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Your Guide to


Creative Play During


Winter Break


Art Hunts, workshops, special projects, theater games and more!

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Spotlight Exhibition


Yousuf Karsh: American Portraits


from the National Portrait Gallery


Karsh believed that “the heart and the mind are the true lens of the camera,” and he developed a genuine rapport with his subjects to fashion evocative and revealing portraits.

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Concert in the Gallery


Featuring The Brothers Blue


Friday, March 1


As comfortable around a campfire as they are in a concert hall, the band is excited about any opportunity to share honest, heartfelt musical experiences with their ever-growing family of friends: “The Brethren Blue.”

PURCHASE TICKETS

Favoritism


Staff Selections from the Collection


Now On View


The newly-coined movement consists of staff favorites from the permanent collection, including oil paintings, etchings, photography and more, giving the opportunity to showcase unsung treasures from the diverse collection.

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Who We Are
Visitors to The Rockwell explore art about the American experience — the people, land and ideas that shape America through the eyes of American artists.

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    • Education Through Art

    The Rockwell is more than “just” a museum — we’re a citizen of the Corning community, bringing arts into local schools and onto our streets, telling stories about the American experience through art.

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    Upcoming Events

  • February 22

    February Break: Theater & Movement at the Art Lab

    9 a.m. - Noon | This activity is included with regular Museum/Art Lab admission. Youth must be accompanied by an adult. Recommended for ages 4 - 10.

    In addition to all the hands-on activities at the Art Lab, during February break only Corning Community College theater student Lee Charlier will lead drop-in theater games and movement exercises. Drop in any time to join in the fun!

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  • February 22

    Urban Arts Crawl: #GetKarshed

    5 - 8 p.m. | Free and open to the public

    See iconic black and white photographs on loan for a limited time from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. Plus, #GetKarshed with our interactive quiz and Karsh-inspired photo booth!

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  • February 27

    Making Eye / I Contact

    6 - 7 p.m. | Advance reservations recommended

    In conjunction with National Portrait Gallery’s Yousuf Karsh: American Portraits exhibition, the director of the National Portrait Gallery, Kim Sajet, will talk about the dynamic relationships that lie at the heart of visual biography.

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