PEGASUS EARLY MUSIC IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE
OUR SEVENTH SEASON CONCERT SERIES!

2011-2012

PEGASUS IN SPAIN
Sunday, October 30, 2011, 4:00 pm, Memorial Art Gallery Auditorium

Join Pegasus for an afternoon of Spanish medieval, renaissance and Baroque music.
Chants, romanzas, villancicos, and tonos humanos- colorful, rarely-heard music evoking both Moorish and European influence. 

Laura Heimes, soprano; Christa Patton, harp; Lisa Terry, Heather Lardin, and David Morris, viols; Deborah Fox, lute/vihuela/guitar.

Free Family concert: Music and Art of Spain, Saturday, October 29, 1:00pm, Memorial Art Gallery Auditorium

ELIZABETH WALLFISCH,  VIOLIN, AND FRIENDS
Saturday, December 10, 2011, 7:30 pm, St. John's Church, Canandaigua
Sunday, December 11, 2011, 4:00 pm, Downtown United Presbyterian Church

Libby and Bach! A look at the life of Bach through his music, with readings, and concertos, chamber music, and solo violin, with the Pegasus String Band.

FIORITURA: CONCERTOS FOR THE CHAMBER
Sunday, February 26, 2012, 4:00 pm, Downtown United Presbyterian Church

Fioritura: “a flowering; florid ornamentation or embellishment in music”. These colorfully scored virtuoso concertos blur the lines between chamber and orchestral music, requiring each player to shift between solo and accompanimental roles. Our program combines favorites from Fioritura's debut CD with several works new to the ensemble. Works by Vivaldi, Telemann, Fasch, Boismortier,  and others.

Steven Zohn, flute; Aldo Abreu, recorder; Jennifer Roig-Francoli, violin; Geoffrey Burgess, oboe; Marc Vallon, bassoon; Christopher Haritatos, cello; Deborah Fox, theorbo; Michael Beattie, harpsichord.

SONGS OF LOVE AND WAR
Sunday, May 6, 2012 4:00 pm, Downtown United Presbyterian Church

Experience the musical drama of love and war, war in love, and love as war!  The passionate and innovative music of Claudio Monteverdi will be featured in this concert of 17th century Italian music. Our program includes the dramatic Combattimento and the beautiful Lamento de la Ninfa.

Laura Heimes, soprano; Sumner Thompson and Aaron Sheehan, tenors; Steven Hrycelak, bass; Julie Andrijeski and Boel Gidholm, violins; Adam Pearl, harpsichord; Deborah Fox, theorbo; Heather Lardin and David Morris, gamba/cello/lirone.

Pre-concert talks 45 minutes before each concert.


Tickets and more information available online:
pegasusearlymusic.org

This series is made possible by our generous donors, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and by the Gouvernet Arts Fund at the Community Foundation, and by the Lennox Foundation

Artists Selected for First Annual Juried Member Exhibition

The Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester will be launching its first juried artist member exhibition on July 7th .




The recurring event is designed to showcase the high–quality work of the Council’s artist members and will draw from all visual art disciplines. Council President and CEO Sarah Lentini said, “This is one of several initiatives we’ve recently developed in response to community input gathered as part of our new Regional Cultural Strategy. On an ongoing basis, this exhibition will provide additional exposure and recognition for artists and their work.”

The exhibition jurors include Dr. Peter Giopulos, professor emeritus, the College of Fine and Applied Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology; Louis Grachos, executive director, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; and Leonard Urso, distinguished professor, the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology. Rick Muto, artist and president of the New York Figure Study Guild, is chairing the installation of the exhibit.

The jury selected the following artists for this summer’s member show:

Sophia Amm
Stu Chait
David Chamberlain
Lisa Cook
Kathryn Gaspar Going           
Scott Grove
William Keyser
Howard Koft
Gilbert Maker
Dan Neuberger
Shamira Nicolas
Jane Notides-Benzing
Woody  Packard
Wendy Sacks
Alan Singer
Henry Yasses

The exhibition will be open July 7th through September 2nd.

