Main Street Arts

Main Street Arts A 501(c)3 nonprofit arts organization and art gallery located in Clifton Springs, New York.
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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, workshops, youth programs, and an art resource library. The exhibition calendar incl

udes thematic invitationals, national juried competitions, and solo exhibitions. In addition to rotating exhibitions the gallery has a shop featuring jewelry, ceramics, prints, and more by a variety of local and regional artists. Workshops, artist demos, documentary film screenings, and other events are offered on a monthly basis.

Yeehaw! HORSE POWER OPENS TODAY!Horse Power is a group exhibition featuring 57 New York state Artists, that celebrates a...
06/06/2026

Yeehaw! HORSE POWER OPENS TODAY!

Horse Power is a group exhibition featuring 57 New York state Artists, that celebrates all things wild and wonderful about the Equidae family of the horse (and related species such as the zebra); Horses have long been known for their strength, intelligence, and resilience...

Join us in reining in the exceptional visual artwork centered around THE HORSE...

Main Street Arts galleries & Art Resource Library are open today from 11-6 & Artist Reception is from 3-6pm. The reception is free to attend & the public is welcome...

HORSE POWER opens this Saturday, June 6th at 11am!This show features 57 talented artists are featured ranging from middl...
06/05/2026

HORSE POWER opens this Saturday, June 6th at 11am!
This show features 57 talented artists are featured ranging from middle-school & high-school students up through age 89+. An incredible range of artistic mediums and focus areas...all about the horse!

Come join us for the Artist Reception from 3-6pm: As always it's free!

Artwork credits: Tom Kredo, Geena Fratto (Massaro), Brenda Cretney

After School Art Experience picks back up on Tuesday, June 9th from 4-5:15pm for grades 1-6.   Over the course of 5 sess...
06/02/2026

After School Art Experience picks back up on Tuesday, June 9th from 4-5:15pm for grades 1-6. Over the course of 5 sessions, students will learn about repoussé (metal embossing) and the elements of art, create their designs, practice using various tools for embossing, and make a fun and unique dimensional metal artwork.

ASAE is set up as sequential learning/multi-week projects. Attendees can now register class by class for just $10. While this series started on May 19th youth may still attend the remaining 4 sessions and should have plenty of time to complete their projects.

For more info please visit our website: https://mainstreetartscs.org/youth-programs/after-school-art-experience/

Just a reminder that Main Street Arts is closed between exhibitions.  Next Saturday, June 6 we re-open & welcome 57 arti...
05/29/2026

Just a reminder that Main Street Arts is closed between exhibitions.

Next Saturday, June 6 we re-open & welcome 57 artists for Horse Power (in Main Gallery) + 3 solo exhibitions (in Stairwell, Window Front, & Emerging Artist Galleries). These open at 11am on June 6th and the artist reception is from 3-6pm. The public is welcome and the galleries are free, as always, to visit and enjoy.

Come view 'The Garden Within' a harmonious and engaging place-based invitational featuring work by Sara Baker Michalak (...
05/25/2026

Come view 'The Garden Within' a harmonious and engaging place-based invitational featuring work by Sara Baker Michalak (Dunkirk/Fredonia, NY) and Jari Poulin (Ithaca, NY) before it closes on Wednesday, May 27 at 3pm.

Our hours this week are Tuesday & Wednesday from 11am-3pm. We are then closed between main exhibitions May 28-June 5, reopening for 'Horse Power' on Saturday, June 6 at 11am with the free, public reception from 3-6pm.

Images:
1) Cosmos Garden (a single print within series) by Jari Poulin
2) Cosmos Garden (a single print within series) by Jari Poulin
3) In Out of the Darkness by Sara Baker Michalak
4) Faultlines by Sara Baker Michalak

The Stairwell Gallery features paintings by 'Vita' (Canandaigua, NY) also up through Wednesday, May 27 at 3pm

Stop by to see Vita's work in the Stairwell Gallery-up through Wednesday, May 27 at 3pm. MSA is open this week on both T...
05/24/2026

Stop by to see Vita's work in the Stairwell Gallery-up through Wednesday, May 27 at 3pm. MSA is open this week on both Tuesday & Wednesday from 11-3 & is then closed between exhibitions from May 28-June 5.

