This presentation will focus on the artist Deborah Roberts, who is best known for her collage-based portraits of Black children in which she pairs photographs and materials from magazines with hand-drawn and painted elements.
This presentation will focus on the artist Felipe Pantone, who draws inspiration for his street art from the Op and Kinetic art of the 1960s, as well as the current digital climate.
In this talk, Assistant Curator Dr. Tina Rivers Ryan will tell the story of how major art collectors helped create the idea of museums as we know them today. It will also touch on how today’s mega-collectors are creating new models of museums in the 21st century.
Avi and Julie Israel from Save the Michaels of the World will discuss their work raising awareness about prescription and other drug addictions and how it relates to the exhibition Swoon: Seven Contemplations.
Black Love Resists in the Rust Executive Director Phylicia Brown will discuss her work creating spaces for Black and Brown communities in Buffalo through embodied leadership, healing justice, political education, and transformational organizing.
Dr. Veayla Williams will discuss her work around trauma-informed therapies and community healing and how it relates to the exhibition Swoon: Seven Contemplations.
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, the first event in this new monthly series for educators will focus on artist Betsy Casañas and her Albright-Knox Public Art Initiative mural.
This second event in our new monthly series for educators will focus on artist Do Ho Suh and his sculpture Karma, 2010, exploring the artist's focus on the human experience and how one engages with (or enters!) his works.
This third event in our new monthly series for educators will focus on artist Mickalene Thomas, who is best known for her elaborate painterly practice involving rhinestones and a colorful palette.
Join the artist Swoon in conversation with Prentis Hemphill about embodiment, creativity, and mental health on the occasion of Swoon: Seven Contemplations.
Join Godin-Spaulding Senior Curator for the Collection Holly E. Hughes on a trip down memory lane in a talk about Bodily Space: New Obsessions in Figurative Sculpture.
Join Curator of Public Art Aaron Ott for a member-exclusive series of talks about the latest projects with the Albright-Knox’s Public Art Initiative. This second talk in the series will preview Swoon: Seven Contemplations at Albright-Knox Northland.
