february – june, 2015 - Rochester Art Center

FEBRUARY – JUNE, 2015
FROM THE DIRECTOR
As winter unfolds and thoughts of spring near, there is much to see and lots to
experience at Rochester Art Center. All of us involved with Rochester Art Center
have a keen interest in and a passion for the innovative pursuits of artists. We are
committed to creating opportunities for artists and audiences alike, and our next six
months demonstrate the wonders and power of contemporary art!
Michael Sailstorfer’s exhibition, It Might as Well be Spring, has awed our visitors and
literally grows more poignant as it nears its close. It will be compelling to contemplate
portraiture and identity with Melba Prices’ portrait paintings. We are grateful to both
Michael and Melba for generously sharing their work with us and making beautiful
exhibitions.
With much anticipation, I am thrilled to announce the installation of a newly commissioned large-scale sculpture by artist
Karl Unnasch will be installed in the Remick Sculpture Garden. This will be a visual anchor along the Zumbro during the
day and will shine brightly at night illuminating with multiple metaphoric associations.
We are excited to present the exhibition Kurt Perschke: RedBall Project Drawings and Collages on the occasion of his
week-long public art installation, RedBall Project, commissioned by the forward thinking Rochester Downtown Alliance.
Our exhibitions in the 3rd Floor Emerging Artists Series impress audiences with the breadth of talent in Minnesota.
Look for a wow exhibition by Jennifer Nevitt. In our fourth year, our RAC2 exhibition series continues to celebrate work
by artists who call Rochester and Southeastern Minnesota home. The exhibitions are rich and varied. Kjellgren Alkire
gave a robust performance about generosity that lent an additional richness to his exhibition. We look forward to solo
presentations by Chris Rackley and Matt Winkler.
Our first (K)NOW lecturer this year is going to inspire and enlighten! I am honored that Sharon Louden joins us for a
fascinating consideration into sustaining a creative life and why and how artists achieve it. She is not to be missed.
We have a super fun Free Family Day schedule to include a partnership celebrating creativity with Minnesota Children’s
Museum of Rochester. Our first Wednesdays Stretch! program continues to reach far with nurturing gestures: violins,
belly dance meditation, centering yoga, yumminess, and a history of childbirth just in time for Mother’s Day!
Every Tuesday I delight in what our teens imagine and achieve in our Taste Like Paint art program. Please look for news
about our upcoming teen afterschool program, Cross-Cultures + Multimedia, launching in the spring. This exciting
initiative led by artist Jovan Speller invites teens to share stories—over food—to explore cross cultural intersections and
boundaries through art making.
While summer seems far away, we are lining up an amazing roster of art instructors for Total Arts Day Camp! Entering
its 44th year, this camp rocks our house every summer providing young people wonderful experiences in art, critical
thinking, collaboration, and fun.
I am thankful for all of you who are dedicated and generous in supporting Rochester Art Center; it is through your visionary
philanthropy that we are able to best operate. Rochester Art Center’s programming reflects a positive momentum in
contemporary art and an invigorated moment in Rochester. I invite you to take in our offerings and enjoy that moment.
Shannon Fitzgerald, Executive Director
MEMBERS AS OF JANUARY 1, 2015 | Innovator - $1,000: Stephanie & Brian Childs | Mary Beer & David Herbert | Katherine & Andrew Moore
Janey & Steve Russell | Maggie & Dr. Paul Scanlon | Jill & Jim Suk Connoisseur - $500: Lucy & Mark Bahn | Betty & Rick Devine | Lynn W. Didier
Judy & Robert Douglas | Sharon & Greg Gentling | Alison & Andrew Good | Cynthia & Stephen Lehmkuhle | Vivita K. Leonard | Rebecca Ann & Bradley
Nuss | Judy & Burton Onofrio | Bruce E. & Kristen M. Pollock | Helen A.P. Roland | Connie Rosenow | Dr. Joseph Rubin | Paulette & Charles
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Stephen Troutman
President
Dear Members and Friends,
Larry Guse
Vice President
If you are a lifelong learner, as I am, you must
continuously expose yourself to different ideas
and new ways of thinking. Of course, the
contemporary art of every generation has been
an excellent vehicle for investigating the new
and different. Rochester Art Center provides
three excellent ways to help you stay on your
learning journey.
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Exhibition Openings: Openings are celebratory events, a time for socializing,
with snacks and drinks like any party. But more than just a good time, they
are the time when artists share their work, their process and, sometimes, their
thinking. If you want to get closer to art and their makers, please accept my
personal invitation to attend an opening for the rare opportunity to meet the
cultural producers of our time!
K(NOW) Speaker Series: These are lectures or presentations by artists or other
experts about the value of artists as generators of new knowledge. They enable
a deep dive into a topic, illuminate, inspire, and challenge. They are always
timely and evocative. Please attend K(NOW) programs whenever you see them
scheduled.
Stretch! Event Series: Stretch! intentionally reaches out, beyond art, to bring
different ideas and different people to the Art Center. Held monthly, on the
first Wednesday of the month at 11 am, Stretch! has already presented a large
diversity of topics. Topics have included happiness, dance, meditation, healthy
food (with yummy samples), sensory deprivation, and yoga. Please mark your
calendar and attend each month for a new brain and body nurturing event that
promises to stretch your mind.
Paul D. Scanlon, MD
Immediate Past President
Bradley S. Nuss
Treasurer & Finance Chair
Christine M. Armstrong
Tracy Austin
Sheila Broughton
Betsy Carpenter
Betty Devine
Mary Dunlap
Cheryl J. Hadaway
David Herbert
Anastasia Hopkins Folpe
Stephen Lehmkuhle, PhD
D. C. Mangum, Jr.
Timothy M. Monaghan
Representative Kim Norton
Nicole Pierson
Stephen J. Russell, MD, PhD
Joan Weber
Michael Wojcik
As I wrap up my tenure as the President of the Board of Directors, I am very proud
of what Rochester Art Center has accomplished over the last several years. Our
excellent staff, under the leadership of Shannon Fitzgerald, has expanded the reach
of the Art Center with both existing and new and different programs and partnerships.
They did this while sustaining the highest level of exhibition excellence that ranges
from the international to local artists. Board support has been excellent; and, while
the incessant demand to raise money has not diminished, we had our best financial
year ever in 2014.
I look forward to learning with you soon at Rochester Art Center!
Stephen Troutman, Board President
SUBURBIA SUBLIME ON TOUR
Rochester Art Center’s exhibition Lamar Peterson: Suburbia Sublime
opened at Illeges Gallery, Columbus State University, on January
27 to a packed house. Lamar joined Shannon Fitzgerald in a public
conversation, conducted studio visits, and student critiques. This is the
final venue for this important survey of Lamar’s work.
Schurhammer | Pougiales Trust | Al & Sharon Tuntland | Jim Walch | Ann Farrell & Joan Weber Promoter - $250: Bari & Peter Amadio | Christine
Armstrong & Roger Genson | Selby & George Beeler | Jane Bisel & Stevenson Williams | Carol & Yosef Bitton | Aleta Borrud & James Findlay | Mary
Dunlap | Patricia Dunn-Walker & Randall Walker | Holly & David Ebel | Charles Erlichman & Patricia Kersey | Larry Guse & Christa Welbon | Mary & Mike
Harper | Roberta M. Herrell | Mary Beth Magyar & Todd MIlbrandt | D. C. Mangum, Jr. | Patricia & Dr. John Noseworthy | Sheri-Lu & John Pappas
EXHIBITIONS
MELBA PRICE: UNTIL THE BREAK OF DAWN
February 27 – June 7, 2015
Opening reception: Friday, February 27 | 7 – 9 pm
RAC member preview: 6 – 7 pm
Melba Price creates portraits that at once rely on and
challenge conventional notions of portraiture. Sourced
from images found online, her work would ostensibly
be imbued with a sense of distance or an anonymity
associated with gathering images in this manner. To
the contrary, they often give the impression that Price
and her subjects are old friends or acquaintances, that
the painter and the subject have a distinct relationship
to one another. Combined with soft, gestural, and
exceedingly painterly qualities, her work imparts
particular emotive qualities that allude to a thoughtful
and deep understanding to both the subject and the
act of painting itself. In various works, the subjects are
placed within lush landscapes, as if the viewer has just
happened upon a personal moment in an undisclosed
locale. In others, the subjects face us directly—some
with eyes open, some with eyes closed. Taking on
the quality of more traditional portraiture, these works
eschew any notion of developed landscape, with the
figure sitting or standing in front of simple fields of color.