Vita is a Canandaigua-based artist and an exceptionally talented painter whose small paintings are like sparkly gems-boasting with colorful appeal and deep value structures. While painting small she achieves incredible depth within these XS-scale works. They portray an undeniable magnetism, timelessness, and connective beauty between subject and viewer...

Vita is a member of the Ontario County Arts Council & earned a Certificate in Fine Arts (Painting and Drawing) from the Poltava Art School, Ukraine (2000).

'Born and raised in Ukraine, I began my creative journey with formal training at a local art school. Painting has remained a constant thread throughout my life – a personal and heartfelt way to connect with the world around me.

Nature has always been my greatest source of inspiration, from my early years until now, living in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of New York. Here, surrounded by forests, lakes, and wildlife, I find daily reminders of the wonder I aim to
capture in my work. Using acrylics and gouache I love to blend realism with a touch of whimsy, painting countryside scenes, wild creatures, and the quiet magic of the natural world. I hold a special love for painting flowers - their intricate, enchanting structures never cease to spark my curiosity and inspire me to create.'

You can explore more of Vita's artwork on Instagram:

Featured in our gallery shop today is: an awesome hand-made print by Lyons-based artist, Pat Bacon.  Pat has exhibited h...
05/21/2026

Featured in our gallery shop today is: an awesome hand-made print by Lyons-based artist, Pat Bacon. Pat has exhibited here for many years in the Main Gallery & we also showcase her amazing printmaking work in our gallery shop!

This little gem is a photo polymer, hand inked & printed, intaglio-based card. To achieve this, Pat uses a newer photo polymer process (within the photogravure family of printmaking techniques) relying upon a light sensitive plate that once exposed to light and then etched/run through water (like the traditional, intaglio family of printmaking), is hand-inked, run through an etching press, and transferred onto the paper. Each print is unique in how it inks, transfers to paper, and runs through the press.

Her work has ties to landscape, place, & time--and often features the richness and diversity of organic forms found within nature. This card is 5x7 and was created in 2023. It is $15 and comes with a plastic sleeve--the ideal gift for the garden lover and beyond...

Pat Bacon is a Rochester-based contemporary printmaker who has been exhibiting work at Main Street Arts for a very long time. She is a member of the Print Club of Rochester, exhibits in solo, invitational, and group shows throughout our region and so, so much more. Pat works in both 2D and 3D formats and her website is: https://www.patbacon.com/

Thank you Pat!

After School Art Experience picks back up on Tuesday, June 9th from 4-5:15pm for grades 1-6.   Over the course of 5 sess...
05/20/2026

After School Art Experience picks back up on Tuesday, June 9th from 4-5:15pm for grades 1-6. Over the course of 5 sessions, students will learn about repoussé (metal embossing) and the elements of art, create their designs, practice using various tools for embossing, and make a fun and unique dimensional metal artwork.

ASAE is set up as sequential learning/multi-week projects. Attendees can now register class by class for just $10.

For more info please visit our website: https://mainstreetartscs.org/youth-programs/after-school-art-experience/

The Garden Within is up for one more week...catch it now before the holiday weekend!  It closes on wednesday, May 27 at ...
05/20/2026

The Garden Within is up for one more week...catch it now before the holiday weekend! It closes on wednesday, May 27 at 3pm...


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20 W Main Street
Clifton Springs, NY
14432

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 3pm
Wednesday 11am - 3pm
Thursday 11am - 6pm
Friday 11am - 6pm
Saturday 11am - 6pm

Telephone

+13154620210

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