Bill Mowson’s Artwork Captures the Fabulous Finger Lakes

Stop by the gallery to meet Bill Mowson and view his watercolors on Friday, April 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. A self-taught artist, Bill Mowson primarily paints landscapes and focuses his attention on capturing the unique light, personality, and atmosphere ...

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First Friday @ The Focus Theater featuring improv from Mixed Signals!

Directed by Eno Okung, Mixed Signals is an improv theater ensemble composed of some of Rochester's most talented actors, writers, and comedians. Entirely based on audience suggestions, Mixed Signals produces spontaneous and original theatrical experiences that will take you on ...

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MFA Thesis Exhibitions: Art and American Crafts 1

One of three shows featuring graduate students’ thesis projects in furniture design, glass, metals and jewelry design, painting, and more. Visit rit.edu/cityartspace for more.

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April First Friday at Behind the Glass Gallery

Behind the Glass Gallery April Reception. Discussion featuring our artists will start at 7:30pm. April Gallery Artists: Coca Rae Matt Rieck Molly Darling

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6x6 Procrastination Party!

Are you a procrastinator who's been putting off creating your 6x6 artwork? Don't worry, it's STILL not too late! Come to RoCo First Friday, April 7 and use our supplies along with our easy-to-follow art prompts and create your beautiful ...

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Red Sky at Night

By pulling from fleeting moments, along with using color in extreme ways, Gray captures a feeling that allows us time to linger in the otherworldliness. View works on this theme & more at her Anderson Arts Studio First Friday or by ...

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Dream Destination by Jodie Traugott

My dad spent time in Hawaii during the war and came home to tell his family that Hawaii was Paradise! From the time I was 3, I had heard that too many times to count. Well, for my parent’s 50th ...

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Alt-World: Tactics of Evasion

Step into our media room this First Friday and spend a few minutes in the worlds created by Wang Chen, Lau Wai, and Matthew Gantt! Alt-World: Tactics of Evasion features alternative, performative worlds created by the aforementioned artists, that utilize ...

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Shugabanni by W. Michelle Harris

Shugabanni by W. Michelle Harris features four mosaic video portraits of just a few of the Black women of Rochester who shape this place into a community: Melanie Funchess, Terry Chaka, Javannah Davis, and Tonya Noel. The mosaic tiles are ...

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As I Recall Her: Artists Expand the Legacy of the Douglass Women

As I Recall Her: Artists Expand the Legacy of the Douglass Women will be on view this First Friday at RoCo! This juried exhibition inspired by Anna Murray Douglass, Rosetta Douglass Sprague, and Annie Douglass features a wide range of ...

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Through the Student Lens 2023

For our 14th Edition of "Through the Student Lens 2023" we contacted high schools in Monroe County and 19 responded wishing to participate in the exhibit. Each school selects exactly ten photos, with no more than two from any one ...

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The Moose Trilogy is Finished!

The Moose Trilogy is Finished! View at Lynne Feldman Studio 3-3 this First Friday.

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First Friday at the Hungerford Open Studios and Sales

Contrary to the rumors, The Hungerford Building is open still as vibrant and full of artist as it ever was. Show your support to Rochester’s favorite indoor monthly art festival. We have ceramics, printmakers, painters, printers, sculptors and more open ...

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Opening Reception for Guest Artist Brian Keeler

The Pittsford UPSTAIRS Gallery will reopen for 2023 on First Friday, April 7, with an Opening Reception for Guest Artist Brian Keeler of Ithaca, and a book signing of his latest art instruction text, Light on the Figure: Aspects of ...

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