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The Summer Arts Camp is a multidisciplinary arts experience in a day camp format for children ages 8-13. The program spans one week in the summer and has been held at Livingston Arts Center and Al Lorenz Park in Mount Morris. The fee includes snacks and supplies; a sibling discount is available. Advance registration is required. Please print, complete and submit the registration materials to GVCA to reserve your child's space.
2010 dates: Monday-Thursday, July 26-29, 9:30am-4pm.
Artful Holidays
Artful Holidays is a boutique-style juried fine arts and crafts show and sale. The 2010 show is scheduled for November 5 and 6 at The Campus House, 17 Main Street (Route 39) in Geneseo (14454) with our Patrons and Members Only Presale and Reception on November 4 6-8pm. Hours for the general public: 10am-6pm on Friday and 10am-4pm on Saturday. Free parking is available behind the Campus House and on Main Street. An admission donation of $3 benefits GVCA's programs for young artists and provides the entrant a free ticket for a raffle. Exhibitors participate by invitation of the Artful Holidays Committee. The committee looks for high quality arts and crafts produced by artists from Livingston County and the surrounding region. The committee aims to exhibit a variety of media and styles without putting artists in competition with one another. Items for exhibit and sale are not limited to visual art and crafts; Artful Holidays may also feature books, recordings and videos by local artists, and artisan food products. The committee limits the number of exhibitors to 40. To have your work considered, complete and submit the appropriate application by June 15. Applications will be considered after this date if not all spaces have been filled. New exhibitors must also provide:
The Artful Holidays Committee will notify accepted applicants on a rolling basis, at which time the exhibitor fee is due in full. The fee is $100/GVCA members or $125/non-members; the latter includes a one-year membership in the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts at the basic level. Additionally, a 20% commission will be taken on net sales exceeding $500 (gross sales less sales tax).
Registered exhibitors will receive complete instructions for product delivery/pick up and labeling/pricing in early fall.
Application for First-time Artist Applicants -
use this form if you have never appeared in Artful Holidays: Word PDF
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 The Traditional Arts Program at the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts supports our area's living cultural heritage through documentation and public programming of traditional arts. Traditional or folk arts are the ways a group maintains and passes on its shared way of life. They are usually learned informally, yet remain important expressions of a community's sense of beauty, identity and values. They range from verbal "lore" like local ghost stories, children's rhymes or family sayings, to material arts like woodcarving, quilting or fly tying, to performance arts like fiddling, break dancing, or square dance calling. Your family, your church, your neighborhood – these are all groups that practice and maintain creative traditions that give meaning to everyday life.
 Since the early 1990s our program has hosted a Traditional Music Series, a variety of events throughout the year. Our annual Round and Square Dance in the spring brings dancers from far and near, supporting a long tradition here of live music and eastern-style square dancing. Our Old Time music concerts have featured music of Irish, Italian, Polish, German, and Macedonian origins, accompanied by fiddles, accordions, banjos, mandolins and other instruments both familiar and uncommon. Further highlights of our programs and activities developed over the last decade include: Hispanic holiday and life traditions, such as Three Kings Day celebrations and Quinceanera arts Occupational folklife and folklore of the Retsof Salt Mine and former mining community of Little Italy Traditional dance from around the world in workshops, school residencies, and performances Accordion Fest, featuring musicians and instruments from diverse ethnic and regional traditions Workshops and apprenticeships in traditional music In 2010 we continue with our annual Round and Square Dance on May 1 at York Central School (see calendar listing for more detailed information). We are happy to present the needlework and artistry of Ellen Strivings this spring in our Apartment One gallery at the Livingston Arts Center. Ellen is a native of Norway, and specializes in Norwegian knitting. Her skills also extend to rug hooking, quilting, embroidery, tatting and painting. An additional focus this year is an update of information on traditional arts and artists in our region. We will benefit from an internship program sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts’ Folk Arts Program. Lesley Ham, a graduate student from the Folklore and Ethnomusicology department
 at Indiana University, will assist us this summer with searching out and meeting with traditional artists of the Genesee region. Let us know if you’re interested in hearing more. The program is administered by Karen Canning, and also enjoys the expertise of SUNY Geneseo ethnomusicologist, James Kimball. Ms. Canning may be reached through the arts council office, or may be e-mailed at karen@gvcaonline.org. Our programs are supported largely by a grant from the Folk Arts Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, and GVCA Members.
The Genesee Valley Council on the Arts hold its annual business meeting and election of board members each fall. The event is incorporated into the annual dinner, which has been prepared for many years by the Philanthropic Chefs and has become known as one of the county's signature events. GVCA members receive invitations to this important event by mail.
