The Niagara Frontier Art Exhibit has been around at the Kenan Center for 39 years to showcase the newest works of artists in the greater Niagara region. Since becoming involved in binational tourism, we've come to understand that the "Niagara region" encompasses a much larger landscape that includes the Rochester area, which sits on Lake Ontario, and Southern Ontario which lies across the lake in Canada. This year we encouraged artists from these areas to apply and several from outside of Rochester are included in this show. The exhibition also became biennial this year--the next NFAE takes place in 2010, and we look forward to the new work we'll see in two years! Shown in the photo are some of this year's award winners including recent Alfred University grad Allison Wilton (2nd from left) who showed off her innovative "book art," that sports a cover done in latchhook, and pages that focus on emoticons--those funky icons we use in the virtual world of online communication but rarely think about as art. Allison received an Honorable Mention for her design selected by juror Nancy Weekly (Burchfield-Penney Art Center). Also shown, l to r: Christine Heuer Schnepf, Honorable Mention, Len Kagelmacher, Honorable Mention, and Walter Garver, Award of Excellence.
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