Future Exhibitions

 
Live on Five 2024
March 22 – April 26, 2024
Free Exhibition Preview, Friday, March 22, 2024, 5:00 — 8:00 pm
Ticketed Auction Event, Saturday, April 13, 2024, 7:00 — 11:00 pm
Art Pick-Up and Volunteer Appreciation Party, Friday, April 26, 2024, 5:00 — 8:00 pm

THE BIG AUCTION OF SMALL ARTWORKS RETURNS. Join Buffalo’s creative community for Live on Five 2024—the beloved auction of hundreds of 5″ x 5″ pieces by coveted local artists, all starting at $25. All are invited to initially see the work in Buffalo Arts Studio’s galleries on the fifth floor of the Tri-Main Center at the free exhibition opening reception on Friday, March 22, part of M&T Fourth Fridays. The exhibition will be on view for almost a month, giving visitors a chance to study the hundreds of works, pick their favorites, and strategize their bidding plan. Gather your friends and join the Buffalo Arts Studio family for an in-person ticketed reception including cash bars, lively music, and light fare as we count down to the auction ending together on Saturday, April 13. Finally, join us for our free art pick-up and volunteer appreciation party on Friday, April 26, part of M&T Fourth Fridays. Stay tuned – more details to come!

Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge, As the hour turns blue
May 24 – June 28, 2024
Opening Reception, Friday, May 24, 2024, 5:00—8:00 pm
Part of M&T Fourth Fridays at Tri-Main Center

Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge (Rochester, NY) will exhibit her multimedia project As the hour turns blue. As the hour turns blue explores how we wait and how the spaces we are waiting in alter the experience. The long-term project observes places of unexpected encounter where tension and boredom cohabit: waiting rooms. From doctor’s offices to airports to unmarked waiting lines and geographical terrains, this multimedia project documents and examines these space – real and/or restaged – as sets for fictional stories and actions inspired by actual events.

Multinational Illumination Art, 1849: Al otro lado del charco; A Diaspora Journey
May 24 – June 28, 2024
Opening Reception, Friday, May 24, 2024, 5:00—8:00 pm
Part of M&T Fourth Fridays at Tri-Main Center

Multinational Art Collective will present their Vejigante masks as part of 1849: Al otro lado del charco; A Diaspora Journey. This exhibition, performance, and workshop series is centered on the Vejigante masks of Loiza and brings to the forefront the Puerto Rican experience as a diasporic population of the Caribbean.

Aitina Fareed-Cooke and Get Fokus’d Productions, Tales from the Porch, Part IV: Art is a Language
June 28 – August 3, 2024
Opening Reception, Friday, June 28, 2024, 5:00—8:00 pm
Part of M&T Fourth Fridays at Tri-Main Center

Experience the power of storytelling and the expressive nature of art at the upcoming multimedia exhibition, Tales from the Porch, Part IV: Art is a Language, presented by Aitina Fareed-Cooke. Building on the original project launched in 2019, this immersive exhibition is an opportunity to celebrate and amplify community voices through the creative arts.

Tales from the Porch, Part IV: Art is a Language, is aimed to shed light on the concept of art as a language, with each artistic medium serving as a unique dialect. Showcasing the captivating narratives of five storytellers who are professional artists with deep connections to the Buffalo Arts Studio.

“As we exchange these tales, we share our hopes, fears, and dreams. Together, we discover the beautiful weight of reality, which is that we are all human. Different, yet the same.” —Aitina Fareed-Cooke

Léwuga Benson, Fueling Change: A Multimedia Exploration of Niger Delta’s Oil Crisis
July 26 – September 7, 2024
Opening Reception, Friday, July 26, 2024, 5:00—8:00 pm
Part of M&T Fourth Fridays at Tri-Main Center

Buffalo Arts Studio presents Léwuga Benson’s Fueling Change: A Multimedia Exploration of Niger Delta’s Oil Crisis. Benson’s immersive, multimedia exhibition will shed light on the harsh realities of oil extraction and its effects on the indigenous people of the Niger Delta in Western Nigeria, his homeland. Through a thought-provoking combination of artifacts, found footage, and sound, visitors will be transported into the lives of those most affected, raising awareness and fostering dialogue about the social, economic, and environmental consequences of unregulated oil extraction practices.

Joan Linder, Serve & Fulfill
September 27 – November 9, 2024
Opening Reception, Friday, September 27, 2024, 5:00—8:00 pm
Part of M&T Fourth Fridays at Tri-Main Center

Joan Linder’s exhibition Serve & Fulfill will examine local aspects of the hidden-in-plain-sight landscape of e-commerce, cloud computing, and crypto-mining. Linder’s expansive drawings chart the toxic legacy of sites like Love Canal in Niagara Falls to the 21st century investments in new technology including cloud computing and crypto server farms retrofitted into defunct factories.

Stephanie Rothenberg, Aquadisia: Great Lakes Zebra Mussels
September 27 – November 9, 2024
Opening Reception, Friday, September 27, 2024, 5:00—8:00 pm
Part of M&T Fourth Fridays at Tri-Main Center

Stephanie Rothenberg’s Aquadisia: Great Lakes Zebra Mussels, is a multi-media science fiction project that focuses on the desire to be more sustainable and explores the ethical and economic contradictions of biotechnology within the fields of marine science and environmental conservation. The project aims to not only critique some of the contradictions of genetic engineering and blue capitalism but to provide a space for envisioning alternative multispecies future-making.

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