M&T Bank Clothesline Art & Fine Craft Festival

The Memorial Art Gallery and MAG Council are teaming up to bring more art, more music, and more food to the M&T Bank Clothesline Art & Fine Craft Festival, the museum’s largest annual fundraiser and biggest celebration of the arts.

For almost 70 years, over 300 artists from across the country have offered their work for sale at this two-day festival, held on the beautiful grounds of the Memorial Art Gallery. Clothesline is the place to 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.

Congratulations to all of our 2026 award winners!

Our 2026 Merit Award winners are:

• Emmanuel Okechukwu (Emmanuel Okechukwu ceramics, booth 72)
• Sheryl Oyong and Nicole Rowley (Black Creek Textiles, booth 76)
• James Skvarch (James Skvarch Etchings, booth 430)

Our 2026 First-Time Exhibitor Award winner is:

• Zoe Pruitt (Zoe Draws, booth 109)

Our 2026 Luvon Sheppard Award for Creative Excellence winners are:

• Asa Farnham (booth 709)
• Wanying Liang (Liang Ceramic Studio, booth 203)

Our 2026 winners of the Koret Fellows Emerging Artist Award, given to developing artists, are:

• Julia Antonio
• Casey Beal
• Lynn Donahue
• Catherine Eaton
• Morgan Everly
• Matthew Humphries
• Darragh Kerr
• Zoe Pruitt
• Aaron Schnittman
• Kristin Spath

Artist applications will open in January 2027.

Please note that all communication from the Memorial Art Gallery will come from email addresses ending in @mag.rochester.edu. We do not accept Venmo for payment.