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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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Nickel City Poetry Slams at Gusto at the Gallery 2008-2009 Friday, September 5 Friday, November 7 Friday, December 5 - Regionals Friday, January 2 Friday, February 6 Friday, March 6 Friday, April 3 Friday, May 1 - Finals |
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.
This tour of String Trio of New York is made possible by a grant from Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program.
3 – 10 p.m.
Art Activity for All Ages
Institute of Technology and a regular contributor to MAD Magazine and will lead you on a journey to begin creating your own comics.
5 p.m.
Film: Independents: A Guide for the Creative Spirit
Directed by Chris Brandt (2007) 77 minutes
A documentary about comic books, featuring interviews with 24 comic book artists, writers and enthusiasts.
6 p.m.
Workshop: From Instruments to Improvisation
The String Trio of New York present a fun, educational and interactive workshop on many aspects of music using popular songs and jazz standards including the Flintstones Theme, the theme from JAWS and tunes by Thelonious Monk. Followed by a Question & Answer Session.
7 p.m.
Lecture and Book Signing: Scott McCloud
Author of Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (1994), Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form (2000), and Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga, and Graphic Novels (2006) 1 hour slide-show presentation followed by a Q&A session and a book signing.
8 p.m.
Concert
Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, the String Trio of New York has performed hundreds of concerts throughout North America, Europe, East Asia, India, the Middle East, and North Africa and has recorded 17 critically-acclaimed CDs. The Trio, a veritable institution of jazz and contemporary music, received the following accolade from The New York Times: “... as rhythmically alive, stylistically varied and consistently inventive as anything this listener has heard recently.”
* Get Graphic programming is made possible in part by a Family Literacy Library Services grant from the New York State Library, New York State Education Department, and is organized in collaboration with the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library.
* Music programming is made possible, in part, by the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
4 p.m.
Scholars at muse: “Death in the New World: Cross-Cultural Encounters, 1492-1800”
Erik Seeman, Associate Professor, Department of History, continues a new, informal monthly series of lectures from cutting edge and emerging scholars. Organized in collaboration with University at Buffalo Humanities Institute and Riverrun, inc., cash bar.
5 – 7 p.m.
Art Activity: Make Music out of Art
6 p.m.
Music in the Gallery: Highlighting Outstanding Buffalo State Music Student Melissa Steiger
In addition to being a senior at Buffalo State College, Miss Steiger is the music director of Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Farnham, NY, where she conducts both the senior and children’s choirs. Ivan Docenko will accompany her performance on the piano.
Miss Steiger will perform selections by Schubert, De Falla, Berlioz, Faure, Chausson, Sondheim and Eric Idol, accompanied on piano by Mr. Ivan Docenko. The selections have memorable melodies, both in the vocal and piano parts, showcasing the talents of both performers. The conversation between the voice and piano in the pieces will bring out the lovely and memorable melodic lines, making an enjoyable listening experience for any concert-goer.
6:30 p.m.
All Ages Latin Music Workshop: Rafi Malkiel
Fun and Educational Music Workshop for All.
7:30 p.m.
Big Concert
Composer and trombonist Rafi Malkiel, originally from Israel, is an active musician in both the Jazz and Latin scenes in New York City. Leading his quintet, Rafi plays original compositions as well as unique arrangements fusing Jazz and Latin-American standards with Afro-Caribbean rhythms. The group was featured in 2005 in the outreach program of the 92 Street Y performing for young audiences totaling more than 4000.
5 – 7 p.m.
Art Activity for All Ages
8 p.m.
Laura Tsaggaris
Pittsburgh native Laura Tsaggaris comes to Buffalo for a characteristically intimate solo musical performance. Tsaggaris's unique sound of acoustic guitar and story-telling lyrics have been compared to those of Aimee Mann, Ani DiFranco, and Alanis Morrisette - all major influences in her career.
5 – 7 p.m.
Art Activity: Make your costumes
6 p.m.
Music in the Gallery: Aurora Boneberg.
Aurora Boneberg was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. With a talent for singing, she decided to pursue a musical career at an early age. Having just recently graduated from Buffalo State College with her B.A. in Music, Aurora spent the summer of 2008 participating in the Opera Program at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria.
7 – 10 p.m.
Special Program: Sounds in the Dark: Spirituals, Slave Shout, Slide and Bottleneck Blues, Hymns, Work Chants, Mountain Ballads, Field Dance and more presented by riverrun
Featuring Art Rosenbaum and family, premier field recorders of American traditional music, subjects of a feature length profile in the April 28, 2008 issue of The New Yorker magazine (newyorker.com), and producers of “The Art of Field Recording, Volume 1” (2008)
7 p.m.
Patrick Martin and Neil Rosenbaum discuss the documentary film “Sing My Troubles By” (2008).
7:15 p.m.
Film: “Sing my Troubles By”, directed by Neil Rosenbaum
8:15 p.m.
Discussion: Laurence Shine and Vince Ledbetter on the Dust to Digital Project, preserving America’s oral music history, including the famed “Goodbye Babylon” and the work of Art Rosenbaum. Rare excerpts from the Project.
8:30 p.m.
Special Lecture: Art Rosenbaum, field recorder and artist, presents his “Art of Field Recording, Volume 1”: fifty years of recording America’s vanishing music, including interviews and original folk artwork and Margo Rosenbaum’s photographs.
9:15 p.m.
LIVE field recording
Art Rosenbaum field records Buffalo musicians, including Charles McNair and Dan Margolis, performing traditional American and Irish songs and dance tunes.
7 – 9 p.m.
The Masquerade Ball and Babik!
The macabre, the comical, the strange—come to see or to be seen, in costumes designed by the area’s best in theatrical and artistic professionals, music by Babik the high-energy all-string jazz ensemble
8:45 p.m.
Judging for the Adult Costume Contest
Please register at the Clifton Hall bar; prizes are $60/$40/$20 gift certificates to muse, the gallery restaurant.
7 – 10 p.m.
Masquerade Ball Variety Show: Ghost Dance, Spontaneous seasonal theater, DJ Josh Brown and more
Sifu Chik Qadir Mason of Spiritwind, joined by Kelly Metcalfe and Angela Lopez kick off our outdoor extravaganza with his Ghost Dance, a martial art inspired performance of continuous movement and flow. Followed by spontaneous performances including the jagged jugglers, dancing demons and more, accompanied by DJ Josh Brown.
* Music programming is made possible, in part, by the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
5 – 7 p.m.
Art Activity for All Ages
6 p.m.
Birthday Lecture: Francis Bacon.
As part of our Birthday Lecture series, listen to Curator of Education Mariann Smith tell the dark tales of Francis Bacon’s past, from his often- nightmarish imagery to his troubled personal life.
7 p.m.
Film: The Birds (1963, 119 mins.)
Shriek and scream during a screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic horror film.
7:30 p.m.
Trick or Treat Tour
Join us for a tour of masterworks from our Permanent Collection.