This provides for the customary questions surrounding
the act of portrait painting, “Who am I looking at, and
why?” In more recent works, Price has again focused
on seemingly anonymous individuals; however, these
subjects are engaged in specific activities. In two new
series, Price has focused on two groups of people—
figure skaters and the intoxicated. Again, utilizing
internet search engines to find her subjects, Price
maintains her literal and conceptual distance from her
chosen subjects while maintaining a distinct ability to
build a unique personal connection and sensitivity
through the act of painting. For her exhibition at
Rochester Art Center, Price will present work from her Melba Price, Clipped by the Sun, 2011, gouache on paper, 17.5 x 25 inches.
2008-09 portrait series as well as a selection of new
works produced specifically for this presentation.
Melba Price lives and works in St. Paul, MN. She has presented solo exhibitions at Midway Contemporary Art,
Minneapolis, MN; Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City, MO; Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN; Soo Visual Arts,
Minneapolis, MN; and Rhodes College, Memphis, TN. Price received the Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship in 2002 and
1994, the Minnesota State Arts Board Career Opportunity Grant in 1999, the Minnesota State Arts Board Fellowship in
1997, and the prestigious McKnight Foundation Fellowship in 1994. Her work has appeared in print in Artforum, New
American Paintings, and the The Minneapolis Star Tribune.
Melba Price: Until the Break of Dawn is organized by Rochester Art Center and curated by Kris Douglas, Chief Curator.
Carolyn & Jeff Piepho | Helen & Chris Roland | Paula Santrach | Roger Stahl | Julie & Stephen Troutman | Olga Viso & Cameron Gainer | Drs. Shawna
Ehlers & Mark Wilbur | Karen & Steven Ytterberg Advocate - $100: Dr. Al Abbott | Janie & Jon Allen | Stacey & Andrew Badley | Jane Barton | Mary &
Malcom Bastron | Julia & Dr. Thomas Behrenbeck | Corene Bernatz | Elizabeth Bradley | Nancy & Richard Brubaker | Jane & Mary Campion | Bryan
Cannon & Carrie Robinson-Cannon | Elaine Case & Bill Wiktor | Iris Kemler | Cattaneo & Roberto Cattaneo | Ann & Gus Chafoulias | Shelagh Cofer &
EXHIBITIONS
Melba Price, Mona Lisa, 2013, acrylic on wood panel, 36 x 48 inches.
Melba Price, Tripped, 2012, gouache on wood panel, 22 x 24 inches.
Ian Lochridge | Jean & Greg Cook | Barbara & David Daugherty | Dr. & Mrs. Eugene P. Di Magno | Dr. & Mrs. David E. Dines | Ed Donoghue | Susan &
David Dripps | Shirley & Dr. John Edmonson | Richard Ehman & Margaret Houston | Michelle & Shawn Fagan | Shannon Fitzgerald & Glen Gentele | Joy
& Mike Fogarty | Una & Colum Gorman | Sue & Rich Greenberg | Suzanne & Jim Greenleaf | Sarah & Greg Griffiths | Missy & Phil Hagen | Kathleen
Hannon | Emily & Jed Harris | Chuck Hazama | James Helget | Nancy Hengeveld | Dr. Kara Hill | Bryan Hoerl | Kay Hocker | Judith & Alan Hoffman
EXHIBITIONS
3rd FLOOR EMERGING ARTIST SERIES
Rochester Art Center continually strives to engage visitors of all ages in the creation, contemplation, and appreciation
of the visual arts. As a non-collecting institution, the Art Center focuses it efforts on presenting temporary exhibitions
throughout the year featuring established local, national, and international artists as well as emerging artists from diverse
backgrounds and working in a variety of media.
In 2004, Rochester Art Center initiated the 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series—an exhibition program dedicated to
promising young artists working in the state of Minnesota. Since its inception, the series has reflected shifting trends in
contemporary artistic practice and production and has helped to facilitate the creation of new bodies of work in a variety
of media including photography, installation, sound, painting, drawing, sculpture, and film. Now entering our eleventh
year, the 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series continues to support emerging artists and to provide a dedicated forum for
the exhibition of new work.
The 3rd Floor Emerging Artist series is organized by Rochester Art Center and curated by Kris Douglas, Chief Curator.
The 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series is made possible through funding by the
Jerome Foundation.
KELSEY OLSON: HELLWEG
December 17, 2014 – February 8, 2015
Kelsey Olson, 2014.
Kelsey Olson produces photographs that utilize a wide array
of technical processes, from traditional darkroom techniques
to the physical altering and manipulation of the photographic
paper itself. Taken as an installation, these works are viewed in
multiple arrangements, from standard framing to free standing
structures that permit the viewing from multiple perspectives.
Three-dimensional works are also created, further challenging
the notion of the photographic object. Olson has previously
exhibited at Party at My Parents’ House in Prior Lake, MN, in
2011 and GAS Gallery in Minneapolis in 2013.
JENNIFER NEVITT: THE SKY IS A SHROUD
February 27 – April 26, 2015
Artist talk: Thursday, April 9 | 7 pm
Jennifer Nevitt produces paintings and sculptures that both directly and
indirectly refer to the spaces we occupy, particularly that of the home.
Utilizing materials related to these environments—such as wood, paper,
charcoal, textiles, iron, bronze, and clay—her work is concerned with the
temporal nature of the body and the notion of acting as an ever-changing
vessel. For her 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Exhibition, Nevitt will install large
drawings mounted on standing screens, akin to walls frequently employed
in traditional Japanese homes. While these are moveable, they will also be
used to dictate particular viewing perspectives and transform the light and
space of the gallery.
Jennifer Nevitt, Untitled (wallpaper), 2014,
watercolor, gouache, graphite, paper, 5 x 8 inches.
Ann & Richard Hutton | Daniel Johnson | Janet & Robert Johnson | Barbara & W.C. Jordan | Jeannine Karnes | Mary & Steve Kramer | Judy & John
Kruesel | Sandra & Stevan Kvenvold | Mary Ellen & Dick Landwehr | Liane Laughlin | Tina & Mark Liebow | Anna Lleal & Vincent Torres | Joe Lobl & Robin
Taylor | Marilyn Lovik | Gretchen & Robert MacCarty | Timothy Mackey | Ursula Mayr | Lois & Bill McGuire | Barbara McLeod | June & Glenn Miller | Cinta
& Kevin Molloy | Heather & Robert Nessler | Sharon & William Nichols | Berit & Jonathan Oviatt | Maureen & Irv Plitzuweit | Sandra & Chris Rackley
EXHIBITIONS
KURT PERSCHKE: REDBALL PROJECT DRAWINGS & COLLAGE
June 6 – August 9, 2015
Opening reception: Saturday, June 6 | 4 – 6 pm
Rochester Art Center presents recent and new work
on paper by New York-based artist Kurt Perschke
on the occasion of his RedBall Project—a sculptural
installation traveling around the globe—coming
to Rochester in an exciting temporary public art
commission by Rochester Downtown Alliance (RDA).
Perschke uses RedBall Project to explore a city’s
unique architectural landscape, history, and sense of
community. With vision and wit, he squeezes RedBall
between buildings and hoists it above bridges,
punctuating overlooked possibilities. This past
November, the RDA brought Perschke to Rochester
for a 10-day artist-in-residency where he conducted
research and explored our community both on foot
and with a broad spectrum of individuals. Central Kurt Perschke, RedBall Toronto, Steam Whistle Brewery Site Study, 2014,
ink, watercolor, pencil, vinyl, and collage, 14 x 22 inches.
to Perschke’s public practice is documenting cities
and sites through photography, drawing, and collage. While in residency, he began a series of drawings specific to
our community. In Rochester, RedBall represents the immediate creative impulse embedded in all of us—the simple
act of seeing afresh. As RedBall traverses our city, his drawings and collages together provide insightful interpretation
and imaging of our community through space, site, perspective, line, and human movement. More than schematics,
Perschke’s drawings are intimate re-configurations of structure, line, color, composition, and improvisation. Using ink,
watercolor, pencil, vinyl, and collage, he expresses a musing on place that includes surprise, disruption of everyday
movement, humor, and play.
