Our Mission
- Create a network of literary and visual artists in the greater Rochester area.
- Foster appreciation of and participation in the literary and visual arts through installations, exhibitions, readings and educational programs.
- Support the Rochester Poet Laureate Program.
- Promote and nurture the artist.
What's happening?
We have launched our new 2010 project: If these Rocks Could Talk, "Stories of the Granite State"
- Read more about this at our events page.
- Join us on facebook!
- View our photo gallery right here.
- Art Esprit funded $3000 in college scholarships for SHS seniors this year.
- Keep up with our progress at our projects page!
- Our first full color book about the project: "The Shoes of Rochester" is available at artstream for $20. Call 603-330-0333 to purchase!All eleven poems and photographs of the sculptures included!
- Check out our new Sponsor page - without them our projects wouldn't happen!
- See photos of our new work at the photo gallery pages
Get involved with Art Esprit!
We encourage visual and literary or student artists, art lovers, patrons of the arts and anyone who wants to "get involved" with the art scene in our area to join! It's fun and we have a lot of projects planned through 2012!
Membership is $20 a year and meetings are once a month. To join simply send a check to our address with your contact information and we will add you to our ever growing membership newsletter. This will inform you about meetings, projects and events which Art Esprit is planning. We'd love to have you.
Our summer 2009 project is outlined here in a downloadable PDF brochure:
The Shoes of Rochester, a public art exhibition
The Shoes of Rochester, a public art exhibition