CORNING, NY – Spring is a season of transformation and The Rockwell Museum is taking the cue from mother-nature with beautiful new displays sprouting up around the galleries. To begin the museum experience, visitors are now greeted with an installation of nine contemporary glass pieces of the Pacific Northwest on the ground floor. As our neighboring institution, The Corning Museum of Glass, is celebrating the opening of a new contemporary art gallery, The Rockwell teamed up with glass specialists at the Traver Gallery in Seattle, WA to install this celebratory display. The exhibit will be on view through Memorial Day, timed appropriately for GlassFest weekend in downtown Corning.
The Rockwell is offering FREE ADMISSION for visitors of all ages, March 20-22, 2015, to help celebrate The Corning Museum of Glass expansion.
Also Now on View:
The Photography of John Doddato: In Pursuit of the American Landscape
Born in Sayre, Pennsylvania, John Doddato is a local photographer who lived and worked in the neighboring town of Big Flats, New York. His travels across America have been filtered through the lens of his camera, and are documented by the silver-gelatin prints so generously gifted to The Rockwell Museum by the artist. A special display of Doddato's prints is now on view on the second floor of The Rockwell, in the Members Gallery. The exhibit will be on view through February 2016.
"I was there in cool darkness of the early morning, waiting for the first signs of daylight in the eastern sky. I wondered to myself aloud if I was in the right spot for the first shaft of sunlight to strike the dunes that were around me. Other times I felt the crispness of the morning air as I stood along a stream that churned its way through the valley, surrounded by a deep forest of old growth trees. I was there, standing on top of the world and my eyes could only see the wild vastness of the land that stretched out for miles before me and would proclaim that I owned everything I could see because I shared it with no one. Hot afternoons hiking in rugged canyons with the blistering sun overhead, always searching for shade and a place to rest if only for a short while. I was there and enjoyed it. Foreign lands, strange voices, and odd looks but I was there. Deep into remote areas a foreign traveler rarely wanders, but I was there and understood some of the life around me. Days of frozen fingers and toes with no feeling, fighting my doubts and the bitter cold, but the drive of my purpose kept me there. To be able to wander through a land of sky and trees, water and rocks, makes me thankful I was there. And it was the camera that took me there," says John Doddato.
Image Credits:
John Doddato, Flame House, 1999, silver-gelatin print, 10 ½ x 13 ¼ inches. Gift of John Doddato. 2010.5.23
Ross Richmond, Solemn, 2013, blown and hot sculpted glass. Courtesy of Abmeyer + Wood Fine Art Gallery.
About The Rockwell Museum
The Rockwell Museum collection tells the story of the American experience through a display of stunning art about America. Founded in 1976, The Rockwell is an evolving community center which showcases the best of America through compelling exhibitions and imaginative programs. The diverse collection includes a mix of contemporary Native American art with traditional bronze sculptures, landscape paintings and other works that embody America. Housed in the beautifully restored 19th century Old City Hall building, The Rockwell is active in the local community and holds special events and educational programming with area public schools. The Rockwell provokes curiosity, engagement and reflection about art and the American experience.
