Rochester Contomporary Art Cent opens ~Sanctuary: Borders & Belonging October 2, 2026

 A diverse group of artist participate in a discussion addressing today's political derisions. They will share stoire in art, group lectures, and more. See the complete program below. 

Sanctuary: Borders & Belonging in 2026 brings together a diverse group of national and regional artists, creatives, and documentarians in response to the current political and social landscape surrounding migration and immigration. Projects in the exhibition amplify immigrant voices, document criminalization and detention, examine border politics and architecture, and give impacted people space to share diverse immigration stories. Artists in the exhibition include, Anaglog (Sound of Sanctuary), Pamela Araya, Pamela Dodds, Annette Dragon, Jim Mott, Saman and Sasan Oskouei, Tom Policano, Julio Salgado, Arleene Correa Valencia, Cher Valentino, Worldwide Documentaries, as well as over 60 artworks from artists who are immigrants, and a community video project documenting nearly 100 of our neighbors telling their immigration story.

LEARN MORE

We have a lot of events this October and November! From artist talks, to panel discussions, to public art walks and film screenings, we hope to see you soon! Click over to rochestercontemporary.org to read more about each of these events. Call us if you have any questions ; ) *If you are an organization working to support immigrant communities and you'd like to attend and share your mission at the the Ice Breaker / Match Maker event on October 16 (organized by Metro Justice), please register on our website. Metro Justice will follow-up with you after you register.

READ MORE

RoCo + MCC + Fringe Festival

Join us in the park next to RoCo for the last two performances of Illumina, in partnership with MCC’s On the Edge Drama Troupe and part of the Fringe Festival. This interactive production invites participants will come together to create illuminated artwork inspired by our current public artwork installation BELONG by Gianna Stewart. Friday, September 25 at 7pm Saturday, September 26 at 7pm

READ MORE

Member Spotlight: Brittany M. Reid

Meet Brittany M. Reid: Artist, mentor, housecoat enthusiast and our current member spotlight! A lifelong artist, Reid became more active in Rochester’s creative community in 2020. What began as a prolific analog collage practice has evolved into digital work, painting, and large-scale murals with collage continuing to influence the way they approach color and emotional tone. These days, Reid has fully embraced acrylic painting and are finding something new in the process: freedom. As an artist and someone who helps other creatives navigate the psychological side of making art, Reid is passionate about pushing back against the impossible expectations of productivity, visibility, and success that can get in the way of a thriving creative practice. You’ll have to click through the link to see how housecoats fit into all of this!

READ MORE

COMP Studios Fall 2026

Motion, memory, water, animals, and dreamlike landscapes…our Fall COMP Studios residents Eujin V. Ra and Agam Neiman are emerging artists based in NYC The Hudson Valley. Both creatives have been spending time in Rochester developing special projects in the COMP Studios. We're inviting you to come meet the artists during their opening on First Friday, October 2, 6–9pm, when COMP Studios and RoCo Upstairs will be open to the public. *Plus the artists talk on Saturday, October 10 at 1pm.* COMP Studios + RoCo Upstairs will be open: Friday, October 2, 6-9pm Saturday, October 3, 12–5pm Saturday, October 10, 12–5pm *artist talk at 1pm

READ MORE

Inside the artists' studio

We know it's been a little while since the artists at RoCo Upstairs have been open to the public. On First Friday October 2, permanent studio artists will be open from 6-9pm. Stop by to chat with them and see what they've been working on! Open studios include: Bespoke Designs Studio Michaelino k.torg studio Aidan Sofia Earle Lunar Berserkr Art Department of Dream Collection and guest artist: Jon Gary If you miss First Friday that's okay, they'll be open a couple extra Saturdays too! Saturday Oct 3, 12-5pm Saturday Oct 10, 12-5pm

LEARN MORE

Route of Refusal: A Public Art Walk

RoCo’s public artwork BELONG puts censored language directly out into public space. On Saturday, October 3 at 4pm we will walk from BELONG to Rochester’s Federal Building, where an ICE detention center is planned. As we go we'll spread these banned words along the route, extending this powerful artwork across Downtown Rochester. Join artist Gianna Stewart, RoCo, and others for a community reading (at RoCo) of the censored words that make up BELONG. From there, we’ll proceed together to the Federal Building and leave our mark en route as an act of refusal. This program is organized as part of the national Fall of Freedom weekend.

