An innovative painter and sculptor, Leonard Urso has exhibited internationally, including recent solo and group exhibitions in East Hampton, New York; Frankfurt, Germany; and Seoul, Korea. His work can be found in a broad range of public and private collections nationally, including Federal Express, Humana, Bausch & Lomb, The New York Times, the University of Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, and the Art Institute of Chicago. “Acknowledging the full history of human existence has helped to shape my vision as a contemporary person,” says Urso. “My role as an artist is to capture human activity as it takes place in the moment, intimately revealing humanities most intrinsic qualities. Art serves as a primal human language, a language that seamlessly transverses cultural divides.” Another World brings Rochester audiences examples of Urso’s most recent body of work, exhibited last spring at SOMA Drawing Center and Gallery Royal in Seoul, Korea. Urso’s studio is located in Rochester, New York. To learn more about the artist, visit www.leonardurso.com.
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Eden (Detail), Leonard Urso
Images courtesy of the artist, photographs by Walter Colley |
Exhibition Open to the Public
December 20-February 28
Opening Reception
Friday, January 6, 5-9 PM
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday, 10 AM–4 PM
The Gallery will be closed January 2, 16, and February 20.
THE GALLERY AT
THE ARTS & CULTURAL COUNCIL
277 N. Goodman Street
Rochester, NY 14607
For more information, call (585) 473-4000
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Regional Cultural Strategy
The Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester is pleased to present this Regional Cultural Strategy, the result of a year-long planning process for arts and culture in the greater Rochester area, developed with the partnership and support of the Mary S. Mulligan Charitable Trust, Mayor Robert J. Duffy and Rochester City Council, Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks and the County of Monroe Industrial Development Agency (COMIDA), the National Endowment for the Arts, and the New York State Council on the Arts.
The Regional Cultural Strategy is a roadmap for the cultural sector to leverage its strengths and increase its already sizable impact on our region, while focusing on sustaining and growing our region’s cultural industry. |
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Not By Invitation Only:
Building Diversity in Arts Programming and Audiences
In 2007 the Arts & Cultural Council engaged in a Regional Cultural Diversity Needs Assessment as part of a long-term planning process. The final report summarizes the results and recommendations from the year-long process. The Needs Assessment, along with the Council's economic impact study, will serve as major inputs to the development of a Regional Cultural Strategy in the coming years.
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