Each year, CITY spotlights four young artists who are creating engaging work but are still in the early years of their artistic careers. Our 2018 selections are Will Cornfield, G. E. DeGroat, Ashley Ludwig, and Alexandria Mockbee.
Emerging Artists
No guidebooks, no masters
Shawnee Hill, Patrick Kinz-Thompson, Rebecca Lomuto, and Margaret Storms push their artwork outside conventional bounds
Generating beauty from busy lives
Each year, City Newspaper highlights four Rochester artists who are not yet household names, but are creating engaging work that’s been garnering attention. The following four emerging artists — Holly B. Heckler, Athesia Benjamin, Melissa Huang, and Marissa Kalen — come from diverse backgrounds, are at different points in their career paths, and pursue different […]
Emerging Artists 2015
Each year, City Newspaper highlights four young Rochester-based artists who are beginning to come into their own. The following emerging artists — Chara Dow, Evyn Morgan, Johnnie Smith, and Kurstie Grimble — come from diverse origins and work in a range of media, but all share the drive to generate and sustain artful lives. Those […]
Emerging artists 2014
It’s a daunting task to start a map-less career in this modern world, with its perpetual insanity. It’s easy to feel entirely adrift. Each year, City Newspaper highlights four Rochester artists who are beginning to come into their own, and are plotting their own course. The following four emerging artists — Brittany Williams, Kim “YEWS” […]






