New Public Art – Nia Panes by W. Michelle Harris
Rochester Contemporary Art Center
137 East Ave.
Dec 5, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Our new public art installation, Nia Panes by W. Michelle Harris will make its debut this First Friday in the park outside of RoCo.
The works reimagine the tradition of memorial stained glass windows through a contemporary lens. The project honors three foundational, though still lesser-known, figures in early Rochester: Anna Murray Douglass, Hester Jeffrey, and Austin Steward. Situated in the park adjacent to Christ Church Rochester, Nia Panes celebrates the legacies of these individuals, whose contributions to abolition, suffrage, and community organizing continue to shape the city’s cultural fabric today.