{"id":2184,"date":"2012-11-28T23:16:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T23:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2012\/11\/28\/alison-saar-to-speak-at-the-memorial-art-gallery\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T19:28:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:28:46","slug":"alison-saar-to-speak-at-the-memorial-art-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/alison-saar-to-speak-at-the-memorial-art-gallery","title":{"rendered":"Alison Saar to speak at the Memorial Art Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full tmblr-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image-6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image-6.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image-6-300x233.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/html\/saar_bio.html\">Alison Saar<\/a>, renown sculptor, print maker and graphic artist, will join us at the Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY, &nbsp;to speak on her Maquette for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/html\/saar_bio\/saar03a.html\">\u201c<strong>Swing Low<\/strong>\u201d<\/a>&nbsp; (see below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full tmblr-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image-7.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image-7.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image-7-300x199.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She will meet in the \u201cSeeing America\u201d Late 20th Century hallway at 1:00 on Thursday the 29th. Following that, she will join Garth to record an interview with Bob Smith at WXXI 1370.&nbsp; This show will be aired on Friday, November 30th at 1 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alison is in town with her evocative set pieces for the Rochester premier of \u201c<strong>Lighthouse\/Lightning Rod<\/strong>,\u201d the latest collaboration created by Garth Fagan and Wynton Marsalis. The program corresponds with the exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.naz.edu\/features\/stories\/contemporary-african-american-printmakers\">\u201c<strong>Contemporary African American Printmakers,<\/strong><strong>\u201d<\/strong><\/a> presented by Deborah Ronnen Fine Art at the Nazareth College Arts Center Gallery through December 21. <a href=\"http:\/\/artscenter.naz.edu\/2012-2013-season\/all-performances\/garth-fagan-dance\">Fagan\u2019s \u201c<strong>Lighthouse\/Lightning Rod<\/strong>\u201d will be preformed at&nbsp;<strong>Nazareth College Arts Center<\/strong><strong>through December 2.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This artist conversation is open to the public and included with the admission price to the Gallery. Join us for this opportunity to hear about the never-before, collaborative effort with these three Internationally renown artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.rochester.edu\/MAG\/?p=4272\">VIA: MAG Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alison Saar, renown sculptor, print maker and graphic artist, will join us at the Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY, &nbsp;to speak on her Maquette for \u201cSwing Low\u201d&nbsp; (see below). She will meet in the \u201cSeeing America\u201d Late 20th Century hallway at 1:00 on Thursday the 29th. 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