(ROCHESTER, NY - February 23, 2023) The Flower City Arts Center Board has announced that Kristin A. Rapp has been appointed as the Center’s new Executive Director, effective February 20th, 2023. Kristin A. Rapp comes to Flower City Arts Center having woven together a colorful array of arts, education, healing, and leadership experiences. [Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY– January 13, 2023) — Explore the “explosion” of interest in film photography at Flower City Arts Center, located in a historic former firehouse at 713 Monroe Ave. The Photography and Digital Arts department (formerly known as Community Darkroom) of Flower City Arts Center was established in 1977 by Visual Studies Workshop graduate student Anne Beach. [Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY - September 15, 2022) It is with both sadness and gratitude that we announce Dr.Cheryl McKeiver’s departure as Executive Director of the Flower City Arts Center. She will leave the Center to pursue new ventures and spend time with her family. Dr. McKeiver joined the Flower City Arts Center at the beginning of 2021 and led the Center through Covid-19 and its ramifications. [Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY - December 16, 2019) Local Rochester visual arts hub, the Flower City Arts Center, has been expanding its community class selections. New classes have included encaustic, watercolor, oil painting, and drawing. New in 2020 are sculpture, Ethiopian book structure, photogravure, jewelry, and guided black & white darkroom printing. [Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY – August 27, 2019) Flower City Arts Center is proud to welcome, for the fifth year, 20 premier ceramic artists from 14 different states across America for a long weekend celebrating contemporary clay. The event includes an artist reception, pottery exhibitions and sale, demonstrations, workshops and talks by the visiting artists. [Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY – March 19, 2019) The Flower City Arts Center, Visual Studies Workshop, and Open Letter Books are three organizations that have received funding from the National Endowment for the Arts for fiscal year 2019. [ Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY - January 2, 2018) Flower City Arts Center is excited to announce that Megan Charland has taken on her new role as Director of Photography & Digital Arts. Charland’s focus is to continue strengthening the photography artist-in-residency program she launched in 2016, grow our community of darkroom and lighting studio artists, and expand community programming – including a new women’s veteran photography program she plans to launch next year. [ Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY - July 25, 2017) The Flower City Arts Center, previously the Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, is excited to announce a staffing change effective immediately. Allan Phoenix has accepted his new position as the Printmaking & Book Arts Studio Manager. An additional position has been created at the Arts Center, and Roy Sowers has accepted the position of Printmaking & Book Arts Studio Assistant. [ Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY – July 24, 2017) Flower City Arts Center is issuing a call for small ceramic works of art. The second annual Good Things…come in small packages exhibition will be November 10 through December 21, 2017. The deadline for application is September 8, 2017. All works submitted must be smaller than 8x8x8 inches. Applications can be submitted online at www.rochesterarts.org/good-things. [Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY - May 2, 2017) Students in 7th grade at School 58, World of Inquiry, are incorporating arts into their science and math curriculum (STEAM) through a partnership with Flower City Arts Center. Two days will be spent at the Arts Center, where students will work to answer questions about balance. Exploring what it means to be balanced, how balance is maintained, and if balance is achievable are just part of the science expedition the students will be taking part in. [Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY – March 20, 2017) This spring Flower City Arts Center is proud to welcome artist-in-residence Nicholle La Vann to the Photography program for a 3-month residency. [ Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY-January 26, 2017) The Flower City Arts Center, previously the Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, is excited to announce a staffing change effective immediately. Joanna Heatwole has accepted her new position as the Community Outreach Coordinator. [Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY-January 25, 2017) I first met Dan through a mutual friend who worked with him at Kodak. I met a down to earth spirit who liked to tell slightly off color jokes but I had no idea he was a brilliant research scientist. [Read the full PDF Statement from Photography Director Sharon Turner]
(ROCHESTER, NY–December 19, 2016)This winter the Photography program at Flower City Arts Center is proud to expand its class offerings to include a new series of youth photography classes. [ Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY – December 12, 2016) The Flower City Arts Center, previously the Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, has received $25,000 through the Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) for fiscal year 2016-2017 to support a new position, Community Outreach coordinator. [ Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY – December 12, 2016) The Flower City Arts Center, previously the Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, has received $12,500 in support from the Fay Slover Fund at the Boston Foundation to support the public placement of art from the Center’s Studio 678 youth photography program. [ Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY – November 28, 2016) Flower City Arts Center for the Arts & Education is excited to announce a staffing change effective immediately. Kelly Justice, former artist in residence in the Ceramics department, has accepted her new position as the Ceramics Studio Manager. [Read the full PDF Press Release]
Flower City Arts Center photography educator Bruno Chalifour wrote In Memoriam — Nathan Lyons (1930-2016) in the September issue of the Photographic Historical Society Newsletter. [Read the full PDF article]
(ROCHESTER, NY - September 16, 2016) The Photography program at Flower City Arts Center has received a $1,000 grant to support a presentation by visiting artist Collette V. Fournier this fall. Fournier will present Retrospective: Spirit of a People, an historic embodiment of four decades of her photography archives on Saturday, October 29, 1-3pm. [Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY – August 22, 2016) The Flower City Arts Center eagerly welcomes new artists in residence for the 2016-2017 residency program. Six residents will enter the Book Arts, Ceramics and Photography program areas. Residents will be involved with educational programing and special events while continuing their practices of art making. [Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY - August 15, 2016) Flower City Arts Center is proud to announce that Communications Coordinator Amanda Chestnut has been awarded the 2016 Strokosch Fellowship to attend the Alliance of Artists Communities annual conference. The Strokosch Fellowship is awarded to three emerging African, Latino/a, Asian, Arab or Native American artist residency leaders to support their participation in the conference and pay for travel expenses. [Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY – May 13, 2016) Flower City Arts Center is excited to announce two staffing changes effective immediately. Megan Charland, the Communications Coordinator for the Center for the last seven months has accepted her new position as Photography Program Manager. Amanda Chestnut, the Book Arts Artist in Residence, has accepted her new position as Communications Coordinator for the Center. [Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY – May 09, 2016) Flower City Arts Center (GCAE) is proud to announce Executive Director Janice Gouldthorpe has accepted an appointment as a member of the New York State Council on the Arts Special Arts Services advisory panel for a one-year term from April 2016 to March 2017. [ Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY – April 12, 2016) Flower City Arts Center has received a $50,000 GO! Program grant from the ECMC Foundation to support the Center’s Studio 678 youth photography program. [Read the full PDF Press Release]
(ROCHESTER, NY – Jan. 27, 2016) Flower City Arts Center has received a $20,000 grant from the Windgate Charitable Foundation to support the purchase of an extensive collection of vintage letterpress woodtype for use by students and artists in its Book Arts Studio. [Read the full PDF Press Release]