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Artist Julia Bottoms and Curator Tiffany Gaines

Join us for a conversation with artist Julia Bottoms and curator Tiffany Gaines about Julia’s new solo exhibition at the Burchfield Penney Arts Center, A Light Under the Bushel: Paintings by Julia Bottoms, on view through October 29th. A Light Under the Bushel features portraiture from a new series, building upon the artist’s interest in expanding narratives around representations of Blackness. Thinking through historic periods in which portraits were commissioned for figures of prominence, Bottoms’ practice interrogates portraiture as a concept of record. The inclusion – or lack thereof – of Black and Brown bodies in classical portraiture has inspired a new series and conceptual direction in her work. For more information please visit https://burchfieldpenney.org/exhibitions/exhibition:a-light-under-the-bushel/.

Dr. Gerald Mead and Michael Beam

Join us in conversation with Dr. Gerald Mead, curator, educator and renowned collector of over 1,700 works by artists that have lived in the Western New York region and Michael J. Beam, Curator of Exhibitions & Special Projects for the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University. We discuss, among other things, Jerry’s extraordinary collection and extensive knowledge of the region’s arts scene, both past and present, and its importance to the community.

Patti Thomas

Patti Thomas began her career as an artist just over two years ago under the pseudonym “The Ghost.” She decided to use “The Ghost” so as not to let her renown as wife of Buffalo Bills hall of famer Thurmas Thomas influence people’s view of her work. Patti describes her work as a “fantastical commentary on real-life situations and characters, rooted in random, whimsical, social, and often comical events, thoughts, and situations.” She has since become a sought after contemporary artist both regionally and nationally and continues to be an influential member of our Western New York Community. Listen to how Patti came about this new career path and what it has meant to her.

Dr. Tina Rivers Ryan

Join us in conversation with Dr. Tina Rivers Ryan, curator at the AKG Art Museum and expert in the field of media art, including video, digital and internet art. She leads us through the world of NFT’s, crypto currency, and the history of media art that puts the recent NFT hype into context.

Panel Discussion from Buffalo Arts Studio – “Making Space: Creative Strategies for Promoting Ecological and Economic Justice in Urban Planning”

Join us for Episode 6: a full recording of the panel discussion “Making Space: Creative Strategies for Promoting Ecological and Economic Justice in Urban Planning,” that took place at Buffalo Arts Studio (BAS) on Friday, October 28, 2022, with a brief introduction by your host Brooke Leboeuf and BAS Visual Arts Curator Shirley Verico.

The panel included BAS exhibiting artist Matt Kenyon, Architectural Designer Justina Dziama. Community activist Dennice Barr, who is President of the Fruit Belt Advisory Council. Also on the panel is Dr. Henry Louis Taylor, Jr. Professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at SUNY Buffalo. For more information visit www.buffaloartsstudio.org.

Play/Ground/2022 with Emily Tucker, Emily Reynolds, Jacob Broussard and Adam Thibodeaux

Play/Ground is a three day event in Buffalo, New York (Oct. 7- 9, 2022) showing site-specific installations by over twenty Contemporary Artists. The Art Dôme’s host Brooke Leboeuf talks with two of the organizers, Emily Tucker and Emily Reynolds as well as two of the exhibiting artists, Jacob Broussard and Adam Thibodeaux, about past iterations of the event, how the the location inspired the installations and what it takes to put together such a monumental happening. Please join us!

Daniel Scafer and Marie Dorsey

The Daring Trust is a newly created art salon in Buffalo, New York. Founded by Daniel Shafer and Marie Dorsey, it is located in a turn of the century house on Summer Street and hosts artists residencies, salons, exhibitions and is headquarters for Daniel’s custom made bicycle brand Maiorossè Cycle. Join as Daniel and Marie talk more about their vision for this new art endeavor.

Bob Fleming and Rachel Shelton

Bob Fleming and Rachel Shelton of Mirabo Press talk about how their printing studio was founded, the importance of the space to the community, latest collaborations and their own artistic practices.

Margaret Jacobs and Jay Carrier

Artist and curator Margaret Jacobs (Akwesane Mowhawk) and artist Jay Carrier (Onondaga/Tuscarora Wolf Clan) talk about the exhibition at UB Galleries O’nigöë:yo:h Thinking in Indian, which will show works of over 50 artists from the Hodinöhsö:ni’ Confederacy.

Edreys Wajed and Alice Jacobs

Our guests discuss artistic practice, expression and community in the aftermath of Buffalo’s May 14th tragedy.

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