With all of the exciting, newly acquired contemporary artworks going on display at the Memorial Art Gallery over the last couple of years, you might forget the institution also boasts an impressive collection of historic work. The MAG’s Lockhart Gallery is a space dedicated to showcasing delicate works on paper from the institution’s permanent collection, […]
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RIT presents Norman Ives retrospective
At a glance, Norman Ives’s artwork is both straightforward and enigmatic. That balance is key to good design — it should command your attention without making you hate its effort. It should tug seductively at your focus more than hit you over the head. A new retrospective of Ives’s oeuvre, concurrently hosted in the Bevier […]
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Charlotte Square development funds public art
Figuring out the aesthetics of a city isn’t a small thing. Developers putting money into downtown Rochester should take a page from Home Leasing LLC, which commissioned public art to accompany its Charlotte Square project in the East End. A new sculpture by Kevin Dartt, which can be seen day or night due to a […]
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Three reasons to visit VSW this week
Over the next few days, Visual Studies Workshop (31 Prince Street) is offering a set of engaging shows and events. On Wednesday, November 30, check out “Bad Objects: A Night of New Media from RIT.” Taking place from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the VSW Auditorium, the one-night show explores digital art and new […]
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Back to darkroom basics with ‘Under Safelight’
There’s much to be said about the disappearing scientific element of making art and the stalwart enthusiasts keeping it alive. Chemistry and creativity have strolled hand-in-hand throughout human history, but just as the majority of painters stopped grinding their own minerals when they could buy any ready-made hue, most photographers’ understanding of chemistry and calculations […]
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Print Club of Roc takes Brockport
Our region has an impressive set of printmakers who consistently breathe new life into the medium, whether they employ traditional techniques or flout convention. Under the direction of its energetic president, Adam Werth, The Print Club of Rochester is celebrating its 86th anniversary with an exhibition currently on display at SUNY Brockport’s Tower Fine Arts […]
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Elizabeth Taylor’s inner world on view at Eastman Museum
Although the George Eastman Museum recently announced that its entire collection is now viewable online, don’t let that stop you from making the trip. A number of fascinating shows now on view provide the casual goer and the history enthusiast alike with enough interest to fill a day. And there are of course the borrowed […]
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Media art giants on display at MAG
Since taking the reins as director of the Memorial Art Gallery, Jonathan Binstock has made it his mission to flesh out the institution’s contemporary collection with heavy hitters. This trend continues as MAG, last month, announced a new collaboration with independent consulting curator of film and media arts, John G. Hanhardt. Throughout his career, Hanhardt […]
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Debut Novel Series 2016 coming to Writers & Books
Writers & Books earlier this year announced its 2016 Debut Novel Series selections, which are “What Belongs to You” by Louisville, Kentucky-native Garth Greenwell, and “Wreck and Order” by Upstate New York resident Hannah Tennant-Moore. On November 3 and 4, both authors will visit Rochester to partake in a number of joint readings, discussions, and […]
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Flower City Pottery Invitational fills the weekend
The second annual Flower City Pottery Invitational, hosted by the Genesee Center for the Arts and Education, kicked off Thursday morning with (many sold out) classes offered by some of the exhibiting artists. The event, which last year drew nearly 1,000 visitors to the center, continues through Sunday, October 16, with an opening reception Friday, […]
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Generating beauty from busy lives
Each year, City Newspaper highlights four Rochester artists who are not yet household names, but are creating engaging work that’s been garnering attention. The following four emerging artists — Holly B. Heckler, Athesia Benjamin, Melissa Huang, and Marissa Kalen — come from diverse backgrounds, are at different points in their career paths, and pursue different […]
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Eight great printmakers at Main Street Arts
The thoroughly enjoyable exhibit at Clifton Springs’ Main Street Arts gallery features the work of eight of our region’s most talented printmakers. It’s a fairly straightforward show, offering the chance to get better acquainted with the variety of techniques utilized by this small group, and the diversity of aesthetics that can be achieved with different […]
