All Exhibitions
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COMP Studios Summer 2026
April 24 - June 17 Opening Reception: First Friday, June 5 Artist's Talk with both…
RoCo Upstairs Open Studios
June 5 - June 13, 2026 Visit RoCo Upstairs to view new work by studio…
Nia Panes
December 5, 2025 - May 15, 2026 Opening Reception: First Friday, December 5 Artist Talk…
Authenticity as Illusion
March 6, 2026 - May 9, 2026 Opening Reception: March 6 Virtual Panel Discussion: March…
Lifelong Bills Fan
March 6, 2026 - May 9, 2026 Opening Reception: First Friday, March 6, 6-9pm Artist…
Anne Havens / Sue Havens
March 6, 2026 - May 9, 2026 Opening Reception: First Friday, March 6, 6-9pm "Anne…
COMP Studios Spring 2026
January 23 - March 18 Opening Reception: First Friday, March 6 Hours Open Studios: Saturday…
35th Annual Members Exhibition
December 5, 2025 - February 14, 2026 Artwork drop off: Oct. 31, 12-9pm; Nov. 1,…
COMP Studios Winter 2025
October 24 - December 17 Opening Reception: First Friday, December 5 Hours Open Studios: Saturday…
A Bunch of Questions with No Answers
November 20, 2025 - November 23, 2025 Viewing Hours: November 20 - 23, 12-6pm Concluding…
Patch Up/Catch Up
November 22, 2025 Stop by 1-3pm to make and take (or share) a protest patch…
Late Capital Pods
June 06, 2025 - November 15, 2025 Opening Reception: First Friday, June 6 Artist Talk…
Curfew
October 3, 2025 - November 15, 2025 Opening Reception: First Friday, October 3 Artist Talk:…
A Trace Left by the Future
October 3, 2025 - November 15, 2025 Opening Reception: First Friday, October 3, 6-9pm Artist…
COMP Studios Fall 2025
August 22 - October 15 Opening Reception: First Friday, October 3 Hours Open Studios: Saturday…
Apparent Contradictions
August 30, 2025 - September 20, 2025 Opening Reception: Saturday August 30, 6-9pm Contradictions: Artists…
Rocitecture
September 12, 2025 - September 20, 2025 Through engaging storytelling and interactive elements, this theatrical…
The Loser Show by Laura Quattrocchi
August 30, 2025 - September 20, 2025 Opening Reception: August 30, 6-9pm Under the Influence:…
Jazz Fest Special Hours
June 20 - June 28, 2025 Stop by RoCo during Jazz Fest! Fri. 6/20, 12pm…
Other People’s Dreams
June 6, 2025 - June 14, 2025 Opening Reception: First Friday, June 6, 6-9pm When…
Explore Rochester at 10: A Decade of People and Places
March 7, 2025 - May 10, 2025 Explore Rochester @ 10: A Decade of People…
Embodied: Art and Technology in Dialogue
March 7, 2025 - May 10, 2025 Opening Reception: March 7 Virtual Panel Discussion: March…
We Done It by Steven Peet
March 7, 2025 - May 10, 2025 Opening Reception: First Friday, March 7, 6-9pm Steven Peet’s…
34th Annual Members Exhibition
December 6, 2024 - February 15, 2025 Opening Reception: First Friday, December 6, 6-9pm Days…
Infinite Blue, With Grief + Gratitude
December 6, 2024 - February 15, 2025 Infinite Blue, With Grief + Gratitude is a…
C.O.M.P. Studios
October 2023 - December 6, 2024 C.O.M.P. Studios provides artists with free, temporary space to…
Queering Democracy
October 4 - November 16, 2024 Opening Reception: First Friday, October 4, 6-9pm ImageOut College…
Rain Sun Cloud
June 7 - November 15, 2024 RoCo's latest public art project features Precipitate (Rain), Evaporate…
RG Miller: Tsi Non:we Entewaha’hara’ne / Our Path Forward
August 30 - September 22, 2024 Artist & Curator Talk: August 30, 6pm First Friday…
R.G. Miller Truth in Painting
August 30, 2024 - September 22, 2024 Opening Reception: August 30 First Friday Reception: September…
Silent Reflections
