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installation serves as a platform where Cherubini invites other artists to engage with her work, including Susan Jennings, who with Silver the Void performs her sound sculptures, and Sarah Braman, and more. Through Sept. 11. Also , “Pandemic and Protest.” The online exhibition features three artist projects made during the spring and summer of 2020—an unprecedented time that witnessed an expanding worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and protests across the country calling for racial justice. Through June 6. Also , “We’ve Only Just Begun: 100 Years of Skidmore Women in Politics.” In the 100 years since America’s women earned the right to vote, Skidmore women have been engaged in political movements from suffrage through the social transformations of today. This exhibition explores that history through work from Skidmore’s Special Collections. Through June 6.
Laffer Gallery, 96 Broad St., Schuylerville. “Upstate Artists.” https://thelaffergallery.com. Juried show. Also, “Nature’s Echo.” Features artists Harry Orlyk and Julie Branch. Mandeville Gallery, Union College, 807 Union St., Schenectady. Chitra Ganesh: “Sultana’s Dream.” https://muse.union.edu/mandeville/project/chitraganesh-sultanas-dream/. A virtual portfolio of 27 linocuts created in 2018 by contemporary artist Chitra Ganesh and published by Durham Press. The portfolio will be on exhibition in its entirety. Through June 20.
Martinez Gallery, 5 Broadway, Suite 203, Troy. “Am I a Nuyorican?” https://www.martinezgallery.org/. Work by artists Martin Rubio, Armando Soto and Marcos Dimas. New York State Museum, Albany. Online exhibitions. nysm.nysed.gov/exhibitions/online. Explore the museum’s various exhibitions online, including “Votes for Women: Celebrating New York’s Suffrage Centennial,” “A Spirit of Sacrifice: New York State in the First World War” and “1962 Audio Recording: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass. “Finding Home: Four Artists’ Journeys,” “Norman Rockwell in the Age of the Civil Rights Movement” and “Norman Rockwell: Presidential Elections Illustrated.” nrm.org. Curated experiences that collect related images, photography, video, audio and history relating to the museum’s collection of Norman Rockwell’s original paintings, his Stockbridge studio, as well as the museum’s vast collection of illustration art.
Pamela Salisbury Gallery, 362 Warren St., Hudson. Seth Becker: Cold Snap! Winter Paintings. pamelasalisburygallery.com. Pop-up virtual exhibition. Through March 31.
The Sembrich, Bolton Landing. “A Winter at Bay View.” http://www.thesembrich.org/exhibits. Highlighting winter scenes by Lake George photographer Fred Thatcher. The exhibit can be viewed on The Sembrich’s website or on the Google Arts & Culture app on any mobile device. Teaching Gallery, Hudson Valley Community College. “Home Alone 3: On Pause.” www.hvcc.edu/teachinggallery. Features video works by four artists – Janaye Brown, Matt Frieburghaus, Megan Suttles and Mandy Cano Villalobos. It examines the passing of time during this period of pandemic-mandated isolation and social distancing. Through April 16.
Union College, Crowell and West Galleries; Feigenbaum Center for Visual Arts, Pause. https://tinyurl.com/r5sip9iw. Featuring works by Visual Arts Department faculty and staff, Martin Benjamin, Chris Duncan, Abby Golodik, Laini Nemett, Fernando Orellana, Frank Rapant, and
Sandy Wimer. Available to view online only. Through April 1.
University Art Museum, University at Albany. Torch ’72/2020. https://www.albany.edu/university-art-museum. A commissioned project by artist Shane Aslan Selzer, explores the trajectory and lineage of intersectional justice efforts on the Ualbany campus, and reactivates Ualbany’s 1972 Torch yearbook, edited by then student and renowned AIDS activist, Ron Simmons. Also , i.de.al.is.tic. Curated by Michael Mosby, the exhibit brings together paintings, sculpture, and assemblage by Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola, Sean Desiree, and Marcus Leslie Singleton. The exhibition explores each artist’s relationship to the concept of idealism and the unrealistic aim for perfection. Available to view online only.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Colonie Art League’s annual Pruyn House Show. CAL members may enter a single work of art for a $10 fee. The show (April 1 - May 31) is non-juried and will be judged by Colleen Connolly, Community Education Art Instructor, Hudson Valley Community College. Participating artists may price their works for sale during the show. Entry forms and instructions. will be available on the CAL website from March 4-26. Cash prizes; winners will be announced on April 6 in a Zoom reception for members. CAL Memberships are available for area artists with an active interest in two dimensional fine arts, including photography. Annual dues are $40 (standard) or $35 (62 and older senior). Meetings are held monthly featuring demonstrations by prominent artists from all media. For further information visit www.colonieartleague.com or contact co-chair Lee York at 518-772-0859 or co-chair Pam Agan-smith at 518-813-3583.