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Admission to special exhibitions is free for Gallery Members. Non-members can view the exhibition for the price of regular Gallery admission. |
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Gusto at the Gallery is sponsored by The Buffalo News and The John R. Oishei Foundation with ongoing program support from the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, General Mills Foundation, and the Literature Program of the New York State Council on the Arts.
5 – 7 p.m.
Art Activity
AIR Calame 104: Welcome to Buffalo, Ingrid Calame!
Using what you have learned, create a page for Ingrid Calame’s Welcome to Buffalo book. You can tell her what you have learned or create a work of art for her to enjoy. The pages will be collected, bound, and presented to her when she arrives in Buffalo for her residency. We will also be collecting memories for our Oral History Project from 5 - 10 pm.
5 p.m.
Our Generation: The Visual Voice
Teen Art Exhibition by Teen Curators
Join us to celebrate the work of local teen artists selected from high schools across the Buffalo region by a group of teen curators as part of the Gallery’s Teen Program, Future Curators. Enjoy the music of teen jam-band Feast, who’s sound includes everything from trumpets to bongos. Also this evening, the Future Curators will be present to give tours of the exhibition from 5 - 7 p.m.
7 p.m.
Film: The Breakfast Club (1985). Directed by John Hughes (97 mins.)
This teenage classic from 1985 pits five students in detention on a Saturday. Forced to endure the morning together, each student breaks through their given stereotype to learn about themselves and each other. Written and directed by John Hughes. Starring Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald.
Visitors to the Gallery please note that because artist Ingrid Calame will be working in the Gallery's parking lot throughout the day, parking will be available across the street at Buffalo State College in any legal parking space and additional parking can be found on the Delaware Park side of the Gallery.
3 - 7 p.m.
Art Activity: Stain Workshop and Tracing Extravaganza!
Break all the rules and spill, drop, and mush everything from coffee to ketchup. Trace your own and other peoples’ mess to create outstanding abstract art out of mundane materials.
3 - 7 p.m.
Special Guest: Ingrid Calame
Our first Artist-in-Residence, Ingrid Calame, is here in Buffalo all month to make artwork out of our people, our city and our history! Tonight she will be tracing stains and marks in the Gallery's parking lot. Come watch her and her team at work!
5:30 - 7 p.m.
Artist Reception: Richard Huntington
Join us in the Collectors Gallery to celebrate the opening of Spanish Lesson: Works on Paper by Richard Huntington
6 p.m.
Special Treat: Ice Cream
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Performance: La Potencia
Salsa, Caribbean Sounds, R & B, and Latin Funk outside on the Elmwood lawn. Rain or cool weather location: Clifton Hall
7 p.m.
Family Film: Harold and the Purple Crayon (1960-74). 50 minutes.
Crockett Johnson's celebrated tale about a boy and his magical crayon comes to life in three different adventures. We follow Harold and his antics in "A Picture for Harold's Room," "Harold's Fairy Tale," and "Harold and the Purple Crayon." Bonus films featured include "Mysterious Tadpole," "Drummer Hoff" and "Smile for Aunty."
8 p.m.
Family Film: The Sword in the Stone, directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, 1963, 79 min Recommended Ages: 4 to 10 Rated: G
Based on the T.H. White book The Once and Future King, Disney's The Sword in the Stone is the story of young Arthur, an unlucky squire rejected by his family, who is taken in by the wizard Merlin, and Archimedes, his pet owl. Much song and magical adventure follow Arthur as he is transformed into a fish, a bird, and a squirrel on the way to fulfilling his destiny by removing the sword from the anvil to become King of England.
5 – 7 p.m.
Art Activity
Art Activity for all ages!
7:30 p.m.
Performance: John, Mary and the Valkyries
Join us for a musical performance of folk-based melodies from John Lombardo and Mary Ramsey, classically trained violinist, violist, and former singer of the 10,000 Maniacs. Enjoy the duo's latest culmination of Buffalo musicians in their new group, The Valkyries.
Clifton Hall
7:30 p.m.
Performance: Belly Dance and Beyond
The Western New York Belly Dance Association presents their fourth world dance showcase Belly Dance and Beyond. Produced by WNY Belly Dance Association President, Nedra, the show will feature performances by numerous local dancers along with guest artists from across the United States and Canada. The exciting and varied line-up will include: Jamilla, founder of Moab, Utah's belly dance troupe Desert Veils, Canadian performers Adishakti and Valizan, and Sahara Shimmer Middle Eastern Dance Troupe, from Rochester.
5 - 7 p.m.
Art Activity
5 - 8 p.m.
Buffalo Homecoming Cultural Block Party
Information about Western New York’s numerous arts and cultural organizations accompanied by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
6 p.m.
Birthday Lectures: Henry Ossawa Tanner with Curator of Education Mariann Smith
The most distinguished African-American artist of the nineteenth century, Henry Ossawa Tanner was also the first artist of his race to achieve international acclaim. Initially self-taught, Tanner studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts under Thomas Eakins and in Paris, Tanner, studied at the Academie Julian under painters Jean Paul Laurens and Jean Joseph Benjamin-Constant.
6:30 p.m.
Concert: Rey Scott & co.
Bandleader and saxophonist, Rey Scott takes listeners on an educational musical journey, paying homage to major label artists and hometown heroes.
7 p.m.
Film: Ray (2004). Directed by Taylor Hackford, Rated PG-13. 152 minutes.
Legendary Ray Charles began his life humbly in a poor small town Georgia. He went blind at the age of seven but, inspired by a fiercely independent single mother, he found his talent behind a piano keyboard. Ray became a sensation by incorporating gospel, country, and jazz into his style all the while fighting the racism of the very clubs that launched his career. Starring Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell.
8 p.m.
Concert: The Rodney Appleby Band
Funky Jazz led by Rodney Appleby, legendary on the local music scene, has opened for John Secada, Michael McDonald, recorded and performed with Ian Gillan of Deep Purple, Chuck Berry, Albert Collins, the world-renowned Motown Revue with Martha Reeves, Eddie Kendricks (of the Temptations) and many others.