Exhibition: Getting to Know You

The Alliance will unveil a retrospective exhibit on its 20 years of forging sister-city ties between the Capital Region and Tula, Russia. The exhibition will run from September 9 through 22nd at The Arts Center of the Capital Region. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

The retrospective, called “Getting to Know You: 20 Years as a Sister City,” invites Capital Region residents to enter the world of our Russian sister city, Tula.  In the 20 years that the Capital Region and Tula have been united, individuals and institutions in both centers have laughed, learned, and created together, enriching and expanding our mutual understanding of our global world. This exhibit celebrates this past and invites a new generation of Capital Region residents into our future by presenting Tulan art and culture, along with video memories from both of our communities

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The exhibition will feature:

• A display of children’s art from the Polenov School of Art in Tula on the theme of friendship between Russia and America. Children ages 6 through 16 contributed their colorful conceptualizations of this friendship. (See below for information on how Capital Region schoolchildren can submit artwork to be shown on our Website.)
• A video presentation called “The Memory Project,” with brief video clips of involved citizens in both the Capital Region and Tula talking about what the sister-city relationship has meant in their lives.
• Displays of Russian art, folk objects, and Tula manufactures, including nested matryoshka dolls, linens and scarves, wooden crafts, puppets, books, and Tula samovars with pryaniki, jam-filled teacakes decorated in fanciful motifs.
• Photo exhibits highlighting our work in Business, Education, Culture, and Health and Science.

Calling Young Artists

During the two weeks that the Exhibit is open, the Alliance will accept submissions of original artwork in pastel or paintings from young Capital Region residents between the ages of 6 and 16. All entries must be accompanied by an ENTRY FORM, and should be brought to the main Gallery at the Arts Center of the Capital Region during gallery hours.  Submissions should be no larger than 25″ wide x 23″ high, and should be on the topic “Friendship Between the US and Russia.”

Thanks to Our Sponsors!

The Albany-Tula Alliance is grateful to our sponsors, who helped to make this Exhibition possible. They include: mySmartSimulation, Stewarts, LinguaLinx, McNamee Lochner Titus & Williams, Northeast Health, CL King & Associations, Windsor Companies, Slingerland Foundation, CDPHP, Roger & Sherley Hannay, Steve Lobel, PilotGirl Productions, Multilogue, Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation, Madison Investment Advisors, Capital Care. AutoTask, and The Quinn Group. A special thanks also to the great folks at Technology Rentals of America for their assistance with the equipment for our Memory Project videos. We are also grateful to the many private donors who contributed to this anniversary fund and to this performance.