A crowd browsing tents at the 2025 M&T Bank Clothesline Art Festival.

Welcome to the Memorial Art Gallery

5,000 years of art from around the world in Rochester, New York, and home to the M&T Bank Clothesline Art & Fine Craft Festival on August 29 & 30

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Black electric poles standing in space against ground implied by washes of color.

Shape your fall in the Creative Workshop

Explore ceramics, drawing, watercolor, sculpture, and more! Offering 80+ classes for all ages, the Creative Workshop’s fall session of classes runs September 15–November 23. Member registration begins at 10:00 am on August 18, with 10% off most classes! General registration opens at 10:00 am on August 25.

Wide view of the Centennial Sculpture Park.

Explore the Centennial Sculpture Park

MAG’s Centennial Sculpture Park is a public art space, open all the time and free for all, home to artworks by artists like Sanford Biggers, Nancy Jurs, Jun Kaneko, and Albert Paley. Learn more about these artworks in MAG’s digital guide as you walk our grounds!

Visitors browsing booths at Clothesline in 2024.

Clothesline tickets are here!

Get ready for this year’s M&T Bank Clothesline Art & Fine Craft Festival, back at MAG on August 29 & 30. Browse art from over 300 artists, experience all-day live entertainment, sample food from some of Rochester’s favorite food trucks and vendors, enjoy free family art activities, and visit the museum.

Free for All, Forever

Fueled by more than $9 million in community support, the Free for All, Forever initiative will make general admission free for everyone in 2027 and sustain access to art and culture for generations to come.

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