September 13, 2024 - September 21, 2024 Silent Reflections: A Journey Through Events that Shaped…
Exhibition Peace & Love
June 7, 2024 - July 5, 2024 Exhibition Peace + Love 2024 is a returning…
Triple Exposure
December 1, 2023 - May 15, 2024 RoCo's latest public art project brings together three…
Built Environments: Forging Worlds through Video Art
March 1, 2024 - May 4, 2024 Opening Reception: March 1 The moving image, with…
David Cowles: Roc Stars
March 1, 2024 - May 4, 2024 Opening Reception: First Friday, March 1, 6-9pm Artist Talk,…
Hawkins/Gonzalez
March 1, 2024 - May 4, 2024 Opening Reception: First Friday, March 1 Artist Talk…
33rd Annual Members Exhibition
December 1, 2023 - February 10, 2024 Artwork Drop-off Days: Nov. 3, 12-9pm / Nov.…
Homescape Borderland
December 1, 2023 - February 10, 2024 Opening Reception: First Friday, December 1, 6-9pm "Homescape Borderland"…
Who Will Be Next?
June 2, 2023 - November 15, 2023 "Who Will Be Next?" is an ongoing social practice project…
Tomorrows
October 6, 2023 - November 12, 2023 Tomorrows: Artists Address Our Uncertain Future brings together…
Pressure Gradient [Excerpt from the Feature Film]
October 6, 2023 - November 12, 2023 Opening Reception: October 6 Screening and Discussion: October…
stARTment
September 15, 2023 - September 23, 2023 ART freedom. ART responsibility. ART voices. ART loud.…
Unconditional Care: Listening to People’s Health Needs
September 1, 2023 - September 22, 2023 "Unconditional Care" explores today’s most pressing health issues…
6×6 x 2023
May 30, 2023 - July 23, 2023 Online and In-Gallery Purchasing NOW LIVE!: In Gallery…
Project Peace & Love
June 2, 2023 - June 30, 2023 Exhibition Peace & Love is a new annual…
Deconstruction of the Mind
December 2, 2022 - May 15, 2023 This body of work originated as a series…
As I Recall Her: Artists Expand the Legacy of the Douglass Women
March 3, 2023 - May 6, 2023 As I Recall Her is a juried exhibition…
Shugabanni by W. Michelle Harris
March 3, 2023 - May 6, 2023 Opening Reception: First Friday, March 3, 6-9pm Shugabanni is…
Alt-World: Tactics of Evasion
March 3, 2023 - May 6, 2023 Opening Reception: March 3 We are continuously presented…
Entanglement by Susan Begy
April 1, 2023 - April 29, 2023 'Entanglement' is a 33' long drawing by Su…
Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous
April 28, 2023 Friday, April 28th, 6-8pm This is the second Leonardo Art Science Evening…
Art Community Conversation: Art Studios and Real Estate
March 31, 2023 The arts have long had a complicated and uneasy relationship to real…
32nd Annual Members Exhibition
December 2, 2022 - February 11, 2023 Opening Reception: First Friday, December 2, 6-9pm Days…
Welcome II
January 26, 2023 Talks begin January 26 at 6:30pm We've heard from artists that Rochester…
Paintings & Poems
June 3, 2022 - November 15, 2022 Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo) is honored to…
Numinous Pools
October 7, 2022 - November 12, 2022 Opening Reception: First Friday, October 7, 6-9pm Numinous Pools…
Come What May, It Takes A Silver Bullet by Abiose Spriggs
October 7, 2022 - November 12, 2022 Opening Reception: First Friday, October 7, 6-9pm Listen to…
State of the City 2022
October 7, 2022 - November 12, 2022 After a two year hiatus, State of the…
The Spirit of Sankofa: Collaboration and Representation in the Arts
October 29, 2022 *A basic live-stream will be available at the following link. However, for…
Local Media & the Arts: Another Rochester Is Possible
October 22, 1pm *A basic live-stream will be available at the following link. However, for…
