Byline: Judy Shepard Staff writer
There's an insidious plot a- hatching at Albany Institute of History and Art.
It begins innocently, with the exhibit "Charmed Places," opening Wednesday.
The show examines the homes, studios and vistas of the artists of the 19th century Hudson River School, certainly a subject in keeping with institute tradition. But what happens next is less in character.
The notion of artists-at-work breaks out of the 19th century into the 20th, spawning two exhibits about living local artists, their work spaces and work processes; three art openings; a "walk-through" of a show with the artist; and a tour of the studios of five local artists.
All look at art from the inside out, taking the viewer from the passive to the participatory in an innovative turnabout that is far from typical.
But Albany Institute is not the same. The tour and exhibits signal a new era at the almost 200-year-old museum of art, culture and history.
New leadership is reaching out into the community with aggressive, wide- ranging programming. The effort is part of a larger plot to snare a new audience beyond the typical institute visitor: a white woman of 50 years …
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