Meet Stacey Rowe
Painter Stacey Rowe, artist in residence during the month of April 2017, is working in one of our two studio spaces for the month. We asked her a few questions about her work, life, and more: Q: Tell us about your background. A: I moved from the Syracuse area to Rochester to attend college at Nazareth. I […]
Rachel Cordaro
“Leave room for inspiration and the mood to create will present itself.” ~Rachel Cordaro Hi! I’m Rachel Cordaro, a Rochester NY native- born and raised. I grew up with great encouraging artistic parents. I am the youngest of three hilariously endearing siblings. I have been an artist my whole life. Dabbling in art shows I decided […]
Chara Dow: Growth of a Sideboard
This table started the way many of my pieces start; with a deadline and a vague idea. I had purchased a beautiful, highly fingered slab of Flame Beech up in the Adirondacks a year before and the design grew out of the amount of life and movement flowing through the grain of the slab. I decided […]
Emily Glass
I spent my childhood outside in rural Vermont, taking care of animals and watching wildlife grow. As a kid I photographed my surrounding world extensively, always documenting, always looking. I loved art classes in high school and first worked with oil paint at the State University of New York Potsdam in 2004. I found the […]
Kari Ganoung Ruiz: En Plein Air
I’m Kari Ganoung Ruiz, and my studio is the great outdoors! My husband Diego Ruiz and I currently live in Union Springs, NY on the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake. I grew up in Interlaken, NY near the Finger Lakes National Forest, setting the stage early for my deep appreciation of the natural landscape. I […]
Bob Conge: 2005 to the present
2003 was one of those turning points in life. I was freed of the need to produce work for the commercial illustration sector and from this point on I would have the luxury of working only on projects I wish to pursue for myself. After many years of honing an array skills in painting and […]
Virginia Torrence
The Upstate New York Ceramics Invitational at Main Street Arts will feature functional and sculptural ceramic work by 13 artists from the region. This invitational represents some of the most exciting contemporary ceramic work being made in upstate New York. The exhibition will be held July 11–August 29, 2015. Online purchasing will begin in mid-July. […]
Hannah Thompsett
The Upstate New York Ceramics Invitational at Main Street Arts will feature functional and sculptural ceramic work by 13 artists from the region. This invitational represents some of the most exciting contemporary ceramic work being made in upstate New York. The exhibition will be held July 11–August 29, 2015. Online purchasing will begin in mid-July. […]
Kate Symonds
The Upstate New York Ceramics Invitational at Main Street Arts will feature functional and sculptural ceramic work by 13 artists from the region. This invitational represents some of the most exciting contemporary ceramic work being made in upstate New York. The exhibition will be held July 11–August 29, 2015.Online purchasing will begin in mid-July. Kate […]
Susan Stuart
It was while doing graduate work at the University at Albany that the size of my studio space influenced my painting. As a part time student, I was not provided with a studio so I had to use a small room at home. Because I wanted to paint large works, I began sectioning my work, […]