Welcome Here in All Tongues
Since 2019, anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States have risen to an unprecedented level. In 2021, Mizin Shin, an artist, educator, and cofounder of Buffalo’s fine art print studio Mirabo Press, began Use Your Voice #StopAsianHate, a campaign to encourage everyone to speak out against racially motivated prejudice and violence. We spoke to Shin about the campaign.
Read These Truths: Five Books for Kids and Youth to Read this May
In celebration of In These Truths, our friends at Zawadi Books have prepared a series of reading lists inspired by the exhibition. In June, the focus of the reading list is books for kids and youth.
The Dedicated Docents of the Albright-Knox
National Volunteer Month celebrates the impact that volunteers have on our lives, so we want to celebrate the docent volunteers that will be helping to make us the Buffalo AKG Art Museum.
Art Making Art
Poetry has always been an inspiration to us here at the Albright-Knox, a partner that has gone hand in hand with our exhibitions, our programs, and our education classes. April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate we wanted to highlight one of our partners in the community that helps light up the museum with poetry: Just Buffalo Literary Center.
Read These Truths: Five Books About Wellness to Read this April
In celebration of In These Truths, our friends at Zawadi Books have prepared a series of reading lists inspired by the exhibition. In April, the focus of the reading list is wellness.
Celebrate Neurodiversity with the STARS of City Honors
Using guided tours, hands-on art workshops, and discussions, the Albright-Knox’s Creative Connection program partners with groups that provide services for people with disabilities. For Neurodiversity Celebration Week we wanted to tell you more about just one of those longstanding partnerships: STARS at City Honors in Buffalo.
Read These Truths: Five Books by and About Women to Read this March
In celebration of In These Truths, our friends at Zawadi Books have prepared a series of reading lists inspired by the exhibition. In March, the focus of the reading list is books by and about women.
Read These Truths: Five Books on Black Love to Read this February
In celebration of In These Truths, our friends at Zawadi Books have prepared a series of reading lists inspired by the exhibition. In February, the focus of the reading list is Black love.
Reflecting on Difference: GLYS Western New York and the Power of Virtual Space
GLYS Western New York (Growing LGBTQ+ Youth Support) is a non-profit organization providing support and programming for LGBTQ+ Youth and their families throughout Western New York. On December 19, Michael Spears, Administrative Assistant for GLYS Western New York, and Leah Miori, a University at Buffalo graduate student and GLYS intern, gave a tour of Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art at Albright-Knox Northland as part of the Sunday Insights series. Spears reflects on what that experience was like.
Collaboration Will Bring Kusama Mirrored Room to the Buffalo AKG Art Museum
In a landmark collaboration between two leading U.S. modern and contemporary art museums, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden will jointly be acquiring an important immersive artwork by Yayoi Kusama.
Throwback Thursday: Art of Jazz
From 1999 to 2019, the Albright-Knox hosted the Art of Jazz series, establishing the museum’s auditorium as one of the premier venues to experience live jazz in North America. The series will return in 2022 at Kleinhans Music Hall.
Sparks Kindled in Game Design Class for Teens
As part of Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art the Albright-Knox hosted a series of game design classes for teens. This series introduced participants to the process of game design for both analogue and basic digital games.