Meet Lya Finston
Lya Finston, artist in residence at Main Street Arts during the month of January 2020, is working in one of our two studio spaces on our second floor. We asked Lya some questions about her work and studio practice: Q: To start off, could you please tell us about your background? I was born in Brooklyn and […]
Camille Riner
Some people aren’t sure what they want to do when they grew up but I knew it would be something to do with art. I was the kid that drew bunnies for everyone in elementary school, made costumes in middle school, and took an art class every semester in high school. When I went to […]
Meet Andrew Palladino
Q: Please you tell us about your background? I am a Boston based printmaking artist, I recently graduated with a BFA in printmaking from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. I’ve been making art for about the past five years now but my time printing goes further back than that. Before MassArt I attended […]
Sylvia Taylor
Every spring the spotted salamanders migrate from the woods behind my home in Ithaca, New York. We watch for them on rainy nights. With a flashlight you can see their little dinosaur bodies moving forward into the night. My print called The Quickening, was inspired by the salamander migration. Most of my work is created […]
Meet Sonja Petermann
Sonja Petermann, artist in residence at Main Street Arts, during the month of December 2018, is working in one of our two studio spaces on our second floor. We asked Sonja some questions about her work and studio practice: Tell us about your background I live in St. Louis, MO, where I’m from. I received my B.F.A. with concentrations in printmaking […]
Meet Amber Roach
Amber Roach, artist in residence during the months of November and December 2017 at Main Street Arts, is working in one of our two studio spaces on our second floor. We asked Amber some questions about her work and studio practice: Q: Tell us about your background. I was born and raised in Syracuse, New York. I graduated from […]
Katherine Baca-Bielinis: Printmaker
Katherine’s artwork is on view in our juried exhibition “Small Works 2016”. I am often asked how a native of San Francisco ended up in Rochester, NY. I reply, “It was fate!” After earning a BA in Studio Art with a concentration in Printmaking from California State University at Long Beach, fate took me on a slow […]
Heather Swenson: The Link Between Silkscreen and Collage
A little over four years ago I moved back to Rochester after graduating from Purchase College of Art and Design with a BFA in Interdisciplinary Visual Arts and a concentration in Painting and Printmaking. Since then I have continued to work across several mediums, moving between silkscreen, collage, painting, sculpture and installation. Currently I have been […]
Gregory Page: Motifs From My Back Yard
The following images show my printmaking process. The photos are from a project completed while I was on sabbatical leave in 2013. Three print were produced and several unique impressions at Normal Editions Workshop at Illinois State University in the College of Fine Arts School of Art, Normal, Illinois. I worked with Professor Richard Finch (Director of […]
Robert S. Hunter: Artists Books, Digital Prints, and other Emphera
I’ve been making Art since I was a little boy growing up in New Jersey. My first installation piece was a wall of dinosaur drawings I put up in my bedroom at the age of 7 years old. My interest in Art continued through adolescence resulting in a Bachelor of Science degree from James Madison […]