Patron: Lady Anna Cowen AM
Email: artcomp@bbvic.org.au

HOW TO ENTER
1. Register your entry by 18th June 2021
2. Submit your artwork by 18th July 2021
3. Awarding of prizes 25th July at 2:00 PM     ​​
See below for further details.

1. Register your entry
Registration closing date is 18th June 2021. Entries can be registered by students or their art teachers. Please click Here to see the Conditions of Entry.
Click Here to register your entry.
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2. Submit your artwork
Physical delivery of artworks at the Glen Eira Council gallery (Corner Glen Eira and Hawthorn Roads, Caulfield) is required on Sunday 19th July between 1:00 PM and no later than 5:30 PM.  Please note that late entries will not be accepted.

​3. Awarding of prizes
Announcement of winning entries and presentation to prize-winners will take place at the Exhibition opening ceremony at the Glen Eira Council gallery, commencing at 2:00 PM on Sunday 25th July 2021.
An online version of the competition catalogue will be available on this website

Sponsors
B’nai B’rith Victoria gratefully acknowledges our numerous sponsors whose generous financial support makes this competition possible.  They are listed below and are also featured throughout the catalogue.

We congratulate all our talented young artists whose work will be on display in this year's exhibition.

Last Year's Competition:
Below is a brief video of the opening ceremony from last year’s competition, including the official opening by Glen Eira Mayor, Cr Margaret Esakoff, and announcement of the winning entries in each category.

Click HERE to watch a pre-recorded video of all the artworks in each of the three virtual galleries in the 2020 competition.

Click on the following link to display a full list of all the winning entries in last year's competition: Link. ​

Background to the Competition
Morrie Gold was born in 1917 in Warsaw, Poland and immigrated to Australia in 1937.
 
Always a lover of the arts, his work was furthered by his artistic wife, Marie. As an art benefactor he contributed to the National Art Gallery of Victoria. His interest in fostering art in Jewish youth was prompted by watching his grandson's artistic abilities developing. He realised that to encourage the interest and confidence of children in art there must be interaction with the public.
 
Having been a member of B'nai B'rith for some time, Morrie felt it was the right organisation to fulfil his wish of running an Annual Jewish Youth Art Competition.
 
Morrie Gold died in May, 1993.  This annual Jewish Youth Art Competition was established through a bequest left by Mr. Gold to B'nai B'rith.
 
B'nai B'rith has taken up the challenge to organise and hold the exhibition each year.  The competition aims to promote artistic competence and a sense of unity among youth of various sections of the Jewish community.
 
It is open to Jewish youth between the ages of 11 and 18. Entries are divided into age groups 11 to 13, 14 and 15, 16 to 18.  In each age group there are four categories, namely, painting and drawing, mixed media, digital, and sculpture. A fifth category of photography is open to artists aged 16-18. Students enter from Jewish day schools such as Beth Rivkah Ladies College, Bialik College, Leibler Yavneh College, Mt Scopus Memorial College, the King David School, Yeshivah College.  Students from state schools and other independent schools are also encouraged to enter.
 
The artworks are judged by a panel of professionals in the arts industry and prizes are offered in all categories and age groups. Over 200 artworks were submitted in 2020.

Registration for the BBVic Showcase opens soon. 

The B'nai B'rith Showcase is a member of, and has accreditation with,
The Association of Eisteddfod Societies of Australia Inc.

This is the only Jewish Showcase in Australia and fulfills a specific need - it does not replicate what any other Jewish organisation is doing.  Jewish musicians are enabled to compete in an officially recognised Showcase; as most are held on Shabbat, this competition acts as a bridge through all streams of Judaism - covering Primary, Secondary and Tertiary levels (ages 8 - 25).
 
Register now and you too can be part of this exciting event!

​Please see the attached files on the right for sign up information or phone the B'nai B'rith Office on ​
​(03) 9523 0888 or email showcase@bbvic.org.au​

Our Solo Sections are:
Vocal: Classical
Vocal: Contemporary
Hebrew and Yiddish Vocal
Strings: Classical
Piano: Classical
Piano: Contemporary
​Woodwind and Brass
Guitar

In 2019, B’nai B’rith Vic celebrated its 27th year of holding the Jewish Youth Eisteddfod and
rebranded its name to ‘Showcase: Fostering Jewish Musical Talent’.
Its first chairperson was Rosalie Maller and its second was Esther Gross, who guided the project through until 2012, when ill health forced her retirement. Until then, it remained a special project of B’nai B’rith Unit Re’ut.
Andrew Kolb took over the chair of the Eisteddfod in 2014, and retired at the end of 2019.
During those 6 years, the Eisteddfod grew to 8 Heats namely: Classical Vocal, Contemporary Vocal, Hebrew and Yiddish Vocal, Woodwind, Classical Strings, Guitar, and Classical and Contemporary Piano.
It was also exciting to see a rapid rise in school ensemble participation.
There were performances from Melbourne’s four Jewish day schools: Mount Scopus Memorial College, Bialik College, King David School and Leibler Yavneh College.
Showcase is made possible by the generosity of the many donors and sponsors, including B’nai B’rith Victoria, the Pratt Foundation and Glen Eira City Council.
The Australian Jewish News kept people informed of our activities via advertising and featured articles.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Zelman Cowen was our distinguished patron. After his death, Lady Anna Cowen AM accepted the offer to become our new patron. This year, she will be joined by Mr
Doug Heywood OAM as Joint patron.
2020 is not like any other year that we have previously faced. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to try new options: Zoom meetings and Online Showcase 2020.
Who could have predicted this only 3 months ago? 2020 will certainly be a different type of Showcase without ensemble participation.
On behalf of the Showcase Committee I would like to thank our new chair Judy Firestone.
We cannot do this without community help and support. Together we can be triumphant.

​Andrew Kolb
Chair of Showcase (formerly Eisteddfod) 2014-2019