Museum and art park preserving the foremost collection of Northern California contemporary art.
di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art is a nonprofit museum in Napa's Carneros region holding the foremost collection of Northern California contemporary art in the world, with more than 1,600 works by artists such as Robert Arneson, Joan Brown, Jay DeFeo, Roy De Forest, and William T. Wiley. Founded by collectors Rene and Veronica di Rosa, who opened their private collection to the public in 1997, the organization occupies a 217-acre campus featuring an art museum, nearly 80 outdoor sculptures, a lake, and vineyard-lined trails. It also operates a San Francisco gallery at Minnesota Street Project offering rotating contemporary exhibitions. di Rosa is dedicated to cultivating Northern California art past, present and future through exhibitions and educational programming, including artist talks, guided hikes, children's camps, and live performances.