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Rochester Art Center

Name: Rochester Art Center
Address: 30 Civic Center Drive SE, Suite 120, Rochester, MN, 55904, US
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A cultural center for innovation and creativity through contemporary art. They educate, challenge, and connect individuals to our world in compelling new ways.

The Rochester Art Center offers the opportunity for all people to understand and value the arts through innovative experiences with contemporary art. Through world-class exhibitions and programs, we present a welcoming, integrated, and diverse experience that encourages questioning, creativity, and critical thinking. These exhibitions and programs are designed to reflect the dynamic relationship b

etween art and society. We are committed to being a cultural center in our community and to enhancing our region as a destination for creativity and innovation. We provide value through engagement with broad communities, strong collaborations with other organizations, and a history of excellence.

05/27/2026

THIS WEEKEND
Due to a large event at Mayo Civic Center, we recommend entering through Rochester Art Center’s main entrance at Door #23 to avoid congestion.
Alternatively, guests may check in at the 2nd floor security desk inside Mayo Civic Center and request an es**rt to the museum. Call us if you have questions: 507-722-2552.
We look forward to seeing you!

05/20/2026

Sign up for an upcoming Art Workshop on Friday, May 29th for folks who have lived with cancer. This will take place from 9:45AM - 2PM at Rochester Art Center! Space is limited so be sure to register soon! Scan the QR code or head to our website at:
https://www.rochesterartcenter.org/items/expressive-art-workshop

Artist and facilitator Robin Anderson will lead this workshop using a process called Touch Drawing, a creative and freeing way to make art. This activity requires no previous artistic skill or experience. The workshop is FREE, includes ALL ART MATERIALS, and LUNCH!

This program is brought to you by a partnership between Mayo Clinic Lavins Center for Humanities in Medicine and Rochester Art Center.

05/18/2026

Rochester Art Center presents a solo exhibition of Milwaukee-based artist Amy Cannestra ().
In this exhibition Cannestra examines how domestic spaces—traditionally understood as sites of comfort and refuge—can quietly transform into environments shaped by self-loathing, comparison, and depression. Through gestural pastel drawings, hanging and mixed media sculptures, and video works, the exhibition traces a shift in perception: what begins as a sanctuary becomes a crucible of diminishing thoughts and emotional unrest. Beds turn cold and unyielding, and bathrooms become stages of scrutiny—sites where the body is both observed and negotiated.

"Liminal Dwelling" opens at the Rochester Art Center on May 23, 2026 in the City View Gallery.
Opening Reception (during Free Family Day): September 27, 2026, from 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Open hours: Wednesday-Sunday 11:00 am - 4:00 pm. Learn more:www.rochesterartcenter.org
📷"Punching Bag 03" By Amy Cannestra
Image courtesy of the Artist
ID: A light green roll of foam is wrapped tightly and bound in a dark cord. The form is suspended by a thick silver chain from the ceiling in an all white room with concrete floors. The length of the chain reaches all the way to the ground and coils in a small pile under the hanging green foam.

05/13/2026

Rochester Art Center presents "Forms of Care: The Art of Representing the Body." This exhibition grapples with this timely debate around the ethics of representation within the artistic fields that pride themselves on depicting the human body closely and with attention: medical illustration, figurative drawing, and portraiture, and how these fields have struggled to be inclusive and ethically center diverse perspectives. By bringing together fifteen artists that work regionally, nationally and internationally in these fields, "Forms of Care: The Art of Representing the Body," proposes contemporary pathways for “careful” representation.

Co-Curated by: Zoe Cinel & LaVanda Mireles

Featured artists: Leslie Barlow, Marra Evans, Sarah Faris, Jessalyn Finch, Ni-Ka Ford, Life Drawing for the End of the World, Lucia Garces, May Ling Kopecky, Marianne Petit, Steven Premo, Jenny Schmid, Christopher Selleck, Dan Thompson, Megan Vossler, Jess Kiel-Wornson

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Exhibition on view: Saturday, May 16, 2026 - January 31, 2027

Artist Spotlight Tour with Megan Vossler: Sunday, June 14
Figurative drawing workshop: led by Megan Vossler (in the Gallery): June 28, 10 AM - 12 PM. Registration on our website.
Reception: Saturday, August 22, 1:00 - 3:00 PM | Free
Artist Spotlight Tour with Marra Evans: Sunday, June 23

Learn more at www.rochesterartcenter.org

Illustration by Lucia Garces

A sepia brown colored hand extends its index finger, creating a finger print on a cream colored background. As the finger and knuckles meet the top of the hand, the skin fades and internal structures are present, in a traditional medical illustration style. At the top, Forms of Care is in a bold font with the dates, May 16, 2026 - January 31, 2027 centered beneath.

05/07/2026

This weekend is your last chance to view "Ageless Art," an annual exhibition that showcases the creativity of RPS students. Artwork on view represents students ranging from Kindergarten to 12th grade and includes various mediums including painting, digital arts, clay arts and photography.
Plan you visit this weekend, Friday - Sunday, 11am - 4pm. Student artists and their families have free admission!
Lean more: https://www.rochesterartcenter.org/exhibition/ageless-art

05/05/2026

Closing soon!

