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:
– Contribute a small annual participation fee to help support this community-built initiative
– Send all event listings and try to this as early as possible for the best visibility
– Tag First Friday Rochester on Facebook and use #FirstFridayROC on all social media
– Share the First Friday event list graphic, posted to @roco137
– Interact with other venues’ posts to support and boost engagement for everyone
– Use the First Friday logo on promotions
– Install the First Friday venue sticker
– Attend First Friday venue meetings
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