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Rainbow sculpture framing MAG tower against blue sky.
In Photos
July 18, 2023 | 11:18 am

Extending a welcome

At the Memorial Art Gallery, an extended Centennial Sculpture Park graces the museum’s west side.

topics: community engagement, Memorial Art Gallery,
Five members of Digital Media Studies and MAG partnership to promote arts integration and digital equity standing in row, smiling.
The Arts
May 17, 2023 | 09:57 am

Digital Media Studies and the Memorial Art Gallery team up in digital equity project

With a Museum Initiative grant, a joint project of Verizon and NYC Media Lab, the Memorial Art Gallery and recent digital media studies graduates team up to expand the museum’s digital reach.

topics: community engagement, Department of Art and Art History, featured-post-side, Memorial Art Gallery, School of Arts and Sciences, Undergraduate Program in Digital Media Studies,
photograph of Memorial Art Gallery Director Jonathan Binstock in the museum.
University News
November 30, 2022 | 04:20 pm

MAG director to lead DC art museum

Jonathan Binstock has been named the next director of the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, home to a storied collection of Impressionist and modern art.

topics: announcements, Memorial Art Gallery, staff,
Sydney Greaves teaching arts integration lesson sitting on floor with children.
The Arts
August 2, 2022 | 10:12 am

Can arts integration deepen students’ understanding?

A partnership between City of Rochester schools and the Memorial Art Gallery leads to innovation in arts education and furthers the museum’s mission to serve the Greater Rochester community.

topics: community engagement, Department of Art and Art History, diversity, featured-post-side, Memorial Art Gallery, School of Arts and Sciences, Warner School of Education,
video still of an actor playing Frederick Douglass, walking a horse through a field
The Arts
April 19, 2019 | 11:57 am

Immersive installation brings Frederick Douglass to life

British filmmaker and artist Isaac Julien’s visionary 10-screen film installation is the second in a series of media art commissions at the Memorial Art Gallery devoted to the history and culture of the city of Rochester.

topics: events, Frederick Douglass, Memorial Art Gallery,
illustration from medieval text shows two characters singing and dancing, along with a dancing dog
Society & Culture
April 2, 2019 | 04:41 pm

Has the Renaissance warped our view of the Middle Ages?

The picture of the Middle Ages as “awful, smelly, stinky, [and] dangerous” is not accurate, says medievalist and University of Pennsylvania professor David Wallace, this year’s Ferrari Humanities Symposia visiting scholar.

topics: Department of English, Department of Rare Books Special Collections and Preservation, events, featured-post-side, Ferrari Humanities Symposia, Memorial Art Gallery, River Campus Libraries,