Visual Studies Workshop will no longer offer a masters degree for students of visual culture, but the community art hub still has important work to do.
SUNY Brockport
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Rochester-area colleges begin planning for a fall reopening
Exactly what protocols will be put in place at the schools, and how they will change campus life, aren’t yet clear.
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SUNY Brockport calls off ‘dirt-digging’ probe
The president of SUNY Brockport has ordered the chief of campus police to cease investigating a tip on the college’s former head diversity officer, Cephas Archie, whose firing three weeks ago has sparked campus unrest.
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Print Club of Roc takes Brockport
Our region has an impressive set of printmakers who consistently breathe new life into the medium, whether they employ traditional techniques or flout convention. Under the direction of its energetic president, Adam Werth, The Print Club of Rochester is celebrating its 86th anniversary with an exhibition currently on display at SUNY Brockport’s Tower Fine Arts […]
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Brockport’s fate is in voters’ hands
The Village of Brockport has had some spectacular fights over the years. When the state wanted to close the Normal School in the 1930’s, Brockport residents fought and convinced higher-ups to keep it open; what was once a teachers’ school is now SUNY Brockport. The community also waged a high-profile, protracted campaign to get polluted […]
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Treatment for a traumatized world
One of Vikki Reynolds’ first clients was a young girl who’d pee the bed to avoid being raped. Another early client fled halfway around the world to escape torture for his political beliefs. Reynolds, a clinician and instructor, says she observed similar characteristics in these early clients. Alongside pain and sadness, she says, there was […]
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START-UP NY: Big boost or big giveaway?
New York has a problem. The state’s public and private universities produce well-educated students and foster plenty of technological innovation, but out-of-state companies are often the ones to benefit. It’s a trend that state government and business leaders have tried, with limited success, to reverse for years. But some elected leaders and economic development officials […]
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DANCE: On their toes
You can’t discuss the dance year in Rochester without bringing up Garth Fagan Dance, now in its 43rd year. Most locals — at least those with an interest in the arts — know about this powerhouse troupe, but, then again, the name should trip automatically off the tongue of anyone citing Rochester as their home […]
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ART: The end is the beginning
Even though autumn heralds the close of the year, and the death, decay, or otherwise slumberfest of nature, to me the crisp, fresh air always feels like a beginning. This probably comes in part from our everlasting association of autumn with going back to school. Now that school is back in session, many of the […]
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“Salvador Dalí: Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy'”
Some stories seduce artists throughout the ages. There is a robust tradition of artistic interpretation of Italian writer Dante Alighieri’s epic poem, “Commedia,” known these days as “The Divine Comedy.” The work has been an irresistible subject for such visionaries as Sandro Botticelli, Gustave Doré, William Blake, Franz von Bayros, Tom Phillips, and Robert Rauschenberg. […]
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Let’s shed some light on the matter
The current exhibition at SUNY Brockport’s Tower Fine Arts Gallery, Illuminating Developments: Images, Objects, and the Use of Light, features the work of seven artists who rely on light as a physical part of the existence of their art. Light, of course — its presence or absence — has played a significant role in both […]
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The art of sex and beauty
“You are so dangerously close to owning me,” confesses enamored college student Adam to his self-proclaimed “artist” girlfriend Evelyn. Poor clueless Adam, he doesn’t know just how emotionally treacherous his relationship is. Stunning and engaging, The Shape of Things by playwright Neil LaBute invests its audience in the tumultuous romance of the seemingly terminally geeky […]
