Centennial Lecture Series

The Memorial Art Gallery’s centennial year was 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. Below is a list of our lectures series from our Centennial celebration called “What’s Up” as well as a few additional programs that we have recorded for your viewing and listening pleasure.

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• Sunday, October 21, 2012
  What’s Up: UR Dean Paul Burgett on MAG’s early years.
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• Sunday, November 4, 2012
  What’s Up: architectural historian Jean France on MAG architecture.
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• Sunday, January 6, 2013
  What’s Up: Rachael Baldanza, Jeanne Lindsay, Alice Gold and Fred Lipp on “The Creative Workshop, Past, and Present.”
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• Sunday, February 10, 2013
  What’s Up: Stephen Merritt on Thomas Cole’s Genesee Scenery
  offered in conjunction with Art Reflected: The Inspiration of 100 Years.
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• Sunday, March 3, 2013
  What’s Up: Sue Nurse on “The Herdle Sisters’ Travel.”
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• Sunday, April 7, 2013
  What’s Up: Betsy Brayer on “George Eastman’s Collection at MAG.”
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• Thursday, May 23, 2013
  What’s Up: Marie Via on It Came from the Vault: Rarely Seen Works from MAG’s Collection.
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• Sunday, June 2, 2013
  What’s Up: Curator Nancy Norwood on Dr. James H. Lockhart, Jr. and his print collection.
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• Sunday, July 14, 2013
  What’s Up: Alan Singer on the Print Club of Rochester and MAG.
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• Sunday, September 22, 2013
  What’s Up: Marjorie Searl on gifts of art from Emily Sibley Watson and her family.
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• Sunday, October 13, 2013
  What’s Up: Curator Jessica Marten and Rochester Art Club historian Carlos Perez on MAG and the RAC.
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• Sunday, November 3, 2013
  What’s Up: Artists Luvon Sheppard and Yvonne Cupolo and community leader Hector Arguinzoni on the Allofus Workshop of the 1970s.
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• Friday, November 8, 2013
  Director’s Circle Lecture: Dana Gioia, poet, critic and former chair of the National Endowment for the Arts.
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• Sunday, December 1, 2013
  What’s Up: Michael Lasser on “Popular Songs of 1913 and the Changing Role of Women as Seen through Songs”
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Poets Walk/Story Walk Cell Phone Tours

These interactive sidewalks bordering Centennial Sculpture Park were a collaboration between the City of Rochester and local nonprofit organizations. Both projects were curated by a panel of judges with input from the community, and in the case of Story Walk, chosen from hundreds of public submissions. To listen, call 585.627.4132 on your cell phone and when prompted for the stop number enter the first four letters of the keyword engraved on the sidewalk.
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Audio Descriptions for people with low or no vision:

Visitors who have low or no vision can enjoy detailed verbal descriptions of selected paintings. The descriptions are offered at original speed, and at a slightly faster version for those who are accustomed to the speed of screen reader programs.

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• Lilly Martin Spencer, Peeling Onions, ca. 1852
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• Thomas Hart Benton, Boomtown, 1928
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• John Steuart Curry, Negro Head, 1927
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• John Koch, Interlude, 1963
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• Walter Goodman, The Printseller’s Window, 1883
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• Claude Monet, Waterloo Bridge, Veiled Sun, 1903
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• Frans Snyders and Workshop, The Fox and the Heron, ca. 1630-1640
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• William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Young Priestess, 1902
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Performances on the Italian Baroque Organ

Enjoy excerpts from organ performances held at 1:30 and 3:00 every Sunday at MAG. CDs are also available from the Gallery Store.

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• Eastman Italian Baroque Organ – Excerpt 1: Girolamo Frescobaldi (1532-1643), beginning of the Toccata Quarta, from Il secondo libro di toccate, 1627, performed by Hans Davidsson
• Eastman Italian Baroque Organ – Excerpt 2: Girolamo Frescobaldi (1532-1643), excerpt from the Bergamasca, from Fiori musicali, 1635, performed by Hans Davidsson
• Eastman Italian Baroque Organ – Excerpt 3: Michelangelo Rossi (1601/2-1656), beginning of the Toccata Quarta, from Toccate e correnti d’intavolatura d’organo e cembalo, ca. 1634, performed by Hans Davidsson
• Eastman Italian Baroque Organ – Excerpt 4: Michelangelo Rossi (1601/2-1656), beginning of the Toccata Settima, from Toccate e correnti d’intavolatura d’organo e cembalo, ca. 1634, performed by Hans Davidsson
• Eastman Italian Baroque Organ – Excerpt 5: Domenico Zipoli (1688-1726), beginning of the Al Post Communio from Sonate d’intavolatura, 1716, performed by David Higgs
• Eastman Italian Baroque Organ – Excerpt 6: Domenico Zipoli (1688-1726), excerpt from the Pastorale from Sonate d’intavolatura, 1716, performed by David Higgs
• Eastman Italian Baroque Organ – Excerpt 7: Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), beginning of the Sonata in C Major (K255), performed by David Higgs
• Eastman Italian Baroque Organ – Excerpt 8: Giuseppe Gherardeschi (1759-1815), excerpt from Sonata per organo a guisa di banda militare che suona una marcia, performed by David Higgs
• Eastman Italian Baroque Organ – Excerpt 9: Paolo Quagliati (ca. 1637-1710), beginning of Canzon II from Toccata dell’Ottavo tuono, 1593, performed by William Porter
• Eastman Italian Baroque Organ – Excerpt 10: Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710), excerpt from Recercare con la fuga in pi modi, performed by William Porter
• Promenade: A Musical Procession through Paintings at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York – Excerpt 1: Excerpt from Gregorio Strozzi’s Capriccio primo con partite sopra ut Re Mi Fa Sol La, performed by Edoardo Bellotti on the Italian Baroque Organ, to accompany An Allegory of Hearing, a 16th-century Italian painting
• Promenade: A Musical Procession through Paintings at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York – Excerpt 2: Excerpt from Girolamo Frescobaldi’s Toccata II per L’Elevatione, Op. 10, no.3, performed by Edoardo Bellotti on the Italian Baroque Organ, to accompany Luca Giordano’s painting of The Entombment
• Promenade: A Musical Procession through Paintings at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York – Excerpt 3: Excerpt from Bernardo Pasquini’s Partite diverse di Follia, performed by Edoardo Bellotti on the Italian Baroque Organ, to accompany painting of Roman Ruins with Card Players (School of Jan Both)
• Promenade: A Musical Procession through Paintings at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York – Excerpt 4: Excerpt from Largo from Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto “La Notte,” Op. 10, no. 3, performed by Edoardo Bellotti on the Italian Baroque Organ, to accompany Allesandro Magnasco’s painting The Exorcism of the Waves
• Promenade: A Musical Procession through Paintings at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York – Excerpt 5: Excerpt from Minuet from Giovanni Benedetto Platti’s Sonata III, Op. 2, performed by Edoardo Bellotti on the Italian Baroque Organ, to accompany Francesco Guardi’s painting of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice
• Promenade: A Musical Procession through Paintings at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York – Excerpt 6: Excerpt from Allegro from Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto in C, BMV 976, performed by Edoardo Bellotti on the Italian Baroque Organ, to accompany William James’ painting of The Riva degli Schiavonni, Venice, Looking West
• Promenade: A Musical Procession through Paintings at Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York – Excerpt 7: Excerpt from Promenade VII, improvised by Edoardo Bellotti on the Italian Baroque Organ, to accompany Bernardo Strozzi’s painting of Two Musicians