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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
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.
Support the creation of the sculpture:
Mail a check to Lakeside Sculpture, P.O. Box 449, Canandaigua, NY 14424,
OR
Visit Finger Lakes Area Community Endowment at https://www.cnbank.com/flace/, go to Direct your funds: select an organization
and
choose “Ghost of Roseland Sculpture.”
To find more about this project see https://www.visitfingerlakes.com/revive-our-history/
OCAC Upcoming Exhibits
2025 Exhibit Themes
"Yellow" - Submission Due Jan 2
"Light & Shadow" - Submission Due Mar 27
"Whimsy" - Submission Due Jun 19
"Patterns" - Submission Due Sep 18
Wood Library member exhibit - to be determined
We appreciate the generosity of our recent donors
Kathy Postma
Ellen Polimeni
Judy and Fritz Cermak
Amanda E Pollard
Diane Eagle
Robin MCondichie
Debbie Ferrell
Deborah Lewis & Thomas Poplasky
Sandra Pechnik
Holland Land Office Museum
Hunter Sutherland
Anna Polimeni
Brian Dennis
Kiwanis Club of Pembroke Corfu Darien Inc.
Renee Sabin-Haggarty
Kiwanis Club of Canandaigua
Maggie and Neil Adkins
Upcoming Events - Ontario County Historical Society
New Exhibit Now Open:
United States Presidential Political Memorabilia Through the Ages,
from the collection of Robert J. Moore.
This non-partisan collection will be on display through February 1, 2025
Find more information on our calendar!
Ontario County Historical Society
55 N Main St, Canandaigua
We sincerely appreciate the donation of our business members