"Face in Clouds, invisible ink" is a solo exhibition by Ryan Woodring curated by Zoe Cinel and will be on view through May 10, 2026. Gallery hours: Wednesday - Sunday 11am - 4pm.

Ryan Woodring "spot healing" 2024. Single channel video. 9 minutes.

A short film posing as a software tutorial from the “Image E.R.” YouTube channel in which the host undergoes a series of intense physical and emotional transformations while demonstrating how to “heal” sick images using increasingly experimental methods ranging from miming to machine learning. This metadrama plays with the intricacies of illness, diagnosis, and labor in post-AI visual culture.

Alt id: An HD (16x9) video still depicting three men in just about the same standing side-pose in a well-lit apartment. 2 of the characters are 3D-modeled construction workers identifiable by hard-hats and tool belts while the third is a white male in his thirties who tries imitating their posture.

05/01/2026

Soft Sculpting: 3D Modeling Well-being Workshop
May 9th from 10 am to noon at Rochester Art Center

Join us for a 3D modeling workshop led by exhibiting artist Ryan Woodring () and co-facilitated by Jacob Smithburg ().

Woodring’s art and teaching explores 3D modeling as a tool for creating and grappling with soft (qualitative) data for lived experience. In Today and Possibly Tomorrow, on view at RAC, Woodring 3D modeled and printed the contours of an invisible illness throughout the course of a year. In this beginner-level workshop, participants will learn both re-mesh and sculpting workflows in Blender, a dynamic free software used in art, entertainment and other industries. This 2 hour workshop examines both technical and conceptual underpinnings of software as means for visualizing soft data on health and well-being.

Participants are expected to bring their own computer with a recent version of Blender installed (please reach out for assistance if needed) and mouse. The Art Center will provide tables, seating, extension cords, outlets and wifi. The workshop is offered in an in-person format: local participants will meet in the Art Center’s classroom (third floor). The artist, Ryan Woodring, will be onsite leading instruction. Participants will receive screen-recorded tutorials following the workshop’s conclusion.

This workshop is part of the programming for Face in Clouds, invisible ink is a solo exhibition by Ryan Woodring curated by Zoe Cinel and will be on view from September 13, 2025 through May 10th 2026. Gallery hours: Wednesday - Sunday 11am - 4pm.

04/29/2026

Introducing SPARK! A new program at Rochester Art Center for people experiencing early to mid-stage memory loss and their care partners.
Through guided gallery experiences and hands-on artmaking, SPARK! offers a welcoming space for creativity, connection, and shared discovery. This free monthly program celebrates the joy, abilities, and perspectives of people living with memory loss.
Join us for meaningful art experiences designed to support well-being and community.
- Select Thursdays | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
- Free | Registration Required | Space is Limited
https://www.rochesterartcenter.org/items/sparkmemoryprogram

04/27/2026

Thank you to all the students, families, and art teachers who joined us for the "Ageless Art" Open House on Sunday! It was a joy to celebrate the creativity, imagination, and hard work of Rochester Public Schools students with our community.
A special thank you to the dedicated art teachers whose support and commitment make this exhibition possible. We are so grateful for all you do to nurture young artists.
Missed the Open House? There is still time to experience "Ageless Art," on view through May 11. Student artists and their families receive free admission to visit the exhibition. Rochester Art Center is open Wednesday through Sunday, 11 AM - 4 PM.
https://www.rochesterartcenter.org/exhibition/ageless-art

04/25/2026

Valerie DeCora Guimaraes, founder of the Greater Rochester Area Dakota Supporters (GRADS) and a member of the Heritage Preservation Committee, and the Rochester Art Center presents Spirit Tree, a group exhibition that celebrates the many ways trees support life on this planet and their longstanding witness to human history. Trees are sacred to Indigenous communities and also are fundamental to connecting all humans with nature. They are a connector with the land and they bring communities together.

The exhibition features three contemporary artists with diverse backgrounds whose work uses primarily natural materials and directly addresses our connection to nature. Their work fosters deep reflections around the role of nature and art in sustaining life.

Co-Curators: Valerie DeCora Guimaraes and Zoe Cinel ()
Featured Artists: Chanelle Gallagher (), Lela Pierce (.pierce), Stephanie Lindquist ()

Spirit Tree opens at the Rochester Art Center on April 29, 2026 and runs to November 15, 2026 in the Main Gallery West.

Open hours: Wednesday-Sunday 11am-4pm. Learn more at www.rochesterartcenter.org

PC: Image courtesy of the Curator

Image Description: Large, towering tree with bright green and dark green leaves with a thick trunk that disperses into three large sections. Soft, white fluffy clouds scattered throughout a bright blue sky overhead. The large tree is in a green grass yard in front of a house on the corner of a residential intersection.

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30 Civic Center Drive SE, Suite 120
Rochester, MN
55904

Opening Hours

Wednesday	11am - 4pm
Thursday	11am - 4pm
Friday	11am - 4pm
Saturday	11am - 4pm
Sunday	11am - 4pm

Telephone

15072828629

Website

https://rochesterartcenter.org/

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