RedBall Toronto - Site Study - Steam Whistle Brewery | Ink, watercolor, pencil, vinyl, and collage 38x56 cm unframed, signed and titled on verso
A native of Chicago, Kurt Perschke is an artist based in New York who works in sculpture, video, collage, set design,
and public space. His most acclaimed work, RedBall Project, is a traveling public art project that has taken place in 27
cities including Barcelona, St. Louis, Portland, Los Angeles, Taipei, Sydney, Chicago, Toronto, and now Rochester. His
work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, Bronx
Museum, and the Busan Biennale. His video work has been screened in Europe, Australia, and the United States.
Perschke recently received a National Award from Americans for the Arts Public Art Network.
Kurt Perschke: RedBall Project is a Downtown Cultural Initiative commissioned, organized, and supported
by the Rochester Downtown Alliance (RDA).
Kurt Perschke: RedBall Project comes to a different site in Rochester beginning June 6 – 12, 2015. Keep
your eyes open for a collective and inspiring engagement with contemporary art! For more information, visit:
www.downtownrochestermn.com/redballproject and www.redballproject.com
Kurt Perschke: RedBall Project Drawings & Collage is organized by Rochester Art Center and curated by Shannon
Fitzgerald, Executive Director.
Veronique Roger & Maurice Sarano | Jane & David Rosenman | Anthony Rostvold | Sandra & James Ryan | Jane M. Scanlon | Mike Schiller | Darlene
& Byron Stadsvold | Stephanie & Don Supalla | Tim Troxel | Melanie & Tony Tschida | Ruby Velosa | Karel M. Weigel | Dr. & Mrs. Arnold M. Weissler
Doris E. Wenger | Sue & Phil Wheeler | Paula & Joe Wick | Constance Williams | Barbara & Charles Withers Enthusiast - $60: Eric Alrick & Teresa
Pruszynski | Jeremy Anderson | Shannon & Tim Argo | Abby & Jordan Ashbacher | Michael Augustin & Kathy MacLaughlin Family | Faith & Andrew Backes
EXHIBITIONS
RAC2: ROCHESTER ART CENTER, ROCHESTER AREA COLLABORATIVE
RAC2 supports talented artists throughout our region. RAC2 serves eleven counties including Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn,
Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Steele, Wabasha, and Winona. With this series, RAC has broadened and
diversified the creative opportunities for Rochester area artists as RAC’s professional staff serve both a curatorial and
mentorship role, working directly with artists on realizing their vision throughout the implementation of a new project.
This collaboration creates an enriching experience and an exciting program and venue for artists practicing in our area.
It also offers the community the opportunity to celebrate local artistic achievement.
RAC2 is curated by Chris Delisle, Assistant Curator of Education and Public Engagement. Artists are welcome to introduce their
work to RAC staff electronically at [email protected].
RAC2 is supported by Rochester Downtown Alliance, The Judy & Jim Sloan Foundation, and Maggie & Dr. Paul Scanlon.
KJELLGREN ALKIRE: LONG HAUL
January 8 – February 22, 2015
Kjellgren Alkire, Reserved, 2014, photographic documentation
from performance, 44 x 60 inches.
Kjellgren Alkire creates interdisciplinary work that considers
multiple binaries located within doubt and certainty, language and
its failure, individual and collective politics, and various subcultures
of agriculture. Using critique, and his own body, he deconstructs
masculine archetypes in film and in live performances. In his
performances, Alkire pairs male characters with text, graphics,
and installation to simultaneously celebrate and interrogate the
production of identity and mythology. For Long Haul, Alkire created
a site-specific installation and new performance that utilizes the
architectural space in and around Rochester Art Center. The gallery
functions both as a stage for the artist’s performance and acts
as an exhibition space presenting photography, sculpture, and
installation to comprise a fictional environment.
CHRIS RACKLEY: PROTOSCAPES
March 5 – April 19, 2015
Opening reception & artist talk: Thursday, March 5 | 6 – 8 pm
Chris Rackley’s studio practice includes drawing, painting, and
video making. Recently Rackley has been interested in building
contraptions that generate live video of fictional astronomical objects.
These contraptions consist of televisions connected to small cameras
that are accompanied by mixed media sculptural arrangements,
establishing dynamic relationships between two-dimensional moving
images and three-dimensional structures. In this on-going series,
Rackley explores the disjointed relationship between observation and
knowledge in attempting to understand fundamental reality. Inspired
in equal parts by particle physics research, science fiction tropes,
and filmmaking strategies, Rackley’s video sculpture generates an
experience of looking and connecting disparate parts through two
distinct medias, unified here.
Lisa Becker | Kristelle & Brad Behle | Atta Behfar & Emily De Grazia | Holly Benson-Suess & Peter Wettstein | Michael Alan Blocksome | Kerrie & Bob
Bonacci | Lisa & Tony Borreson | Allison & Jenna Bowman | Marcy & Jon Brandt | Mary A Brenk | Richard M. Breaux & Deborah-Eve Lombard | Kelsey
& Jacob Brettin | Alina Bridges | Sonya & Joseph Bullock | Lori & Ross Campbell | Brielle Carmichael | Rose Carr & Jackson Schwartz | Dr. & Mrs. Peter
Carryer | Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba | Lauryn Casady | Kulsum & Edward Casey | Frank Chiarini | So Yang Cho & Rok Seon Choung | Darrin Christopherson
EXHIBITIONS
MATT WINKLER: REGARDING THE MONUMENT
April 30 – June 7, 2015
Opening reception & artist talk: Thursday, May 7 | 6 – 8 pm
Matt Winkler explores art-making using various materials and methods—such as
drawing, cut paper, paint, photography, and collage—in an attempt to represent the
experience of place. Based on images and drawings of his surrounding landscapes,
both rural and urban, Winkler incorporates multiple layers of imagery and material and
often combines meticulously detailed hand­drawn or painted images with faster, more
intuitive processes. Winkler is interested in exploring how landscape and place may be
represented within the field of contemporary drawing and painting.
Matt Winkler, Ground, 2014, charcoal on paper, 30 x 40 inches (detail).
REMICK SCULPTURE GARDEN
KARL UNNASCH: BURNT MATCHSTICK
March, 2015 – March, 2016
Karl
Unnasch,
Burnt
Matchstick, 2015, media,
dimensions (sketch).
In March, a newly commissioned large-scale sculpture by artist Karl Unnasch will be installed
in the Remick Sculpture Garden. This work, resembling a burnt matchstick, will be constructed
of welded steel and colored glass. It will also be illuminated from within with a solid state LED
system, making it visible at night from many viewing perspectives. Standing 30 feet tall, this
work represents many things to Unnasch—evidence of an impactful event, fire as a metaphor
for both saving and taking life, and the physical relationship to the human figure. This artwork
will be a colorful incorporation into a city with few established large public works.
Karl Unnasch received his BA in Art from Winona State University in 1995 and his MFA from
the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, in 2003. His work has been exhibited as far as
Europe and has been acclaimed in publications as esteemed as the New York Times and Art in London Magazine. While
continuing to exhibit, Karl today focuses primarily on public and architectural art, most typically incorporating stained
glass and sculpture into his work. Over the last half a decade, he has installed notable works at prominent locations
including educational facilities, medical wings, theatre lobbies, and public gathering spaces. Unnasch lives and works
in Pilot Mound, MN.
