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    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.

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    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.

    Artist opportunities also include our artist residency program and our open call for work which is reviewed twice per year for consideration in invitational exhibitions.
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    About Main Street Arts

    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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Student Painting Exhibition

Grade Level / Age:

Grades 6 – 12

About the Instructor:

Participating art teachers from Ontario, Wayne, Monroe, Livingston, Seneca, and Yates counties work with their students to create work for this exhibition.

Each year since 2014, Main Street Arts has held a student painting exhibition on our second floor. The exhibition is open to students in grades 6–12 in Ontario, Wayne, Monroe, Livingston, Seneca, and Yates Counties. This annual exhibition gives local students the opportunity to see their work in a gallery setting.

Students each receive a 5 x 7 inch canvases and make paintings based on a theme. Past themes include: Only in My Imagination (2014), This is What Adventure Looks Like! (2015), Dreamscapes (2016), Self Portraits (2017), Colorful Creations (2018), WILD! (2019), and Open Minded (2020).
  • 20 W Main St
    Clifton Springs, NY 14432
  • (315) 462-0210

We are in the process of updating the Main Street Arts website to make it accessible to all 
due in part to a grant funded by the Finger Lakes Visitors Connection’s Visitor Experience Fund.

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We are in the process of updating the Main Street Arts website to make it accessible to all 
due in part to a grant funded by the Finger Lakes Visitors Connection’s Visitor Experience Fund.

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We are in the process of updating the Main Street Arts website to make it accessible to all 
due in part to a grant funded by the Finger Lakes Visitors Connection’s Visitor Experience Fund.

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Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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