Arts Leadership Awards
The Genesee Valley Council on the Arts established its Arts Leadership Awards in 1998 to honor the exceptionally talented, hardworking and generous people who make Livingston County so rich in arts and culture. Each year, the Board of Directors selects a committee of its current members who determine the categories and criteria for which awards will be given, solicits nominations from GVCA members, constituents and the general public, and selects the awardees. Awards are presented at GVCA's Annual Dinner. Generally the nominations deadline is in mid-July. Download your nomination form and send it to GVCA today.
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The Traditional Arts Program at the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts supports our area's living cultural heritage through documentation and public programming of traditional arts. Traditional or folk arts are the ways a group maintains and passes on its shared way of life. They are usually learned informally, yet remain important expressions of a community's sense of beauty, identity and values. They range from verbal "lore" like local ghost stories, children's rhymes or family sayings, to material arts like woodcarving, quilting or fly tying, to performance arts like fiddling, break dancing, or square dance calling. Your family, your church, your neighborhood – these are all groups that practice and maintain creative traditions that give meaning to everyday life.
Since the early 1990s our program has hosted a Traditional Music Series, a variety of events throughout the year. Our annual Round and Square Dance in the spring brings dancers from far and near, supporting a long tradition here of live music and eastern-style square dancing. Our Old Time music concerts have featured music of Irish, Italian, Polish, German, and Macedonian origins, accompanied by fiddles, accordions, banjos, mandolins and other instruments both familiar and uncommon. Further highlights of our programs and activities developed over the last decade include: Hispanic holiday and life traditions, such as Three Kings Day celebrations and Quinceanera arts Occupational folklife and folklore of the Retsof Salt Mine and former mining community of Little Italy Traditional dance from around the world in workshops, school residencies, and performances Accordion Fest, featuring musicians and instruments from diverse ethnic and regional traditions Workshops and apprenticeships in traditional music In 2010 we continue with our annual Round and Square Dance on May 1 at York Central School (see calendar listing for more detailed information). We are happy to present the needlework and artistry of Ellen Strivings this spring in our Apartment One gallery at the Livingston Arts Center. Ellen is a native of Norway, and specializes in Norwegian knitting. Her skills also extend to rug hooking, quilting, embroidery, tatting and painting. An additional focus this year is an update of information on traditional arts and artists in our region. We will benefit from an internship program sponsored by the New York State Council on the Arts’ Folk Arts Program. Lesley Ham, a graduate student from the Folklore and Ethnomusicology department
at Indiana University, will assist us this summer with searching out and meeting with traditional artists of the Genesee region. Let us know if you’re interested in hearing more. The program is administered by Karen Canning, and also enjoys the expertise of SUNY Geneseo ethnomusicologist, James Kimball. Ms. Canning may be reached through the arts council office, or may be e-mailed at karen@gvcaonline.org. Our programs are supported largely by a grant from the Folk Arts Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, and GVCA Members.
The Genesee Valley Council on the Arts hold its annual business meeting and election of board members each fall. The event is incorporated into the annual dinner, which has been prepared for many years by the Philanthropic Chefs and has become known as one of the county's signature events. GVCA members receive invitations to this important event by mail.
Arts Leadership Awards
The Genesee Valley Council on the Arts established its Arts Leadership Awards in 1998 to honor the exceptionally talented, hardworking and generous people who make Livingston County so rich in arts and culture. Each year, the Board of Directors selects a committee of its current members who determine the categories and criteria for which awards will be given, solicits nominations from GVCA members, constituents and the general public, and selects the awardees. Awards are presented at GVCA's Annual Dinner. Generally the nominations deadline is in mid-July. Download your nomination form and send it to GVCA today.
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Grants Awards Reception At the beginning of each year the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts brings together all of the artists and organizations that were awarded funding through our regrant programs. This includes Community Arts Grant awardees, Individual Artist grantees, and recipients of the Dick Smith Young Artists Grants. We also invite our state legislators, who are directly responsible for the state funds that support these programs, GVCA board members and local government officials who are very supportive of our work in the community. For the past several years, the ceremony was held in the Supervisors Meeting Room of the Livingston County Government Center in Geneseo.
The 2010 exhibit is scheduled for May 8, with the best of show pieces hanging in the Lederer Gallery from May 12-19 (open Monday-Friday 12-4pm). A closing reception will be held on May 19 at 4pm. These events are free and open to the public. Visit our events calendar for times.
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Artists of the Genesee Valley Studio Tour The GVCA has sponsored five Studio Tours. This is an opportunity for the public to view area artisans’ work, observe artists working at their craft, and purchase artwork directly from the artists. Most of the participating artists have year-round studio hours, which can be confirmed by calling or emailing the artists directly. Maps for this free, self-guided tour encompassing several communities in beautiful Livingston County are mailed to GVCA members and the Studio Tour guest list. Not on our mailing list? Call 585/243-6785 or use the contact link below to email us. The map is posted here for download.
The 2010 tour is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, October 23 and 24, 11am-5pm both days.
Interested artists should submit an application by
Friday, May 21, 2010.
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