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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.

September - Artist: Jerry Miller

Opening reception "In the Wild", Sep 6 at 5:30-7pm

Tinsmithing Workshop

Learn the basics of Tinsmithing and create a luminary

with tinsmith Mike Houser

Sept 20, 21, & 22

Fee for the 3-day workshop at the artist studio is $225

materials included, refreshments Friday, and lunch Saturday.

For more information and to register, select here

Calling all OCAC Plein Air Photography Artists

Juried Exhibit

Take photos in Ontario County outdoor locations, between Sept 21 and Oct. 5

Prizes awarded for 1st place, $100; 2nd place $75; 3rd place, $50.

Opening reception Nov 2, 1-3pm

Wood Library, Canandaigua

Free for members, non-members are required to join OCAC join here

For requirements, click here

Whimsey; The Art of Charles Kingsley:

assemblages with an interplay of common parts

at the Ontario County Historical Society
for more information on the artist, see Spotlight on Artists

Calling all Ontario County Arts Council artists!

Submit your work for our new juried “Gatherings” Exhibit

Opening reception Sat, Oct. 19th, 1-3 pm

Deadline to submit up to 3 jpegs: Sept 26

Free for members, non-members are required to join OCAC

to participate, join here

For requirements, click here

Ontario County Arts Council sponsors “Generation Earth"
In partnership with Finger Lakes Community College
A new show by artists Haley Dayis and Alex Fals

who work with the forged mineral pigments of Columbia

Williams Insalaco Gallery, FLCC

Free to the Public

Stop in and see our Exhibit

"Have a Ball"

Show runs from Jun 29 - Oct 1

at the OCAC gallery,

Ontario County Historical Society

55 N. Main St. Canandaiguia

The First Annual "ART MART!”

An arts & crafts marketplace

Sept 28, 2024

Come and discover art treasures at Art Mart:

Enjoy the live music of Laurence Sugerman!

Sept 28, 10:00am-3:30pm

A unique arts & crafts marketplace with diverse vendors

selling original arts & crafts, art materials, books and much more.

American Legion, 454 N. Main St, free parking, handicap accessible.

Indoors at the accessible Canandaigua American Legion, 454 N. Main Street

We gratefully acknowledge event sponsor “Framing”by Frank Allen, www.framingbyfrank.com

For information, sponsor opportunities & pricing, click here

For general vendor information, click here

Download a vendor application, click here

Art Mart is an arts & crafts marketplace fundraiser which benefits the OCAC scholarship and grants programs.

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

Join with us and Ontario Pathways to Celebrate National Trail Days

Enjoy Artwork On All 3 Trails

Trail opening statement by Judi Cermak

See art by OCAC Members installed on the Ontario Pathways Trails here:

Cindy Harris

Valentina Yannotti

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.