Rochester Museum of Fine Arts

Rochester Museum of Fine Arts The Rochester Museum of Fine Arts is a community art initiative dedicated to the accessibility of contemporary works in public spaces.

Founded in 2011, the museum works to enrich people’s lives through the presentation of fine art. ​Notable past exhibits include Susan Kare, pioneering graphic interface designer for Apple's first Macintosh computer; Eric Carle, beloved author and illustrator of The Tiny Seed, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, and many more; Wayne White, painter, puppeteer, EMMY Award-winning set designer for Pee Wee’s

Playhouse; Robert Indiana, creator of the iconic LOVE sculpture and postage stamp; Bob Gruen, legendary rock ’n roll photographer for John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, Sex Pistols, and many more.

There’s still time to see "Heart Of The Wild", an exhibition featuring works by Mike Durkee. Check it out in person at B...
08/30/2026

There’s still time to see "Heart Of The Wild", an exhibition featuring works by Mike Durkee. Check it out in person at Back Hill Beer Co., located in the Gonic Mill, 73 Pickering Rd, Rochester, NH 03839. Visit rochestermfa.org to learn more and explore upcoming exhibitions and events.

Mike Durkee is an artist, muralist, designer, and the founder of Durkish Delights Design Co. He specializes in large-scale, story-driven murals that bring energy, identity, and a strong sense of place to the environments they inhabit. His work has taken him across the United States, from ski resorts in New Hampshire to skateparks in Colorado, with each project shaped by the communities he engages and the landscapes he explores.

Durkee’s practice draws inspiration from culture, movement, and the textures and imagery he encounters through travel, resulting in dynamic, immersive compositions. He has designed and completed murals for the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts in recent years, and his work is included in the museum’s permanent collection. Whether collaborating with brands, schools, or local businesses, Durkee aims to create work that enlivens spaces and leaves a lasting, meaningful impact.

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It’s the final week to experience "Community Shapes", an exhibition featuring works by Drew DiPasquale in the Pixel Room...
08/30/2026

It’s the final week to experience "Community Shapes", an exhibition featuring works by Drew DiPasquale in the Pixel Room, located in the James W. Foley Memorial Community Center, 150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867. Visit rochestermfa.org to learn more about upcoming exhibitions and events.

Drew is an artist and father of two living in Portsmouth, NH. He has built his practice through deep study of art history, collaborations with artists locally and internationally, and relentless experimentation in the studio. Every opportunity becomes a way to expand his visual vocabulary—one that exists before words, in the space where feeling and material meet. Each painting is a negotiation between control and chaos, memory and invention. His continuous practice connects him to the raw immediacy of seeing and making, where imagination does not need permission or explanation.

It’s the final week to experience "Making Way", an exhibition featuring works by Denise Manseau in the Carnegie Gallery,...
08/30/2026

It’s the final week to experience "Making Way", an exhibition featuring works by Denise Manseau in the Carnegie Gallery, located in the Rochester Public Library, 65 South Main Street, Rochester, NH 03867. Visit rochestermfa.org to learn more about upcoming exhibitions and events.

Denise Manseau (b. 1959, Massachusetts) creates paintings that are inventions in response to place—inner landscapes that transform the visible world into tangible form. Her work emerges through a process of discovery, where observation and memory converge to shape environments that feel both familiar and imagined.

For Manseau, the act of painting is a journey into the unknown. She follows each convoluted path with faith, inquiry, and intuition: considering what medium will provide the proper translucency, what color will bring an element forward, or whether an entire area should be obscured. Within the uncertainty of this process, she takes comfort in knowing that every decision makes a way toward an elusive understanding—that moment when the eye and the heart become one.

Manseau holds a BFA from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She has attended the Haystack Mountain School of Craft in Maine as an Open Studio Resident and was a resident artist at the Vermont Studio Center. Paintings developed during her residency in Monasterace, Italy were included in a traveling exhibition at the Monasterace Museo and at Hillyer Art Space for International Artists in Washington, DC.

Recent exhibitions include 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Five Points Arts in Connecticut; Westbeth Gallery in New York; and The Gallery at Atlantic Wharf in Boston. She currently lives and works in Rye, New Hampshire.

It’s the final week to experience "View To A Burnt World", an exhibition featuring works by Richard Yu-Tang Lee in the B...
08/30/2026

It’s the final week to experience "View To A Burnt World", an exhibition featuring works by Richard Yu-Tang Lee in the Bernier Room, located in the James W. Foley Memorial Community Center, 150 Wakefield Street, Rochester, NH 03867. Visit rochestermfa.org to learn more about upcoming exhibitions and events.

Richard Yu-Tang Lee is an emerging Asian American artist. Lee uses pattern as a vehicle to describe time, articulating the excellence and fallibility of memory. His work is informed by observation of natural phenomena and an ever-present awareness of the self as “viewer.”

Lee has worked as an art director and a cook, professional backgrounds that inform his painting practice and have given way to multidisciplinary projects such as the collaborative 4-year-long design, cooking, and manufacturing performance piece, “Little Brother Chinese Food,” completed in 2025 (documented on Instagram).

“View To A Burnt World” marks Lee’s fifth solo exhibition and third time showing in New Hampshire. Lee is scheduled to exhibit in his hometown of Chicago at the Bulgarca Cultural Center in the summer of 2027.

08/11/2026

We are proud to steward the planting and maintenance of this Adopt A Spot in downtown Rochester as part of our annual support of beautifying our vibrant community. In addition to the beautiful and diverse garden, you can stop or drive by to enjoy the new addition of a sculpture from the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts (MFA).

Send us a photo or two when you visit the Studley's Adopt a Spot Garden! 📸

07/31/2026

Check out this clip from Off The Wall, a podcast hosted by RMFA co-founders Matt and Amy. In this episode, you’ll hear Mike Durkee discuss "Heart Of The Wild", an exhibition on view at Back Hill Beer Co., located in the Gonic Mill, 73 Pickering Rd, Rochester, NH 03839. Visit rochestermfa.org to learn more. Off The Wall is available on all major platforms, including Apple, Google, and Spotify. Subscribe today!

07/13/2026

Reminder! Request for Artist Proposals - Rochester Circuit Court; Deadline: July 24, 2026
The New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, through the Percent for Art program, is requesting proposals for existing and newly commissioned art for public spaces at the new Rochester Circuit Courthouse. Construction contract of the new Rochester Circuit Court was approved in fiscal year 2025. For full details visit the Arts Council website https://www.nharts.dncr.nh.gov/programs/percent-art/overview-and-requests-proposals/rochester-circuit-court-request-proposals

There’s still time to see "Making Way", an exhibition featuring works by Denise Manseau. The show will remain on view un...
07/06/2026

There’s still time to see "Making Way", an exhibition featuring works by Denise Manseau. The show will remain on view until September 4, 2026. See it in person at the Carnegie Gallery, located in the Rochester Public Library, 65 South Main Street, Rochester, NH 03867. Visit rochestermfa.org to learn more and explore upcoming exhibitions and events.

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