LEARN MORE

In the community

October 1: Free Art Night - ALTBar October 4-10: Banned Books Read-In at Siren and The Sea Submission Deadline October 10: The Women in Arts Networks "The Things We Feel" International Virtual Exhibition

Our programs are funded by people just like you! Please support our work by becoming a member today. #rochestercontemporaryart#fineartmagazineblog.blogspot.com #sunstormfineartmagazine.com#fineartdiscussion#artfundiversity#fineartstoires#artfunsanctuary#artfunnalternative

Radio conversation as art: Crosstown Conversations in New Orleans.

Comprehensive talk and art dialogues.  See full listings belwo. 

To read entire newsletter scroll to the end and click on view entire message, then open images at the top.

Saturdays At Noon

Click here to listen to our last episode with guest Déja Jones

Jeanne's Take | July 24, 2026

Dear Crosstowners, One of the more rich human experiences is talking with someone of multidimensional characteristics that relate to your own. Felicita Felli Maynard is an extraordinarily multidimensional artist, photographer, world traveler, rich thinker and communicator. They are fearless in communicating one on one, and with communities. My husband Robert Tannen and I work in the arts, he is an artist and regional planner who invites communities to lead deliberations on community, regional and creative issues. I work on expanding potential and opportunities for creative workers' and like both Felli and Tannen, encourage communities to take the lead in planning their own communities for the future. I am in awe of the visual and other creative works of Felli and Tannen. My creative dance practice is mostly behind me, but I continue to support others' creativity. Please enjoy the conversation we had either now in the recorded conversation herein or on Saturday, at noon on WBOK 1230 AM radio. I would love to hear from others on your thoughts.

Jeanne Nathan Host and Executive Producer, Executive Director of Creative Alliance of New Orleans

Jeanne's guest on Saturday's show on WBOK 1230AM at noon.

Felicita Felli Maynard Felicita Felli Maynard is an interdisciplinary artist, archivist, and researcher. Maynard works across many forms of photography, sculpture, sound, and installation. Their work explores the techniques of survival and outcomes of prosperity that facilitate the lives of queer and trans descendants of the African diaspora. They are interested in the evidences of joy and prosperity that are created within complicated landscapes of societies governed by colonialism and capitalist structures. Maynard works between New Orleans and New York City. To learn more head to their website here.

Listen on the radio Saturday at noon on WBOK 1230 or watch the interview in the video below!

Newsletter Sections  It's Your Body | Art News | US News | Local Events

IT'S YOUR BODY

FDA: 19 Million Eggs Being Recalled

BY KATIE KINDELAN Midwest Poultry Services has voluntarily recalled nearly 1.6 million dozen eggs -- approximately 19 million individual eggs -- due to the potential for salmonella contamination, the company said in an announcement shared on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website Wednesday. The white shell eggs and brown cage free shell eggs were produced in Texas and have "sell by" or "best by" dates between July 20, 2026, and Aug. 17, 2026, according to Midwest Poultry Services. The recalled eggs were available at Kroger locations in Texas and Louisiana; Brookshire Grocery stores in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Mississippi; and "other smaller retail outlets," the company said. Read the rest of the article here.

Cyclospora Cases Are Rising. Here’s What to Know.

BY ALICE CALLAHAN AND CAROLINE HOPKINS LEGASPI The United States is in the midst of its worst year yet for cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness caused by a parasite transmitted through food or water contaminated with human feces. On Friday, Taylor Farms announced that it was recalling shredded iceberg lettuce products from 27 states, including Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio and Texas. The products included salad mixes and blends that were marketed under several brand codes, though the company did not clarify what those codes stood for. Some of the products were distributed as recently as Thursday and had sell by dates through Aug. 3. In a statement issued on Friday, the company said that no Taylor Farms-branded salads or kits were associated with the outbreak, though it remained unclear how the affected lettuce had been distributed and labeled, and where it was sold. Taylor Farms, based in Salinas, Calif., is one of the largest producers of fresh vegetables and fruits in the country, and their products are sold in many U.S. supermarkets including Safeway, Whole Foods, Target and Walmart. Federal officials have linked at least 1,644 cases of the illness in five states — Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia — to shredded iceberg lettuce served at Taco Bell. In a notice posted Thursday night, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned people not to eat lettuce from Taco Bell locations in those states. Read the rest of the article here.

