FLX TRAIL WALK-THROUGH: The Ludovico Sculpture Trail in Seneca Falls (video)

Published: 01/13/2020 @ 10:19 pm | Updated: 01/13/2020 @ 10:19 pm

Steve Fantone of Mossy Frog Studios produced this walk-through video of the Ludovico Sculpture Trail along the Cayuga-Seneca Canal in Seneca Falls. If you have never walked the entire trail and seen the art installments check out the video below… . more

Arthur Dove piece coming back to Geneva

Published: 12/23/2019 @ 10:28 am

More art with historical ties to the city of Geneva is making its way back to the community. A graduate of HWS has brought another piece of art by Artuur Dove back to the city. “The Old Brick Plant,” produced in 1937, is “Dove’s interpretation of his father’s former brick plant located just outside Geneva,” Anna Wager, the Colleges’ visual... more

New studio in Skaneateles offers unique DIY workshops

Published: 12/11/2019 @ 05:31 am

If you are looking for a unique handmade gift and want to make it yourself, Board & Brush may be the place for you. The company just opened studios in Fayetteville and Skaneateles that offer workshops that help visitors create and build handmade farmhouse style vintage signs and other home types of home décor in just a few hours. Owner Laura Kowal says both of her... more

Realizing a passion in Clyde

Published: 12/10/2019 @ 06:29 am

When it comes to his painting, 84-year-old Harold Mann is just hitting his stride. Although he has dabbled in sketching and painting for much of his life, the anchor of Mann’s “golden years” has been his artwork. And it’s attracting a following in this Wayne County village. Eighteen canvases — large and small — adorn the walls in the community... more

FLAC Holiday Festival coming back to Auburn for second annual installment

Published: 12/04/2019 @ 07:57 am

While shopping, warm up at the gourmet hot chocolate bar, plus sample food vending by Jerome Richardson of Rich’s Backyard BBQ. Then, don’t forget to top it off with dessert made by Theresa Mendez of Moonflower Macarons. The Art Council will have themed gift basket raffles (need not be present to win) including a kid’s craft basket, a barista basket,... more

Keuka student art show offers ‘Visual Expressions’

Published: 08/26/2019 @ 01:47 pm

Keuka College students and recent alumni will show their artistic talent in painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and other formats in the college’s annual student art show. Titled “Visual Expressions,” the show includes pieces by nearly 30 student and alumni artists. It runs from Aug. 26 to Oct. 27 in Lightner Library’s Art Gallery, and features art from students across a... more

Sprawling space in Macedon to be converted into performing arts center by Alicia Keys, husband

Published: 08/09/2019 @ 09:36 am | Updated: 08/09/2019 @ 07:36 pm

Alicia Keys and husband to turn empty Macedon building into Art/Music campus

The large, multi-building complex, located on a hill overlooking Route 31 in Macedon will soon change the Town forever. The former Jindal Films building at 729 Route 31 has a proposal to host a new Art and Music Campus. There had been some interest in the building previously, but another deal fell through. That was before a report of a... more

Student art featured at 6th Annual Finger Lakes Regional Student Painting Exhibition

Published: 05/13/2019 @ 06:17 am | Updated: 09/30/2019 @ 10:30 am

Eighty one Newark High School art students’ artworks depicting something “uncontrolled, unrestrained, undisciplined, unruly, rowdy or disorderly” are currently among the 294 on display in the Main Street Arts 6th Annual Finger Lakes Regional Student Painting Exhibition entitled “Wild!” The other 213 artworks were created by students from 11 other area school districts in the region for the 6th through... more

Waterloo students painting mural of video characters for Uproar Gaming

Published: 05/10/2019 @ 06:16 am | Updated: 05/12/2019 @ 11:21 am

Eight Waterloo High art students love to paint. They also enjoy “gaming” or playing video games. Those two passions are coming together as art teacher Sarah Carey’s students are painting a special mural that will be placed in the new Uproar Gaming store downtown. School Superintendent Terri Bavis and Village Administrator Don Northrup talked about the collaboration and helped make... more

