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STOP IN FOR A TOUR!
Come and visit us at the new GO ART! Cultural Center, an 1830s historic Federal-style building at the corner of Main & Bank Streets in Batavia. Hours are 9am-4pm.

OPEN STUDIO TOUR! GO ART! & the Bank of Castile are pleased to announce our 2nd annual OPEN STUDIO TOUR in Genesee County on Saturday, Oct. 4 & in Orleans County on Sunday, Oct. 5 from 10 am - 4 pm. Stop by GO ART! or the Bank of Castile to pick up a brochures with a driving map with directions. You'll get the rare opportunity to go behind the scenes and see how artists create work in their own environment. For more information, call 585.343.9313.

Ghost Walk: More Murder, Mystery & Mayhem! Join GO ART! and the Genesee Co. Historian's Assoc. as they team up to present a series of Ghost Walks every Friday in October. Tours launch from either GO ART! or the Engine House. You'll discover spooky secrets that lurk in the city's streets. Don't miss our East End tour...NEW this year! Start at GO ART! and travel east down Main St., toward the Richmond Library...ending at Present Tense Book Store. OR, choose the popular west end tour and begin at the Engine House and travel west as you hear creepy tales & spooky stories. Refreshments are served after each tour. Tickets are $10. Tour dates are: Oct. 3, 10, 17 & 24 at 6:00 & 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at GO ART! or at the Gen. Co. History Dept., 3 W. Main St., Batavia. Call 343.9313 (GO ART!) or 343.2550, ext. 2613 (History Dept.) See you there...BOO!

HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR GHOST WALK!!! OCTOBER 30 AT 6:00 PM! Listen to spooky stores of real events from Rolling Hills Center for Paranormal Phenomenon presented by the folks at Rolling Hills then take a spirited ghost walk through Batavia's east end. Tickets are $20 and include refreshments. This is a fun activity to do with a group of friends...and a ghost or two! Lecture begins at GO ART! at 6:00 p.m.; tour follows and includes a stop at Present Tense Book Store. For more information, call 585.343.9313 or 585.343.2550, ext. 2613. 

New Gallery Exhibits are currently on display in our galleries. Stop in to our Main Gallery, 201 E. Main St., Batavia to see Becky LeFevre & Karen Reisdorf's "A Soldier's Anthology: Images from WWII & Vietnam. Painter Susan Hartrick's work can be seen in our satellite gallery at the Batavia Senior Center, 2 Bank St., Batavia. Artist Nils Caspersson displays his paintings at our satellite gallery at the Shirt Factory Cafe, 115 W. Center St., Medina. For more information, email info@goart.org.  

WE HAVE A WINNER(S)!
The following people won raffle items at the Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Awards celebration on September 13, 2008:

Mike Kellogg from Byron, NY: All-American Blazer package from Charles Men’s Shop. Value: $865.00
Cynthia Kiebala from Medina, NY: Gift Certificate for $250 from Roxy’s Music Store.
John O’Brien from Batavia: Travel Package Gift Certificate from First Choice Travel.   

Click on the links below to Participate in the NEW Genesee & Orleans County "Community Self-Perception & Community Activity Questionnaire"...
your response and input would be greatly appreciated! It's only 2 pages, and won't take long!

WANTED: Events information for our Calendar of Events: to submit information via our online form - click here! OR, if you'd rather print out a form to send in - click here! OR contact us for more information.


Interested in renting the facility for a special event or family occasion? Click here to download our facility use packet, or email us for more information! You can choose from one of our two preferred caterers: D&R Depot and The Red Osier.

Learn more about our "Bold New Project" campaign to renovate and maintain this beautiful historic site - download our campaign packet here.

Art and Culture mean money in Genesee County -  check out the results of an economic impact study sponsored by the Arts Advisory Committee in Genesee County...download the pdf file here!

• Hosts exhibits of regional artists’ work in four galleries, located in both counties;

• Produces a comprehensive web site resource, which includes opportunities for artists, a calendar of cultural events and more;

• Provides grants to individual artists, nonprofit organizations and local government agencies for arts and cultural projects in Genesee and Orleans Counties, funded by the New York State Council on the Arts;

• Schedules year-round arts and cultural programming in local communities;

• Actively participates in community cultural planning and advocates for arts and cultural development on both a local and state level;

• Researches and presents folk arts and artists in the region;

• Provides assistance and information on resources and subjects relevant to artists and cultural organizations;

• Offers workshops on topics designed to meet the needs of the artists and cultural organizations and Genesee and Orleans Counties.

GO ART!'s Vision:
The Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council will be the vital community resource for promoting the value of art and culture as integral to our daily lives.

Mission:
Art and Culture enriches, inspires and educates, while strengthening a community's identity. Therefore,
GO ART! initiates a broad range of opportunities for artists and cultural organizations, and facilitates cooperative efforts among the cultural, business, service and educational communities for the people who live in and visit Genesee and Orleans Counties.

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