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Rochester's art scene is about to get more lively.  The Rochester Contemporary Art Center's (RoCo) 6x6 annual fundraising event is back this year, featuring thousands of artists from around the world whose works will be installed in the Main Gallery for the first time since the pandemic forced the event to go solely virtual last year. "We’re so excited and feel so good to be opening back up to the public. This event draws in people from all walks of life, and there’s always something for everyone," said Bleu Cease, RoCo executive director and curator.  The show is made up of over 4,0...

CORRECTION 5.11.21: Due to an editing error, the original version of this story mistakenly reported that the legislation in question was introduced by members of the Black and Asian Democratic Caucus. The bill was introduced by Legislator Vince Felder, who is closely aligned with the caucus but is not a member, and supported by the caucus. Small and medium-sized arts groups, all of which have taken a financial hit during the pandemic, could be in line for a share of $131,000 in grants from Monroe County under new legislation that appears poised to pass the County Legislature this week. The m...

WHECTV Created: May 10, 2021 01:03 PM ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WHEC) — Some Monroe County lawmakers are making a new push to get more funding out to arts organizations affected by the pandemic A trio of county legislators, including Ernest Flagler-Mitchell and Vince Felder, gathered Monday to propose emergency funding for smaller groups that haven't received any funding throughout the pandemic.  This year's budget allocates $1.4 million for the arts. It's an amount organizers say is well below what other western New York counties spend. The proposal would give $131,000 to grou...

PHOTO PROVIDED Rochester-based artist Aaron Humby captured the making-the-most-of-it mood of 2020 with his digital illustration, titled "When Life Gives You a Dumpster Fire, Roast Marshmallows." This month, Rochester Contemporary Art Center launches a group exhibition ominously but aptly titled “Last Year on Earth.” The title might conjure images of the End Times, but the name actually refers to our collective experience over the past life-altering y...

An arts advocacy group has accused Mayor Lovely Warren of misrepresenting an outdoor mural of Daniel Prude pictured in promotional materials that complemented her recent State of the City address, in which she pledged to foster “a bold new era of public art.” The group, Roc Arts United, wrote in a letter dated Jan. 25 that, according to the artists who created the mural, their work was “a direct response to the city of Rochester’s involvement in Mr. Prude’s death.” “The city’s use of these images re-contextualizes the artworks and misrepresents the artists’ i...