ART IN LIBRARIES

A Community Outreach Project

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It is our goal to expand the visual arts in Ontario County. One way to accomplish this is to facilitate the display of visual arts at local libraries. This also expands the opportunities for our member artists and other local artists to share their work. 

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  • We started at the Bristol Library in 2013 by installing an exhibit system in a cor-ner above their public access computers.  

  • In the fall of 2015, we provided funds for the Bloomfield Library to install an art display system in its entrance hall and community room. 

  • In June of 2016, we provided a grant to the Victor-Farmington Library for a similar art display system. The Wood Library in Canandaigua also received an OCAC grant to refurbish their community room exhibit system. 

  • IIn 2018, we awarded the Naples Library a grant to purchase two exhibit systems, one for its Children’s area and one for its downstairs community room. 

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If you are interested in exhibiting your work at participating libraries, contacts are listed below.

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Planned and Current Exhibits:
 
At the Bloomfield Library:

9 Church St, Bloomfield

Roberta Moriarty, paintings 

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At the Bristol Library:

6750 County Road 32, Bristol Center

Sept. 1 – Oct.30 : Howard Van Buren, watercolors 

Nov. 1 – Dec.29 : Nancy Yacci, paintings

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At the Naples Library: 

118 S Main St, Naples

September - Craig Parahus, drawings

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At the Victor Farmington Library: 

15 W Main St, Victor

September - Anna Callari, Photography

October - Tom Nolan, Photography

November - Lauren Hirsch, Wood

December - Elaine Liberio, Oil & Water Color

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At Wood Library in Canandaigua

134 North Main Street

Until Sept. 25 - Creative Imagers Camera Club 

Oct 2 - Nov. 14 - Mike Nyerges, Photography

Nov. 14 - Jan. - Finger Lakes Photography Guild

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Contact information for artists interested in exhibiting in any of the above libraries:
Victor Farmington Library: Greta Selin-Love — 585-924-2637
Bloomfield Library: Margo Park — mprak@pls-net.org — 585-657-6264
Naples Library: napleslibrarydirector@owwl.org — 585-374-2757

Bristol Library: Jessica Masci — jmasci@pls-net.org

Wood Library: Peter Blackwood — peter@blackwoodphoto.com