Artists wanted for Seneca Falls bridge mural project

Published: 04/23/2019 @ 01:38 pm | Updated: 04/23/2019 @ 01:42 pm

With Town Board approval, the Rev. Leah Ntuala is now looking for local artists who would like to paint public murals on the Rumsey Street Bridge along the Ludovico Sculpture Trail. Starting Wednesday and through May 28, she will accept submissions from artists for ideas. Actual painting of approved murals will begin the first week of June. “Currently, these bridge... more

Skaneateles arts group accepting grant applications

Published: 04/15/2019 @ 06:14 am | Updated: 04/15/2019 @ 06:18 am

The Skaneateles Area Arts Council is now accepting applications for its 2019 grant awards. Individuals and groups within a 15-mile radius of the village of Skaneateles are eligible for the grants, including artists, choral groups, museums, schools, theaters and other nonprofits committed to the arts. The application deadline is May 31. The council has awarded more than 90 grants since... more

New Auburn museum exhibit highlights local medical history

Published: 04/02/2019 @ 09:26 pm | Updated: 04/02/2019 @ 09:33 pm

Kirsten Wise is confident the Cayuga Museum of History & Art’s newest permanent exhibit is something everyone can connect to. “Pioneer Physicians: The Infancy of Modern Medicine,” is relatable because “everyone has been to a doctor at some point in their life,” said Wise, the museum’s executive director. The exhibit touches on topics like how people became doctors in the... more

Cornell University names new director of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

Published: 02/05/2019 @ 05:07 am | Updated: 02/05/2019 @ 05:16 am

Cornell University has named Jessica Levin Martinez, head of the the Division of Academic and Public Programs at the Harvard Art Museums, as the new director of the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. The Cornell University Board of Trustees approved her appointment as the Richard J. Schwartz Director of the museum during a meeting Jan. 31 in New York... more

Wells College Book Arts Center announces 2019 Summer Institute

Published: 01/02/2019 @ 01:34 pm

The Wells College Book Arts Center has announced that its 2019 Summer Institute will take place July 14 through July 27, 2019. During the Summer Institute, renowned instructors and artists will gather on the Wells campus in Aurora to offer courses in a variety of techniques relating to paper, printing and textual arts. Once again, the institute will include 12... more

St. Peter’s Art Community believes strongly in students performing

Published: 12/03/2018 @ 11:14 am

Practice, practice, practice. Certainly instruction and practicing is important at the St. Peter’s Community Arts Academy, but performing is also an integral part of the programs offered. “Some 50 performances will take place this academic year to help students build confidence in their ability to practice, rehearse and perform in ways that recognize their potential as individuals,’ according to Donna... more

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra plays to a packed house in Newark High School Auditorium November 30th

Published: 12/03/2018 @ 09:31 am | Updated: 09/30/2019 @ 10:30 am

A wonderful holiday music concert was performed by the incomparable Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra November 30th to a packed house in the Newark High School auditorium delighting concert-goers at the beginning of this holiday season. It was made possible, once again, through the collaboration of the Newark School District and the Greater Newark Chamber of Commerce, that teamed up to bring... more

Experience Auburn’s First Friday event on December 7th

Published: 11/29/2018 @ 09:53 am | Updated: 11/29/2018 @ 10:12 am

Each venue offers their own spin on entertainment with free admission & refreshments, food & beverage specials and discounted merchandise to contribute to this monthly community celebration. Activities include exhibit receptions, art making & live music. First Friday is organized by Downtown Auburn BID & Auburn’s Historic & Cultural Sites Commission. TASTING at Auburn Discount Liquor Time: 3PM – 6PM... more

Conductor, soloist named for RPO Concert at Newark High School

Published: 11/16/2018 @ 12:40 pm | Updated: 09/30/2019 @ 10:30 am

The Newark Central School District, in conjunction with the Greater Newark Chamber of Commerce, will once again host an evening of holiday music with the incomparable Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in the Newark High School on Friday, November 30th at 7:30PM. “We are proud and privileged to host the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra for the 18th consecutive year. These holiday concerts here in... more

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