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Education + Outreach
2021 EXHIBITION CALENDAR
Blistering Vision: Charles E. Burchfield’s Sublime American Landscapes
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January 29 - May 9, 2021 Spotlight Gallery This exhibition was organized by the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY.
May 28 - September 7, 2021 Spotlight Gallery This exhibition was made possible with support from Kathleen and Peter Schweizer.
Elaine K. Ng: Fingerprints of Place – Taiwan
September 23 - January 23, 2022 Spotlight Gallery
AIDS’ Dark Terrain: Woodblock Prints of Robin Tichane
January 9, 2021 - December 2021 Members’ Gallery
Rockwell Favorites: The Social Landscape of the American Experience
From the Shadows: Photography of Chris Walters
Antigravity Artist Elaine Ng: An Arc, a Line and a Circle
March 2020 – March 2022 Rotunda
FLX Kodachrome: National Geographic Photographer Nathan Benn
May 29 – September 7, 2021
FLX KODACHROME features the work of Nathan Benn who photographed the Finger Lakes over the course of a year for National Geographic Magazine in 1975. Benn focused his lens on the heritage and industry of the region, capturing sweeping aerial landscapes of the Finger Lakes and surrounding small towns, as well as portraits of assembly line workers, glassblowers, winery pickers, auctioneers, and racing enthusiasts of the 70s.
Elaine K. Ng: Fingerprints of Place – Taiwan
September 24 2021 – January 30, 2022
In Fingerprints of Place – Taiwan, Elaine K. Ng explores the evidence of human engagement, considering how materials, patterns and landscapes reflect the identity of a place and its people. This exhibition evolved from research Ng did while in Taiwan as a Fulbright Grant recipient. See a blend of works that function as three-dimensional “fingerprints” of Taiwan.
Nathan Benn, Alice Freeman, (“Rosie the Riveter”), American LaFrance, Elmira, NY, 1975, Print on acid-free Epson Hot Press Bright paper, using Epson Ultarchrome ink, 17 1/2 × 24 in. Museum Purchase with In-Kind Gift by the Artist. 2021.9.6.
Elaine K. Ng, From Guantian to Taipei, part of Installation Exhibition Fingerprints of Place – Taiwan, 2021, Cast concrete, foam, handwoven cotton, plywood pine, 18 x 20 x 8 in. Loan courtesy of the Artist. T2021.14.17a-e. Photo by Jess Spady.
Chris Walters, SatyaVani Pippalla Akula, 2020, Digital photograph on Hahnemuhle Torchon Cellulose Fine Art Paper, 12 x 18 in. Loan courtesy of the Artist. T2021.10.2.
From the Shadows: Photography of Chris Walters
June 11 - December 31, 2021
From the Shadows is a series of over 30 photographic portraits, highlighting a diverse mix of unsung heroes in the Finger Lakes region. Local photographer Chris Walters produced this exhibition as a contemporary response to FLX Kodachrome: National Geographic Photography of Nathan Benn, on view in our Spotlight Gallery (May 29-September 7). Walters is an award-winning photographer active in the regional arts community. It also suggests shining light upon those who have been marginalized in society’s shadows, as Walters seeks to highlight the hidden diversity of the region. His portraits honor unsung heroes including teachers, fly-fishers, community activists, farmers, caregivers, public officials, librarians and more. Walters’ figures are grounded in the natural and built landscapes of the Finger Lakes region; the uniformly sized portraits eliminate a sense of hierarchy.
From Art Bridges, Fort Worth, TX:
Painting, Cinema de Pepsi Sketch I by Frank Stella; alkyd on canvas, 1966 (ongoing). Displayed in 3F-Modern Gallery.
Painting, Self Portrait by Keith Haring; acrylic on canvas, 1985 (ongoing). Displayed in 3F-Modern Gallery.
From Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester:
Painting, Along the Canal by William Merritt Chase; oil on wood panel, circa 1884 (ongoing.) Displayed in Modern Gallery
Outgoing Loans
In Exhibition “Help People See: The Art of G. Peter Jemison” at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY.
Painting, North Farm Pine by G. Peter Jemison. 2017.19.1. On loan March 12, 2021 – February 23, 2023.
In Exhibition “Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass” at Museum of Indian Art and Culture, Santa Fe, NM.
