Through hand-drawn digital paintings that merge iris imagery with celestial environments, Rochester-based digital artist Krisandra Kneer explores the relationship between perception and lived experience. Her work examines how adversity, joy, and personal history shape how we see the world and ...
Join us for an exhibition showcasing the practical duality in Michael Powers Tarantelli's work. This collection of drawings and paintings unites classical execution with modern, often challenging, subject matter. Tarantelli's absolute mastery is evident in every single piece. His technique ...
Through the Student Lens 2026 celebrates the creativity and vision of the next generation of photographers. For the 18th year, Image City Photography Gallery proudly opens its walls to more than 200 talented student photographers from Rochester and Monroe County. ...
Heather Gray’s paintings move between luminous colorfields, expressive abstraction, nature-based imagery, landscape, and realism — unified by a deep attention to color and atmosphere. This month also features creations by guest artist Lila Kamens.
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Wicked Reserve has joined Rochester’s iconic First Fridays and we’ve opened our doors as a brand-new venue in the Neighborhood of the Arts. Each month, our dispensary will transform into a creative gallery space, showcasing original work from talented local ...
Graduate students in the Schools of Art and American Crafts present their MFA thesis exhibitions in two locations: Bevier Gallery (Thursday April 2, RIT Campus) and City Art Space (First Friday, April 3, downtown Rochester). Both shows continue through April ...
Join the 9th Floor Artists Collective for an evening of engaging discussion on art, culture, and creativity. This First Friday will focus on one of our resident artists: Khadijah Unique’s work and style. This gathering is an opportunity for artists, ...
Come get creative with your community with Free Art Collective and Nourish the City at our Art Party! The featured artist of the evening is Doug Carney and he will be displaying some of his work and doing a live ...
Helen Bishop Santelli will be exhibiting two bodies of work for this exciting show!
Paintings from her Power of Nature Series - These powerful works depict the environment, our skies, and bodies of water in their most vulnerable and beautiful moments. ...
The Behind the Glass April showcase features the work of photographers Brian Tucker and Tytiana Jordan. The gallery has maintained a monthly rotation of photographers and artists, creating a platform for emerging and underrepresented creatives to share their perspectives and ...
After months of emotional exploration, lived experience, and intentional planning, artist Nathalee Arroyo presents TO BE LOVED, a visual exhibition exploring the fragile, complex nature of love and the ways it shapes identity.
Through visual storytelling, the work traces the evolution ...
From the artist: "Hello! I’m ame / zaq (they/them) I’m a genderqueer East-Asian Canadian artist. My curiosity for life has led me to many different avenues in life including studies in STEM, working in healthcare, and even product design. My ...
A native of Newark, New York, Bill currently lives in Ontario, New York. This location provides easy access to friends, family and the arts, as well as the country and scenes he loves to paint including the Lake Ontario shoreline, ...
Rochester artist Pauline Wegman, founder of Key and Sea Creative, presents a solo exhibition of acrylic paintings at Aldaskeller Wine Co.
Known for bold color, luminous light, and expressive brushwork, Pauline’s paintings celebrate the personality and beauty of everyday subjects. The ...
Come and celebrate Spring with us! Other than the artwork to browse, we will be very happy to facilitate you making some art of your own! We will focus on spring flowers and provide all materials at no cost to ...
Art making is my way of dealing with life…letting me act out, exorcise, focus, resist disintegration and, most of all, be surprised. -Anne Havens
"Anne Havens / Sue Havens" brings together two distinct and accomplished artistic practices. Featuring a selection of ...
Artists and artisans at the historic Vacuum Oil Refinery open up their studios to share their in-process and completed work. Come see printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, painting woodworking, culinary arts, photography, stop-motion animation, and more. Enter at corner of Exchange St. ...
Visit Impact Earth for a First Friday reception featuring Margot Fass’ Frog art, including the original paintings for Froggy Family’s First Frolic.
Margot will be on hand for a book signing, as well as with our staff and volunteers explaining the ...
Our Old Shoe Factory turned artists' community includes Four Floors of amazing and unique Painting, Sculpture, Photography, Textile Art, Weaving, Hand Painted Silk, Jewelry, Ceramics, Glass, Printmaking, Mixed Media, Exhibits & Sales (guest artists & more)!
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Spring is in full bloom at the lakeside gallery. Step into a celebration of the season with a stunning series of mixed-media resin paintings, glowing with intensely saturated colors. The gallery also features serene landscape watercolor paintings and ethereal rice ...
Springtime First Fridays are the best for viewing public art! On view outside RoCo is "Nia Panes" by W. Michelle Harris, an installation that reimagines the tradition of memorial stained glass windows through a contemporary lens. The project honors three ...
Explore a curated collection of vintage art and decorative objects that have been remembered. From muddy flea market lawns and dusty garage sale tables, these items were reclaimed over the course of several years and brought together as The Wall ...
Visitors will be able to see new and recent work by Gannaway and speak to her about her art practice. Gannaway is a documentary photographer and queer artist whose work centers around intimate narratives of American communities and landscapes. Her ...
New media, particularly reality TV and queer culture, creates a chaotic, hyperreal digital identity crisis. The self is a fluid performance, warped by societal pressure and cultural appropriation, blurring the line between authentic and edited. Jake Brush and Kelli S. ...
Get ready for something fun! The Easter Bunny will be dancing through the art of 8 in Studio 312, moving to the powerful Brazilian drumming of Ricardo. Art, rhythm, chocolates & a little Easter magic!
This is the last First Friday to see "Making Marks" at International Art Acquisitions! This exhibition features paintings that explore the space between abstraction and recognition, where landscape, floral forms, and the human figure emerge through intuitive mark-making. The works ...
Studio Michaelino presents a retrospective at “My Sister’s Gallery.” The studio’s artists are a husband-and-wife team of photographers, urban garden enthusiasts and seed-savers. Working in their garden, Michael Tomb and Marcia Zach photograph compositions in a medium they call “organic ...
In Western New York, being a 'Lifelong Bills Fan' isn't just a hobby; it’s a shared vocabulary for joy, hope, and heartbreak. My mother’s final request wasn’t for something grand—it was to watch the game, to spend a normal Sunday ...
