Flower City Arts Center

Harness your camera! There's still time to squeeze into two great photography classes for snapshot newbies or those returning to hone their skill. Intro to Digital Photography (discount online price!) - starts TOMORROW 5/4 Make your digital camera work for you! Learn all the functions of your camera, including manually adjusting aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, exposure modes, lenses, image storage, file formats, and other camera functions. http://ow.ly/whP750EDJyH... Looking at Photographs - includes field trip entry ticket to George Eastman Museum - starts Thursday 5/6 In this course we’ll analyze both journalistic and artistic photographs from historical images to modern digital photography. You will gain an understanding of what elements make a photograph sing and how you can apply that to your own photography (or collecting!). Students will share their favorite photographs and participate in a final peer-review session. http://ow.ly/Mlj950EDJzp

We’re honored to have gotten the chance to sit down with Photo Club Studio 678 Alumnus, Chris Rush, who has gone on to do great things for the Rochester community as Executive Director of Champion Academy Extreme Mentoring & Empowerment Initiative. Watch this video to hear Chris talk about how our youth programs empowered him, and how they continue to empower youth today by teaching the importance of teamwork, learning new skills, and the growing importance of technology and ...thinking creativity in the workforce. Learn more about how you can support our current fundraiser to upgrade our technology for youth programming by visiting our donation page: https://flowercityarts.org/donate/spring-appeal-2021/ Thank you to the Rochester community for continuing to support our youth programs and students. It truly makes a difference and helps artistic young minds continue to blossom. https://youtu.be/fVATaD7kFvY

Happy #printdayinmay2021 everyone! We're here checking in on Chris Charles of Moon Rabbit Press, a studio artist at Flower City Arts Center. She's working on a large scale linoleum block print of a crow and let us view her progress of laying down a new color.... Come watch it unfold! Join us for a letterpress or printmaking class soon, we love introducing new students to the craft! And who knows, it could become a lasting hobby for you. https://youtu.be/zVBb7kAcLS0

Get a taste for the cozy art of bookbinding THIS Sunday! For just $50 ($65 nonmembers), learn to bind your own books using a variety of methods. Still a few spots left. Sign up here: https://flowercityarts.org//sunday-afternoon-bookbinding-/ Learn more about instructor Susan Doran below: https://youtu.be/Qq96aL82wms

Check out what's being created on the press! Studio Artist Moon Rabbit Press has been at the letterpresses at Flower City Arts Center whipping up a fearsome crow. Should we say... murderously good?

Reminder - right now we are offering FREE and heavily discounted arts classes for essential workers to give our thanks. And we have plenty of fun and relaxing classes to choose from! This includes any worker that was deemed essential during COVID-19 including workers from local health care entities, fire stations, postal delivery companies, grocery and convenience stores, restaurants that remained open for carry-out or delivery, and the like. For more info and to fill out our form, visit https://flowercityarts.org//essential_worker_scholarship_f

Staying in on this fine, Friday night? Get cozy with an online art lecture! Our Resident Artist Cocoa Rae David is presenting an online lecture via Zoom about Portrait Photography TONIGHT at 6:30PM. Whether you're taking selfies with friends or a professional shoot, learn how to set the stage for creating captivating portraits. Sign up at: https://flowercityarts.org/classes/portrait-winter-2021/

What is the Riso? Reposting this fun video with Artist-in-Residence Evan Bobrow explaining our Risograph printer and all the fun things you can do with it! Our next class on the Riso is starting TOMORROW 1/15. Intro to Risograph: https://flowercityarts.org//intro-to-risograph-printing-d/... https://youtu.be/yAW21ShKI6o

We're stoked to be able to share our Resident Artists' talents with our fellow Rochester community. Htet San is teaching a class on Experimental Darkroom Techniques. Darkroom fans, don't miss this unique class feat. chemigrams/photograms, starts 1/19! https://flowercityarts.org//experimental-darkroom-chemigr/

A few days left to take advantage of our Holiday Membership BOGO sale thru 1/15 Enjoy discounts on classes and more all year long! New members get 50% off a gifted year-long Individual membership to a friend/family member when you buy a new Individual membership for yourself during the sale.... Existing members can gift an Individual membership for 25% off during sale dates. Call us directly or stop by the Center for the offer during business hours. Not available online. For full details of the sale, visit FlowerCityArts.org/membership!

Cheryl McKeiver has been appointed by the Board of Directors to be the new Executive Director at FCAC. Cheryl brings a creative spirit as well as strong organizational skills and will lead us into our next 50 years. Visit flowercityarts.org for more information on Cheryl, our Center, and the visual arts classes we offera chance to reinvent yourself through visual arts.... Welcome Cheryl!