Rochester Contemporary Art Center
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Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
, that exhibits and supports contemporary art
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
of all forms. Founded as Pyramid Arts Center in 1977 by Tony Petracca and Gina Mosesson, the gallery was located in several different storefronts and warehouse spaces around Rochester NY. In 2001 it was renamed Rochester Contemporary (often referred to as RoCo) and moved to its current location in Rochester's East End District. In 2007 'Art Center' was added to the name. It exhibits six shows in the main gallery per year and another 18-20 in small project spaces.
In 2007 Rochester Contemporary Art Center initiated First Friday, a monthly citywide gallery night involving up to 20 other art venues around the city of Rochester.
Rochester Contemporary Art Center is a member focused 501(c)3. Currently it has over 500 members, about 60% of which are artists. Member artists participate in an annual Members' Exhibition.
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