Receptions:
Friday, July 8th, 5-9pm
(Awards Announced)
&
Friday, August 19th, 5-9pm

The Gallery at the Arts & Cultural Council
277 North Goodman St., Rochester

Flying Squirrel Arts Festival

Calling all artists!

July 9th 10am-5pm
(running concurrently with Corn Hill arts festival)

 


It's the Flying Squirrel Arts Festival! We are looking for arts and crafts vendors willing to participate by selling artwork or other creative creations.


We will charge vendors a minimum fee of $25 for an all day table—free parking. There will be a $1-3 donation door charge for those coming into the Flying Squirrel Arts Festival from outside. Vendors will set up tables inside the Flying Squirrel and we will have limited table space for 2-3 vendors outside. 

We want to bring greater visibility to our community space and localartists.  We are also raising funds to cover the costs of operating this grass roots space funded and supported by the community. The event will be held on the first day of the Corn Hill Arts Festival on July 9th from 10am until 5pm.

If you are interested in participating, contact Dawn Zuppelli at artemiswill@gmail.com/585-415-7808 or Shermeeka Mason at twilightsfriend1981@yahoo.com.

Scapes Exhibits

Dance Festival

Nazareth College Arts Center Dance Festival
July 8-16, 2011

Festival Highlights include main-stage performances by the internationally acclaimed Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company and Garth Fagan Dance; and an exciting program with regional favorite Rochester City Ballet with FuturPointe Dance.

Attend a discussion with dance luminaries Garth Fagan and Bill T. Jones, moderated by Deborah Ronnen.

Join us for Dance Walk on ArtWalk: a parade, Performance Showcase and Community Dance event, led by native Rochesterian Daniel Gwirtzman and his NYC-based company.

Bring a picnic dinner to campus for “Dancing on the Grass” programs.

See the breath-taking exhibit, Of Flight and Shadow: Photographs by Ken Riemer, Featuring FuturPointe Dance.

585-389-2170 or go.naz.edu/dancefest

Visit go.naz.edu/dancefest to download a complete Dance Festival guide.

The Downstairs Cabaret July 1-3 only

                       Phone 325-4370

Legal Workshops (Free for Arts & Cultural Council Members)

Legal Workshops Co-Sponsored By Nixon Peabody LLP
(Free for Arts & Cultural Council Members)

Tuesday, July 19th: 10—12pm
Nonprofit Incorporation:
The Basics—Issues related to the formation of new organizations including obtaining tax-exempt status.  

Tuesday, July 26th: 10—12pm
Board and Committee Meetings:
How to make the best use of volunteers.
&
Charitable Solicitations:
Maximizing opportunities for success while complying with nonprofit rules and regulations.

Location: Arts & Cultural Council, 277 N. Goodman Street, Rochester, NY
Cost: Free to Members of the Arts & Cultural Council
Registration (required):To register or to become a member, contact Jennifer Hale, Director of Development and Grant Programs, at jhale@artsrochester.org or 585-473-4000, ext. 208.

Allison Nichols at Gallery Salon & Spa

Pegasus Early Music proudly presents a Special Summer Concert

Kristian Bezuidenhout,
fortepiano


Tuesday, June 28, 2011
7:30pm









Hatch Recital Hall, Eastman School of Music

Join Pegasus for our first-ever summer concert!

Virtuoso pianist and Rochester favorite Kristian Bezuidenhout performs
an all-Mozart program in the gorgeous acoustics
of the brand-new Hatch Recital Hall.

"Lavish; ruminative; remarkably free...with free-wheeling ornamentation: superb."
New York Times

"A vigorously intelligent musician, well equipped with the technique to back up some extraordinary new ideas about old music."
Boston Globe

Tickets
General $25; Senior (age 65+) $20; Student $10
Available at the Eastman Theatre Box Office, 454-2100,  online by clicking here, or at the door

For more information, call (585) 703-3990 or visit PegasusEarlyMusic.org
This concert is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency,
and by the Gouvernet Arts Fund at the Community Foundation

Celebrating Diversity by Margaret Miyake

CELEBRATING DIVERSITY ROCHESTER PUBLIC MARKET
JULY 18 - AUGUST 31, 2011

PHOTOGRAPHS BY MARGARET W. MIYAKE

RUNDEL LIBRARY LOWER LEVEL GALLERY,
115 SOUTH AVENUE ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 14604

OPENING RECEPTION MONDAY, JULY 18, 5:00-7:00 PM

Free and open to the public.

