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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 with ongoing program support from the
General Mills Foundation, the Robert J. and Martha B. Fierle Foundation, the Literature Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Buffalo Bills Youth Foundation. Aurora at the Albright-Knox is made possible through the generous support of The Seymour H. Knox Foundation. *Please note: Parking is now $3 on Fridays from 3 to 10 pm. |
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5–7 pm
Art Activity for All Ages
Education Classrooms
7:30 pm
Death Row with Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian
Bruce Jackson, Buffalo-based photographer, filmmaker, and folklorist and his wife and fellow filmmaker Diane Christian explore the world of prisoners under sentences of death when they discuss and screen their film Death Row (59 minutes) in conjunction with Jackson’s exhibition Cummins Wide: Photographs from the Arkansas State Prison, on view at the Gallery until May 10. Following the screening of the film, there will be a brief discussion and a question-and-answer session.
Auditorium
5–7 pm
Art Activity for All Ages: Mexican Fiesta!
Education Classrooms
6 pm
Lecture: “Don’t Forget Me!” Frida Kahlo: A Life in Art
With Curator of Education Mariann Smith
Auditorium
7 pm
Curator’s Tour: Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray
Join Associate Curator Holly E. Hughes for a special tour celebrating the opening of the exhibition Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray.
The tour will begin at the Membership Desk
8 pm
Film: Frida (2002, Directed by Julie Taymor, 123 minutes)
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo. With Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Edward Norton, Ashley Judd, and Anotonio Banderas.
Auditorium
5–7 pm
Family Art Activity
5 pm
Storytelling
Lydia Baines Al-Amin
5:50 pm
Puppet Performance
With Meada Taylor of Kuumba-Nia Productions
6:30 pm and 7:30 pm
Special Tour
Poetry, dance, and music inspired by works in the Gallery’s Permanent Collection
6:40 pm
Performance
Family-friendly bellydance performance with Faaria and special guests
7:10 pm
Performance
Daughters of Creative Sound African drum ensemble
8:10 pm
Performance
Noa Bursie, musical-soul storyteller, with jazz, folk, and blues
9 pm
Performance
Kilissa Cissoko, formerly of The Jazzabels, sings her finely crafted, tuneful songs with a jazz nuance
5–7 pm
Art Activity
6:30 pm
Symposium
Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940–1976
This panel discussion addressing postwar American art from varied perspectives—cultural, socio-political, and art historical—is moderated by Chief Curator Douglas Dreishpoon, a consulting curator and essayist for the project. Panelists include Michael Brenson, critic, art historian, and teacher; Richard Shiff, Professor of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin; Robert Hobbs, Professor of Art History at Virginia Commonwealth University; and Katy Siegel, Professor of Art History at Hunter College.