Mission Statement for Lake Shore Center for the Arts
The specific purpose of Lake Shore Center for the Arts, Inc. is to provide innovative, relevant, and diverse cultural arts experiences that both reflect and expand the community’s interests and needs via visual, digital and live performing arts events, to become a creative force and educational resource for Western New York and the entire lake shore region, and to harness the economic vitality of the arts to grow local economy.
Executive Director, Rick Mascaro
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Historical Cemetery Walk
OngoingPatterson Library, Lake Shore Center for the Arts, Chautauqua County Historical Society, and Westfield Cemetery Association present Westfield Cemetery Tour Through History 2026. Come join us Friday September 25 or Saturday September 26 as local actors bring residents of Westfield “back to life.” Horse drawn carriage tours or walking tours are available. Refreshments will be… ...
Giraffes, Grapes and Great Apes
FiniGallery open Saturdays from 11-3, by appointment, and during other events at LSCFTA. Sept. Thru Oct. – Giraffes, Grapes and Great Apes featuring the artwork of Karin Cockram Giraffe presentations by Karin Cockram Saturday, September 26 at 11 am, Noon, 1 pm and 2 pm. Coming in November – Happy Holidays show ...
Open Studio
FiniBeginning, Intermediate & Advanced Level Innovation Studio offers open studio sessions each month to LSCFTA members. These are free drop-in opportunities to work within our community of artists and other innovative practitioners of the digital arts, enabling a safe space for networking and exchange of knowledge. Sharing our studio space helps to enhance creativity by… ...
Writers Group Rm 102, LSCFTA
Writers Group
The writers group began as a six week memoir writing class but has turned into a group of writers that learn and grow from each other. Works are shared and evaluated and supported in constructive ways. Join us and learn how to advance your writing skills and learn how to get your work published. The… ...
Jacqueline Phillips Theater, LSCFTA
Open Mic with special guest, Michael Gerholdt
Open Mic is back at Lake Shore Center for the Arts on Thursday, Oct 1st @ 7PM. A little something new… we’ll now have various Chautauqua artists kicking off the evening and on October 1st, the incomparable Michael Gerholdt joins us! Open Mic is free and all are welcome to perform or just take in… ...
Giraffes, Grapes and Great Apes
Gallery open Saturdays from 11-3, by appointment, and during other events at LSCFTA. Sept. Thru Oct. – Giraffes, Grapes and Great Apes featuring the artwork of Karin Cockram Giraffe presentations by Karin Cockram Saturday, September 26 at 11 am, Noon, 1 pm and 2 pm. Coming in November – Happy Holidays show ...
Open Studio
Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced Level Innovation Studio offers open studio sessions each month to LSCFTA members. These are free drop-in opportunities to work within our community of artists and other innovative practitioners of the digital arts, enabling a safe space for networking and exchange of knowledge. Sharing our studio space helps to enhance creativity by… ...
Quick & Easy Video Edits using Premiere Rush
Adobe Premiere Rush is a video editor geared towards creating short, professional-looking videos quickly, even if you’re new to the process of video editing. Additionally, videos created in Premiere Rush can easily be exported or shared to social media. In this class, you’ll learn how to import and edit existing video clips, add transitions, graphics, music and export a… ...
Writers Group Rm 102, LSCFTA
Writers Group
The writers group began as a six week memoir writing class but has turned into a group of writers that learn and grow from each other. Works are shared and evaluated and supported in constructive ways. Join us and learn how to advance your writing skills and learn how to get your work published. The… ...
Performing Arts
Dramas such as To Kill A Mockingbird, Eleemosynary and 100 Saints You Should Know, stimulate our thoughts and may break our hearts. You Ought To Be In Pictures, Spring Fling and Becky’s New Car lighten our souls and urge us to laughter. Performances engage the viewer, creating a connection between actors and patron and patron with the rest of the audience. Live theater: no other experience compares.
Innovation Studio
Communal digital arts studio space and learning environment cultivating creativity, artistic passion, and self-discovery. Learn, experiment, explore and develop your unique artistic voice–Free to LSCFTA members.
Brenda Eno Gallery
The Brenda Eno Memorial Gallery is dedicated to supporting the work of artists in the visual arts field.
Lorna Penny Suite
Miss Lorna B. Penny gave her moral and financial support to LSCFTA from our beginning. A retired English teacher and theater lover, she recognized the value of our mission.
Bill Ross Recital Hall
The recital hall, with cutting-edge sound engineering accoutrements and potential to seat 30 is dedicated to William "Bill" Ross, the late Westfield Academy and Central School music teacher and county-wide renowned music educator.
Off Premise Events
Believing community interaction an important component of our group’s mission, we sometimes leave our facility to benefit the village. The fall Cemetery Walk combines the efforts of LSCFTA, Patterson Library, Chautauqua County Historical Society and Westfield Cemetery Association.
Class Reunion Weekend will find us hosting a Spirit Gathering in Moore Park to recognize Westfield Academy and Central School graduates and staff who have passed. You never know where we might show up during Christmas in the Village or on First Fridays.
Long Term Projects
Mural Project: Hoping to transform some drab areas of the village into refreshed, colorful, and inviting spaces, we are spearheading a decorative mural project. We plan to sponsor the painting of murals on some walls in our community that need refurbishment, yet another draw to Westfield, NY.