The exhibit is located in the Mayor Harvey E. Bernier Room, in Suite 135 and will be on display in September and October. A reception will be held on Sept. 30 from 6-8 p.m. The public is invited.
Staff reports 1:14 p.m.
Monday, September 5, 2022 1:13 pm
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ROCHESTER - The Rochester Museum of Fine Arts is currently showing a selection of works by Michelle Peterson at the James W. Foley Memorial Community Center.
Michelle Peterson is a visual artist, receiving her BFA from the New Hampshire Institute of Art in 2011, and her MFA from the Institute of Art and Design at New England College in 2020. She works in multiple mediums, including painting, photography, and fiber art. She is a mother of two and resides in southern New Hampshire.
"In this body of work, I use string figures to access the larger threads that combine to create everyday life," said Peterson. "String figures are an ancient tradition used, as Donna Haraway points out, to facilitate a linguistic call and response - in this body of work the fragments, portraits, and strings themselves play off each other generating both formal and symbolic associations encouraging the viewer to think about what connects us, expressivity and the stories we tell about ourselves."
Visit www.rochestermfa.org to learn more.
The museum is sponsored by the City of Rochester, Rochester Main Street, Waterstone Properties Group, Bernier Insurance, Merideth Village Savings Bank, MacEdge, Lenharth Systems, and the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce.