View our exhibition calendar which highlights local and regional artists in solo shows and group invitationals, in addition to annual national juried exhibitions and check out an archive of our exhibition history since we opened in 2013.
Our residency program offers artists time and space to focus on their work. View information about the program, check out current and past residents, FAQs, testimonials, and apply to become an artist in residence.
In addition to visual arts, Main Street Arts also focuses on literary arts and literacy through our bookstore, Sulfur Books. You’ll find new and used books for all ages—adults, young adults, middle readers, and children.
In addition to invitational exhibitions, Main Street Arts offers national and regional juried exhibition opportunities each year. Juried exhibitions include a thematic or media-specific exhibition in the spring, as well as our annual Small Works and The Cup, The Mug exhibitions in the fall.
Main Street Arts is a nonprofit arts organization and art gallery specializing in showcasing contemporary art and fine craft from emerging and established Upstate New York artists. Located in the historic, picturesque village of Clifton Springs, NY, the 3,600-square-foot space has two floors offering exhibitions, an artist residency program, workshops, literary arts programming, and youth programs.
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Gallery owner and curator at Anna Kaplan Contemporary in Buffalo, NY. Anna is former Curatorial Assistant at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery where she was also Project Manager of the major multi-venue regional exhibition, Beyond/In Western New York 2007. She is also a former adjunct professor in Daemen College’s Visual & Performing Arts Department. Anna’s foray in commercial gallery work began when she launched BT&C Gallery (Body of Trade and Commerce Gallery) in 2013, opening in a physical gallery space at 1250 Niagara Street in June of 2014. In September of 2017, the gallery rebranded and opened as Anna Kaplan Contemporary in a newly renovated space at the same address. Since 2013, Anna has curated dozens of exhibitions, both on Niagara St. and elsewhere as a strong collaborator in the Western New York visual arts community. Anna is also responsible for the art consultancy, Resource:Art.
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