Creative Arts Events

Mercer Art Gallery Exhibitions

SUNY Brockport Art Faculty Exhibition

  • Tuesday, January 21, 2025 through Friday, February 14, 2025
  • Artist Lecrute: Thursday, January 23, 2025, at 4:00 pm
  • Opening Reception: Thursday, January 23, 2025, from 5pm to 7:00 pm

A Look Back at the Guerilla Girls 1995 visit to MCC

  • Monday, February 24, 2025, through Friday, April 11, 2025
  • Special programming will be held for this event.
  • Visit the Mercer Gallery website for more information.

47th Annual Student Art Exhibition

  • Thursday, May 1, 2025, through Friday, May 16, 2025
  • Opening Reception & Award Ceremony: Thursday, May 1, 2025, at 5:00 pm

Creative Reading Series

Visiting Creative Writing Alumnus, Justine Alfano

  • Friday, February 14, 2025
  • Workshop and Conversation: 9:00 am to 9:50 am
  • Location: Too Be Announced
  • Join Justine Alfano via Zoom
  • Free and Open to the Public

Visiting Nonfiction Writer, Melissa Febos

Visiting Poet, Dana Levin

  • Pre-recorded Poetry Reading: web link available starting August 30, 2025
  • Live Poetry Workshop (via Zoom) Wednesday, October 9, 2025, from 12:00 pm to 12:50 pm
  • 8-200 Lecture Hall, Brighton Campus
  • Join Dana Levin via Zoom
  • Free and Open to the Public

Visiting Fiction Writer, Vauhini Vara

  • Pre-recorded Fiction Reading: web link available starting August 30, 2025
  • Live Poetry Workshop (via Zoom): Wednesday, October 30, 2025, from 11:00 am to 11:50 am
  • MCC Forum, R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center
  • Join Vauhini Vara via Zoom
  • Free and Open to the Public

Visiting Poet and Fiction Writer, Sarah Freligh

  • Live Prose Poetry/Flash Fiction Workshop
  • Wednesday, November 6, 2025, from 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm in room 9-244
  • Join Sarah Freligh via Zoom
  • Free and Open to the Public

Theatre Programming

Spring Play – She Kills Monsters

  • Friday, April 4, 2025, at 7:30 pm
  • Saturday, April 5, 2025, at 7:30 pm
  • Sunday, April 6, 2025 at 2:00 pm
  • MCC Theatre, Robin and Tim Wentworth Arts Building
  • Cost: 

    • $8.00 MCC Students
    • $10.00 MCC Community
    • $12.00 General Public

43rd Annual Children’s Show – Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka Jr.

  • Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at 6:30 pm
  • MCC Theatre, Robin and Tim Wentworth Arts Building
  • Free and Open to the Public

Sixth Act Programming

Visiting Playwright, Seayoung Yim

  • Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 7:00 pm, Black Box Theater, Reading and Conversation
  • Friday, April 4, 2025, at 10:00 am, Black Box Theater, Interdisciplinary Theatre Workshop
  • Friday, April 4, 2025, at 12:00 pm, Room 8-200, Playwriting Workshop
  • All Events Free and Open to the Public

Eighteenth Annual Sixth Act Student Playwriting Competition

  • Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 7:00 pm
  • Black Box Theater
  • Free and Open to the Public

Instrumental and Vocal Concerts

All Concerts are held in the MCC Theatre, Robin and Tim Wentworth Arts Building, Building 4. Free and open to the public.

Fall 2024 Performances: Spring 2025 Performances: Instrumental & Vocal Concert

  • Wednesday, October 9, 2024, at 7:30 pm
  • Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at 7:30 pm

Instrumental Concert

  • Wednesday, December 4, 2024, at 7:30 pm
  • Friday, May 7, 2025, at 7:30 pm

Vocal Concert

  • Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at 7:30 pm
  • Friday, May 14, 2025, at 7:30 pm