The Center Arts program supports LGBTQ artists as well as brings art into education on LGBTQ issues in the broader community.
Center Arts currently includes:
- Romaine Brooks Gallery
- Live from the Living Room Poetry Open Mic
About the Romaine Brooks Gallery
The Romaine Brooks Gallery at the Pride Center of the Capital Region is a gallery dedicated for a creative space and outlet for LGBT artists and themed work. The Gallery is coordinated by Alan Ilagan and is a participant of Albany’s 1st Friday-a free cultural event in Albany featuring numerous gallery openings, one-night shows, local shops, restaurants, and live entertainment. Check out the 1st Friday website for more details about the celebration: www.1stfridayalbany.org. The gallery is located on the third floor of the Pride Center and is open during Rainbow Café drop in hours, 6-9PM Saturday-Wednesday and 9-10PM Thursday and Friday.
2013 Featured Artists
January: Caitlin S. Kerrigan
February: Carole Fults and Mary Pierce LaFleur
March: Jonathan Hammer
April: Steven Minchin
May: Poppy
June: The PRIDE Show
July: Tim Bergstrom
August: Kelly Raver
September: Brenden Sanborn
October: Stephanie Slominski
November: Lisa McLain
Current Artist: Steven Minchin
Steven‘s Pride Colors show features acrylic paintings and assemblages that twist the Abstract Expressionist Color Field theory with textures and wrinkles of diversity that reflect the many components of the LGBTQA community, each little deviation of texture merging to work in harmony with the over arching field of brilliant color that holds it.
The Romaine Brooks Gallery is located on the third floor of the Pride Center of the Capital Region at 332 Hudson Avenue, Albany, NY 12210.
2012 Featured Artists
January: John Basko
February: Kevin Bruce
March: Diana Spencer
April: Dave Abbott
May: Stephanie Levay
June: Group Pride Show
July: David Tink
August: Lyle Houston
September: Ford McLain
October: Daniel Mozzillo
November: Eileen Clynes
December: Sandy Pratt
About Live from the Living Room
Live From The Living Room is a featured reading series with an open mic afterwords, always held on the second Wednesday of the month in the Pride Center’s Rainbow Cafe. Sign up is @ 7:00 pm, reading starts at 7:30. Hosted by Don Levy. Suggested donation $2.00.
2013 Featured Poets
January: Kevin Peterson
February: Leslie Michelle
March: Alan Casaline
April: Carole Rossi Keynon
May: Tess Lecuyer
June: Luis Pabon
July: Ken Denberg
August: Jacqueline Ahl
September : Judith Prest
Current Feature Poet: Luis Pabon
Luis Pabon will be the Featured Poet for June’s Live from the Living Room Poetry Open Mic.
2012 Featured Poets
January: Mojavi
April: Java Poets Collective’s
Suzanne Myers, Cecele Allen Kraus, Terry Royne & Amy White
May: Mojavi September: Kristen and Marilyn Day
October: Sylvia Barnard
November: Algorhythm
December: Emily Gonzalez
