Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
FCAC Member, friend of the Center, and art collector, Rome, sits down to chat with us about the Ben Taylor pieces he's picked up.
You can own one of the unique art pieces as well! Visit our Etsy page below to view what we have available.
Etsy: etsy.com/shop/FlowerCityArtsCenter
Info on Ben Taylor and his artwork:
Original black-and-white pen & ink hand drawings by Ben Taylor, who has graciously offered the sale of his artwork into the universe as a donation to the Flower City Arts Center. Currently, all proceeds will go toward the Flower City Arts Center.
To see any pieces in person or to purchase for direct pickup, please call the Center at 585-244-1730. Otherwise, if purchased on Etsy, we will ship the piece right to your door! Thank you for your continued support of the arts, and we hope you enjoy any of these pieces that speak to you.
Ben Taylor's journey as a “thingmaker” (he doesn't like the word artist) began with Saturday classes at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire. In college he found his way to the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine, where he studied ceramics with Hall Riegger and sculpture with Gene Kloszewski. After graduating from Keene College he worked for a few months as an assistant to the school's Director, Fran Merritt.
Ben studied conceptual art with Carl Florsheim at Temple University, where he received an MFA in sculpture. After graduation, he and his wife Evelyn joined the Peace Corps and spent two years in Afghanistan.
Upon his return to the US he took a position as an instructor at Drury College in Springfield, Missouri, where he became interested in Zen meditation. He moved to Rochester in 1972 to join the Zen Center, and spent 25 years balancing career, family and volunteer work in refugee resettlement.
FCAC Member, friend of the Center, and art collector, Rome, sits down to chat with us about the Ben Taylor pieces he's picked up.
You can own one of the unique art pieces as well! Visit our Etsy page below to view what we have available.
Etsy: etsy.com/shop/FlowerCityArtsCenter
Info on Ben Taylor and his artwork:
Original black-and-white pen & ink hand drawings by Ben Taylor, who has graciously offered the sale of his artwork into the universe as a donation to the Flower City Arts Center. Currently, all proceeds will go toward the Flower City Arts Center.
To see any pieces in person or to purchase for direct pickup, please call the Center at 585-244-1730. Otherwise, if purchased on Etsy, we will ship the piece right to your door! Thank you for your continued support of the arts, and we hope you enjoy any of these pieces that speak to you.
Ben Taylor's journey as a “thingmaker” (he doesn't like the word artist) began with Saturday classes at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire. In college he found his way to the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine, where he studied ceramics with Hall Riegger and sculpture with Gene Kloszewski. After graduating from Keene College he worked for a few months as an assistant to the school's Director, Fran Merritt.
Ben studied conceptual art with Carl Florsheim at Temple University, where he received an MFA in sculpture. After graduation, he and his wife Evelyn joined the Peace Corps and spent two years in Afghanistan.
Upon his return to the US he took a position as an instructor at Drury College in Springfield, Missouri, where he became interested in Zen meditation. He moved to Rochester in 1972 to join the Zen Center, and spent 25 years balancing career, family and volunteer work in refugee resettlement.
