Finger Lakes Gallery & Frame opened for business in 1999 under the name Guyette Gallery & Frame. The shop was located in a 130 year old building next to the railroad tracks at 32 South Main Street in downtown Canandaigua. The shop was intended as a venue for owner and photgrapher John Guyette to market his area landscape photography and stylized photograghic artwork. John also decided to offer custom picture framing services. Guyette Gallery & Frame was purchased by Aimee and Bob Ward in 2003. The building was sold to a new landlord at about the same time. Aimee and Bob were advised that the space next door at 36 South Main Street was to be extensively renovated and would be available early in 2004. The space is about half again larger than the space at 32 South Main Street, so the decision was made to move the business next door when the renovations were complete. In June 2004, the business made the move to 36 South Main Street, and changed the name to Finger Lakes Gallery & Frame. The larger space provided an opportunity to expand the artwork offerings from photographgy and inexpensive prints to include oringinal paintings, higher end reproductions, and sculptures. In 2007 Vagabond Gallery that had opened in the 32 South Main space in 2004, closed. The landlord agreed to open a doorway in the wall between 32 and 36 South Main Street. The gallery expansion opened in January 2008 making it possible to almost double the number of artworks on display. By 2009, the gallery was displaying around 300 original and reproduction works of art from over 30 artists. Most of the images being offered today are originals. Most are of subjects within an hour's drive from the gallery, and most of the artists live within an hour of the gallery. April of 2010 marked the beginning of a whole new chapter Finger Lakes Gallery & Frame with the move to 175 South Main Street ( the former Glover Furniture building, across from Eddie O'Brien's ). The new 6, 600 square foot gallery is over three times the size of the old building. In addition to the larger gallery space, the new location offers loads of free parking right behind the building and a convenient rear entrance. The more central location in downtown Canandaigua should also make it easier for shoppers to find and visit the gallery.
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