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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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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. *Please note: Parking is now $3 on Fridays from 3 to 10 pm. |
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5–7 pm
Art Activity: Family Portraits
Education Classroom 1
6 pm
Family Tour and Activity: Step on a Crack . . .
Associate Curator of Education Nancy Spector leads a tour celebrating the Albright-Knox Art Gallery’s first artist-in-residence, Ingrid Calame, and her exhibition Step on a Crack . . . . A special art activity will follow.
Space is limited and pre-registration is required. To register, please email artclasses@albrightknox.org or call 716.270.8296.
7 pm
Pre-Film Talk: Artists and Their Families
With Curator of Education Mariann Smith
Auditorium
Artists often paint members of their families. This talk will trace images by some of the greatest names in the history of art and end with an unusual series of family portraits by a contemporary British artist.
The cost of the film and pre-film talk is FREE for Members and $5 for non-members.
7:30 pm
Film: C.R.A.Z.Y (2005, 129 minutes)
Directed by Jean-Marc Vallee
Auditorium
C.R.A.Z.Y tells the story of Zachary, a teenage misfit in seventies-era Montreal struggling with his emerging homosexuality and his intense desire to please his strict, temperamental, and conservative father. Zachary dreams of abandoning his hometown to the sounds of Pink Floyd and David Bowie, while his mother assures him that he’s bound for greater things than his testosterone-filled siblings who raise hell around the house.
Special guest Paul Brown—a film and television producer and the owner of the historic Aurora Theatre in East Aurora, New York—will introduce the film and answer your questions.
The cost of the film and pre-film talk is FREE for Members and $5 for non-members.
4:30 pm
Film: Bugsy Malone (1976, 93 minutes, rated G)
Directed by Alan Parker
This musical set during the prohibition era is told with a cast of child actors, including a young Scott Baio as Bugsy Malone and Jodie Foster as a speakeasy songbird. Young wise guy Bugsy finds himself drawn into a turf war when a rival gang unleashes its newest weapon—the splurge gun—which fires whipped cream instead of bullets.
6 & 6:30 pm
Storytelling
Sit around in the Gallery and hear tales from the Jazz Age.
5–7 pm
Art Activity for All Ages: Art Deco and Buffalo
7 pm
Family Swing Dance Workshop
7 pm
Film: The Great Gatsby (1974, 143 minutes)
Directed by Jack Clayton
Nominated for two Academy Awards in 1974, this movie brings F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wrenching novel to life. Mia Farrow stars as Daisy Buchanan, the object of millionaire Jay Gatsby’s (Robert Redford) affections.
5–7 pm
Art Activity for All Ages
Education Classroom
7 pm
Inside the Artist’s Studio: An Evening with Gregory Crewdson
Auditorium
Beneath the unsettling stillness of Gregory Crewdson’s (American, born 1962) dreamlike photographs reverberates the suggestion of mysterious and unimaginable narratives. Using sets of epic proportions and large-scale film crews that translate into pristine single-frame photographs, Crewdson conflates the worlds of cinematography and still photography, as well as the realms of fact and fiction, into an expanded field of production. Untitled (boy with hand in drain), 2001-2002, from Crewdson’s Twilight series, is in the collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and was recently featured in Bad Habits. Begun in 1998 and completed in 2002, the series examines the luminescent moment at twilight—the “magic hour”—when the transformation from day into night generates an unearthly setting privy to legend and strange happenings. Join Curator Heather Pesanti for a unique conversation with the artist as he sheds light—pun intended—on everything from personal favorites to artistic process.
5–7 pm
Art Activity for All Ages
Education Classroom 1
6 pm
Lecture: Cheers!
Auditorium
Curator of Education Mariann Smith discusses the history of wine in art.
7 pm
Tasting: Freedom Run Winery and Vineyards
Education Classrooms
Freedom Run Winery and Vineyards (Lockport, New York) is a family-owned winery in the heart of the Niagara Escarpment AVA that is committed to celebrating wine as a true form of art. The winery specializes in artisan small-batch wines that express the unique character of our region. Join us this evening for a unique tasting of its Manning Manor Blanc (2006), Estate Riesling (2008), Merlot (2007), and Meritage (2006).