Lectures and music. Balls and cabarets. Below is a listing of events during our Centennial year. Mark your calendar and join us in the celebration.
All events at MAG unless noted; for exhibition party dates see Centennial Exhibitions page.
The Memorial Art Gallery’s centennial year is presented by Lynne Lovejoy, with additional support from Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull, ESL Charitable Foundation and Nocon & Associates, a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.
March 17–June 9, 2013 in the Grand Gallery
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May 24–August 25, 2013 in the Lockhart Gallery
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What’s Up: Alan Singer on the Print Club of Rochester and MAG
July 14–September 8, 2013 in the Grand Gallery
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What’s Up: Cultural historian Karal Ann Marling on “Growing Up at MAG”
What’s Up: Marjorie Searl on gifts of art from Emily Sibley Watson and her family
September 6–December 13, 2012 in the Lockhart Gallery
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Centennial Gala
For information on this gala event contact Nancy Holowka, 585-276-8903.
October 9–December 29, 2013 in the Grand Gallery
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What’s Up: Curator Jessica Marten and Rochester Art Club historian Carlos Perez on MAG and the RAC
Director’s Circle Lecture: Dana Gioia, poet, critic and former chair of the National Endowment for the Arts
For information on this event contact Barbara Stewart, 585-276-8942.
What’s Up: Curator Nancy Norwood on Dr. James H. Lockhart, Jr. and his print collection
What’s Up: Marie Via on It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG’s Collection
January 25–May 12, 2013 in the Lockhart Gallery
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February 10–April 21, 2013 throughout the Gallery
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What’s Up: Sue Nurse on “The Herdle Sisters’ Travel”
What’s Up: Stephen Merritt on Thomas Cole’s Genesee Scenery
offered in conjunction with Art Reflected: The Inspiration of 100 Years
What’s Up: UR professor Joan Saab on MAG and the Works Progress Administration of the 1930s
Centennial Lecture: Nobel Laureate Dr. Eric Kandel on art and science
RPO Performance of Jeff Tyzik’s “Images: Musical Impressions of an Art Museum”
RPO Premiere of Jeff Tyzik’s “Images: Musical Impressions of an Art Museum”
What’s Up: architectural historian Jean France on MAG architecture
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