommendations
- Exhibition curation
- Artwork sourcing and artist liaison
- Exhibition production consultation
- Public programming
- Artist talks and lectures
- Educational resources
- Family and community engagement programming
Whether you are planning a small gallery exhibition or a large multidisciplinary cultural initiative, ICP can serve as your curatorial partner throughout the process.
Why Partner with ICP?
ICP combines curatorial expertise with one of the strongest institutional networks connecting Israeli artists and American cultural organizations.
We understand both the Israeli cultural landscape and the needs of American audiences. Every exhibition we develop is grounded in scholarship while remaining accessible, engaging, and relevant to diverse communities.
Our goal is not simply to send exhibitions around the country. It is to build lasting relationships between Israeli artists, American institutions, and the communities they serve.
Let's Start a Conversation
If your museum, gallery, university, JCC, library, or cultural organization is interested in presenting Israeli art or developing an exhibition, we would be delighted to explore how we can work together.
Our exhibitions, curatorial services, and consulting are offered on a professional fee basis. Fees are tailored to each project based on its scope, scale, and programming needs. For traveling exhibitions, shipping, insurance, and any applicable installation or travel expenses are the responsibility of the presenting institution, unless otherwise agreed. Following an initial conversation, we are happy to prepare a customized proposal outlining all project costs.
Contact us at: icp@mmjccm.org.
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