Print Day in May at the Flower City Arts Center

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Print Day in May at the Flower City Arts Center

Post author:Flower City Arts Center
Post published:May 1, 2019
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Hello! My name is Rachel Oatridge, and I am a former artist-in-residence/instructor/studio artist at the Flower City Arts Center in Rochester, New York.

An Arts Center in an old brick firehouse, on a wide street. — The Flower City Arts Center, 713 Monroe Ave., Rochester, NY

Our Book Arts Center is located in half of an old fire house, with three floors and plenty of character. We offer studio access for and classes in everything from traditional printmaking, to letterpress, to screen printing. A letterpress printer myself, I’m particularly in love with our five Vandercook presses and 600+ drawers of type.

While I like to think of every day as Print Day in our little non-profit shop, we’ve definitely got some great stuff planned for Print Day in May! We have curious people see our sign and come in all the time, often reminiscing on their college printmaking classes and telling us how they’d love to be able to do it again. With that in mind, for this year’s Print Day in May, we’ve invited the Rochester community to bring in those old intaglio, relief plates, or linocuts they’ve got stashed away. Our staff will be on hand to help them get their hands in the ink again!

Flower City Arts Center

We are a community-based not-for-profit that educates, encourages and inspires all people to create and enjoy the arts. Established in 1970 as the Genesee Street Corporation, The Flower City Arts Center is located in an historic firehouse, built in 1895-1905 (Try to find evidence of the fire poles next time you're here!). We are the only community visual arts center conveniently located within the City of Rochester. In 1973, the Arts Center incorporated as a 501(c)3 not-for-profit educational institution. The Flower City Arts Center offers programs in three visual arts areas: Printmaking & Book Arts, Ceramics, and Photography & Digital Arts. We produce youth programs, classes and workshops, provide facilities to our studio artists, and exhibit work in our galleries. We collaborate with community groups for the benefit of all. Our photography, ceramics and book arts programs are available to community members of all ages, incomes and backgrounds.