Exhibitions

We are now closed for the summer but will reopen September 2, 2025

Compass Roses: Maps by Artists

September 2 – October 11, 2025

September 12, 2025, 6-9pm: Opening reception

Compass Roses: Maps by Artists is a national artwork co-curated by Nadine Wasserman and Renee Piechocki. The project offers a selection of maps created by visual, literary, and performing artists. They have curated similar exhibitions in Pittsburgh and Albuquerque before focusing on Albany.

For this exhibition, 30 artists were asked to consider and interpret their city in any way they wished. The content of each map is therefore unique and might contain readily recognizable places or imaginary ones, as well as those that have been forgotten or are unfamiliar.

Artists: Marcus Kwame Anderson, Alexis Bhagat, Box Party Collective, Leona Christie, D. Colin, Alex Goss, Amy Halloran, Lori Hansen, Quill Harrison, Maura Jasper, Stephanie Loveless, Jack Magai, Jillian McDonald, Catherine McTague, Diana Morales, Alex Morrison, Daniel Nester, Michael Oatman, Eugene O’Neill, Ken Ragsdale, Sonia Sanoval (DJ RVMBA), Mercedes Soriano,  Sarah Michelle Sherman, Zenzele Spencer, Karley Sullivan, Barbara Todd, Aiesha Turman, Typhoid Mary,  Allie E.S. Wist, Elizabeth Zunon Learn more about Compass Roses past projects in Pittsburgh and Albuquerque here.

Partial funding for Compass Roses comes from an Arts Thrive and Grow grant administered by the Arts Center of the Capital Region. Arts Thrive & Grow is funded by New York State & the New York State Council on the Arts, with support from Governor Kathy Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins, and local elected officials, including Senators Jake Ashby and Patricia Fahy and Assemblymembers Scott H. Bendett, John T. McDonald III, Angelo Santabarbara, Phil Steck, and Mary Beth Walsh.

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