WHAT: Seventeen artists from the region will take over ‘The Sunday School’ located in the back of the Rochester Lyric Opera Theatre for two evenings of site-specific installations, dance, and performance art.
Their work is inspired by a unique space in the building’s cabaret hall, which is scheduled for renovations in 2016.
The events are co-curated and organized by Missy Pfohl Smith, director of the Program of Dance and Movement, and Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge, Assistant Professor of Art and Lens Based Media at the University of Rochester, and features several independent artists and faculty from the University of Rochester, RIT, Alfred University, Alfred State College, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
Tickets are $5 and available at the door.
TIME, DATE, PLACE: 440 East Avenue on Friday, Dec. 4 and Saturday, Dec. 5 from 6-9 p.m. For more information visit thesundayschool.space .
FOR THE MEDIA: Photos taken during rehearsals will be available Friday morning.
ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER:
The University of Rochester (www.rochester.edu) is one of the nation’s leading private universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives students exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College, School of Arts and Sciences, and Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are complemented by its Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Nursing, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, and the Memorial Art Gallery.
