Ruben Nusz
3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series
December 2008
Atrium Gallery
3rd Floor Artist Series Credits
The Rochester Art Center continually strives to engage the community members of all ages in the creation, contemplation, and appreciation of the visual arts. As a non-collecting institution, the Art Center focuses its efforts on presenting temporary exhibitions throughout the year featuring established local, national, and international artists, as well as “emerging” artists from diverse backgrounds working in a variety of media.
In 2004, the Rochester Art Center initiated the 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series—an exhibition program dedicated to promising young artists working in the state of Minnesota. Since its inception, the series has reflected shifting trends in contemporary artistic practice and production, and has helped to facilitate the creation of new bodies of work in a variety of media including photography, installation, sound, painting, drawing, sculpture, and film. Now entering our third year, the 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series continues to support emerging artists and to provide a dedicated forum for the exhibition of exciting new work.
These exhibitions are made possible, in part by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota Legislature and, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Rochester Art Center is a recipient of a McKnight Foundation Award and a Bush Foundation Grant. Major sponsorship for the 3rd Floor Emerging Artist Series is provided by the Jerome Foundation. The Rochester Art Center is also a recipient of support from the city of Rochester.