Dancer and choreographer Erika Ruegemer says farewell to Rochester with a final collaborative dance project that blurs the line between audience and performer.
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Calendar preview: Riding It Out
This week’s events keep things moving — down the river and through the woods — with leaf-peeping, sign-making, axe-throwing, and more.
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Lumiere Photo is back; The Yards winter art residency kicks off
Following a heart attack in February 2017, Lumiere Photo founder Bill Edwards came to the grim conclusion that he had to close up shop in the end of March. Lumiere remained partially operational for months while Edwards focused on healing and discussed selling the business to potential buyers. Throughout 2017 Lumiere still offered digital printing […]
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Bradd Addison Young’s surreal summer
Tomorrow is the last opportunity to catch “Faux Été” (“Fake Summer”), the solo show of Rochester-based artist Bradd Addison Young currently hosted at The Yards. Young’s mixed-media illustrations are fresh and strange, each pastel-toned picture a peek into a cartoonish, nostalgic narrative with a slightly ominous underbelly. His background is in studio art and graphic […]
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Art from the weekend past
City check out Axom’s experimental art & music night and The Yards’ Artist Residency
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Fantasy on flesh and facade
Every time I see Lea Rizzo, the artist and single mom is buzzing with slightly frazzled energy but still somehow has a dose of sunshine for everyone. She has a sensitive and loving nature, and stays busy with her own projects between her practice as a tattoo artist, collaborating with artist friends, helping run The […]
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Worlds collide on walls: WallTherapy 2013
Symbolically, walls stand to divide space, to enclose people and property. But for Dr. Ian Wilson and the network of medical professionals, artists, and volunteers he has organized around Rochester’s annual Wall\Therapy street-art festival, and the medical-philanthropy organization Impact, walls stand for something other than themselves. Through those initiatives, walls have the capability to unite […]
