Exhibitions

Student Exhibition 2013
April 28 - May 14
Opening Reception/Open House
Sunday, April 28 - 2-5pm

Media Project Spaces | Bridgman|Packer Dance
March 10 - April 14, 2013
Opening Reception, Sunday, March 10, 2:00-5:00pm
RoCA is presenting three videos from Bridgman|Packer Dance in the Media Project Spaces. Two of the videos are from Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer’s newest work, Voyeur, which takes the paintings of Edward Hopper as its point of departure. The work bears witness to fragmented moments of private lives. The creative team includes choreographers and performers Myrna Packer and Art Bridgman, filmmaker Peter Bobrow, sound designers Scott Lehrer and Leon Rothenberg, and lighting designer Frank DenDanto III.

Voyeur was co-commissioned by Portland Ovations (Portland, ME) and the Edward Hopper House Art Center (Nyack, NY). The creation of Voyeur was made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and it has received a National Dance Project Touring Award.

Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer, Guggenheim Fellows in Choreography, are acclaimed for their innovative integration of choreography and video technology that explodes the partnering form into a magically populated stage where image and reality collide.

Emerson Gallery | FACE it
March 10 - April 14, 2013
Opening Reception, Sunday, March 10, 2:00-5:00pm
Curated by Lynn Stein
FACE it: A portrait exhibition featuring many of the most well-known photographers that transcend the line between editorial photography and fine art. Participating artists: Valerie Belin, Robert Bergman, Amy Elkins, Jill Greenberg, Steve Pyke, Tomoko Sawada and Martin Schoeller. The portraits will alternate between familiar, intense and powerful. They have been seen in such publications as New York Magazine, Esquire, NY TIMES Magazine, Life Magazine, Atlantic Magazine and The Washington Post among many others. Many of the included pieces have recently been on display at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC.

Gallery ONE | Johanna Goodman: Cut UP
March 10 - April 14, 2013
Opening Reception, Sunday, March 10, 2:00-5:00pm
Curated by Lynn Stein
Johanna Goodman is a local artist from Nyack, New York. Talented in many forms of art, Johanna's collages demonstrate a strong sense of design. Her work has gained much popularity, appearing in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Rolling Stone Magazine and Spin. Her work has won awards from The Society of Publication Design, Communication Arts and American Illustration.

Gallery TWO | Julia Forrest: Illusions Series
March 10 - April 14, 2013
Opening Reception, Sunday, March 10, 2:00-5:00pm
Curated by Lynn Stein
Julia Forrest is a Brooklyn based artist. She is constantly involved in the world of art. Julia works primarily in film, developing prints in a darkroom that she has built within her apartment. She prefers to use the film camera, a tool of showing reality, and experiment with what it can do using only a mirror. She creates surreal environments, tricking the camera into what it sees.

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Members Exhibition 2013
January 20 - February 17, 2013
Artwork Requirements: Artwork is limited to paintings, drawings, graphics, mixed media, ceramics, photography & video. Video artists will be required to supply their own equipment. Wall work must be framed with hanging hardware affixed to the back. Size may not exceed a 42" dimension in width and 56" in height. Photographs must be matted and framed. Due to limited gallery space, sculpture is limited to pedestal or hanging pieces. Artwork must have been created after January 2010 and not previously shown at RoCA.

Artists Eligibility: Open to all artists (18 years and over) who are members of Rockland Center for the Arts. The membership fee is $25 and may be purchased at the time of drop-off. One piece per member.

Sales: RoCA receives 33% commission on all sales. Not for Sale (NFS) is an option, indicate accordingly.

The Catherine Konner Sculpture Park @ RoCA
October 14 - December 16, 2012
Opening Reception, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2:00-5:00pm
Welcome RoCA’s two newest additions to the Catherine Konner Sculpture Park @ RoCA. Martha Friedman’s seven-foot-tall “WAFFLE” and Stanford Kay’s Life Signs project, both alumni projects of the New York Public Art Fund.

Emerson Gallery | Tell Me a Story, NOW!
October 14 - December 16, 2012
Curated by Lynn Stein
Opening Reception, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2:00-5:00pm
Tell Me a Story, NOW! features story based work that derives it's imagery from the worlds of pop, street art and pulp. Selected participants include lower Hudson Valley artists Glynis Sweeney & Ed Radford, as well as Jordan Isip, Lori Field, Dave Calver and artists represented by the Jonathan LeVine Gallery: Victor Castillo, Jeff Soto and Souther Salazar.

Gallery TWO | The Three Pigs: An Architectural Tale
by Steven Guarnaccia
October 14 - December 16, 2012
Opening Reception, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2:00-5:00pm
Parson’s Illustration Department Chair and former Art Director of the New York Times Op-Ed Page, Steven Guarnaccia’s The Three Little Pigs re-imagines the fairy tale’s title characters as world renowned architects Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Gehry and Philip Johnson.

Media Project Spaces | A Dahl Story: Celeste Fitcher
October 14 - December 16, 2012
Opening Reception, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2:00-5:00pm
A Dahl Story is a visual depiction of the life of beloved British writer Roald Dahl as a pencil. While Dahl is well-known as a short story and children's book author, most notable Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, his personal life is the subject of this video biography.

Gallery ONE | Monica Banks
October 14 - December 16, 2012
Opening Reception, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2:00-5:00pm
Monica Banks: Cloud Garden is a floating installation combining beads, toys and other souvenirs of her life with fragments of the past; connecting them in tangles of wire that hang, like mobiles. The dangling objects shimmer in the air and drift among us like the stories we tell about ourselves.

Media Project Spaces | Umbrella & Queer Animals: Cat Tyc
October 14 - December 16, 2012
Opening Reception, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2:00-5:00pm
Brooklyn based filmmaker and writer Cat Tyc comments on current social issues in her films Umbrella and Queer Animals.

Emerson Gallery | Annual Faculty Exhibition & Open House
September 9 - October 3, 2012
Opening Reception Sept 9, 2-5pm
RoCA's talented faculty exhibits their most recent artwork and projects including painting, drawing, ceramics, photography, jewelry and more. Chat with the faculty, tour our studios and see demonstrations. A great opportunity to get to know RoCA.

Gallery ONE | The World According to Peter Cheney
September 9 - October 3, 2012
Opening Reception Sept 9, 2-5pm
Self taught artist and Nyack resident Peter Cheney exhibits his art in "The World According to Peter Cheney." His use of broad brush strokes and flat planes of color reflect the simplicity and directness of country road signs, while his animal characters tell anecdotes of his time in Rockland County and in his day-to-day life.

Media Project Spaces | Callum Cooper
September 9 - October 3, 2012
Opening Reception Sept 9, 2-5pm
Using ingenious homemade camera riggings, Australian artist Callum Cooper creates films that flip and spin placing the viewer inside the action. Much like being on a ride in an amusement park, Cooper challenges the viewer’s equilibrium. Summersault features his use of these riggings and his ability to distort reality, along with Lumbering Planes, which was created in the rush and stress of city life during his residency at the Vytlacil Campus of the Arts Student League of New York. Originally installed 2003, Union Square Fund, NY Art Fun.