The Sister Chapel
June Blum, Maureen Connor, Martha Edelheit, Elsa Goldsmith, Shirely Gorelick, Ilise Greenstein, Betty Holliday, Diana Kurz, Cynthia Mailman, Alice Neel, Sylvia Sleigh, May Stevens, Sharon Wybrants
On permanent display
RUMOCA at Westby Hall - open by appointment only during summer break

The Sister Chapel was conceived in 1974 as a monumental “hall of fame” in which women’s achievements would be presented from a female perspective. The artists collectively established uniform dimensions for the figure paintings and agreed that each canvas would depict a standing female “role model.” The particular subject and manner of execution were left entirely to the creator of each painting. Diverse contemporary and historical women, deities, and conceptual figures populate the all-female pantheon of The Sister Chapel.

Diane Burko
Extraction, A Dialogue of Extremes
August 24 - October 17
RUMOCA at 301 High Street
Intersections of Art and Science panel discussion with reception to follow September 16th, 4 - 7pm

Artist Diane Burko has created two bodies of work that operate within a shared framework of extraction. One extracts scientific data depicting the chemical changes and flow of elements recorded in the Arctic that may offer pathways toward understanding climate change; the other depicts the extraction of natural resources from the Amazon rainforest that accelerates it.

Elegy Amazonas I [detail], 2025
Mixed-media on panel, 26 x 26 inches
Courtesy of the artist

Emergence is Now
September 1 - December 9
RUMOCA at Westby Hall

A selection of works from our permanent collection that provides a historical perspective on our current social and political environment.

Juliette Gordon, Untitled (EQUALITY FOR WOMEN) [detail], c. 1971-1973
magazine cutouts and marker on poster board, 20 x 13 3/8 inches
RUMOCA 2022.40
photo credit: Karen Mauch

Eco-Social Realism
November 2 - December 19
Guest curator Daniel Tucker
Featured Artists: Paper Buck, Carolina Caycedo, Federico Cuatlacuatl, Alicia Grullon, Aislinn Pentecost Farren and Karyn Olivier
RUMOCA at 301 High Street
Opening reception: Thursday, November 5th, 5 - 7 PM

This exhibition is part of a regional exhibition series that brings together artworks that show a growing interest in infrastructural and bioregional practices that can visualize and embody the territorial scale of both problems and solutions related to the climate crisis.

Carolina Caycedo, Fuel to Fire (2023) video still
HD Video, 7 minutes 25 seconds
Courtesy of the Artist, Commonwealth and Council and Instituto de Visión (Bogotá/NYC)

Margarita Cabrera
Space in Between
January 19 - March 13
RUMOCA at 301 High Street

Artist Margarita Cabrera utilizes border patrol uniforms and cochineal dye and transforms them into soft sculpture and paintings. By weaving stories from Indigenous and immigrant communities into the work she reflects on the complex global identities of border regions and reclaims them as potent symbols of resilience.

Space in Between - Nopal, in collaboration with T.M.P. [detail], 2016
U.S. Border Patrol uniform fabric, copper wire, PVC pipe, foam, thread, and terra cotta pot, 46 x 43 x 10 inches
© 2026 Margarita Cabrera / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

Picturing Motherhood
February 3 - April 28
RUMOCA at Westby Hall

A selection of works from our permanent collection that presents the theme of motherhood depicted by artists as witness and as a mother.

Sharon Wybrants, Artist in the Nursery [detail], 1971
graphite, iridescent marker, acrylic, and pastel on paper, 14 x 17 inches
RUMOCA 2011.22
photo credit: Karen Mauch

Eileen Neff
Through That Which Is Seen
March 29 - May 22
RUMOCA at 301 High Street

Through her multi-media work, artist Eileen Neff exposes the artifice of reconstructed habitats revealing the delicate balance between the exploitation and conservation impulses. She invites viewers to reconsider the ethical, historical, and cultural assumptions embedded in natural history displays and to reflect on how institutions shape narratives about nature and power.

Back in Place [detail], 2018
Archival UV pigment on dibond, 46 x 47 inches
Courtesy of the artist