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In this season of Thanksgiving, we are grateful for our volunteers. Whether you have worked on an exhibit, tended name tags, brought a refreshment, served beverages, or joined in clean-up, we are appreciative.

Dana Besaw

Peter Blackwood

Melody Burri

Linda Collins

Kathy & Frank Connor

Victoria Connors

Ethan Friend

Lenore Friend

Joan Gage

Marianne Gallagher

Mandy Hamilton

Peggy Heissenberger

Carol Henshaw

Debbie Massey

Maureen McCarthy

Floyd McGovern

Keith McHugh

Patti Miskell

Kathy Morris

Mike Nyerges

June Oates

Priscilla Ortlip

Donna Patrick

Darlene Rayburn

Colleen Runner

Ben Slomovic

Karen Sorce

Amy & Nils Swanson

Kim Tenreiro

Aimee Ward

Suzanne Winslow

Ontario County Arts Council is interested in expanding its Board of Directors, and is looking for a Treasurer.

Please review requirements, and send inquiries to: ocartsny@gmail.com

Save the Date

We are sponsoring the 26th annual Canandaigua Classic Antique Show

Feb 9, 2025 9:00am-3:30pm at the Hotel Canandaigua

For show admission coupon &, more information, click here

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Partnership Art Exhibition!

We are continuing our partnership with Sights and Shades Optometry at

94 S. Main Street in Canandaigua.

Artwork on display throughout each month, with a free reception, refreshments provided by Sights and Shades on the first Friday of each month.

Open to the public, all are welcome.

Current Artist: Lee Ogden

Moments,” paintings by OCAC artist Deborah Massey

Opens Nov 9th at the Fort Hill Performing Arts Center

Visit the show Tuesday-Friday, 10:00am-4:00pm. Runs until Dec 20th.

Reception with the artist Nov. 13th, 2:00-3:30 pm in the Gallery.

“Meet & Greet the Artist” Dec 8, 2:00pm, before the Holiday Show of Finger Lakes Community Band, and is open to all ticket holders for the performance.

Fort Hill Performing Arts Center

20 Fort Hill Ave, Canandaigua

Join us for our current exhibit: Gatherings!

OPEN ART

at the Ontario County Historical Society Museum is back!!

Stop by Saturday Dec 14

any time between 11:30 - 2:30.

Free and open to all members and the public!

Bring any project (except oils) you’d like to work on while enjoying the fellowship of like-minded people in a welcoming setting.

Congratulations to Liam Houle

Finger Lakes Community College theater arts and business major

Recipient of the $2,000 Ontario County Arts Council Mariner Family Scholarship

for the 2024-25 academic year

Click here to see a thank-you video from Liam.

OCAC awards $1000 grants

Awards promote the arts in the community

Geneva Light Opera: $1,000 toward artist compensation for a production of Franz Lehár’s operetta “The Merry Widow” on July 25, 27 and 28 at Smith Opera House, Geneva. More information at: genevalightopera.com.

The Dove Block Project: $1,000 covers artist compensation and workshop costs during Viva Geneva! Celebrating the Hispanic Culture of the Fingers Lakes, Sept. 15. Events feature petroglyphs by the ancient Taino people and papel picado, a Mexican folk art that involves cutting intricate designs into tissue paper. More information at: thedoveblockproject.org.

The Country Lawyer Gallery of the Arts in affiliation with the Phelps Community Historical Society: $1,000 supports the implementation of the 2024 exhibit calendar for the Country Lawyer Gallery of Arts, 7 Church St., Phelps. The gallery plans 21 exhibit opportunities for area artists and art students to show their work. More information contact countrylawyergallery2023@gmail.com

Canandaigua City Parks and Recreation: $1,000 for paint for a mural outside of the Fire Department on Main Street in Canandaigua, painted by youth in a summer recreation program.

For additional photos of the artist at work, select here

Enjoy Ontario Pathways with OCAC Members Artwork

Jan Romieser

Trail opening statement by Judi Cermak

Locate art by installed on the Ontario Pathways Trails here:

J. Burgess

Rotating Artist Exhibit Program

Local businesses host rotating collections of

member artists work at county locations

Participating business fee is $150 yearly per location

OCAC member artists can participate in the program

without any fee!

See which member artists are showing where!

If you are interested in becoming a Member Exhibiting Artist, or a Business Host

click here more information

Proceeds from this program help fund the grants and scholarships OCAC awards

OCAC is pleased to announce the "Ghost of Roseland" Sculpture Project was awarded a project grant from the Ontario County American Rescue Plan for Arts, Culture and Recreation Grant Support Program.