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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; the Literature Program of the New York State Council on the Arts; and the Buffalo Bills Youth Foundation.
*Please note: Parking is now $3 on Fridays from 3 to 10 pm.
4 pm
Scholars at muse Lecture Series
The Imaginal World: Islam, Psychoanalysis, and the Cinema of Abbas Kiaostami
University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor in the Department of English Joan Copjec continues our new, informal monthly series of lectures from cutting edge and emerging scholars. Organized in collaboration with the University at Buffalo Humanities Institute and Riverrun, inc. CASH BAR.
5–7 pm
Art Activity for All Ages
7 pm
Performance: Playback Theatre
Get involved with an interactive performance by Playback Theatre of Buffalo, who will “play back” your stories, experiences, and reactions to the arts. Under the direction of Anna Kay France, the company has done improvisational performances of stories and experiences from real life for audiences throughout Western New York since 1995. Join them to explore your responses to works of art in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery!
5–7 pm
Art Activity for All Ages: Matter at Hand
6 pm
Seminar: The Brain and the Brush: Exploring Mental Illness in Art
Was Vincent van Gogh a madman? That depends on your point of view. Psychiatrist Dr. Linda Pessar and art historian and Curator of Education Mariann Smith will share their opinions on the subject, while inviting participants to express their views in the first part of this two-part interactive seminar. The second part of the seminar will consider the work of a variety of other nineteenth- and twentieth- century painters, exploring ideas of stigma, mental illness, and the question, “What is a madman, anyway?” Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Registration for this program is by phone only. To reserve your spot, please call Mariann Smith at 716.270.8201.
6 pm
Performance: Buffalo Suzuki Strings
“Encouraging growth through music,” Buffalo Suzuki Strings (BSS) returns to the Albright-Knox for a characteristically family-oriented performance. Established in 1969, BSS is a not-for-profit music school committed to providing a comprehensive and complete music education including violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano, and classical guitar.
8 pm
Performance: Neil Jacobs
Ohio artist Neil Jacobs brings his unique solo twelve-string guitar performance, including gypsy, classical, and world sounds meshed with anecdotes from his travels around the world, to the Albright-Knox. Topics may include everything from studying with the gypsies in Spain, to tours of refugee camps during the Balkan Wars, to cowboy television shows in Russia.
Clifton Hall
5-7 pm
Art Activity for All Ages
AURORA AT THE ALBRIGHT-KNOX FILM SERIES
6 pm
Pre-film Talk: Stone (and Painted) Angels Through the Centuries
Curator of Education Mariann Smith will highlight works from the Gallery’s Permanent Collection that parallel the theme of the film.
7 pm
Film: The Stone Angel, 2007. Directed by Kari Skogland (115 minutes).
Based on the best selling novel by Margaret Laurence, The Stone Angel is “as smart and spicy as it is beautiful.” (The Globe and Mail) The film's lead character, Hagar Shipley, takes the viewer on a journey as she tries to reconcile her turbulent past in this bittersweet tale of joy and pain, love and hate, and lust and loss. The Stone Angel has been nominated for four Genie Awards by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, the Canadian equivalent of the Oscars, including Ellen Burstyn for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. Special Guest Writer and Director Kari Skoglund will introduce the film and answer questions from the audience following the screening.
FREE for Members / $4 for non-members
NOTE: The Stone Angel replaces the earlier publicized film Eastern Promises.
In collaboration with the University at Buffalo English Department
5–7 pm
Art Activity for All Ages: Paint Your Journal
6 pm
Birthday Lecture: David Smith and Hans Hofmann
With Curator of Education Mariann Smith.
Auditorium
8 pm
Reading: Robert Coover
Distinguished postmodern novelist, short story writer, and groundbreaking hypermedia writer Robert Coover visits the Albright-Knox for a reading of his fiction. Coover has written many well-known books—some controversial, all thought-provoking: The Public Burning, The Origin of the Brunists, The Adventures of Lucky Pierre, Pricksongs and Descants, and most recently, Stepmother. Described by The New York Times as "one of America's quirkiest writers, if by 'quirky' we mean an unwillingness to abide by ordinary fictional rules,” Coover’s visit to Buffalo will be the signature fiction event of the Spring 2009 season of the Exhibit X Fiction & Prose Reading Series at the University at Buffalo.