& Laura Rose | Kathleen Clarke | Nneka & Thomas Comfere | Stacie & Dan Conway | Brian, Kathy, Olivia & Anna Cook | Marianne & Greg Couser | Paula
Craigo & John Lieske | Lori & Robert Cranston | Connie & Paul Dahlberg | Jennifer Dahle | Timothy Daun-Lindberg | Catherine & Jon Davis | Susie &
Brandon Dempsey | Jill Dilger | Julie Domaille & Jack Gross | Traci & Hunter Downs | Lisa Drage & Eric Olson | Elizabeth & Halil Dudakovic | Lotte Dyrbye
& Richard Wright | Andrea & Jon Ebbert | Melissa Eggler | Kristin & Scott Eising | Alana & Jason Eldrige | Vicki & David Erickson | Simon Fermor
EXHIBITIONS
SURVIVING TSUNAMI WAVES
March 11 – 20, 2015
Surviving Tsunami Waves: An Exhibition of Resilience
through Arts and Narrative is a collaborative event sponsored
by University of Minnesota Rochester, Mayo Clinic Dolores Jean Lavins Center for Humanities in Medicine, and Rochester
Art Center. It explores how resilience and healing are connected to arts and narrative and community engagement.
This event presents the stories of the residents in Tohoku, the northeastern coast of Japan, who were affected by the
earthquake and tsunami in 2011. The exhibitions will show the artistic work of Sashiko (traditional decorative stitching
work) which served the women in Tohoku as a source of resilience and healing.
The Sashiko work created by two organizations, Senninbari Project in Miyagi and Otsuchi Sashiko Project in Iwate, will
be displayed during the ten days at Mayo Clinic, RAC and UMR. Additionally, the role of art, community engagement and
narrative will be explored through various activities such as lectures, presentations and workshops offered by experts,
artists, and writers.
This community-wide event is organized by Yuko Taniguchi, poet and instructor of Writing in the Center for Learning
Innovation at the University of Minnesota Rochester.
The exhibitions are free and open to public. Some workshop sessions require pre-registration and fee. Additional
information is available at www.survivingtsunami.com.
Sponsored by Mayo Clinic Dolores Jean Lavins Center for Humanities
in Medicine, Minnesota State Arts Board, Southeastern Minnesota
Arts Council, and University of Minnesota Rochester.
EXHIBITION PUBLICATIONS
Rochester Art Center recently published two new exhibition
catalogs. Chiharu Shiota: Presence in the Absence
includes a beautiful and artful unfolding of images of her
monumental sculptural installation and a selection of moving
poetry by Japanese poet Shuntarō Tanikawa. This catalog is
supported by Elizabeth Firestone Graham Foundation and
the Japan Foundation.
Michael Sailstorfter: Reibungsverlust am Arbeitsplatz was published by Distanz Verlag in Berlin in collaboration
with Museum Kurhaus Kleve. The catalog includes an expansive look at Sailstorfer’s work over the past fifteen years,
including his current exhibition It Might As Well Be Spring at Rochester Art Center. It includes a foreword by Harald
Kunde and Shannon Fitzgerald; essays by Susanne Figner, Kris Douglas, and Kito Nedo; and an interview with the artist
by Melanie Bono.
Pick up a copy during your next visit to RAC, or order online at www.rochesterartcenter.org/publications.
MEMBER BENEFIT: Members at the Promoter ($250) Level and above receive one complimentary exhibition catalog per year.
If you haven’t already taken advantage of this benefit, stop by Rochester Art Center to pick up your choice of a select catalog.
Dawn & Steve Finnie | Anastasia Hopkins Folpe & Andrew Folpe | Karmen & Drew Frana | Stephanie & Christopher Garbisch | Paul & Peter Gerrard
Rachel Gordon | Molly & Dan Gossman | Kari Grabowsky & David Levin | Diane Grant | Valerie & Paulo Guimaraes | Sunhyo Gwon & Yunjin Jeong
Sookwon Hahn | Vanessa & Paul Haluska | Sara Hamilton | Junhong Han & Mei Hu | Arthur Handelman | Tim Haskin & Mitchell Nelson | Kristi & Scott
Hansen | Douglas Hanson & Renee Marie Hemingway | Diane & Norb Harrington | Margaret Harris | Lizzy Haywood | Heather Hebl | Steve Bein &
EXHIBITIONS
Rochester Art Center and People’s Food Co-Op (PFC) present
Locally Grown, a new exhibition initiative and partnership. This
curated series presents artists who have exhibited in Rochester
Art Center’s local artist series RAC2 (Rochester Area Collaborative).
As the community’s appetite for local art and food expands, PFC is an ideal business and space for Rochester Art Center
to continue to support artists and reach yet another audience, helping to broaden and shape the cultural landscape of
Rochester. This partnership recognizes the many ways in which healthy food and contemporary art are good for you.
Together we are serving our community the best in local art and food.
RAC2 is generously supported by Rochester Downtown Alliance (RDA), The Judy & Jim Sloan
Foundation, and Maggie & Dr. Paul Scanlon.
ADOLESCENCE THROUGH THE LENS
Teen Photography Exhibition from Rochester Alternative Learning
Center, Rochester Public Schools
December 30, 2014 – March 30, 2015
Adolescence through the Lens was a year long collaboration between
Rochester Art Center and Golden Hill Education Center now known as
Rochester Alternative Learning Center (ALC). RAC worked directly with
the middle school students on accessing their lives through film and imagemaking. Furthering Rochester Art Center’s role in educating the youth in
Adolescence Through the Lens, 2013.
our community, Adolescence through the Lens impacted the community
by extending opportunities to students that helped validate their learning experiences and encouraged students to
explore experiences in creativity and innovation.
Artists include: Alex Berg, Cheyenne Anderson, Ashley Blaney, Ashley Burks, Laura DiSalvo, Symara Flowers, Megan
Reeves, Kyle Loupersong, Nelson Soro, Shamaine Branch, Keshawn Bufford, Medina Dzonloge, Jacob Fisher, Cory
Holtorf, Keshundra (KeKe) Johnson, Frank Martinez Colon, Skyler Rentschler, Kennedy Sanchez, Skyler Seahussen,
Macala Sundve, Jason Suydam, Christian Sweeney, Samantha (Sam) Trupiano, and Tori Ward.
Adolescence Through the Lens is supported by SEMAC and The Clinton Family Foundation in
loving memory of Zylpha Kilbride Clinton and in honor of Ms. Tracy Austin, Ms. Aubrey Austin, Dr.
Paul D. Scanlon, and Mrs. Cheryl Hadaway.
UPCOMING
MAX MENNING
April 6 – July 6, 2015
NICOLE HAVEKOST
July 13 – October 13, 2015
People’s Food Co-Op is open from 6 am – 10 pm
daily and is located at 519 1st Ave SW in Rochester.
Michele Heidel | Char & Norm Hepper | Paul Hoot & Kandice Mascotti | Curtis Huber | Jill & Ty Huber | Lisa Huston | Susan & David Hutchinson | Christine
& Todd Huyber | Sarah Iyer & Uma Thanarajasingam | Terri & Tom Jaeger | Kristi & Raul Jalmasco | Diane Jerome & Tim Kottke | Kate & Micah Johansen
| Britt Johnson & Tony Kauphusman | Angela & Tony Kadlec | Kristen & David Katzmann | Darri & J. Keith Mansel | Allyson & Any Kelchen | Sarah &
Daniel Keller | Kathy Kennedy & Jim Fisher | Amy Knopp | Katherine & David Knorr | Alli Kogelschatz | Amy & Matt Krambeck | Dewina Kraus
EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
(K)NOW: ARTISTS AND THE PRODUCTION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE, NOW
Sharon Louden: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life in a Town Square Gathering
Thursday, May 28, 2015 | 6:30 – 8 pm
Rochester Art Center welcomes prominent artist Sharon Louden as part of our (K)NOW series. As a producer of
culture—working across disciplines with some of the most innovative creative artists and thinkers—Louden has
impacted the way we imagine and appreciate artists and how we think about their attainment of a well-lived life. Louden
shares her insights into years of working with and talking to artists about sustaining their artistic practice. Ranging from
the day-to-day to the big picture, Louden’s work shows possibilities through stories, experiences, and good-will that are
informative and inspiring.
Join us as Louden presents her book Living And Sustaining A Creative Life in a town square community gathering.
