Elementary Student Art Exhibit

 

Coloring Away

 The end of winter marks the beginning of the student art work season here at ACWC and this year’s schedule started out with a bang on February 20th. Nearly 50 people braved the high winds, white-outs, ice and near 0° temps and were rewarded with great artwork and cupcakes! ACWC Bookkeeper, Char Joslyn and her sister Darcy provided the cupcakes, while students from every school in the county and home schoolers provided 100 works of art. This is the most colorful and varied exhibit of the year and this year’s is bigger and brighter than ever! Each student displayed the one piece that best represented their work so far this year. Students and their families have been stopping in the Gallery everyday this week and the pride radiates from all of them as they stand in front of their work. The Elementary Student work is on view through Saturday, March 7th so you have one more week to stop in and see it. After that, on Saturday, March 14th, the High School Student show will open and be available for viewing through Saturday, April 11th, when the College Students are in the gallery for another month.

Ashley with Fall Reflections, Mixed Media

Are You Selling Your Work Online? Would You Like To?

I am looking for artists that sell their work online. Every end of the spectrum – if it’s considered arty in any way, shape or form that’s what I’m looking for. If you have a website, that is not on the list to the right, please leave a comment with the link and your name. I know of a few of you that have stores on Etsy,  deviantART and other places as well. I would like to list those too. It would be interesting and helpful to get impressions of what is available out there and what you would suggest for artists, new to online marketing, to keep in mind.

The flip side of this request is all of you that are looking for advice on setting-up a space and selling your work online. Please send your questions and I’ll try and set you up with someone experienced in your medium.

I think this could be the beginning of a great forum for helping local artists get their work out in the marketplace.

Thanks for all of your input.

The LACS Applications are Here!

For those of you who have wondered about the process for getting a booth at the Letchworth Arts & Crafts Show & Sale; here is your chance! The applications for booth space are now available at our website in the Application & Information area. After you get there what you do is: print out all four pages, fill out the application, burn your images to a disk (make sure they will run smoothly on Windows XP) and send it all in with your application fee. This really is a great show – ask anyone! Now is your chance to get in on the action.

New York Times on arts funding

Arts organizations are urging the new administration to include artists and the arts in its economic plans. Some good points here, including from US Representative from Rochester, Louise Slaughter.

NYT: Arts Leaders Urge Role for Culture in Economic Recovery

Arts groups said that they would seek to drive home the idea that culture is an economic engine. “Arts jobs are jobs,” said Marc A. Scorca, president and chief executive of Opera America. “We see opera companies cutting health care, administrative staff — these people are taxpayers and rent payers and mortgage payers, just like every other employee.”

Local Color

The annual member’s exhibit is up and running! The level of talent in this area is always exciting to see and this year, I think you’ll notice, many of our old favorites have moved up to the next level of greatness! We are also showcasing the new color schemes in both galleries – who said that they had to stay white?