ART NEWS

How Jewish Women Helped Shape Modern Design

Felice Rix-Ueno, Purpurnelke (textile sample) (August 1924). Photo: MAK/Branislav Djordjevic. Courtesy of MAK Museum of Applied Arts, Viena. BY ARTNET GALLERY NETWORK While early 20th-century Viennese art and design conjures images of Art Nouveau paintings and architecture and radical breaks from academic historicism, many of the individual creatives who contributed to this era of artistic evolution have been overlooked. A sweeping survey exhibition at the Jewish Museum in New York seeks to rectify that. “Modernity and Opulence: Women of the Wiener Werkstätte,” on view through November 15, 2026, brings sharp focus on the influence and importance of Jewish women as artists, designers, and patrons of the period, and the indelible mark they left on the burgeoning modernist aesthetics both in early 20th-century Vienna and, subsequently, international artistic movements. Presented in cooperation with the MAK—Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, the exhibition brings attention to the critical yet historically overlooked role women played not only as artists and designers but also as patrons who supported their work. Bringing together a diverse range of media—from fashion and ceramics to graphic design and decorative arts—what is revealed is a significant contribution to the way modernist design developed through the lens of the “Wiener Werkstätte,” or Vienna Workshop. The Wiener Werkstätte (active between 1903-1932) was founded by architect Josef Hoffmann, artist Koloman Moser, and art collector Fritz Waerndorfer. Operating as both a commercial enterprise and multidisciplinary collective, the endeavor embodied the concept of gesamtkunstwerk, a term translating to “total work of art,” which championed the unification of art and life. Recent scholarship has identified roughly a quarter of the nearly 200 women artists and artisans who worked for the Wiener Werkstätte as being of Jewish descent or from Jewish families. Click here to read the rest of the article.

Warhol & Lichtenstein: Prints by Pop Art Titans For Sale

Roy Lichtenstein, Reverie (from 11 Pop Artists, Volume II), 1965 Est. $80,000–$120,000  Pop Art defined the 20th century, and its two seminal artists were Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Warhol was introduced to Lichtenstein’s work in 1961 at his show with the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York, where he exhibited his now-iconic Look Mickey—leaving Warhol jealous that Lichtenstein had “gotten to Mickey first.” Warhol later returned the favor, taking several Polaroids of Lichtenstein and turning his likeness into a Warhol piece in its own right. The duo maintained a friendly rivalry, each collecting the other’s work throughout his own career.   Today, their legacy remains very much alive: a major Pop Art survey is on view at New York’s Guggenheim Museum.    Artnet Auctions is pleased to present a curated selection of prints by the titans of Pop Art. Though their subjects rarely overlapped—Warhol’s world of celebrity, consumer goods, and mass media set against Lichtenstein’s comic-strip style—both shared an early and enduring devotion to printmaking. Printmaking reflected the commercial source of much of their inspiration and, particularly for Warhol, helped democratize and disseminate their work.    This selection spans three decades of both artists’ printmaking practices, from a historic 1965 group portfolio to a diamond-dusted royal portrait. Click here to browse the sale.

US NEWS

How GE CEO Larry Culp pulled off the turnaround of the century

BY SHAWN TULLY When Larry Culp first saw Plant One in Lynn, Mass., back in 2018, it was, in short, a mess. The burly, six-two Culp, now 63, proudly points to a hulking yellow machine about the size of a TSA baggage scanner that mills the teeth on turbine disks. “The machine was such a disaster when I first saw it,” says Culp. It continually turned out faulty parts that the turbine blades couldn’t fit into. “A lot of people said we should close it,” he recalls of the cavernous complex, nearly three football fields long, that makes engine parts for Black Hawk helicopters and F-16 fighter jets. “It was like something from another age. They said it was old, dirty, that the union was too tough. But it had great bones.” At the time, the same could be said of GE. When Culp took the helm in 2018, the colossal conglomerate that Jack Welch built into the most valuable and admired enterprise in America teetered on the brink of collapse. The sprawling business model that competitors once envied had become a liability—unwieldy, capital-intensive, and increasingly unable to compete in focused, fast-moving markets. Culp first shrank a crushing debt load and radically retooled operations to remake GE as a durable profit-spinner, then orchestrated a split into three publicly traded players that started via the spinoff of GE HealthCare in early 2023, and culminated in the separation of power franchise GE Vernova and GE Aerospace in April 2024. Culp went from running the whole show to piloting GE's longtime crown jewel, the jet-engine maker. Read the rest of the article here. #crosstownconversations#fineartmagazineblog.blogspot.com#sunstormfineartmagazine.com#artfuntalk #artfunconversatio#artfundiversity#artfunnow