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Effectively deceptive

If anything is going to make Rochester a “City of the Arts,” with acknowledgement from the wider world for our home-grown offerings, it’s going to be the efforts of the artists and arts organizations themselves, not just building a new theater. Those who are paying attention know these organizing efforts are already underway, and are […]

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Print Club show digs into archive for inspiration

In the tradition of creating artwork “after” existent artwork, the Print Club of Rochester’s 85th anniversary members’ juried exhibition, “Echoes of the Past,” presented participating artists with the opportunity to create a new work in response to prints collected in the club’s archives. The resultant show of 30 prints is currently on display in RIT’s […]

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Artist proof

Last year, printmaker and print collector Adam Werth identified a Picasso lithograph from the “Portraits Imaginaires” portfolio at an estate sale in Pittsford. The print wasn’t getting much attention, and the people running the sale didn’t have any information, so Werth snapped a photo and went home to do some quick research. He rushed back […]

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