 Rochester Art Collectors was particularly delighted to collaborate with Main Street Arts to present a very special PREVIEW of the Main Street Arts annual exhibition, "Small Works 2023" and help us celebrate the coming holiday season together. We LOVE exhibition previews!!
Many of the artists were based in the metropolitan Rochester, Finger Lakes and Western New York areas.  Program Details The first thirty minutes of our program were devoted seeing the "Small Works 2023" exhibition and socializing before the program begins. Our host provided some simple nibbles and sips. At about 11:30 am Rome Celli from Rochester Art Collectors welcomed attendees and introduced the Executive Director of Main Street Arts, Bradley Butler. Brad gave some background information about Main Street Arts, talk about Small Works both historically— this is the 10th annual after all! — and then specifically this year's show from submissions to installation. He also talked about the way he approaches curating and planning exhibitions. Bradley Butler is an artist who makes atmospheric, abstract paintings. He has an MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology and is a native of the Finger Lakes region. Bradley has been with Main Street Arts before the renovations to the building were completed. He selects, curates, and hangs all of the exhibitions at Main Street Arts and is working to continually expand program offerings. General Q & A will follow the presentation. Guests enjoyed walking around the exhibition after the program presentation ended.  Artists Included in "Small Works 20023"
 About Main Street Arts:
In the early 2010s, Main Street Arts founder Marjorie Morris thought a building that was up for sale on Main Street in Clifton Springs would make a perfect art gallery. She decided to purchase the building and converted it into Main Street Arts. Main Street Arts opened its doors—initially as a commercial gallery—on June 19, 2013. Over the next four and half years, the vision of the organization became larger and one that was more in line with that of a not-for-profit entity. An artist residency program was added to the gallery’s programming in the spring 2016. In 2018, Main Street Arts officially became a nonprofit arts organization and continued to expand programming. The After School Art Experience was added to the organization’s programming in the fall of 2018. In 2019, Anne Mancilla—vice president of the board of directors—gifted the contents of her bookstore, Explore The Bookstore to Main Street Arts. On November 30, 2019 the newly renovated bookstore reopened as Sulfur Books (located at 18 East Main Street). In early 2020, the artist residency program at Main Street Arts was put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The studio space on the second floor was renovated and reimagined and in August of 2021, the Robert and Francie Marx Art Resource Library opened. The library contains over 1,500 books for visitors to browse during open gallery hours.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Categories
All
Archives
October 2024
Header image © Roy Sowers 1999
Click for more info |
RSS Feed
Rochester Art Collectors is a privately funded, independent, non-commercial group organized to promote collecting art.
The artwork you see on this site is not for sale. It is owned by private collectors. Rochester Art Collectors neither sells art nor represents artists. Rochester Art Collectors is not owned, managed, or controlled by any outside business, organization or enterprise. Rochester Art Collectors does not endorse any particular style of art, any particular artist, nor any particular venue to purchase art.
No entity on our site has paid to be listed. All listings on this site are free. A listing on this site does not constitute an endorsement by Rochester Art Collectors. Rochester Art Collectors strives to accurately represent all listed entities. Rochester Art Collectors reserves the right to limit, arrange, categorize or describe a listed entity in any way that suits the interests of this group. Any entity listed on this site will be removed by request of the listed entity. Any listed entity may be removed from this site by Rochester Art Collectors for any reason.
Privacy Policy: Rochester Art Collectors will not share any personal information about you without your explicit permission in advance. Rochester Art Collectors commonly uses eventbrite.com to invite members and the public to it's programs. As a result, members' names and email addresses may be collected by eventbrite.com. Click here for information about eventbrite.com's privacy policies.
The artwork you see on this site is not for sale. It is owned by private collectors. Rochester Art Collectors neither sells art nor represents artists. Rochester Art Collectors is not owned, managed, or controlled by any outside business, organization or enterprise. Rochester Art Collectors does not endorse any particular style of art, any particular artist, nor any particular venue to purchase art.
No entity on our site has paid to be listed. All listings on this site are free. A listing on this site does not constitute an endorsement by Rochester Art Collectors. Rochester Art Collectors strives to accurately represent all listed entities. Rochester Art Collectors reserves the right to limit, arrange, categorize or describe a listed entity in any way that suits the interests of this group. Any entity listed on this site will be removed by request of the listed entity. Any listed entity may be removed from this site by Rochester Art Collectors for any reason.
Privacy Policy: Rochester Art Collectors will not share any personal information about you without your explicit permission in advance. Rochester Art Collectors commonly uses eventbrite.com to invite members and the public to it's programs. As a result, members' names and email addresses may be collected by eventbrite.com. Click here for information about eventbrite.com's privacy policies.
Current Membership:
Watch us grow!