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Local artists: Submit your work to RFLX, win cash awards

February 16 deadline to the Memorial Art Gallery

The Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition (RFLX), the city’s longest-running juried showcase of works by artists from western and central New York, will be on view in the Docent Gallery from June 28 to October 5, 2025. Timothy Peterson, MAG’s inaugural Ann and Irving Norry Curator of Contemporary Art, will serve as the juror for the 69th installment of this biennial exhibition. RFLX is open to artists working in all media in a 27-county area in western and central New York. Entries must have been completed within the past two years.

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.

Call for Submissions

Artists are invited to submit their entries online for consideration between January 10, 2025 and February 16, 2025. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older and reside in one of these 27 counties: Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Genesee, Erie, Livingston, Madison Monroe, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orleans, Oswego, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Wayne, Wyoming or Yates. Visit artist.callforentry.org for more information.

SUBMIT YOUR ART

Timeline for Submissions

Friday, January 10, 2025: Art submissions open
Sunday, February 16, 2025: Deadline for entries 
Friday, February 28, 2025: Notification of results 
Thursday–Saturday, June 13–15, 2025: Delivery of accepted works  
Friday, June 27, 2025:  Opening Party/Awards Ceremony 
Saturday, June 28, 2025: Exhibition opens to the public 
Sunday, October 5, 2025: Exhibition closes 
Monday & Tuesday, October 6 & 7, 2025: Pick up of works 

Awards

  • Memorial Art Gallery Award (Award of Excellence); selected by the juror ($1,500)
  • 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)
  • Gertrude Herdle Moore/Isabel Herdle Award, given by the Gallery Council of the MAG; selected by the juror ($500)
  • Ida and Elmer Louis Award, given in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Louis by their family; selected by the juror ($600)
  • Arthur and Ronan Christopher Louis Award ($500)
  • Suressa H. Forbes Memorial Award, given by her daughter, Elizabeth J. Forbes ($500)
  • 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 13, 2025. The voting starts on the first day of the exhibition and the last day to vote is July 12, 2025.

Sponsored by the Rubens Family Foundation. Funding is also provided by the Sandra G. Dreyfuss Education Endowment Fund, the John D. Greene Endowment for Contemporary Exhibitions, the Thomas and Marion Hawks Memorial Fund, the Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Fund, and the Nancy R. Turner Fund for Special Exhibitions.