Eastman musician has ‘hidden passion‘ for fabrics with flow
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra violist and Eastman School of Music professor Melissa Matson talks about her “hidden passion” for creating dyed fabric pieces and garments.
‘To write one poem, you have to read a thousand’
Throughout National Poetry Month, faculty and students will share their favorite poems as well as the poetic richness that can be found across the University, including this handwritten manuscript of Hyam Plutzik’s poem, “Bomber Base” from Rare Books and Special Collections.
Italian baroque organ is a musical time machine
The only instrument of its kind in North America, the full-sized Italian baroque organ at the Memorial Art Gallery is a musical time capsule that was saved from destruction in 2005.
Restoring the view: MAG reinstalls collection of postwar and contemporary art
Acquiring and displaying world art from the last 70 years presents viewers with expanding notions of what art is and can be, comparing the classical or “traditional” with more overt sociocultural issues that can bloom in the context of modern works.
MAG closed today after nearby fire
The Memorial Art Gallery remains closed Wednesday, Jan. 28, after a fire damaged a nearby building that was once part of the University’s historic Prince Street Campus.
Organist performs a ‘Cosmopolitan Concert’ at MAG
Featuring works by Cabanilles, Frescobaldi, Phillips, Rameau, Rossi, and others, the concert by organist Nathan Laube opens this season’s Third Thursday Concerts featuring Eastman’s Italian Baroque Organ at the art gallery.
Jonathan Binstock named Memorial Art Gallery director
Binstock has worked as a curator at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
Double rainbow
A rainbow forms over Cutler Union at the University of Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery.