First Friday is a monthly citywide gallery night that encourages collaboration between small & mid-sized art venues in Rochester, NY. This initiative showcases area artists and smaller arts institutions by promoting the First Friday evening of each month as a community night for experiencing art. Most events are focused on the visual arts.
Want to Join? Participating venues have agreed to:
1. Participate in most First Fridays.
2. Promote First Friday with the logo on printed matter and a link to the First Friday website on their website and in social media posts. This is very important. When all participating venues are promoting First Friday we are all promoting each other!
3. Contribute a $100 participation fee each year toward the development and maintenance of this citywide initiative.
Hours:
We’re currently working to expand a regional, coordinated strategy to benefit all venues and allow greater participation in First Fridays. Suburban venues are open early, from 4-8pm, while venues in the City of Rochester are open after 6pm. First Friday visitors planning their routes are encouraged to start at these suburban venues, then make their way into the city for later events.
For more information:
firstfriday [at] rochestercontemporary [dot] org
(585) 461-2222
First Friday c/o RoCo
137 East Ave
Rochester, NY 14604