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Members New Exhibit

Show opening Jan 18 1-3:00 pm

Ontario County Historical Society

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

Coming Soon!

We are sponsoring the 26th annual Canandaigua Classic Antique Show

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

To see our list of participating dealers, show admission coupon &, more information,

click here

Partnership Art Exhibition!

We continue our partnership with

Sights & Shades Optometry at

94 S. Main Street in Canandaigua.

Kay Howard

Trees, Rocks and Water in Canvas and Clay

Paintings and Pottery

Exhibit: Jan 3-Feb 28

Open to the public, all are welcome.

OPEN ART

at the Ontario County Historical Society Museum is back!!

Stop by January 11, 25

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 2024 $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

Take a Winter Stroll on Ontario Pathways

and Enjoy OCAC Member Artwork

M. Cosaro

Trail opening statement by Judi Cermak

Locate art by installed on the Ontario Pathways Trails here:

P. Blackwood

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

"Ghost of Roseland" Sculpture Project

Ghost of Roseland Sculpture Model

Support the creation of the sculpture:

Mail a check to Lakeside Sculpture, P.O. Box 449, Canandaigua, NY 14424,

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 see photos of this this project click here

Sculptor Benji Carr

OCAC Upcoming Exhibits

2025 Exhibit Themes

"Light & Shadow" - Submission Due Mar 27

"Whimsy" - Submission Due Jun 19

"Patterns" - Submission Due Sep 18

Wood Library member exhibit - to be determined

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

We appreciate the generosity of our recent donors

Framing by Frank

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

Nooks & Crannies - Jan 10, 18, 24

Found Poetry in Historical Documents - Jan 11

Virtual Winter Speaker - Gerry Szymanski - Jan 16

Find more information on our calendar!