Amid news this last weekend of a second bomb threat to the Jewish Community Center of Greater Rochester — and the third case of anti-Semitic hostility in Rochester in recent weeks — Deborah Haber is pushing onward to finalize plans for a series of arts events that will be held this month at the JCC […]
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Women artists take on the world at Main Street Arts
The bulk of art history is a testament to what man makes of his experience in this strange mortal coil. But Main Street Art’s current exhibit, “Trying to Understand the World,” reveals two examples of the female gaze — one is a literal look at the sights of the city, and one is storytelling based […]
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Gibson + Recoder revive film as object at MAG
The MAG’s Media Arts Watch continues with an installation by collaborative artists Gibson +
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Monroe County to receive $1.1 million in arts funding from NYS
New York State announces more than $41 million in support of arts and cultural organizations
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Reshaping Rochester starts lecture series with arts focus
The kick-off lecture to the 12th annual Reshaping Rochester series will introduce Rochester audiences to impactful arts programs that are transforming the city of Philadelphia. Gina Renzi, executive director of The Rotunda and the 40th Street Artist-in-Residence Program in Philadelphia, will give a talk on Wednesday, January 25, titled “Embedding the Arts: Bringing the Arts […]
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Portraits of American heroes on display at Makers
Artist and educator Todd Stahl’s recent body of biographical work, “American Voices,” makes a compelling argument for supporting activists. The 15 assemblages, which are currently exhibited at Makers Gallery and Studio, each portray an American icon who Stahl admires, and he feels that now is a great time to reflect upon their work. The project, […]
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Paul Garland’s broken symmetry
Nearly half a century has passed since Paul Garland’s first professional solo exhibition of paintings, which was held in February 1967 at Rochester’s since-closed Janus Gallery. In celebration of Garland’s five decades of intensive studio work and numerous solo shows in New York City, Toronto, Chicago, Buffalo, Minneapolis, and elsewhere, AXOM Gallery is currently presenting […]
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Bill Stephens draws from within
Artist and educator Bill Stephens retired in 2014 after 40 years of teaching art at Webster Thomas High School. “Since the day I retired I’ve been drawing every single day,” he says. This practice has culminated in a solo show of his work, “Drawing from Within,” currently on view at Williams-Insalaco Gallery at FLCC. Stephens’s […]
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Eastman Museum focuses on objects of memory
Photographs have always served as objects of memory: distilling moments of time, faces, and places on material surfaces that may be revisited until the fragile material wears out. Yet in this digital age, when photographic prints are all but obsolete, the very fact that they are objects of memory serves as the subject matter for […]
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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 […]