Sharon Louden is a full-time practicing, professional artist living in Minneapolis after 25 years in New York. She graduated
with a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from Yale University, School of Art. Her work has
been exhibited in numerous venues including The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, The Drawing Center, Carnegie
Mellon University, Weisman Art Museum, National Gallery of Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, Weatherspoon Art Museum
and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Louden’s work is held in major public and private collections including
the National Gallery of Art, Neuberger Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Arkansas Arts Center, Yale
University Art Gallery, Weatherspoon Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, among others. Louden is the
editor of Living and Sustaining a Creative Life: Essays by 40 Working Artists published by Intellect Books and distributed
by the University of Chicago Press in 2013, now on its 5th printing and has been #1 on Amazon.com’s Bestseller List of
Business Art References. She is working on a second book for release in 2016.
(K)NOW, launched in 2013 with inaugural funding from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, continues in
2015 with presenting established artists as generators of new knowledge, now—artists who are leading innovators,
thinkers, and provocateurs in their field and, thus, have significantly shaped and influenced contemporary art discourse.
(K)NOW is generously funded by John Knudsen and Brian Austin.
Paula Ladwig | Amanda, Peter, Katrina & Shaun Larsen | Noelle & Scott Larson | Kelsie & Sam Leof | Kirsten Lincoln & Naoto Suzuki | Jessica & Brian
Lipinski | Beth & Ed Loftus | Gwen Lomberk | Margaret Long | Nicole & Dan Loyek | Abby Lucas | Jill Ludowese-Skinner | Thanila Macedo | Rekha
Mankad | Herta & Eric Matteson | Peg & Ross Mattke | LaDonna & Greg McGohan | Shane McKee | Sarah & Brendan McMenomy | Sandra & Llewellyn
Means | Sonja & Bill Meiers | Abby & Adam Meyers | Julie & Chuck Miedtke | Jason Monfre & Julia Wheeler | Victor Montori & Claudia Tabini | Yeonsoon
EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
HVL Conference Art Show in 2014.
HIAWATHA VALLEY LEAGUE CONFERENCE ART SHOW
February 11 – March 1, 2015
Rochester Art Center is pleased to present the third annual Hiawatha Valley League (HVL) Conference Art Show. This
show is organized as a cooperative effort by the High School Principals and Art Teachers in the Hiawatha Valley League
Conference schools. This exhibition presents work by students from each school’s strong art program to showcase and
celebrate the range of artistic talent. Schools included: Byron, Cannon Falls, Hayfield, Kasson-Mantorville, La Crescent,
Pine Island, Rochester Lourdes, Stewartville, Triton, and Zumbrota-Mazeppa. Each school has submitted up to 12
artworks, both two-and three-dimensional, by students in grades 9 – 12 for the exhibition.
The public is invited to visit and experience the creative work from area students, and see the positive impact that the
students, teachers, and area schools are making in our communities. The show will be open during Rochester Art
Center’s public hours and admission is free.
STUDS, STRUTS & STILETTOS
A Benefit for Rochester Area Habitat for Humanity
April 8 – May 15, 2015
Photos courtesy of Rochester Area Builders. © Kelvin Andow.
Studs, Struts, and Stilettos is a Construction Fashion Exposé hosted by Rochester Area Builders designed to
showcase the creativity and resourcefulness of our building industry professionals, while at the same time raising funds
for Rochester Area Habitat for Humanity. All of the designs showcased will be inspired by, and partially created from,
materials used in the building industry. Rochester Art Center will be exhibiting finalists from the 2014 program alongside
the winning pieces from the 2015 program. This year’s event will take place on Thursday, April 23 at Mayo Civic Center.
For tickets and more information, visit www.rochesterareabuilders.com.
& Won Moon | Janet & Thomas Munger | Quincy G. Nang & Sran Zanarotti | Malory & William Naslund | Catherine & Mark Nathan | Heidi Nelson | Margi
& Jeff Newkirk | Devon & Andrew Nickels | Beth Nienow | Kim Norton & Randy Stone | Tamara & Tony Olson | Shaun C. Palmer | Katie & Justin Paz
Kate Pedersen & Travis Wilson | Kim & Mark Percival | Debbie Price | Amy & Steve Rabatin | Carlota Rabinstein | Marsha Rea | Kelly & Ross Ratajczyk
Dave Reichert | Kristen & Adam Rhodes | Wayne & Mary Alice Richardson | Ellen Goode & David Rider | Jenni & Chad Ridgeway | Walter Rocca
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EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH
10 am – 5 pm | Free admission
1 – 4 pm | Art activities & tours
Since 2004, children and families have taken part in one of Rochester Art Center’s most popular and exciting programs,
Free Family Days. On the first Saturday of each month, admission to Rochester Art Center is free for everyone, and
guests are invited to create original art pieces in the studio classroom, our Grand Lobby, and occasionally off-site with
a collaborative partner. We also offer special docent tours of the exhibtions intended to spark conversation between
children and family members. Projects are designed to reflect the conceptual ideas and material practices by the diverse
artists featured in our exhibitions or crafted to align and complement another organization through the mutual fulfillment
of mission statements and collaborations. RAC is proud to have collaborated with Oxbow Park & Zollman Zoo, Quarry
Hill Nature Center, Smart Ride Ecotaxi, Macy’s, Minnesota Zoo, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Northern Clay Center,
Sons of Norway, Rochester Downtown Farmers Market, and Rochester Public Library – just to name a few!
March 7 | Silly Self Portraits
Celebrate you and your silliness at RAC and create a fun and goofy self-portrait. Using a variety of
materials and your imagination, transform yourself into anything your heart desires.
April 4 | Creativity Jam at the Minnesota Children’s Museum, Rochester
Join Rochester Art Center as we partner with Minnesota Children’s Museum Rochester to
celebrate creative thinking and art making. Come make artistic discoveries, explore improvisation,
and transform space in Creativity Jam! * There is a $5 MCM admission fee for this program
May 2 | Paper Flowers for Mom
Show your Mom how much you care for her by giving her a special handmade bouquet of flowers
for Mother’s Day. Create a stunning display for Mom that celebrates all the good things she does
year-long!
June 6 | Red Ball Celebration
On the occasion of artist Kurt Perschke’s RedBall Project traveling to Rochester as part of
Rochester Downtown Alliance’s Downtown Cultural Initiative and his solo exhibition at RAC, we
celebrate our city’s unique architectural landscape, history, and our communities sense of play.
Come play ball with us as we locate the creative impulse embedded in us all.
edBall Lausanne - EPFL Rolex Center | c-print under plexi on diabond, 100 x 67 cm, ed. 10
Free Family Day is sponsored by Eastwood Bank.
Holly & Agustin Rodriguez | Jill & Isaac Rohan | Sharon & Charles Rosen | Jennifer & Cory Rubin | Heather Ruskell | Annie Sadosty | Vicki Samike | Heidi,
Aaron, Sydney, Bailey, Alexis, & Brooklyn Schmitz | Mary & Matt Schuelke | Sue & Scott Schwartz | Barbara Schwenk | Jean & George Sedgwick
Deborah & Tim Seelinger | Christine Shakal | Lynda & Frank Sharbrough | Yunhong Shu & Shigao Chen | Kathy & Ron Sikkema | Paul Sims | Emira
Skoric | Jessica & Sam Smelter | Lyn & Steve Smith | Judy & Tony Smithson | Pamela & Loring Stead | Nicole Havekost & Brian Steele | Eric Straubmuller
EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
STRETCH!
First Wednesday of each month
11 – 11:50 am | Free to participate
Stretch! is an exciting program at Rochester Art Center designed to nurture your body, mind, and the world around you.
Each month, a new facilitator hosts a conversation, activity, or movement on a new timely topic.
March 4 | Belly Dance Meditation with Terri Allred, Third Eye Tribal
Join Terri to center your body and mind in order to create optimal conditions for dance or everyday
movement. Release your body’s natural energy through a series of movements and combinations
designed to awaken your inner strength and resiliency. Celebrate your body, the uniqueness of
your movement, and the energy that motivates you in this participatory class.
April 1 | Spring Farm Tour with Lizzy Haywood, People’s Food Co-op
Explore the richness of regional farm traditions with a “tasting tour” led by Lizzy Haywood of
People’s Food Co-op. She will tell the stories of the many farms in the area, while tasting the
various foods they bring to Rochester. The presentation will include Rochdale cheeses, Rolling
Hills greens, and locally-raised pork. Come for good food and relaxed conversation with friends;
leave with a deeper connection to the people who grow our food.
