The Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition, the city’s longest-running juried showcase of art of our region, is on view in the Docent Gallery until October 5, 2025. Timothy Peterson, MAG’s inaugural Ann and Irving Norry Curator of Contemporary Art, served as the juror this year. This exhibition is open to artists working in all media in a 27-county area in western and upstate New York.
Accepted artists are eligible for cash awards, including the $1,500 Memorial Art Gallery Award. During the first two weeks of the exhibition, MAG guests are invited to cast ballots for their favorite work, and the artist who receives the most votes will receive the Harris Popular Vote Award.
Awards
- Memorial Art Gallery Award (Award of Excellence), selected by the juror ($1,500)
Lily Rice, Sun Sugar, 2024 - Alice E. Koret/Docent Award, given in memory of Alice E. Koret by Dr. Sidney Koret, friends and family; selected by a MAG docent ($1,000)
Kathy Armstrong, Childhood: Curiosity, Wonder, and Imagination, 2025 - Gertrude Herdle Moore/Isabel Herdle Award, given by the Gallery Council of the MAG; selected by the juror ($500)
Susie Taylor, Gemini, 2025 - Ida and Elmer Louis Award, given in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Louis by their family; selected by the juror ($600)
Erika Guli, Milo, 2024 - Suressa H. Forbes Memorial Award, given by her daughter, Elizabeth J. Forbes ($500)
Robin Whiteman, Stuck Cat, 2024 - Barbara R. Biben Artist to Artist Award, selected by artist Barbara R. Biben ($500)
Jim Quinn, Unseen Elderly Shopper, 2024 - Arthur and Ronan Christopher Louis Award ($500)
Asher XT Gordon, Billy and Skippy – Vacations Are Not For Heroes, 2024 - Harris Popular Vote Award, given in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Manville S. Harris to the artist whose work receives the most votes from visitors during the first two weeks of the exhibition ($500) will be announced on July 15, 2025. The voting starts on the first day of the exhibition and the last day to vote is July 13, 2025.
Artists
MAG is proud to announce ninety artists selected for the 69th Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition!
- Kristen Adkins (Brockport)
- Stefan Allen (Bloomdale)
- D. Chase Angier (Alfred)
- Mandi Antonucci (Geneseo)
- Jennifer Apetz (Rochester)
- Kathy Armstrong (Rochester)
- Torrell Arnold and Kathleen Farrell (Rochester)
- Amanda Baroody (Elmira)
- Kim Bellavia (Honeoye)
- Laura Bishop (Brockport)
- Fran Bliek (Victor)
- Cara Brewer Thompson (Baldwinsville)
- Belinda Bryce (Rochester)
- Esmé Carroll (Rochester)
- Christian Carson (Brockport)
- Louis Chavez (Rochester)
- Sage Churchill- Foster (Walworth)
- Bob Conge (Wayland)
- Hayley Dayis (Rochester)
- Sara DiDonato (Brockport)
- Jennifer DiGaetano (Scottsville)
- Marc Duquette (Buffalo)
- Joshua Enck (Rochester)
- Stacey Esslinger (Corning)
- Asa Farnham (Palmyra)
- Jason Ferguson (Rochester)
- Ron Ferrara (Spencerport)
- Katie Finnerty (Buffalo)
- Andrew Fitzsimmons (Owego)
- Sari Gaby (Rochester)
- Kari Ganoung Ruiz (Interlaken)
- Bret Garwood (Rochester)
- Kassidy Gaviola (Rochester)
- Mitch Goldstein (Rochester)
- Asher XT Gordon (Fairport)
- Linda Griswold Davis (Rochester)
- Erika Guli (Honeoye)
- Steve Hazlett (Painted Post)
- David Higgins (Corning)
- Lee Hoag (Rochester)
- Joshua Hudak (Webster)
- Haley Indorato (Fairport)
- Robert Jeffords (Rochester)
- Laurence Keefe (Victor)
- Carre Van Valkenburg Kehoe (Branchport)
- Maiya Kettlehone (Rochester)
- Rohma Khan (Rochester)
- Leslie Lee (Rochester)
- Abigail MacRae (Pittsford)
- Austin MacRae (Ithaca)
- Laurie Maddalina (Fairport)
- Mindy Magyar (Rochester)
- Regina Maier (Fairport)
- Sarah Manrique (Rochester)
- Jessie Marianacci Valone (Canandaigua)
- Flour Pail Kids (Rochester)
- James McCune (Fairport)
- Paul McKinley (Bath)
- Patrice McPeak (Rochester)
- Dominique Mediak-Pirigyi (Buffalo)
- Jonathan Mills (Rochester)
- Lance Morrison (Rochester)
- Samantha Nolte-Yupari (Penfield)
- John Nyquist (Burdett)
- Cory O’Rourke (Rochester)
- Anny Ostau De Lafont (Rochester)
- Francis Pellegrino (Rochester)
- Jono Peterson (Rochester)
- James Porto (Pittsford)
- Jim Quinn (Penfield)
- Joseph Radoccia (Buffalo)
- Matt Retzlaff (Springville)
- Lily Rice (Rochester)
- Nicholas Roes (Rochester)
- Sara Rogers (Rochester)
- Sonja Rosario-Belliard (Rochester)
- Nicole Rowley (Hilton)
- John Scharf (Pittsford)
- Aaron Schnittman (Rochester)
- Kristin Spath (Pittsford)
- Carla Stetson (Willseyville)
- Madalyn Stuart (Rochester)
- Michael Powers Tarantelli (Rochester)
- Susie Taylor (Rochester)
- David Thelen (Livonia)
- Pauline Wegman (Rochester)
- Zazie Weldgen (Webster)
- Robin Whiteman (Springwater)
- Jessica Young (Hamlin)
- Joe Ziolkowski (Ithaca)
Timeline for Selected Artists
Sunday, October 5, 2025: Exhibition closes
Monday & Tuesday, October 6 & 7, 2025: Pick up of works
Exhibition Sponsors
Supporting Sponsors
Rubens Family Foundation
Associate Sponsors
Christine and Mike Haefner
Elaine P. and Richard U. Wilson Foundation
Contributing Sponsors
Anonymous Donor
Paul Marc Ness and Pamela Miller Ness
Friend Sponsors
Barbara R. Biben
Elizabeth Forbes
Meribeth and Howard Konar
Carol and Michael Yunker
Memorial Art Gallery Endowed Fund Support
Joan Feinbloom Grand Gallery Endowment Fund
Suressa H Forbes Endowment
John D. Greene Endowment for Contemporary Exhibitions
Harris R S Memorial Fund
Koret Docent Art Fund
Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Fund
Nancy R. Turner Fund for Special Exhibitions