Join us on Father’s Day, June 20th, at 2:00 PM for an artist talk featuring Preston Drum. Drum’s new installation, “Bubbles”, is located on the 2nd floor of the Rochester Art Center. A Zoom link will be posted here before the event begins on Sunday.
Artist Talk Admission: FREE

Stay connected by joining the Facebook Event Page: Click Here

Artist Bio
Preston Drum, was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, and earned a BFA from the Memphis College of Art in 2006 and an MFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2016. His paintings, sculptures, videos, and interactive installations explore notions of memory and performance through nonlinear storytelling. Drum’s work is often site-specific and collaborative in nature, framing the audience as a participant in the art. His work has been exhibited throughout the Midwest and Southern United States at venues such as the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery in New Orleans, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Walker Art Center. Drum is an emeritus member of the Minnesota-based artist group CarryOn Homes, whose mission is to raise awareness of immigration issues through art. Drum lives in the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities with his wife, children, and two small mutts. When not in the studio, he is a full-time caregiver and works as an arts educator and occasional musician.

Project Description
Bubbles is a site-specific installation in the Davies Gallery at Rochester Art Center that combines painting, sculpture, and video to create an immersive facsimile of an American domicile. Drawing dual inspiration from his son’s first word and the pervasive social condition the pandemic has brought upon us, Drum explores notions of domestic life inside a bubble. Through nonlinear storytelling, the events of a never-ending day are stitched together to create a portrait of family.

Storytelling in the Gallery with Zina Jadooa

Join us at the Rochester Art Center for a storytelling time in the City View Gallery with Zina Jadooa. This FREE event is in person, socially distanced. Self-serve complimentary Iraqi tea will be available during the event. Stay connected by joining the Facebook Event Page: Click Here

Zina Jadooa is the International Patient Coordinator at the International Center of Mayo Clinic. Born and raised in Baghdad, she graduated from Baghdad University with a Bachelor of Arts in English. Zina and her family moved to Rochester, Minnesota in 2010.

About the exhibition:
The Rochester Art Center welcomes the Iraqi and American Reconciliation Project (IARP) to present a travelling exhibition exploring homemaking and memories in the portraits of Iraqi Minnesotans by Iraqi Minnesotan photographers Ahmed Alshaikhli and Jaafar Alnabi. Curated by CarryOn Homes (Peng Wu, Shun Jie Yong, Zoe Cinel), the exhibition will be held at the Rochester Art Center in the City View Gallery from May 19, 2021 to August 29, 2021. The portraits and stories featured in Home of Memories give us a complex and intimate portrayal of what home was, is, and what it can be. We invite visitors to reflect on the theme of home by bringing a photograph to be collectively displayed on a journey wall along with a shared memory.