DRAW Group opening Friday, April 30th 5-9pm

RepARTee Gallery and Penfield Arts Center 

The RepARTee Gallery is now featuring "Reflections" by the DRAW Group of Artists, which will run from April 28 – May 2. The opening reception will be Friday, April 30th from 5 - 9 pm.

The show is free.

Gallery hours during this show are Wednesday through Friday, 1 – 5 pm, Saturday, 10 – 5 pm, and Sunday, 1 – 5 pm. This show has oil paintings, watercolor, photography, sculpture, jewelry and prints.

pARTners Art Mentoring Program Exhibit

OPENING RECEPTION

Thursday, May 13th 6:00-8:00pm

The Central Library of Rochester and Monroe County

115 South Avenue

Free & Open to the public

pARTners  pairs professional artists with artists with developmental disabilities one-on-one in a studio setting.  The art pairs work together for six weeks, creating art.  The program is housed at the Pieters Family Life Center (a premier program of Heritage Christian Services) and is now entering its third year.

Exhibit runs through June 21st

Fine Art & Craft In-Home Show

Join us at our annual in-home show and sale featuring four Rochester artists. Meet the artists, learn how they create their work, and shop for unique, handcrafted items.

Date: Saturday and Sunday, May 15th & 16th, 2010

Time: 12 PM - 5 PM each day

Location:  250 Monteroy Road

Rochester, NY 14618

Marcia Birken     Nature Photography 

Framed and matted prints

High-quality photographic notecards

Handmade photographic bookmarks with beading

Featuring new work from Petra, Jordan and the Arctic tundra

Carol Goldsmith Stained and Fused Glass

Decorative and functional art

Ritual objects

Glass boxes and picture frames to hold your treasures

Featuring new work in fused glass

Seth Carlson Metalwork

Decorative and functional metalwork

Ritual objects

Jewelry from fine metals

Ana Dooley  Jewelry

Handcrafted jewelry for everyday wear

Semi-precious stone work

Custom wedding designs

Birthstone and glass pendant jewelry

Noirette series (JBF), #3 of 8

Dinner at the country club was pleasant. His talk with the heiress stayed light, nothing beyond his reach, no awkward moment lingered. The sports & weather pleasantries masked his need for information. His impatience raged like a pit bull on a leash. The only thing that deepened was the heave of her chest as she leaned on his words. Her pearl necklace rose & fell and rose. They looked real. The pearls.           ~ series by Jere Fletcher, (c) 2010

Noirette 4-line series (JBF), #2 of 8

April & it was wet. The rain came down like April showers. Water ran in the gutters like gin at Jimmy's bar when Hammer was drowning his sorrows or making them. He pulled on the collar of the trench coat, kept his pace slow and steady.  In his pocket, Hammer slipped his fingers in and out of the brass knuckles. Like four rings for four skirts he had chased. But this was different. Right? The night did not get any lighter.                ~ series by Jere Fletcher, (c) 2010

Noirette 4-line series (JBF), #1 of 8

It was a warm, moist night in Rochester. The fog from the lake clung to the buildings and trees along the sidewalks like chiffon on a hot blonde on a tropical night.   Mike Hammer could feel the sweat of  his palm as the door eased open.   His breath was shallow and his finger squeezed the trigger slowly, pulling it gently toward him.  Hammer time.       ~ series by Jere Fletcher, (c) 2010

Meeting at the Market - photography exhibit at the Link Gallery

Meeting at the Market: Photographs by Margaret Miyake

The Link Gallery at City Hall, May 4 - August 2, 2010

Meeting at the Market, a photography exhibit by Margaret W. Miyake, will be on display at the Link Gallery at City Hall, Rochester, New York, from May 4 to August 2.  The opening reception will be Friday evening, May 7, from 5:00 to 6:30.  The public is welcome.

Rochester Public Market shoppers, including gourmets and chefs hunting for the finest ingredients, "Locavores" and "Slow Food" advocates seeking locally-grown organic food, recent immigrants looking for unique ethnic foods, and everyone interested in good food at reasonable prices have been coming to the market for over 100 years. Meeting at the Market documents this well-established, traditional food chain, from farmers working their land to selling their produce at the Rochester Public Market. It's a great way to see where your next meal could come from.

