Long before there were the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival, Rochester Real Beer Week, or the Park Avenue Summer Art Fest, there was the inaugural Song and Light Festival held at Rochester’s Highland Park in 1915. Created by local architect Claude Bragdon, the event’s innovative means of lighting through the use of lanterns and electric […]
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Bordering bodies
Sometimes we learn something about ourselves through an outsider’s fresh-eyed perspective. This concept is being explored as part of a project by poet and performance artist Moheb Soliman, who is currently in the middle of a mission to trace the borderlands of the Great Lakes, documenting and digesting bits of interest along the way. Later […]
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WALLTHERAPY 2015 Coverage
WALL\THERAPY 2015 has begun. Visiting artists, local artists, and their locations are listed below. Some last minute changes may apply — check back with us for updates. Scroll down for links to our WALL\THERAPY story coverage, blogs, and a photo feed which will track the progress of the murals throughout the following week. For up-to-the-minute […]
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Rochester Fringe Festival announces 2015 lineup
The First Niagara Rochester Fringe Festival has announced the lineup of its 2015 event, which will include more than 500 performances, four new venues, and a larger Spiegeltent. The festival, which will be in its fourth year, will take place Thursday, September 17, through Saturday, September 26, in and around downtown Rochester. This year’s Friday […]
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Wonder walls
WALL\THERAPY 2015 informally kicked off over the holiday weekend with the installation of a gargantuan wheatpaste mural, “Bollywood Sugar,” on The Playhouse/Swillburger building by Amsterdam-based artist Handiedan. The striking digital collage of bold imagery — which includes many flourishes, flowers, and architectural bits surrounding a large central pin-up figure — earned cheers and honks from […]
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RMSC’s resurrection role
As theater seats fill with fans of the popular “Jurassic Park” franchise, real-life de-extinction efforts for the passenger pigeon are taking place, with the Rochester Museum and Science Center playing a crucial role. A “Passenger Pigeon” exhibit currently on view at the museum showcases specimens owned by the institution, sheds light on the story of […]
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Variations on a dream
When siblings and artists Lanna and Dejan Pejovic began creating their recent work, currently showcased at Ock Hee’s Gallery in Honeoye Falls, they had no idea how complementary their paintings and sculptures would be. Both work with concepts of architectural forms in nature and sacred spaces and with the emotional qualities explored in both, pointing […]
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A view anew
In the early 1990’s, as the medium of film’s centennial approached, British filmmaker Peter Greenaway decided to hold a series of 10 exhibitions in capital cities around Europe. Each of these exhibitions would, in its own way, reflect upon the language and the history of film. This first installment, held in Geneva, Switzerland, was about […]
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Drawing from experience
My first glimpse of Caitlin Yarsky’s talent was at the 2008 Artist’s Row at the Rochester Public Market, when I spied a tall, epic painting of a girl adventurer visible quite a distance from Yarsky’s booth. The subject was leaning out from her grasp on the mast of a ship and studying the horizon, oblivious […]
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Rule breaker, fun maker
“This is probably my last solo show,” says photographer Dan Neuberger of the current exhibit of his work at Image City Photography Gallery.” I’m 86, and shows are a lot of work and expense. So I decided to show my favorites — the ones that I’m particularly fond of.” Born in the former Yugoslavia (now […]
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Salon de dudes
Unless you’re one of the lucky or intrepid few who have managed to make a full-time job out of your creative pursuits, you can probably relate to life getting in the way of your art. It’s not easy for everyone to set aside the time to focus on their craft, but a local group of […]
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Ink plots
For such a young artist, Rochesterian Justyn Iannucci is hella methodical. And it’s paid off with some impressive clients, including Playboy Magazine and Complex Media. The way the 26-year-old describes his process is like a bit of a memory theater, or what BBC’s “Sherlock” referred to as a “mind palace”: “When I think of drawing, […]
