Each year, CITY spotlights four young artists who are creating engaging work but are still in the early years of their artistic careers. Our 2018 selections are Will Cornfield, G. E. DeGroat, Ashley Ludwig, and Alexandria Mockbee.
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‘Under Pressure’ print show returns to Roco
Now in its third year, the annual show presented by Rochester Contemporary and the Print Club of Rochester is a showcase of contemporary printmaking that pushes boundaries.
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Review: ‘Monet’s Waterloo Bridge: Vision and Process’
The MAG exhibition showcases eight of Monet’s 40 paintings of the Waterloo Bridge, including the MAG’s own jewel-like version, “Waterloo Bridge, Veiled Sun,” and seven other versions borrowed from North American sister institutions.
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Art/WORK Episode 8: Caitlin Yarsky
Caitlin Yarsky uses her love for sci-fi and fantasy to illustrate fantastic worlds and comic characters.
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‘At the Crossroads’ programming hits one year mark
The “At the Crossroads: Activating the Intersection of Art and Justice” initiative hits its one year anniversary this week with “Black and Disabled: A Long Table Conversation and Installation.”
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Former roster of Young Audiences form Teaching Artists ROC
More than 20 artists and ensembles — including dancers, musicians, storytellers, and variety
artists — will take part in a free showcase for educators on Thursday.
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WALLTHERAPY 2018 recap
Another WALLTHERAPY mural festival down, another set of Rochester’s walls freshly adorned with imagery that projects playful, positive messages.
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Little painted wonders of Josephine Tota resurrected by MAG
“The Surreal Visions of Josephine Tota” includes more than 90 paintings that the artist made in the late stages of her life. Tota was 70 years old when she began painting small, intricately detailed, surreal works in egg tempera and gold leaf on wood panels.
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Preview: WALLTHERAPY 2018
Now it its seventh year, Rochester’s annual home-grown mural festival, WALLTHERAPY, is back this week with a scaled-down but nonetheless ambitious event. This year’s event features a tight roster of just six artistsinvited to paint walls around the city, as well as the second annual Art & Activism conference.
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Painting for the people
Rochester-based artist and homeless advocate Richmond Futch Jr. embraces humanity through art. His newest, literary-themed mural project on the Arnett Branch Library facade was a collaborative endeavor with youth mentees.
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David Levinthal’s gaze: ‘War, Myth, Desire’ at Eastman Museum
The major retrospective presents the overarching themes present throughout Levinthal’s photographic career. But what does his lens have to say about his subject matter?
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Exhibit explores black women artists’ fight for representation
The massive exhibit “We Wanted a Revolution” is a survey of the work and activism of black women artists in the era of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. But how much have art world demographics really changed?
