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Uplift
Celebrate our building renovations and your generous support! Find out more.

Events at the Genesee Center

UpLift
Come celebrate with us the new and improved building and facilities. Food, fun and live music provided by Margaret Explosion, Nate Rawls and the SWAN band and the Tin Can Set. We will be honoring ou...
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Asymmetrical Press: A Retrospective
Letterpress work from 1978 - 1994 by our own Mitch Cohen including classical and other styles.
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job opening


board opening

Raffling a Vandercook No.3 Proof Press
A sweet way to get a press - CHEAP! To get the scoop, CLICK HERE.



SUMMER session classes now online. Some spring classes still available. Call 585.244.1730 or complete our web contact form to sign up to receive our class brochure directly next quarter.


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NEWS ITEMS
  • Endowed fund to support Printing & Book Arts programs. Increased by $25,000 additional gift! $50,000 Initial investment key to preserving important traditional methods. Story....

  • We did it! Installed a new elevator and other accessibility improvements through donations from Davenport-Hatch Foundation Davenport-Hatch Foundation and money secured from NY state through Senator Joseph Robach and other supporters. THANK YOU!


    Our Mission
    At the Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, we believe that a positive art experience can change a person's life. We are a community-based not-for-profit that educates, encourages and inspires all people to create and enjoy the visual arts.
    ART FOR ALL PEOPLE

    About the Center
    Established in 1970, The Genesee Center for the Arts and Education is located in an historic firehouse, built in 1895-1905. We are the only community visual arts center located within the City of Rochester. In 1974, the Center incorporated as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit educational institution.
    The Genesee Center for the Arts & Education offers programs in all of our visual arts area: Community Darkroom, Genesee Pottery, and the Printing and Book Arts Center. We offer youth programs, classes and workshops, rent studio space to individuals and exhibit work in our galleries. Anyone may take classes, though you must be a member to use some of the facilities.


    The Genesee Center for the Arts & Education is an Institutional Member of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts.


    History of the Center
    The building which houses the Center has a unique architectural and social history. History of the Center


    Awards and Recognition
    Awards page



    Can you help?
    We are always seeking volunteers to help us in our mission. If you are good with a hammer or wrench, able to help with office work, willing to make phone calls, or just want to offer your help to us, contact the office at 244-1730.
  • Photo of the Genesee Center for the Arts and Education, 713 Monroe Avenue, Rochester New York The Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, 713 Monroe Avenue

    Man with pot Genesee Pottery

    Man with film Community Darkroom

    Window Printing & Book Arts Center
    Genesee Pottery
    585 - 271 - 5183
    pottery[at]geneseearts.org
    Genesee Center for the Arts & Education
    Main Office
    713 Monroe Avenue
    Rochester, NY 14607
    Community Darkroom
    585 - 271 - 5920
    darkroom[at]geneseearts.org
    Printing and Book Arts
    585 - 244 - 9312
    bookarts[at]geneseearts.org
    585 - 244 -1730
    gcae[at]geneseearts.org
    Development Office
    585 - 244 - 1730
    development[at]geneseearts.org
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