The First First Friday of 2025 | Kick The New Year Off With Art Parties

Friday, January 3rd is the first First Friday* of 2025. This will be the third and final First Friday during gameplay. Red Dot Challenge, Season 1 ends on January 31, 2025. Over a dozen venues will host events on Friday, January 3rd. All will be open to the public.

Larger exhibitions that will be open to the public on January 3rd include: Rochester Contemporary Art Center's "34th Annual Members Exhibition"; The Yards Collective "Members Exhibition"; Image City's "The Magic Of Light 2025" Exhibition; Anderson Arts Studios "Open Studios"; Hart Gallery 27's "Happy Birthday Baby!" exhibition; and Studio 402's "Self Portrait" exhibition. In all, over 600 works of art will on exhibit until the various exhibitions close one-by-one; usually within 30 days or so.
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*If you don't already know, the first Friday night of each month is a big deal in the Rochester arts scene. Many art venues hold special exhibition events (read: parties!) on the first Friday of every month. It's so popular that Rochester Contemporary Arts Center (RoCo) hosts a special page on their website to share information about events scheduled on "First Fridays": FirstFridayRochester.org

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A sampling of events scheduled for January 3rd:

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​Red Dot Challenge, Season 1 is a program of Rochester Art Collectors.
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Participating in Red Dot Challenge, Season 1 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, Season 1 is not a fundraiser of any kind for any organization.

​The works of art chosen by Red Dot Challenge, Season 1 players for their fantasy art collections are not being purchased with real money. Red Dot Challenge is a FANTASY art collecting GAME. Players are having fun PRETENDING to buy/collect the art and modeling art collecting behaviors.

In all instances the artists retain the copyright for their work as well as all other rights and privileges provided by the law.

If you are interested in purchasing a work of art you've seen during Red Dot Challenge, Season 1 gameplay, please inquire at the venue where the work is exhibited.​​