The 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.

Rochester Art Center is proud to present the first public display of its permanent collection since its 75 year anniversary exhibition in 2021. Prior to that, the collection had been resting since the museum relocated to its current building in 2004, when an emphasis was placed on attracting contemporary exhibitions to Rochester.

This group exhibition grapples with the 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.