Below is a selection of press releases about Memorial Art Gallery exhibitions and programs. Members of the media who would like additional information or publication-quality images should contact the public relations office.
We will gladly offer access to the museum to support press work related to MAG and its collections, please contact MAG’s Director of Marketing & Engagement to coordinate admission.
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Discover Your Drawing at MAG
Opening this September in the Docent Gallery, Drawing as Discovery: 500 Years of Drawings and Watercolors from MAG’s Permanent Collection will showcase over 100 stellar works selected from the museum’s holdings of over 2,000 drawings. Significant work by legendary artists such as Lesley Dill, Edgar Degas, Georgia O’Keeffe, Francisco Goya, Rembrandt van Rijn, and Kara…
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Free School Tours at MAG
The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester is excited to announce that for the 2024-2025 school year, School Tours for PreK-12th grades and Especially for Educators professional development workshops for teachers will be free for participants. This announcement, one of the first major initiatives under the new leadership at MAG, is important in…
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68th M&T Bank Clothesline Art Festival Artists Announced!
Artists from across the United States were invited to apply for the 68th annual M&T Bank Clothesline Art Festival. The juried fine arts festival showcases more than 300 artists, Rochester’s favorite food trucks and vendors, free family art activities, and all-day live entertainment. It will take place on Saturday and Sunday, September 7 and 8.…
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New Acquisitions: Contemporary Indigenous Artists at MAG
With five recent acquisitions, MAG continues to move forward in its efforts to build a collection that better reflects our community. Sarah Jesse, the Mary W. and Donald R. Clark Director, stated, “We are so pleased that these artworks are now in MAG’s collection, where audiences can engage with their rich conceptual meaning and marvel…
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VIP Pass Now Available for MAG!
Want to visit MAG for free? Starting July 1, you can “check out” MAG at participating branches through the Monroe County Library System using the VIP (Very Important Places) Pass Program. Library members can check out passes and receive free museum admission for children and grandchildren age 18 and under and up to two adults.…
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Pride Celebration Day at Memorial Art Gallery
Join the Memorial Art Gallery for our LGBTQIA+ Pride Celebration Day. This annual celebration of acceptance, community, diversity, learning, and love is on Thursday, July 11, from 5 to 9 pm. Visitors will enjoy free museum admission, drag story time with Vanessa LeRoux, music from Flower City Pride Band, food trucks including Chef’s Catering and Effortlessly…
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American Arts and Crafts Movement at MAG
“Faithfully Thought Out”: The Artistic Collaborations of M. Louise Stowell and Harvey Ellis will be featured in MAG’s Lockhart Gallery June 28, 2024–January 12, 2025. Rochester artists M. Louise Stowell (1861–1930) and Harvey Ellis (1852–1904) were critically acclaimed around 1900, in the era of the American Arts and Crafts movement. The Memorial Art Gallery’s collection…
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Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum National Tour at The Memorial Art Gallery
Past Forward: Native American Art from Gilcrease Museum will be featured in MAG’s Docent Gallery from June 1 to August 25, 2024. This exhibition illuminates the extensive collection built by Native philanthropist and arts patron Thomas Gilcrease (Muscogee Nation; 1890–1962). Surveying more than 3,000 years of Native American art, it reveals his unprecedented devotion to Indigenous…
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Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration Day and Hurlbut Gallery Closing Ceremony with Avinash Kumar
Join the Memorial Art Gallery for our annual Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration Day on Sunday, May 19, from 12-5 pm! This Celebration Day includes the Closing Ceremony celebrating the mural by South Asian artist Avinash Kumar in the Hurlbut Gallery, a collaboration between the Dogra Art Foundation and MAG. Schedule of Events Vanden Brul…
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Visual Artist Wendy Red Star, at MAG this Spring
Wendy Red Star’s Bi’ nneete (No Water), an installation of thirty original drawings in the Memorial Art Gallery’s permanent collection, will be featured in the museum’s introductory Forman Gallery from April 27 to December 1, 2024. Red Star (Apsáalooke [Crow], born 1981), who lives and works in Portland, Oregon, grew up on her family’s ranch…