For more information, please contact: Jay Osborne at 585.428,8102

Tom Tosti draws on jazz festival experience

A black marker is streaked across the page in long, fluid lines, flushing out the lid of a grand piano. Lighter brown, sideways strokes depict a bass, one that a man in a suit and glasses looks to be hugging. A black blotch marks the bass drum, next to smaller drums that seem to be suspended in air. A head with black hair peeks out from behind a cymbal.

The brown squares on the page are indicative of the paneled walls of Kilbourn Hall. Sitting at the piano is a well-dressed, dark-skinned man with speckled hair, easily recognizable as Monty Alexander during his Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival appearance in 2009. You can see the trio in movement through the frantic lines of pen. In that movement, sounds of swinging and grooving Jamaican-influenced jazz can be heard.


The picture is a sketch by area artist Tom Tosti, who attends the jazz festival each year with white paper pads and colored pens in tow. He busily draws the artists in action during their sets, challenging himself to get the picture right in the condensed hour of a jazz set, often in less-than-ideal drawing conditions. He's been sketching artists for each of the festival's nine years, starting with the event's first-ever show in 2002 of pianist Renee Rosnes.

Read the entire story:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110605/LIVING/106050306/Tom-Tosti-draws-jazz-festival-experience

Opinion: A Community of Artists

I believe strongly that most artists need to work within a community of artists to best hone their skills. The discussing, borrowing, colaborating, and working on ideas and theories together with other creative people, matures and molds the artist in ways he cannot achieve on his own. Knowledge is acumulative and always changing. We each hold only such a small portion of what is out there that we need to draw from each others’ life experiences and impressions if we want to shape our work into something meaningful to others.

Larry DeKock
  June 2011

Making it Click: Yoga & Photography Immersion August 26-28, 2011

Join internationally recognized, professional photographer and teacher, Bruno Chalifour, and well-known yoga teacher and life coach, Carla Giambrone, for a weekend that will transform your yoga practice, the way you see and experience photography, and possibly your life.

Beyond physical poses (asanas) the yoga workshop focuses on cultivating and defining authenticity - on the mat and off. The progression of classes will greet you where you are, and take you further than you thought possible. We will modify or intensify to meet individual needs. Ideal for all levels - beginners will feel very comfortable and seasoned yogis will be challenged.

Experience an athletic, invigorating, and empowering vinyasa yoga practice that incorporates breath, flow and focus, and is designed to create a deep sense of stillness and presence. Feel stronger, more open-hearted, connected, and at peace after each session.

Beyond technical questions, the photography workshop focuses on what transforms the making and the viewing of a good photograph into a revelatory experience. To the trained eye and mind, photographs become small epiphanies. They disclose some of the wonders and mysteries of the world as well as reveal layers of their makers' attention, intuition and intentions.

The focus will be on content and how multi-layered images can be created and shared thanks to the understanding of what defines the essence of photography: the use of light, the frame, composition, vantage point, the decisive moment, contemplation, relationship with the subject, connection with one's inner world.

To photograph is to put on the same axis, in the same breath, the eye, the mind and the heart. (inspired by Henri Cartier-Bresson)

Through visual exercises, assignments and group feed-back on produced images, Bruno Chalifour invites you beyond the frame and surface of photographs.

Space is limited to give each participant individual and real attention. Register soon to reserve your spot.

"It is the compelling zest of high adventure and in creative action, that man finds his supreme joys."    Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"On ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." 
                          Antoine de Saint-Exupery


Immersion Weekend

Program begins Friday at 5:00 p.m. and concludes Sunday around noon.
 
Immersion weekend.......$ 319 per person 
Includes all yoga and photography sessions, outdoors photography walks, detailed, individual and group feedback on images, and a group dinner on Saturday night at Sister's Bistro. 

Plus Accommodation.........$ 210 per person
(double-occupancy)
 
Single Accommodation......$ 385 per person
All rooms include continental breakfast, indoor pool, sauna and are lake side view.
 
