Whether grotesque or beautiful, the semi-abstract portraits of artist Rebecca Soriano are reflections of the inner self and a search for identity.
Portraits
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URMC artist in residence fights stigmas with portraits
Charmaine Wheatley has set up camp at the UR’s Medical Center to paint portraits of individuals from two stigmatized communities: people living with mental illness, and people living with HIV
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The faces of globalism
The story of art has almost always walked hand-in-hand with the story of money. Wealthy patrons have commissioned the most intrepid artists throughout the centuries, making celebrities of painters, sculptors and their subjects. Artists’ life works have been immortalized in private collections and museums, some appreciating in value beyond comprehension. The current exhibition on view […]
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Fresh Paint
Rochester’s annual, week-long mural-making festival, Wall Therapy, kicked off officially on Friday, July 18. Most of the out-of-town artists have arrived and are now working on their large-scale public artworks under this year’s portraiture theme. Due to scheduling, a couple more artists will have arrived by midweek and have a later start. Gloomy weather and […]
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These songs are crammed with emotion
Take the elevator to the third floor of the Auditorium Center and see Portraits Friday or Saturday; there’s no more time left. This revival of a show bountiful in musical pleasures and local talents will surprise, please, and satisfy you. The surprise is that, with few production values and no storyline, a full-length musical of […]
