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First Friday

First Friday

is a monthly citywide gallery night that encourages collaboration between non-profit, university, and commercial art venues in Rochester, NY. This initiative showcases area artists and arts institutions by promoting the First Friday evening of each month from 6-9pm as a community night for experiencing art. First Friday ensures a healthy art scene and a healthy city through regular exchange and discussion between venues, artists and patrons. First Friday Rochester was initiated, and is administered by Rochester Contemporary Art Center.

News: First Friday July 3rd

Welcome to the New First Friday Website!

July 3rd highlights:
•Poetry Reading at Greenwood Books
•6x6x2009- Second and Final Year!
•Photos by Linda Ciccolone at Rochester Medical Museum and Archives

Maps are available at participating venues, in City Newspaper prior to First Friday and as a printable download.

First Friday Shuttle Map

Maps:
Maps are available at participating venues, in City Newspaper prior to First Friday and as a printable download here.

Shuttle:
Shuttle Buses were available for several months thanks to funding secured by NYS Senator Jim Alesi.
First Friday Shuttle Map

First Friday encourages collaboration between non-profit, university, and commercial art venues in Rochester, NY. This initiative showcases area artists and arts institutions by promoting the First Friday evening of each month 6-9pm as a community night for experiencing art. First Friday ensures a healthy art scene and a healthy city through regular exchange and discussion between venues, artists and patrons. First Friday Rochester was initiated, and is administered by Rochester Contemporary Art Center.

Want to Join?
All participating venues have agreed to the following:

1. Participate in a minimum of 9 out of 12 First Friday's per year, staying open from at least 6-9pm.

2. Include the First Friday logo on printed matter and links on their website to help promote First Friday. (This is very important. When all participating venues are promoting eachother we are all promoting eachother!)

3. Contribute $100 per year toward this website and the First Friday printed maps.

If your venue would like to join First Friday please contact: Bleu Cease 585 461 2222
(bleu at rochester contemporary-dot-org)
Note:
This is an incomplete list of venues that have participated in First Friday Citywide Gallery Night.
For a list of venues participating in the upcoming First Friday, click on the date tab.

A.R.T.S Gallery at Aviv Cafe

321 East Ave
Rochester, NY 14604
(585) 729-9916

Anti-War Storefront and Gallery

658 Monroe Avenue
Rochester, NY 14607-3146
585 442-0015

Baobab Cultural Center

728 University Ave
Rochester, NY 14607
(585) 563-2145

Bernunzio Uptown Music

122 East Ave
Rochester, NY 14604
(585) 473-6140

Booksmart Studio

250 N Goodman St
Rochester, NY 14607
(585) 598-9322

Constance Mauro Studio

Studio 236, Hungerford Building, Door 2
Rochester, NY 14607

Creative Wellness Coalition

320 N. Goodman St
Rochester, NY 14607
(585) 325-3145

Crocus Clay Works

Studio 225, Hungerford Building, Door 2
Rochester, NY 14609
(585) 414-5643

Downtown Fitness Club

50 Chestnut St.
Rochester, NY 14604
(585) 756-4090

Focus Grasshopper

708 Winton Rd N
Rochester, NY 14609
585-288-0725

Fuzzy Toaster Studios

Fedder Industrial Building
Rochester, NY 14609
(513) 254-5493

Gallery 9

Hungerford Building, Door 9
Rochester, NY 14609
(585) 747-2727

Gallery at Record Archive

33 1/3 Rockwood St
Rochester, NY 14610
244-1210

Gallery at the Art and Music Library / U of R

Room G-134, Ground Floor
Rochester, NY 14627
(585) 275-4476

Gallery at The Arts and Cultural Council

277 North Goodman St.
Rochester, NY 14607
(585) 473-4000

Gallery r

775 Park Ave
Rochester, NY 14609

Galvin/Davis Studio/Gallery

339 East Ave
Rochester, NY 14604
(585) 770-0715

Genesee Pottery

713 Monroe Ave
Rochester, NY 14607
(585) 271-5183

Greenwood Books

123 East Ave
Rochester, NY 14604
(585) 325-2050

Hartnett Gallery

Wilson Commons
Rochester, NY 14627
(585) 275-4188

Image City Photography Gallery

722 University Ave
Rochester, NY 14609
(585) 271-2540

Mercer Gallery

Monroe Community College
Rochester, NY 14623
(585) 292-2021

More Fire Glass Studio

80 Rockwood Place
Rochester, NY 14610
(585) 242-0450

Renaissance Art Gallery

74 St. Paul Street
Rochester, NY 146
(585) 423-8235

Richard Aerni Ceramic Design

Studio 106, Hungerford Building, Door 5
Rochester, NY 14609
(585) 429-0211

Rochester Contemporary Art Center

137 East Ave
Rochester, NY 14604
(585) 461-2222

Rochester Medical Museum and Archives

333 Humboldt Street
Rochester, NY 14607
(585) 922-1847

Spot Coffee

200 East Ave
Rochester, NY 14604
(585) 613-4600

Studio 34 Creative Arts Center & Bead Mercantile

34 Elton St
Rochester, NY 14607
(585) 737-5858

Studio 354

Hungerford Building, Door 1
Rochester, NY 14609

The Design Gallery at RRCDC

Hungerford Building, Door 4
Rochester, NY 14609
(585) 271-0520

Viahealth Archives Consortium

333 Humboldt Street
Rochester, NY 146
(585) 922-1847

Visual Studies Workshop Gallery

31 Prince St.
Rochester, NY 14607
(585) 442-8676

Writers and Books

740 University Ave
Rochester, NY 14607
(585) 473-2590
   

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