      Register now at carlayoga.com

Bruno's Website: http://www.brunochalifour.com/

Carla's Website: http://www.carlayoga.com/ 

Bargains and Beer Party at MAG 6 pm This Thursday

Full details here:
http://mag.rochester.edu/events/art-treasures-2011/

D. G. Adams opens at Image City Photography Gallery June 17, 2011

Artists' Reception

Friday, June 17, 5 - 8:30 pm

722 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607

First Friday Gallery Night

July 1, 6 to 9 pm

D. G. Adams' futuristic work has been called "visual poetry" and "otherworldly, abstract, and luminous." He creates black-and-white photographic prints unlike any others you will see. Poet Kitty Jospe called him, "a fabulous magician who helps us see." German sculptor and photographer Dick Byer said, "This is not just photography, it is art, in the truest sense, by a master." Adams photographs for the exhibit were taken in Rochester and Sydney, Australia.

Joining D. G. Adams in the exhibit are 22 additional photographers exhibiting their work:  Lois Trieb is featured in the East Gallery and guest photographers are Karen Craft, Leah Koskie, Doug Lyttle, Julie Oldfield, and Brian Oyer. Award-winning photographs from Camera Rochester competitions feature the work of Bev Cronkite, John Ejaife, Lynda Howland, Matt Kornatowski, Joyce Pearson, and Ronald Weetman. Rounding out the exhibit is work by Artist-in-Residence, Jim Patton, as well as Gallery Partners Dick Bennett, Steve Levinson, Gil Maker, Don Menges, Dan Neuberger, Betsy Phillips, Gary Thompson, Phyllis Thompson, and Sheridan Vincent.

There is NO admission fee at Image City 
Runs through July 10, 2011

 
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 11 - 7, Sunday 12 - 4
More info: 585.271.2540 or Info@ImageCityPhotographyGallery.com
Click here for online info.

An Evening of Poetry & Jazz with Sean Thomas Dougherty

It’s time once again for the internationally acclaimed Rochester International Jazz Festival. And that means it’s time for our annual BOA celebration of poetry, jazz, and art!

This event has quickly become a BOA favorite and we’ve assembled the same outstanding cast as last year. All the details are below.
Hope to see you there!

Last chance to enter Portfolio Showcase 2011

               See the full details here!

Art as a universal language

I think of all art as stories in some universal language. Universal but not always clear. Writer Carolyn Henderson advocates that an artist should have a two or three sentence description of each piece of art in a show ready and handy to use for those who need it. I feel the same way. I know that most visual artists are better at image making than sentence making, myself for sure, but just consider it another medium or tool that is needed for your art to do really well. Like a journal it helps you sort out feelings about your art work.  It also steers the viewer in the correct direction if the viewer was not clear on the path you would have him take.

-Larry DeKock
     June 2011

References:

http://faso.com/fineartviews/31370/words-matter

http://faso.com/fineartviews/31629/words-matter-part-ii

Comments about Critiquing Art

I've given up at explaining why a piece of art works, only because it has mystery for those who see it and none for those who do not.

A piece of art can be refined with great care and skill, yet have no story.  While others can be crude using whatever medium is at the artists' disposal, yet it may hold the viewer long enough to engage in the work.

There is no formula.  Just as there is no formula for summoning an idea.  When you are ready, the idea comes.  You then begin to recreate this etherial image in an honest way.  Most of the time you are unsuccessful.  When you do hit on something, it should show you something new about yourself that you didn't know was there. Everything else is practice and preparation.

- Antoni Ooto
     June 2011

Steve Carpenter Gallery and Art Center

Annual Summer Exhibition

Opening Reception
Friday Evening June 3, 2011
6:30 – 10:00 PM

Gallery Hours
Saturday, June 4 Through Sunday, June 12
1:00pm to 4:00pm and by Appointment

Join us for an evening of art and refreshments. Over 60 works by local artists.

176 Anderson Avenue
758-1410

Santa Fe Photographic Workshops - June 2011

Treat yourself to a week spent with others just as passionate about photography. 


Click here for details.

Wendy Sacks in LensWork Alumni News June 2011

Alumni News
June Issue


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