May 6 | A Brief History of Childbirth with Dr. Marcia Nichols, University of MN Rochester
As we look forward to celebrate Mother’s Day, join Marcia Nichols as she presents a narrative on
childbirth that will enlighten and surprise. Dr. Nichols teaches literature and medical humanities
and engages in learning research. In addition to work on pedagogy, she has published on Charles
Brockden Brown, Edgar Allen Poe, early modern erotica, and eighteenth and nineteenth-century
medicine and midwifery. Her current book project analyzes the constructions of gender, sexuality,
and masculine identity in midwifery manuals and other medical texts in the long eighteenth century.
June 3 | Get Centered Yoga with Sara Atkinson, Breathe Yoga Studios
With thousands of hours of teaching experience, Sara is qualified as an Experienced 200-hour
Registered Yoga Teacher (E-RYT 200). Her teacher and mentor, Max Strom, continues to be a
source of guidance, inspiration, and friendship in her life, her practice, and her teaching. Yoga
has become the axis in Sara’s life; and her classes are an eclectic, yet balanced mix, centered in
the breath.
Stretch! is sponsored by IBM.
Cecelia & Joseph Szurszewski | Janice & Larry Tarnow | Molly Theon & Chris Troutman | Caro & Xavi Torres | Lisa & Jason Troutman | Julie & Daniel
Tschumperlin | Natalya & Andre VanWijnen | Tamara Vos | Margaret & John Wade | Valerie & Scott Waldner | Signe & Tom Walker | Pauline Walle | Kate
& Wayne Walters | Sonia Watson | Sandra Taler & Andrew Westreich | Melissa Wilson | Heather & Chance Witt | Katie & Matt Woge | Sarah & Cory Wood
Erica Yahn | Elizabeth Yan | Jie Zhou Inspired - $35: Nora Ali | Joseph Alexander | Neil P. Anderson | Kurt Augustine | Dr. & Mrs. J. D. Bartleson
EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Members Michael Khuth, Maria Kraus, Lauryn Schilling, Alyssa Quandt-DeGrand, and Sarah Hutchison posed in TLP-designed WinterFest photo booth.
CALLING ALL AREA TEENS: TASTES LIKE PAINT!
Meets weekly on Tuesday through May | 3:30 – 5 pm
Tastes Like Paint (TLP) is Rochester’s first and longest running after-school
visual arts program for teenagers. TLP is a teen art group that participates in
a variety of activities, from the discussion of contemporary artists’ practices to
the production of unique art, here and out in the community. The mission of
TLP is to foster a community of young artists that believe in the importance of
contemporary art to inspire and engage people. The group creates a welcoming
and inclusive environment for teens to feel confident with creative expression and
are encouraged to expand their artistic talents. TLP is free and open to all area
teenagers.
For additional information about Tastes Like Paint, please contact Chris Delisle,
Assistant Curator of Education & Public Engagement, at 507-424-3308 or
[email protected].
Support for TLP is provided in-part by the Greater Rochester Arts & Culture
Trust and our members.
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TLP logo designed by Maggie Panetta,
Mayo High School class of 2014.
Susan Bjornsen | Tony Blankers | Maggie Brimijoin | Tom Brinkman & Judy Pease | Tyler Brobst | Shari & Stephen Brumm | Curtis Clifford Butturff | Kelsey
Campolong | Stephen Carmichael & Susan Stoddard | Ann Catherwood | Ann Chafoulias | Lily Chan | William Charles & Vickie Lantz | Kathleen Greden
Christenson | Kathy & Keith Churchill | Kay Cooper | Deborah deGeus | Elizabeth deGeus | Barbara Depman | Shashi K. Dewan | Ramona Digre
Chenoa Donoghue | Alice & Allen Durst | Peg & Pat Farrell | Diane & David Fass | Jessie & Robert Finch | JoAnn & Robert Fiss | Linda Frie & Karl Schuller
EDUCATION & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
TOTAL ARTS DAY CAMP
With the arrival of spring—meaning summer is not far away—
we once again look forward to the return of Rochester
Art Center’s longest running and most robust education
program, Total Arts Day Camp. Local artist and luminary,
Judy Onofrio established Total Arts Day Camp in 1971 as
an immersive contemporary art experience for students in
grades 1 – 8. The program continues to be a unique and
memorable experience for young artists by providing a
transformative educational experience in a variety of artistic
mediums. This is a terrific opportunity for all young people to
experience contemporary art—as shared and taught by the
regions most talented professional artists! Tuition: $365 for RAC members | $390 for non-members
Registration opens: February 25 for RAC members | March 11 for non-members
TOTAL ARTS DAY CAMP KIDS ART SUMMER CAMP
Monday – Friday | 9:30 am – 3 pm
Monday – Friday | 10 – 11:30 am
Session I, Grades 1 & 2
Session IV, Grades 3 & 4
Session 1, Age 4 – 6
June 15 – 26
July 6 – 17
June 8 – 12
Session II, Grades 3 & 4
June 15 – 26
Session V, Grades 5 & 6
August 3 – 14
Session 2, Age 4 – 6
July 20 – 24
Session III, Grades 1 & 2
July 6 – 17
Session VI, Grades 7 & 8
August 3 – 14
Session 3, Age 4 – 6
August 17 – 21
Information on registration, tuition, deadlines, membership, and scholarships is available at www.rochesterartcenter.org.
SCHOLARSHIP SUPPORT | Contribute to the TADC Scholarship Fund
when you purchase a NEW Rochester Art Center logo t-shirt in our ANEX gift
shop or online at www.rochesterartcenter.org/merchandise.
Additional donations to the scholarship fund are fully tax deductible. To
arrange scholarship donations, please contact Sandy Thompson, Director of
Development at 507-424-3303 or [email protected]
Elizabeth Gallanis | Joni Gamm | Joyce Gibbs | Alexander Ginsburg & Melissa Glader | Carissa Gisi | Phyllis Goldman | Lenny Haas | Miriam & Scott
Goodson | Majel & Richard Hall | Karen & Stephen Hammill | Mary Hanson | Carla & Stephen Harner | Dottie & Frank Hawthorne | Annie Henderson
Leona Hentz | Peter Hoffman | Elizabeth & Wayne Houser | Augustin Joseph | Eileen Jursik | Joyce & Pai Kao | Vytas Karalius | Beth & Barry Karon | Lois
Kennel | Sarasa Kim | Brittany Kimball & WIlliam Matchett | Eric Kischell | Dr. Donald W. Klass | Dana & Prudy Knaak | Marilyn D. & Dr. John L. Stewart
MEMBER EVENTS
CONTEMPORARY CONNECTIONS
A new series of Thursday evening events, each one with a different theme. Mark your calendar for these upcoming
events!
All events take place on Thursday | 5 – 7 pm | FREE for RAC members, $5 for non-members
February 12 | Love Is...
This happy hour proved that Valentine’s Day fun isn’t just for couples! We welcomed an upbeat crowd in the mood
to celebrate romance with sweet confections, specialty cocktails, free dazzling nails from NOVA’s Manicure Bar, and
Rochester’s best and worst Valentine’s Day Story Contest was scandalous (not really). Check out our Facebook page
for the short and sweet tales of joy and woe.
Sponsored by Catering By Design and Nova Academy of Cosmetology
April 9 | Powered By PechaKucha
PechaKucha is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The format was first
devised in 2003 by an architecture firm in Tokyo—and is now happening in over 800 cities around the world. PechaKucha
is an informal and fun gathering where creative people get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts, anything
really—in under 7 minutes!
Sponsored by 9.square
Save the Date for our Summer Contemporary Connections event: Thursday, June 11, 2015
Friday, February 27 | 6 – 7 pm
SAVE THE DATE:
2015 ANNUAL MEETING
Be the first to see Melba Price’s exhibition Until the Break of
Dawn at this members-only reception with complimentary
wine and exhibition walk through with artist Melba Price
and chief curator Kris Douglas. Public opening reception to
follow at 7 pm.
Celebrate excellence in art and innovative
experiences for a diverse community, and
welcome new members of the RAC Board of
Directors. Invitation and details to follow.
