Events

Have you visited Rochester’s Small Venue Biennial for contemporary art, yet? Join us for a tour of CURRENT SEEN venues and public art on the following Friday nights. Each venue will include a brief presentation from artists and curators with...

Have you visited Rochester’s Small Venue Biennial for contemporary art, yet? Join us for a tour of CURRENT SEEN venues and public art on the following Friday nights. Each venue will include a brief presentation from artists and curators with...

Have you visited Rochester’s Small Venue Biennial for contemporary art, yet? Join us for a tour of CURRENT SEEN venues and public art on the following Friday nights. Each venue will include a brief presentation from artists and curators with...

Are you a business or property owner in Downtown Rochester? We want you to be part of Current Seen 2021! This year, Current Seen presents art exhibitions, public art and storefront pop-ups along East Avenue and Main Street. In addition...

Join social artist Ray Ray Mitrano for an overview of this un-permitted monthly creative protest, how it was funded, and the broader context of urbanist activism mixing into the gentrification of Rochester’s downtown. A slideshow presentation of Parcel 5 Community...

The term “curating” has become common parlance in the business world and in the popular culture. Retailers tell us they curate their inventory. Coffee roasters and craft brewers tell us curate their raw materials. Our friends tell us they curate...

Join the Rochester Art Collectors for a tour of CURRENT SEEN venues and public art, walking from ​Visual Studies Workshop to Rochester Contemporary Art Center. Each venue will host a brief presentation. This program is FREE and open to the...

Rochester, NY artist Megan Sullivan’s video Sister Moon, is a meditative look at the feminine nature of water and the moon. The spiritual character calls to the viewer to ruminate on the sacred, sustaining and regenerative nature of the elements....

This interactive video installation by W. Michelle Harris names some of the Black people who lived in this area prior to the Civil War as a mode of remembrance—a simultaneous street-side and waterfront wake. Though they are often rendered invisible...

Build the world you wish to see with Blockitecture, a set of architectural building blocks that can be stacked and nested to create towers, cities and dwellings in various configurations. Inspired by our current moment and our changing city, Blockitecture...