Rochester photographers are taking “porch portraits” to document life during the COVID-19 pandemic — from a safe but social distance.
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Virtual tours
There are loads of creative ways the public can still participate in Rochester’s arts scene without leaving home. This week, we write about some of the big galleries and museums, and how you can explore their collections online.
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A wealth of work
George Eastman Museum’s current exhibit, “Bea Nettles: Harvest of Memory,” marks the artist’s first major retrospective in her 50-year career and highlights a lifetime of femme, maternal, and dream-like works.
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Selfhood and safety in black America
Two separate but complementary art exhibits interrogate the concepts of selfhood and safety, the inner lives and outer realities, experienced by black people in America.
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Forging equity
One year out, we check in with WOC•Arts Collaborative, a collective of creative peers of color. The women and femmes-focused group has expanded its headquarters as well as its membership, and is working to level the playing field in Rochester’s cultural sector.
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Eastman Museum reveals ambitious renovation plans
The museum broke ground on Monday for renovations that will include a shimmering glass entryway situated closer to the parking lot, a new visitor’s center, gift shop and café, repairs to structures in the gardens, and more.
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Mortal coils
Currently presented at Rochester Contemporary is “Earthen,” a set of three short video artworks that are gorgeous little meditations on our experiences with nature and time.
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Connecting over spectacle
The ambitious, collaborative “Current Seen” biennial is sustaining one of the most important conversations about the state of the arts in Rochester.
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Anderson & Low evoke awe at Eastman
Jonathan Anderson and Edwin Low have collaborated for decades, creating mind-bending bodies of photographic work and films that vary drastically in style from project to project. But the enduring common denominator in everything they do is observing some fascinating phenomena in the world, taking the deepest dive into studying it, and finding the cleverest way to share what they saw.
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MAG’s Mucha exhibit deeper than decorative arts
Even as we applaud their beautifying services, artists are often dismissed as dreamers and idealists, painting pictures that can serve as either mirrors of society or better-case-scenarios. This role has too often put a target on their backs.
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‘Play/Ground’ transforms old Medina High
The weekend-long art pop-up was co-presented again this year with Rochester and Buffalo-based arts organizations, and the school was filled with installations and events presented by a set of returning and new artists.
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Art preview: ‘Current Seen’
In the past year or so, several groups of culturally-focused individuals and institutions have been organizing some new approaches to inject fresh energy into solving this puzzle. The newest of these hopeful endeavors, “Current Seen,” kicks off in earnest on October 4, pulling together loads of artists, curators, institutions, and venues to present more than 25 projects at 16 sites.
