**NOTE: City’s original story on “Wall/Therapy” can be found here. Our previous update can be found here.** As the week wraps up, many murals for this year’s “Wall/Therapy” project are finished, some are getting closer to completion, and the artists who have stayed in town are beginning new ones. Manhattan-based twin How & Nosm departed […]
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WallTherapy update: getting started, block party, and Martha Cooper
Wall\Therapy kicked off with a reception for the visiting and local artists on Friday, July 20, at 1975 Gallery’s elegant new spot on Charlotte Street, providing Rochesterians with the opportunity to speak with several of the artists before they began work early Saturday morning. Missing from the reception were ROA and Siloette, who will arrive […]
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Dragonflies & Damselflies
If you visit Rochester Museum & Science Center’s Cumming Nature Center (6472 Gulick Road, Naples) this weekend, you’ll encounter a world of dragons and damsels. OK; add “flies” to the end of each of those words, and it’s a bit more accurate, but no less amazing. The macro photo exhibit “Dragonflies and Damselflies” by RIT […]
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FALL GUIDE ’11: Art Preview
I crush on autumn so hard. You must understand, my fellow art enthusiasts, that besides being the moody, cozy-layering, tea-drinking time that it is, fall is also when my desk fills up with previews for exhibits taking place now through the springtime. There’s so much to be excited about in the coming year — interesting […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’11: Rochester outdoor galleries
Some people might think that Rochester’s public art begins and ends with ARTWalk in the Neighborhood of the Arts, the horses on parade (remember those?), and those polarizing benches. But there have also been many different neighborhood art projects, as well as public and private commissions of local artists, plus works of art created randomly […]
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PROFILE: Roger Ballen at the George Eastman House
Everything we experience in the waking world sticks with us; it tiptoes or rages about inside, or travels deep into the psyche only to be drawn out nightly in dreams and daily in unexpected reverie. Our brains work continuously to make sense of things, even things we might rather ignore. Dream-sense can be unsettling in […]
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ART REVIEW: Saints, pervs, and St. Paul
Saints & PRVRTS Through April 30 1975 Gallery @ Surface Salon, 658 South Ave 466-4278, 1975ish.com Tue-Thu noon-8 p.m., Fri 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat10 a.m.-4 p.m. The Saint Paul Project Featuring the work of Kurt Ketchum Through April 6 4Walls @ VenuResto-Lounge & Nightclub, 151 St. Paul St. 442-7824, fourwallsartgallery@gmail.com Mon-Sat 8 p.m.-2 a.m. A […]
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The extremes of “extreme”
Claire Schneider, curator of the Extreme Abstraction exhibition at the Albright-KnoxArtGallery in Buffalo, recently pointed out that the word “extreme” may be the word of our time. For example, reality TV shows like Fear Factor show “ordinary” people jumping from tall buildings, laying among snakes, and/or eating all sorts of strange things all in the […]
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Save that napkin
“Uh, I got a BFA, dude.” He spits out that last word as if he had a mouthful of raw dog. It’s his stock reply to the Bug Jar denizens who have bellied up to the bar over the last few weeks and remarked, “Wow, Herman, you paint?” If you’ve been to the Bug […]
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Seeking the artful bounty
Members of the Rochester Association of Art Dealers already inaugurated the new season; they strutted their stuff during Galleries Week, which started the second weekend of September. Most of their exhibits will remain up for several weeks, giving you plenty to see. And that’s just the beginning of what’s on tap for the Greater Rochester […]
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Reader Feedback 5.14.03
Invest in schools As I began to read Charles Deering’s comments on the Rochester school budget (The Mail, April 23), I settled in to enjoy his sarcasm as he imitated ignoramuses who believe that schools are not the most important investment we can make. Imagine my shock when I realized that his ludicrous comments were […]
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Rejoicing in visibility
Artists affected by mental illness mount a high-profile exhibit