Miyake has been photographing at the Rochester Public Market since 2006. In 2009 she received an Individual Artist Grant from the Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester to photograph farmers in Monroe County on their farms and at the market. Miyake has also worked at the George Eastman House in the Education Department utilizing photography as a teaching tool.  She has been actively photographing for freelance articles and personal projects.  According to Miyake, "Photography is my way to observe the world and express the fascination and interest I find in people and places."

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Albert Paley Lecture and Networking Event

You are cordially invited by President Alan Davis and Dean Jonathan Franz to network with fellow alumni and students at the Memorial Art Gallery and to attend a special lecture by artist and sculptor Albert Paley. 
Join us for a networking reception followed by a lecture by Albert Paley to discuss his exhibit Albert Paley in the 21st Century.  Light hors d'oeuvres will be served and a cash bar will be available. 
Internationally known for his large-scale commissions, Albert Paley is the first metal sculptor to receive the coveted Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Institute for Architects, the AIA's highest award to a non-architect. 

Click Here to Sign Up

Thursday, May 6, 2010
5:00 p.m. - Networking Reception
6:00 p.m. - Lecture 
6:30 p.m. - Docent Tours and Book Signing
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester
500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY

For more information contact Timothy Cosgriff at (585) 224-3271 or Timothy.Cosgriff@esc.edu

Stay connected by joining our community groups! Make professional and social connections to help in your career goals.

Empire State College exhibition

Details for the exhibit:

June 1 hanging from 1-4pm.
June 10, Thursday- reception from 5:30-7:30 pm, we supply postcards, poster, refreshments, utensils and a table covering if desired. (Fridays the school closes at 5.)
July 30, take down exhibit from 1-4 pm.

Timothy has a release form the college requires all exhibitors to sign. Each exhibitor is responsible for the insurance on the work.

We will need volunteers for the hanging and take down. We will need to have some coordination of the reception activities.

Can we get a list of Alumni that would be exhibiting? Please get the news out to the blog. I haven't signed up for it yet. Does anyone have an update of the exhibitors?

We also discussed doing an ABG Chinese New Year lunch downtown next year. I bet Alice Chen would like that. Can we ask the group if there is interest. Empire State College and ABG.
One other thing. I will send an announcement for Albert Paley at the Mag with ESC for 10.00 per person on May 6th at 5:00 pm. Timothy has extended the event to ABG.

See you soon,

Best Regards always,
Helen

Lauren Greenfield Wed. April 21st.

Lauren Greenfield
 
When: Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Time: 7:00 PM 
 
Where: RIT College of Liberal Arts Bldg. 6 room A 205

Acclaimed photographer Lauren Greenfield is considered a preeminent chronicler of youth culture as a result of her groundbreaking projects GirlCulture and Fast Forward. In 2003 she was named by American Photo as one of the 25 most influential photographers working today. Greenfield graduated from Harvard in 1987 and started her career as an intern for National Geographic. Since 1991, her photographs have regularly appeared in major publications and have received numerous prestigious awards. Her work is in many major collections throughout the United States.

Greenfield's first feature-length documentary film, Thin, aired on HBO, and is  accompanied by a photography book of the same name (Chronicle Books, 2006). Thin was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Direction in 2007. Greenfield's follow-up short film, Kids + Money, premiered at the AFI Fest and won the Shorts Audience Award and was selected as one of the top five nonfiction shorts in the world by Cinema Eye Honors 2009.

 www.laurengreenfield.com

Interpreting Services available upon request, through   www.ntid.rit.edu/AccessServices/

Irondequoit Art Club

52^nd Spring Show & Sale

Opening Reception

April 29, 2010

7 - 8:30 pm

Free

Everyone welcome

Irondequoit Library - Pauline Evans Branch

46 Cooper Road

Lower level (elevator - handicapped accessible)

Show and sale hours:

Fr 4/30, 10am - 4:45pm

Sa 5/1, 10am - 4:45pm (Use side door)

Mo 5/3, 10am - 8:45pm

Tu 5/4, 10am - 4:45pm

We 5/5, 10am - 4:45pm

Th 5/6, 10am - 8:45pm

Fr 5/7, 10am - 3:30pm