Saints Preserve Us!
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Saints Preserve Us!, an art show of contemporary ex-votos, altars, and shrines, will be on exhibit Friday October 4 through Saturday October 26 at The Yards, 50-52 Public Market Way, Rochester. Hours are Friday October 4, 6:00 to 9:00 pm; Saturdays 10:00 am to 2:00 pm; and by appointment.
The exhibit includes painting, installation, collage, photography, assemblage, and ceramics by 23 different artists. Show organizer and curator Martha Schermerhorn says, “I get such joy out of the variety of media and form in this show. Every year there are more new and beautiful ways that artists express their emotional connection to spiritual concerns. I am continually amazed.”
Works on display include Entering My Jesus Year (33 today) a self-portrait by Bridget Carey, an artist who uses painting, sculpture, and performance to explore themes of ritual, belief, and mortality. A Transfiguration by Jim Herrmann is a triptych of contemporary icons that represent the transition of his eldest child from male to female; a transition from darkness to beautiful light, paralleling the transfiguration of Jesus. In Matron Saints, Hannah L. Bell also draws upon iconography, incorporating designs from traditional African beadwork in compelling portraits that highlight the accomplishments of African-American women.
Works created in memory of loved ones are also on display: Altar for Peggy by Julie Chen, Love Spreader by Susan Vadakin, and The Legend of Addie and Ing Johnson by Tina Starr.
Other artists represented are Ludmila Begley, Emily Collins, Francesca Falli, Ron Ferrara, Keavy Handley-Byrne, Kristina Kaiser, Susan Kelley, Laurie MacFarlane, Paola Macas Betchart, Dina Noto, Cielo Ornelas MacFarlane, Jina Park, Paul Porell, Alyssa Reagan, Martha Schermerhorn, Rivkah Simcha and Char Smith.
Saints Preserve Us! is an annual exhibit established in 2021. It is organized and curated by Cielo Ornelas MacFarlane, Laurie MacFarlane and Martha Schermerhorn, and made possible with support from The Yards Collective.
The opening of Saints Preserve Us! is Friday October 4 from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. The show runs through October 26 and can be viewed on Saturdays from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The show can also be viewed by appointment; please email saintspreserveusartshow@gmail.com to schedule.
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