Roc & Roll Theatre on the Edge
September 16, 2022 - September 24, 2022 A collaboration with Rochester Contemporary Art Center and…
Artists for Ukraine
September 2, 2022 - September 17, 2022 Opening Reception: First Friday, September 2, 6-9pm Celebration…
Arts in Immersive Media 101
August 16 - September 13, 2022 A four session introduction to immersive technologies that answers…
The Warp & Weft [ Face to Face ]
April 1, 2022 - May 7, 2022 Opening Reception: April 1, 6-9pm *The curator of…
On The Shoulders Of Giants by Ya’qub Shabazz
April 1, 2022 - May 7, 2022 Opening Reception: April 1, 6-9pm Listen to the…
Breathe
June 15, 2021 - April 30, 2022 Rochester Contemporary Art Center is proud to announce…
A Change is Coming
February 4, 2022 - March 12, 2022 A Change is Coming features new and recent…
40/40 Vision by Erica Bryant
February 4, 2022 - March 12, 2022 Opening Reception: February 4, 6-9pm Listen to the…
Artist Talk & 6×6 Make Art Day
March 4, 2022 - March 5, 2022 March 4, Make Art Day, kicks-off 6x6 season…
31st Annual Members Exhibition
December 3, 2021 - January 15, 2022 Opening Reception: First Friday, December 3, 6-9pm. *vaccinated…
New Growth by Rae Wiggins
October 1, 2021 - November 13, 2021 Opening Reception: October 1, 6-9pm Listen to the…
Messages & Mediums
October 1, 2021 - November 13, 2021 Messages & Mediums brings together two artists who…
flOUR CITY interactive ROCgarden
September 18, 2021 - September 25, 2021 Three special performances presented as part of The…
Dancing Out Of The Dust
September 18, 2021 - September 25, 2021 Two special performances presented as part of The…
A Love Letter to Brian, Lesley, and Michelle
September 21, 2021 - September 22, 2021 Two special screenings presented as part of The…
Stewart, Sarasota, 2003
September 3, 2021 - September 19, 2021 This exhibition features a series of drawings by Anne…
The Arena Art Group – 70 Years
September 3, 2021 - September 19, 2021 Opening Reception: First Friday September 3, 6-9pm *Masks…
Stewart Davis: A Memorial Exhibition
September 3, 2021 - September 19, 2021 Opening Reception: First Friday September 3, 6-9pm Many…
6×6 is Back!
June 5, 2021 - July 18, 2021 We auctioned off special early buyer positions for…
Last Year On Earth
March 5, 2021 - May 8, 2021 Exhibition Opens: Friday, March 5, 2021, 6-9pm *Special…
Through The Cracks
March 5, 2021 - May 8, 2021 Through the Cracks presents some of the stories…
6×6 P(art)y With Your Pod
March 2021 Typically on the First Friday of March we'd be inviting you to participate…
Underpin and Overcoat
July 10, 2020 - February 28, 2021 Rochester Contemporary Art Center (RoCo), The National Susan…
30th Annual Members Exhibition
December 4, 2020 - February 6, 2021 *The exhibition will be open to the public…
A Voice to a Voice
December 4, 2020 - February 6, 2021 This exhibition features the complete 2019 portfolio of…
Make One, Take One
January 6, 7pm This is a dynamic program about printmaking exchange portfolios and an opportunity…
Trust, but verify
September 4, 2020 - November 14, 2020 Opening: September 4, 6-9pm Trust, but verify presents three…
The Subway Series by Andrew Zimbelman
September 4, 2020 - November 14, 2020 Opening Reception: September 4, 6-9pm This series of…
Roc City Speaks
July 2, 2020 - November 14, 2020 This timely video project presents street interviews with…
Dissolving The Frontier
February 7, 2020 - July 13, 2020 "Dissolving The Frontier: New Colorado Video + Performance…
6x6x2020 – 100% Online
June 6, 2020 - July 12, 2020 Sold Out Artists’ Names Revealed Online: July 3…