Glass Sculpture, Devon, Leader of the Nevid Herd, from Pueblo
Revolt 1680 / 2180 Series by Virgil Ortiz. 2016.9a-c. On loan April 18, 2021 – June 19, 2022.
In Exhibition “Native New York” at Tyler Art Gallery at SUNY Oswego, NY. On loan October 8, 2021 – November 14, 2021.
Basket, Even When the Grass Grew that First Spring, the Chiefs
Who Signed Already Knew the Treaties Were Being Broken by Gail
Tremblay. 2019.6.3a-b;
ArBasket, Not All the Strawberries and Sugar Will Sweeten Wars of
Conquest by Gail Trembley. 2019.6.1a-b;
Artwork, Digital Photomontage Print, Then Everyone Got Mad by
Frank Stella, Cinema de Pepsi Sketch I, 1966, Alkyd on canvas, 69 x 69 in. Loan courtesy of Art Bridges. AB.2017.6.
Keith Haring, Self Portrait, 1985, Acrylic on canvas, 48 x 48 in. Loan courtesy of Art Bridges. AB.2019.25.
Photographer Chris Walters gives an impromptu tour of his exhibition, From The Shadows
EDUCATION + OUTREACH
2021 was a year of continued community building, developing innovative practices and growth. We’ve remained resilient as we evolve our programs to engage and connect with audiences through guided tours, online content, programming and take-home art experiences. Our community partnerships are adapting and fostering new approaches to reaching our audiences and leveraging the coalescing power of art!
We offered virtual live-streamed tours and events, such as our adult lecture series, Art Talks with the Memory Maker Project for people living with memory loss and their caregivers, middle school Day of the Dead programming, preschool Story Hour and adult art workshops, such as Art at Home: Steatite Carving for Beginners with artist Hayden Haynes (Onödowa’ga:’ – Deer Clan).
In the KIDS ROCKWELL Art Lab, our summer exhibition, What’s in Your World?, featured nature-inspired interactive activities and our new Kids Rockwell Summer Explorers pilot, conducted in the Museum, connected to weekly environmental themes. We continued to provide the popular Art On The Go! kits, distributing over 1,200, bringing fun, art and learning into families’ homes.
Over the summer, we collaborated with several community groups through hosting targeted focus groups with area educators and community members. We coordinated the Southern Tier Summer Arts Institute for K-12 art teachers with cultural partners, and participated in the first ever Smithsonian Digital Learning and Engagement Internship program.
The fall was punctuated with the completion of the 13th Alley Art Mural entitled Life in a Tapestry and we gratefully opened our doors once again, for our full slate of school tour offerings. Over 1,500 students engaged with our online school tour resources, reaching districts across the country and as far as Saskatchewan, Canada. And, once we were able to offer in-person school tours, we were thrilled to have area students in the building.
We thank our community’s educational leaders, teachers, cultural partners, funders and learners for supporting our education events and programs.
— Mary Mix, Director of Education
A Kid’s Guide to The Rockwell
Collaborating with the firm Iron Design, we presented A Kid’s Guide to The Rockwell in Spring 2021. This guide includes prompts for close looking and learning about museum elements such as labels, mini scavenger hunts, art elements terminology and take-home coloring pages of two Alley Art Project murals. It is designed to be enjoyed by a caregiver and child aged 4-10. The guide highlights six artworks that have unique appeal for young children. The Kid’s Guide accompanies our other family-friendly daily visitor offerings such as our Art Hunts, I-Spy Book and Art Cart.
“What’s In Your World” KIDS ROCKWELL Art Lab Exhibition
Over the summer, we presented What’s in Your World? created by local artists and educators, Gwen Quigley and Tony Moretti, also known as Crow’s Nest Artists. The installation comprised five exploratory stations united by a tree-lined path: Collaborative Map of the Finger Lakes, a light-table activity; Tiny Topographical Landscape, an eight foot plaster model of a Finger Lakes landscape, which artists can add to with an assortment of natural materials; the Ancient Tree of Life, which comes alive by adding the rainbow critters to the 3D Felt Board; an Iroquois Inspired Graffiti Wall, where visitors use hand-made stamps; and the Home, a branch-and-bark shelter created by the artists. We served nearly 2,200 visitors over the duration of the exhibit.
