Erich S. Lehman on "SKETCHY!", Gen X Collects at RIT City Arts Space

On July 27th Rochester Art Collectors partnered with RIT City Art Space and one of Rochester's most important art collectors, art curators and art influencers, Erich S. Lehman, owner of 1975 Gallery, to bring you a provocative talk centered on a large new exhibition titled "SKETCHY!"

​“SKETCHY!” was trip through the art and creativity of skateboarding, featuring a look back at over 25 years of Rochester skate photography, decades of skateboard graphics, and the fine art of the skateboarding world.

Located steps away from one of Rochester’s most iconic skatespots – Liberty Pole – “SKETCHY!” will run all Summer long and will feature extra programming throughout the run of the show.

​Program Details

7:00 pm - Attendees spent about 30 minutes before the program began walking through the large and exciting exhibition.

7:30 pm - Rome Celli from Rochester Art Collectors introduced John Aasp, Gallery Director, College of Art and Design at Rochester Institute of Technology talked about RIT City Art Space. Then Rome introduced the speaker, Erich S. Lehman.

Erich S. Lehman - curator of "SKETCHY!", owner of 1975 and art collector - talked about the exciting, large scale exhibition featured at RIT City Art Space, "SKETCHY!", his remarkable art collection and the collecting interests of his generation in a talk we're calling "SKETHCY!" Gen X Collects.

After the talk attendees had another opportunity to look through the exhibition.

This program was FREE and open to the public with registration in advance through eventbrite.com