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November 16, 2019
Join social artist Ray Ray Mitrano for an overview of this un-permitted monthly creative protest, how it was funded, and the broader context of urbanist activism mixing into the gentrification of Rochester’s downtown. A slideshow presentation of Parcel 5 Community...
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October 4, 2019
Rochester, NY artist Megan Sullivan’s video Sister Moon, is a meditative look at the feminine nature of water and the moon. The spiritual character calls to the viewer to ruminate on the sacred, sustaining and regenerative nature of the elements....
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October 4, 2019
This interactive video installation by W. Michelle Harris names some of the Black people who lived in this area prior to the Civil War as a mode of remembrance—a simultaneous street-side and waterfront wake. Though they are often rendered invisible...
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October 4, 2019
*DELAYED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE* Parking (Lots of Love): Anna and Frederick Douglass’s 1st Rochester Home” The Douglass Family lived in a house on Alexander Street from 1848-1851, their first home when they moved to Rochester. Now it’s a parking lot...
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October 12, 2019
It is not enough to not be a racist. Join Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives (FDFI), Rochester Contemporary Art Center, and other partners for a walk across our city and show your commitment to supporting race equity in Rochester. The ANTIRACIST...
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August 21, 2019
Help add color, through a yarn intervention at this site, to honor the work of the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Sewing Society, who invited Douglass to speak at Corinthian Hall (now a parking lot) on July 5, 1852, where he delivered...
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October 4, 2019
14 Plots (Spill File No. 0650898) is a site-specific installation by Colin Lyons which memorializes the environmental legacy of 62-64 Scio Street. On August 31, 2006, an oil leak was discovered during the removal of a 2,000 gallon underground storage...
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October 4, 2019
Michael Goldman/Consolidated Studios (San Francisco, CA / b. Rochester, NY) considers himself part craftsman, part entertainer and part teacher. Employing ample humor Urban Pictograms expand upon his early signage experiments from San Francisco which made obvious some of the darker...
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October 4, 2019
Parcel 5 will be transformed into the biggest canvas in Rochester during Current Seen. Local artists will design a work entitled Midtown Mandala, using gravel as the active medium. Community volunteers will use brooms to sweep an acre-sized mandala to...
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October 4, 2019
Hit the street each week to find the latest in this new series of paintings and public installations by Thievin’ Stephen. About the Artist Thievin’ Stephen (Rochester, NY) cuts through stencils, samples, and the world we inherited, in search of...
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