MEMBER APPRECIATION RECEPTION
Tuesday, April 28 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Pat & Ed Lavelle | Betty Lee | Kathy Lessard | Susan Lynn & Mel Turcanik | Sandy & John MacLaughlin | Jean Larson Martin | Patricia McCleese | Joan
& John McCoy | Sarah McNeilus | Susan Meiches | Peg & Jim Mikkelson | James Mikos | Linda Miller | Gabrielle Moman | Rajat Moman | Carl Heinz
Most | Billie & Jerry Needham | Kristin Nguyen | Marcia D. Nichols | Dr. & Mrs. Edward O’Connell | Patty Noble | Pheena Pearl & Sheldon Sheps
Rosemary Perry | Kate Pleskonko | Mary & Nick Poleschuk | Pamela Riggs | Cheryl & Robert Roediger | Barbara A. Schafer | LaVerne & Myron Schettl
MEMBERSHIP
2015: YEAR OF THE MEMBER
There has never been a better time to become a
member or Rochester Art Center!
Not a member? Expired membership? Join or renew and
experience remarkable benefits such as free admission,
discounted tickets to RAC events, free admission to
reciprocal museums ($100+), invitations to special tours
and previews, and more!
Contact Devon Nickels, Program & Development Associate,
at 507-424-3311 or [email protected]
Rochester Catholic Schools students tour our current exhibitions.
You can also join or renew online:
www.rochesterartcenter.org/support/membership.
BUSINESS COUNCIL MEMBERSHIP
Enjoy the distinction while providing vital support.
Each year, generous organizations from Rochester and the
surrounding area support Rochester Art Center by providing
broad access to inspiring and innovative experiences with
contemporary art. RAC’s Business Council members not only
receive special benefits, they gain recognition in the Rochester
community as economic and cultural leaders. Becoming a
Business Council member offers unique opportunities for
companies to make a meaningful impact on Rochester’s
cultural life and gain visibility among the Art Center’s diverse
audience and supporters.
Contact Sandy Thompson, Director of Development, at
507-424-3303 or [email protected].
Exhibition opening reception for Kelsey Olson: Hellweg.
NEW! BUSINESS COUNCIL BREAKFAST
Collaborative opportunities for Rochester’s thriving business community to engage with Rochester Art Center.
Please join us for our inaugural Business Council Breakfast: Wednesday, April 22 | 7:30 – 9 am | Complimentary
Reservations requested to Devon Nickels, Program & Development Associate, 507-424-3311 or dnickels@
rochesterartcenter.org Additional information available at www.rochesterartcenter.org/support/business-council.
Sponsored by the law firm of Fabyanske, Westra, Hart, & Thomson.
Linda & Arnold Schroeter | John Schupbach | Lori Shaw | Mary Sheeran | Anne & John Shelby | JoAnn & Richard Sheldon | Thomas Sitzer | JoLynn &
Dave Skogen | Betty Spitzmiller | Wayne Stellmaker | Herbert Stellner, Jr. | Antoinette “Toni” Stevens | Carol Stevens | Mona Stevermer | Lois Swanson
Delores & Harry Swedlund | Suzanne Szucs | Edith & Del Thurber | Judith & Donald Tindall | Elizabeth Toohey | Lynn & Laurence Torsher | Jackie & Virge
Trotter | Mrs. Doris Troutman | Jan Ulrich | Patricia A. & Alan G. Vick | Paul Walech-Roth | Joyce Walker | Erin Wetjen | Dr. & Mrs. J. P. Whisnant
DEVELOPMENT
NOTHING FOR GRANTED
Rochester Art Center is known for our diverse programming: from
fun-filled art education activities for children to sophisticated lectures
for adults, from celebrated international artists to emerging local
and state-wide artists, and from collaborations with numerous area
nonprofits to groundbreaking projects with innovative partners.
Supporting our diverse presentations requires accessing a broad
array of resources.
Recently, Rochester Art Center secured $8,000 in funding from
Minnesota State Arts Board – Cultural Community Partnership.
RAC is one of 13 organizations awarded the 2015 (MSAB) Cultural
Community Partnership grant. This partnership grant program is
designed to enhance the artistic and career development of artists
of color. Critical to RAC is supporting Minnesota-based artists at
crucial career junctures and assisting them in realizing new, even
experimental endeavors, that provide platforms for making new work
and audiences to experience it.
This grant provides support for a RAC inspired project with local artist
Jovan C. Speller, by commissioning a new body of work that will be
part of her exhibition in RAC²: Rochester Area Collaborative gallery
in September, 2015, and related community-oriented education
programs. This is the second Cultural Community Partnership grant
awarded to RAC: in 2013, we were awarded our first-ever Cultural
Community Partnership grant in support of Minneapolis-based artist
Lamar Peterson and his exhibition Suburbia Sublime 2014.
The Dia de los Muertos skull created by TLP and
families at Free Family Day floated down the Zumbro
River at the end of the celebration.
Additional funding has been received from: Think Bank – $7,500 for our Free Thursdays program that attracts more
than 3,000 visitors annually, many of them first-time national and international guests; The Clinton Family Fund for
the second of a three year award of $3,000 for our Adolescence Through the Lens project with the Alternative Learning
Center (Rochester Public Schools); and a Downtown Culture Initiative grant from Rochester Downtown Alliance
providing $1,000 for in celebration of Dia De Los Muertos. Teens from our after-school art program Tastes Like Paint
led a community project that include a memorial altar in our ANEX space and the creation of a large celebratory skull
float covered with marigolds that was sailed down the Zumbro River.
DONOR PROFILE
The McKnight Foundation
For more than 60 years, The McKnight Foundation, a Minnesota-based family foundation,
has primarily supported Minnesota nonprofits. Their focus has been on regional economic
and community development, Minnesota’s arts and artists, early literacy, youth development,
Midwest climate and energy, Mississippi River water quality, neuroscience and international
crop research, and community-building in Southeast Asia
For over 35 years, The McKnight Foundation has generously provided general operation support for Rochester
Art Center. Additionally, in 2002, they contributed $500,000 to our capital campaign and over the next 12 years,
in a succession of substantial two year grants from McKnight, they have significantly assisted our ability to sustain
organizational management and stability.
We thank The McKnight Foundation for their visionary support and all they contribute to making our world a more
enriched place.
Aileen Williams | M. Cristina Zimmerman Lifetime: Patty & Dan Holland | Nancy & Warren Mackenzie | Jackie & Don Schacht | B.J. Shigaki | Denise
& Abraham Sorom | Sarah & Michael Stauder | Scott Stulen
BUSINESS MEMBERSHIPS | Associate Level - $250-$499: Armon Architecture, Inc. | KTTC Television, Inc. | Nuss Truck Group, Inc. | Rochester
Trolley | Rochester Women Magazine
SPONSORSHIP
SPONSORSHIPS
Sponsorships assist RAC in presenting exemplary exhibitions, stimulating art education and public programs,
captivating community-oriented collaborations, and unique events. Sponsorships also provide community businesses
with opportunities for exposure and visibility, recognition and association, employee appreciation, and civic pride.
Rochester Art Center gratefully acknowledges the following organizations for their generous support:
Catering By Design; The Clinton Family Fund; Davies Printing Company; Eastwood Bank; Go Rochester Direct; Elizabeth
Firestone Graham Foundation; Fabyanske, Westra, Hart & Thompson; Greater Rochester Arts & Culture Trust; IBM;
Institute of Museum & Library Services; Jerome Foundation; John Knudsen & Brian Austin; KTTC-TV; Mayo Clinic;
McGladrey; McKnight Foundation; Minnesota State Arts Board; Nuss Truck Group, Inc.; Olmsted Medical Center;
People’s Food Co-op; Pescara; Powers Ventures; Rochester Community & Technical College; Rochester Downtown
Alliance; Rochester Trolley & Tour Company; Maggie & Paul Scanlon; Carl & Verna Schmidt Foundation; Shop Rochester;
Judy & Jim Sloan Foundation; Söntés Catering; Spectrum Pro-Audio; Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council; Think
Bank; Townsquare Media; University of Minnesota Rochester; The Urban Studio; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the
Visual Arts; and Wells Fargo Bank.
