"Nina"
Joscelyne Sarkis, painting at
Rochester Contemporary
Annual Member Show
Very stimulating to see the participation of so many artists in the big group shows around Rochester this season. Just now, we have two exhibitions that I want to write about for your consideration.
Rochester Contemporary ( RoCo ) on East Avenue opened the annual member show and it is a standout! So many different styles by over 500 artists - many of their names are new to me! When you enter the gallery and check in you can pick up a little sticker to place near a work of art if it inspires you - it is a vote of support and interest for the artwork on view.
Great Groups
The Annual Members Exhibition
at RoCo
Great to see that there are so many different directions you can take your artwork, and this has impact.. Hopefully, there will be some decent sales; I know that the artists could use that support and also share that with RoCo.
Richard Margolis photographs from 1987
Interesting to see this photo of Aaron and Nathan taken by Richard Margolis, who I met very early on when I came to Rochester to teach at R.I.T. in 1988. At this turning point in my life, I was happy to meet a whole bunch of folks including Lanna Pejovic and Carol Acquilano ( who I wrote about in my last post to this blog ) - and their work is represented in this show. Another artist that I found in this big group exhibit is Bill Keyser who was working at R.I.T. as well.
Bill Keyser has a bright new collage at RoCo
There are so many different things to see in this show, but each year I wonder why there isn't as much sculpture on view..is that because the pieces have to fit on a table top? There also was a kind of surreal work in ceramic by Gregory Lawson which caught my eye.
Gregory Lawson's LYME LIGHT
I guess I will just have to come back to look over the rest of the exhibition. My little abstraction I found along the Great Wall and was happy to see that it stood out, maybe because of the colors and details...
Now it is time to go and visit the other group which I found out on Monroe Avenue at The Bird House.
"Put A Bird On It" is the show and it lines the back walls of this retail store dedicated to bird watchers and other nature lovers. I was lucky to include in this show two paintings I made as illustrations for a Random House book titled "Birds Do The Strangest Things".
When I first moved up to Rochester with my family I got this contract to illustrate a 64 page book for young readers. So my hummingbird composition was one piece in this book and hangs in the current show along with a little painting I made of loons on a pond.
Now on at The Bird House on Monroe Avenue
Rochester , New York
Loons by Alan Singer
on view now at "The Bird House" thru December 27th
Painting by Phyllis Bryce Ely
at the
Annual Member Show, Rochester Contemporary
East Avenue, Rochester, NY
