Rochester Contemporary Art Center

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Rochester Contemporary Art Center
137 East Avenue
Rochester, N.Y. 14604   Map

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EXHIBIT	ARTISTS	DESCRIPTION	VENUE
Makers & Mentors Feb. 3 - March 18	Robert Ernst Marx Ron Pokrasso David Bumbeck	Rochester Contemporary Art Center is pleased to announce Makers & Mentors, an important exhibition featuring and celebrating the artwork and influence of one of the region’s most well-known and accomplished artists: Robert Ernst Marx. Marx chose two of his former students, Ron Pokrasso (New Mexico) and David Bumbeck (Vermont) to join him in RoCo’s 2012 Makers & Mentors exhibition. [PRESS RELEASE]	Rochester Contemporary Art Center
State of the City: In The Loop Aug 6 - Sept 25	Jim Mott Cary Markerink Mark Edward Grimm The Landmark Society of WNY Bartow+Metzgar w/ James Downer & Greg Stewart	State of the City 2011: In The Loop takes Rochester’s unmistakable, much maligned, and nearly 50-year-old ring highway “The Inner Loop” as a departure point. The artists in the exhibition will employ landscape painting, photo documentation, interactive video, and psychogeography to consider Downtown Rochester. [PRESS RELEASE]	Rochester Contemporary Art Center
6x6x2011: Global June 4 - July 10, 2011	1775 artists from 50 US states and 36 countries.	6x6x2011 is an international art phenomenon featuring thousands of artworks from around the world, now on sale to the public for $20 each, to benefit RoCo. Artworks have been made and donated by celebrities, international and local artists, designers, college students, youths, and YOU. [PRESS RELEASE]	Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Northeast Regional Contemporary Fiber Exhibition April 1 - May 9, 2011	Fiber artists living in NY, NJ, PA, MA, VT, NH, CT, and RI.	RoCo and the Surface Design Association presents 28 artworks that expand the definition of fiber art. [PRESS RELEASE]	Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Mentors & Makers Feb 4 - March 13, 2011	Wendell Castle Nancy Jurs Tom Lacagnina Bethany Krull	New sculpture by influential artists / educators Wendell Castle and Nancy Jurs and former students Tom Lacagnina and Bethany Krull. [PRESS RELEASE]	Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Geometries Oct 1 - Nov 14, 2010	Christopher McNulty Andy Gilmore	Geometries is a two-person media exhibition featuring recent works. [PRESS RELEASE]	Rochester Contemporary Art Center
6x6x2010 June 5 - July 11	YOU	RoCo's largest fundraiser: 5,000 Artworks by 2,000 artists from 43 US states and 22 countries, all for sale for $20 to benefit RoCo.	Rochester Contemporary Art Center
19th Annual Members Exhibition and Celebration Dec 5 - Jan 17	Members of Rochester Contemporary Art Center	Over 250 Artists!	Rochester Contemporary Art Center
6x6x2009 June 6 - July 12	Everyone	Second and Final Year: Huge Exhibition of Small Artworks	Rochester Contemporary Art Center
in between April 3 - May 17	Malin Abrahamsson & Ricky Sears	Paintings and Sculptures influenced by Rochester's empty lots.	Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Natura	John Pfahl, Marilyn Bridges, Barbara Bosworth, Dean Chamberlain, Grey Crawford, Alida Fish, Richard Gray, Paul Lange, Sylvia Lizama, Forest McMullin, Steve Mosch, Judy Natal, Jeannie Pearce, Stuart Rome, Alison Rossiter, Jane Wattenberg	Exhibition of photographic works by artists who examine and critique the contemporary natural environment.	Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Sam van Aken: Audition	Sam van Aken	Van Aken's thoroughly refined irreverence gives form to the content of electronic media in humorous and sometimes twisted ways.	Rochester Contemporary Art Center
State of the City	Robert Burley Avalanche Collective Ryan Boatright Jim DeLucia Bingyi Huang	State of the City brings together a diverse group of international artists who document and explore Upstate Cities.	Rochester Contemporary Art Center
6x6x2008 Huge Exhibition of Small Works	You and ?	Fundraiser consists of over 2,000 6"x6" artworks, all for sale for $20 each to benefit Rochester Contemporary Art Center	Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Alison Saar Sculpture and Works on Paper May 2 - June 1	Alison Saar	The exhibition will focus on Alison Saar’s continued interest in addressing the human condition, specifically that of women.	Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Art 21 Oct 2 - 11	Various Artists	Pre-release screening of Art in the Twenty-first century, season 4	Rochester Contemporary Art Center Memorial Art Gallery
Art Bus-Syracuse First Fridays to Rochester Art Bus-Rochester Third Thursdays to Syracuse	Various Artists	Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo) and ThINC in Syracuse will take the lead in establishing a regular exchange of art and ideas between several New York cities	Various
For Drawing sake July 27-October 14	Kathy Farrell Harold Coogan Jason Smith Joe Hendrick Peter Monacelli Jim Downer	A variety of approaches to drawing are explored in this exhibition as each artist claims a gallery wall for themselves displaying framed and unframed works, small sketches and napkin drawings. In addition to this there will be tables of sketchbooks on hand for visitors to peruse.	Main Gallery
The Big 3-0 June 8 - June 22	Featured Artist: Julian Montague Also Work by: William Edwards Nancy Jurs Robert Marx Lother Osterman Patti Russotti Bill Stewart Just to drop a few names....	The Rochester Contemporary Celebrates 30 years with our 23rd annual Art Auction The Big 3-0 Silent Auction in the Gallery Live auction under the big tent	Main Gallery
Julian Montague		Featured Artist Selected for RoCo's 23rd Annual Art Auction
Absence/Excess/Loss April 20 - May 20	Andrea Cote Sarah Hutt Wendy Kawabata Marie Kennedy Tara Parsons Daniela Rumpf Penelope Stewart	guest curated by Marni Shindelman & Sarah E. Webb. this is a group exhibition of installation-based work, which considers how the process of repetition informs memory and melancholia.	Main Gallery
Women and Forbidden Fruit	Jolene Beckman	new works by Beckman are layered with symbolism and visual stimulation	Sibley Center Window
Worksheet March 20 - April 24	Kristen Merola	The exhibition is comprised of assorted paper and ephemera spanning the last six years.
Clear April 20 - May 20	Eric LeRoy
Upstate Invitational March 9 - April 8	Anne Havens Dusty Herbig Mahine Rattonsey Jason Smith Carrie Will	30 years continues with cornerstone programming continues at RoCo! Upstate Invitational. 5 selected artists choosen to exhibit	Main Gallery
within without March 9 - April 8	Jane Notides-Benzing	Artist Jane Notides-Benzing’s instillation evokes a playful intermingling of colors and shimmers in Within_Without	Lab Space
Escape Artist Feb 12 - March 17	Antonello Indorato	New Works by painter Anonello Indorato.	Sibley Center Window
Maker / Mentor	Joan Lyons	Selected Work/Four Decades & A Reading Room: Books from Visual Studies Workshop Press, opens at the Rochester Contemporary (RoCo) on January 26th, 2007 with an opening reception from 7-10pm. An artist’s talk is planned for February 9th at 7pm. This exhibition inaugurates RoCo’s 30th Anniversary year.	Main Gallery
Transformations	Heather Page	Collaborative work of Artists and Scientists	Lab space
[Object]ivity Dec 1 - Jan 14, 2007	Annual Members Exhibit	over 116 artist members display thier work at RoCo's annual exhibit. This year we awarded 16 awards. see press release for full details	Main Gallery