Galleries Night & Weekend

Friday Gallery Nights (and Sunday, too..)
Sept. 15

A Rochester tradition, there will be a wide range of work at a variety of galleries with a shared evening of opening events. It could be an interesting story -- the art scene, the relationship between those who look at new work and those who make the work and/or even those who simply come to see and to be seen.

Or you could photograph all or some or one of these openings as a single event. What are the photographs that can be made at these events???

Friday, September 15, 6-10pm, reception
through October 1
A collection of recent drawings and paintings opens - Abstract Art? Go Figure! - by Steve Carpenter. The term “abstract art” usually conjures up visions of indecipherable blobs of paint. Taking the results of rigorous study of the classical masters of figure painting and combining it with free form elements of light, color, texture and spirituality result in figure drawings and paintings by Carpenter. Steve Carpenter Gallery and Art Center, 176 Anderson Ave., Rochester. 585.758-1410, http://www.stevecarpenterstudio.com September 29, 7-10pm, artist’s talk and screening of Making of a Painting featuring the artist’s process of creating one of the show’s paintings. Event is free and open to the public (no disability access).

Friday September 15, 5-9pm
Over the Top! a Chandelier Invitational, with artists designing one-of-a-kind chandeliers: Robin Cass, Patrick Doyle, Sean Dunwoody, Sarah Gilbert, Paul Harp, Joe Hendrick, George Kennard, Paul Knoblauch, Joe Lewis, Elizabeth Lyons, Scott Oliver, Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez, Angus Powers, Sally Prasch, Mahine Rattonsey, Jennifer Schinzing, Minako Shirakura, Renee Stout, Fred Tschida, and Nancy Valle. More Fire Glass Studio, 80 Rockwood Place, Rochester, 585.242.0450, http://www.morefireglass.com

Friday, September 15, 7-9pm, Opening Reception
through October 28
By Eye: Photographs From The Last 20 Years by Joseph Sorrentino, Community Darkroom Gallery, Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, 713 Monroe Ave, Rochester; 585.271.5920, http://www.geneseearts.org

Friday, September 15, 5-9:30pm, Opening Reception
through October 10
American Society of Media Photographers Members Exhibit-WNY Chapter, Image City Photography Gallery, 722 University Ave., Imagine Square, Rochester. Hours: Wednesday-Saturday, 11am-7pm; Sunday, Noon-4pm; http://www.imagecityphotographygallery.com

Friday, September 15, 6-9pm, Artists’ Reception
through October 14
Oxford Gallery’s exhibit, Seeing Things: A Festival of Still Life, with participating artists Jappie King Black, Wendy Gwirtzman, Alan Singer, Jean K. Stephens, Jan Hewitt Towsley, and others. Oxford Gallery Inc., 267 Oxford St., Rochester, 585.271.5885, http://www.oxfordgallery.com Tuesday-Friday, Noon-5pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm.

Sunday, September 17, 12-4pm
ARTWalk Alive! showcases artists’ creative processes along the avenue, as part of this annual multi-arts event. Eleven dance groups, musicians, poets and dozens of interactive activities, the finale features trucks and dancers at 3:30pm. Free. Visit the website for the full scoop, http://www.rochesterartwalk.org/

Sunday, September 17, 3-6pm
through October 31
Shape, a new exhibit, opens. Center at High Falls, 60 Browns Race, Rochester, 585.325.2030, http://www.centerathighfalls.org Hours change seasonally; call for updates.

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Wednesday, September 20-October 12
A Place in Time, an exhibit of the DRAW art group – Evelyne Albanese, Joanne Benedict, Mary Buchan, Elyse Capell, Jean DeHaven, Christine Knoblauch, Kate Lipsky, Carolyn Marshall, Anne Marcello – opens at the Arts & Cultural Council Gallery, 277 N. Goodman St., Rochester, 585.473.4000. Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm. Reception: September 28, 6-8pm. http://www.artsrochester.org