The Big REVEAL | Red Dot Challenge | Fantasy Art Collecting Game | PILOT SEASON

​Rochester Art Collectors partnered with Rochester Contemporary Arts Center to REVEAL a new fantasy art collecting game: the Red Dot Challenge on February 1st. 

This program was held during the Rochester Contemporary Arts Center's annual Members Exhibition.

The Sitch:

• A small group of players were each given a fantasy budget of $10,000 to "buy" a fantasy art collection of at least seven works of art between December 1, 2023 and January 31st, 2024.
• On February 1, 2024 players REVEALED their choices and the inspiration behind their collections at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center.

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​The video above was recorded by Mike Molaire at Rochester Contemporary Arts Center on February 1, 2024

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Details about the REVEAL event

• Bleu Cease, Executive Director/Curator of Rochester Contemporary Arts Center, welcomed the group and kicked off the fun.
• Rome Celli from Rochester Art Collectors =gave a brief background about game, described the rules and introduced Red Dot Challenge players.
• Then the players talked about their collections, what inspired them, any goals or themes for their collections and how they responded to the game itself.

The Players

• Susan Mandl & Seth Oser (played as a team of two)
• Elizabeth Forbes
• Matt Vanderlee

After the presentations a handful of people in the audience volunteered to participate in a "lightening round" of the Red Dot Challenge. 

The group of volunteer players had five minutes to each identify their own mini-collection by placing colored posted notes next to their choices. After making their choices each of the lighting round players talked about the works in their mini-collections and why they chose them.

Rochester Art Collectors anticipates a second season ​of the game later in 2024 or early in 2025.

If you would like to participate in a future game, please write to [email protected]

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​Red Dot Challenge is a program of Rochester Art Collectors.
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Participating in Red Dot Challenge is FREE and open to the public. None of the players are paying to play or receiving any compensation. The program is privately funded and entirely non-commercial. Red Dot Challenge is not a fundraiser of any kind for any organization.

Works of art selected by players for their fantasy art collections in Red Dot Challenge never leave the venue where they are exhibited. Information about the availability of works on exhibit and how to purchase works of art that are available will be apparent at the venue where you see the work exhibited.