To learn more about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Sandy Thompson, Director of Development, at
507-424-3303 or [email protected].
Thank you members! To join us, visit www.rochesterartcenter.org/support/membership or contact Devon Nickels,
Program & Development Associate, at 507-424-3311 or [email protected].
UPCOMING EVENTS
2015 PAST PRESIDENTS’ LECTURE: CHRISTINE PODAS-LARSON
Thursday, March 19 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Rochester Art Center is honored to welcome Christine Podas-Larson, President and
Founder, Public Art St. Paul, as our Third Past Presidents’ Lecturer. As a national
leader in the field of public art and community leadership, Christine will speak on
creating a community-wide conversation for understanding, appreciating, and
supporting the work of contemporary artists and public art and their vital contribution
in strengthening our communities through public art.
To have an effective public arts program, a community needs a strong public
private partnership that finds strategies to get artists involved in the urban
future. It is not just dots on a map and placing art there.
– Christine Podas-Larson
For over 27 years, Christine has forged the public/private partnerships that have
funded, developed, and produced Public Art St. Paul’s programs in artist research,
program planning, city art-making, education, and stewardship. Among the programs and projects she has initiated
and managed are: artist design collaboration in the award-winning Mears and Kellogg Mall Parks and the Wabasha
Street Bridge; Cliff Garten’s Saint Paul Cultural Garden; The Raspberry Island Bandstand by MacArthur fellow James
Carpenter; and Saint Paul’s City Artist in Residence program with Marcus Young and Amanda Lovelee.
Most recently she served as the executive producer of Wing Young Huie’s epic University Avenue Project, CREATE:
The Community Meal by Seitu Jones, Western Sculpture Park’s exhibition and cultural programming, and Saint Paul’s
International Stone Carving Symposium.
As Rochester grows and with major projects like the Mayo Civic Center Expansion, DMC, Journey2Grow, and a new
Rochester Arts and Cultural Trust impacting our community, this is the perfect time to cultivate conversations and be
inspired by the possibilities and essentiality of Public Art in healthy, vibrant communities!
Past Presidents’ Lecture is generously funded by John Knudsen and Brian Austin.
kidDISCO: A ROCHESTERFEST EVENT
Tuesday, June 23 | 6 – 8 pm
Costumes, lights, music, and art... it’s kidDISCO!
For the eighth year in a row, Rochester Art Center hosts a
dance party for the whole family! Our DJ will spin dance
music geared especially for kids of all ages. Costumes are
encouraged, and fun prizes will be awarded for the best
costumes, most creative dance moves, and more! Move
your body and dance the night away!
Families will also have the opportunity to view our current
exhibitions, create funny masks, and screenprint their very
own kidDISCO logo t-shirts.
ADMISSION
$3 per child, parents get in for free
kid D I S C O
$1 off with your 2015 Rochesterfest button
(children of all ages must be accompanied by an adult)
In addition to receiving discounted admission to kidDISCO, visitors
with a 2015 Rochesterfest button will receive FREE admission to
view the exhibitions during Rochesterfest, June 20 – 28.
SPECIAL EVENTS
HOST YOUR EVENT AT ROCHESTER ART CENTER
A spectacular venue, Rochester Art Center offers affordable elegance
and a wow factor that distinguishes us from any space in southeastern
Minnesota. Our unique blend of global art, architecture, and exceptional
service promises you and your guests a memorable occasion. Perfect
for wedding ceremonies and receptions, graduation parties, nonprofit
fundraisers, business meetings, and more. Rochester Art Center will
enhance your occasion with its stylish and sophisticated spaces. An
indoor facility with walls of glass, our Mayo Clinic Grand Lobby offers
breathtaking panoramic views of the beautiful Zumbro River and
downtown Rochester. Rochester Art Center is something out of the
ordinary—there is truly nothing like it.
Thank you for all your help in the planning and execution of our big
day. It was truly flawless thanks to you and your incredible team.
We received so many compliments not only about the space but
also about your professionalism. We are forever grateful.
– Kelsey and Sam Leof
CONTACT US | To reserve our space for your next event or to visit
our facility, please contact Jennifer Seresse, Event & Visitor Services
Manager, at 507-424-3316 or [email protected].
Photo courtesy of Jessica Smith Photography.
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM PAST PROGRAMS
Guests in the gallery at the opening reception for Michael Sailstorfer: It
Might As Well Be Spring and ARTBASH X. Photo by Angela McHugh.
At ARTBASH X, Suite closed out the night with some great music –
perfect for dancing! Photo by Angela McHugh.
Hundreds of youth made special prints with us at the United Way of
Olmsted County’s Wild About Reading event at the Rochester Public
Library.
Lisa Becker’s art class at Friedell Middle School posed for a silly photo
during a tour of Michael Sailstorfer: It Might As Well Be Spring.
Guests made paper dolls, tissue paper flowers, and masks at our Dia
de los Muertos Free Family Day in November.
Our second Teens as Curators exhibition was titled Landscape that
Mirrors the Body, curated by Jessica Clayton, a senior at Lourdes
High School.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM PAST PROGRAMS
We continued the tradition of making holiday cards – and added a
nutcracker activity – at Free Family Day in December.
David Andree gave a wonderful talk about his exhibition Land Harps.
Kjellgren Alkire gave an inspiring performance and artist talk at the
opening reception for his exhibition Long Haul.
This Girl Scout troop had a great time making collages in our studio
classroom after a tour of our current exhibitions.
Team Duck Tape was the grand prize winner (after winning the
Pictionary tie-breaker) at ARTrivia during Rochester WinterFest.
Tastes Like Paint designed a sled to look like our building for the
Cardboard Sled Race during Rochester WinterFest. Photo courtesy
of Minnesota Childrens’ Museum Rochester.
40 Civic Center Drive SE
Rochester, MN 55904
507-282-8629
www.rochesterartcenter.org
Cover image: Melba Price, Nearly Extinct, 2010, gouache on paper, 26 x 42 inches.
VISIT
40 Civic Center Drive SE
Rochester, MN 55904
Rochester Art Center is ADA, wheelchair, and stroller accessible. Parking
is available in the Civic Center Parking
Ramp, Free for the first hour, after
5 pm, and on weekends. INFORMATION
phone: 507-282-8629
web: www.rochesterartcenter.org
email: [email protected]
HOURS
Wednesday through Saturday:
10 am to 5 pm Thursday: 10 am to 9 pm
Sunday: 12 noon to 5 pm
Closed Monday, Tuesday, & Holidays
ADMISSION
$5 for adults, $3 for seniors
Free for students, members, military
families, and veterans Free on Thursdays
VISION
To be a cultural center for innovation and creativity through contemporary art.
MISSION
Rochester Art Center offers the opportunity for all people to understand and value
the arts through innovative experiences with contemporary art. Through world-class
exhibitions and programs, we present a welcoming, integrated, and diverse experience
that encourages questioning, creativity, and critical thinking. These exhibitions and
programs are designed to reflect the dynamic relationship between art and society. They
educate, challenge, and connect individuals to our world in compelling new ways. We
are committed to being a cultural center in our community and to enhancing our region
as a destination for creativity and innovation. We provide value through engagement
with broad communities, strong collaborations with other organizations, and a history
of excellence.
Published by Rochester Art Center and designed by Naura Webb, Director of Community Relations,
Marketing & Design.
Funding provided in part by a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, through
an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature, a grant from the National
Endowment for the Arts and private funders.
Rochester Art Center is a fiscal year 2015 recipient of an institutional support grant from the
Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is funded, in part, by the Minnesota arts and cultural
heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy
Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.
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STAFF
Shannon Fitzgerald
Executive Director
Phillip Ahnen
Facility Director & Head Preparator
Chris Delisle
Assistant Curator of Education
and Public Engagement
Kris Douglas
Chief Curator
Joan Lovelace
Administrative Operations Director
Devon Nickels
Program & Development Associate
Kelly Saathoff
Administrative Assistant
Jennifer Seresse
Event & Visitor Services Manager
Sandy Thompson
Director of Development
Naura Webb
Director of Community Relations,
Marketing, and Design