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WHAT: Celebrating nearly 70 years as MAG’s largest annual celebration of the arts, the 2025 M&T Bank Clothesline Art Festival returns on September 6 and 7 for a vibrant weekend of creativity and community in Rochester—and is still accepting artist applications, though limited spaces remain. As MAG’s largest annual fundraiser and a premier regional arts event, the juried festival features over 300 artists from across the country, offering original artwork, live entertainment, local food trucks, family-friendly activities, and explorations in art. This year introduces the new $5,000 Luvon Sheppard Award for Creative Excellence, honoring the influential artist and educator’s legacy in Rochester’s creative community; it is open to participating Clothesline artists working in all media across Western and Central New York. Learn more about the festival here. Interested artists can learn more and apply here.

WHEN: M&T Bank Clothesline Art Festival: September 6 & 7, 2025 | 10:00 am–5:00 pm

WHERE: Memorial Art Gallery, 500 University Ave., Rochester, NY 14607

HOW:  Interested artists can learn more and apply here: https://mag.rochester.edu/clothesline/clothesline-artist-applications/

The Memorial Art Gallery showcases art from antiquity to the present day, including the outdoor public Centennial Sculpture Park. In addition to its permanent collection, MAG offers a year-round schedule of special exhibitions, lectures, concerts, tours, after-hours social events, and family activities. Learn more at mag.rochester.edu.