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Binational War OF 1812 Art Collection

Binational War OF 1812 Art Collection

This exhibit features the Binational 1812 Art Collection, the world's largest collection of art with history for the War of 1812.  Included are historic marine prints by Peter Rindlisbacher, museum exhibits and the newest additions to the collection. Linda Stanley, the creator of the collection will be in attendance. 

This is a one day event on January 27 from 11 A.M. to 4 P.M. at Artsphere Studio & Gallery, 447 Amherst Street, Buffalo, NY 14207 in Historic Black Rock.  For further information contact Doreen DeBoth at 716-874-2863.

Top New Years Resolutions by the Numbers

Top New Years Resolutions by the Numbers
Top 10 New Years resolutions for 2012
  • Lose Weight
  • Getting Organized
  • Spend Less, Save More
  • Enjoy Life to the Fullest
  • Staying Fit and Healthy
  • Learn Something Exciting
  • Quit Smoking
  • Help Others in Their Dreams
  • Fall in Love
  • Spend More Time with Family

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Meridian West Gallery Offering Art Classes

Meridian West Gallery Offering Art Classes

MERIDIAN WEST GALLERY
1209 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14216
768-3805

Meridian West Art Gallery, 1209 Hertel Avenue, is offering six-week classes in pastels and acrylics on Saturdays by national exhibiting and award-wining artists Nancy Mariani and George Grace beginning in January. The cost is $90.00, and enrollment will be limited to ten students. For more information call 768-3805.

Meridian West Gallery, 1209 Hertel Avenue, is offering private art lessons in acrylics and pastels by national exhibiting and award-winning artist /arts author George Grace. For more information, call 768-3805.

The Bad Pudding Writers Group, meets at 7 PM every other Tuesday at Meridian West Gallery, 1209 Hertel Avenue, and welcomes poets, playwrights, and short fiction and nonfiction writers of all levels. Its members include a publisher and several published writers. The next meeting is January 8. For more information call 768-3805.

Pounds Per Square Inch Performance: APOLOGY

Pounds Per Square Inch Performance:  APOLOGY

A Statement Released by Buffalo Arts Studio

APOLOGY, the newest inter-disciplinary performance by Buffalo Arts Studio resident artist Gerry Trentham of pounds per square inch performance, is an investigation of the falling body, the falling nation from triumph, the shame of both the oppressed and the oppressor.  This work is a collaboration with Pennsylvanian visual artist Kaersten Colvin-Woodruff, Toronto filmmaker, actor, and director Valerie Buhagiar, Toronto media artist Kaija Siirala, and Buffalo media artist Jesse Deganis Librera, with dramaturgy by renowned Butoh artist Denise Fujiwara.

New Website Showcases WNY Art, Artists

New Website Showcases WNY Art, Artists

IMG_INK Print Galleries offers prints from renowned artists

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A new website is celebrating Buffalo’s rich artistic and architectural history by featuring the art and artists that have helped define the area’s legacy.

IMG_INK, a Buffalo printing facility that specializes in working with artists, has launched IMG_INK Print Galleries, an online venue that allows visitors to browse and purchase the work of a collection of notable local artists. The site, http://shop.imgink.com, offers museum quality prints of photographs and artwork that are all connected to Western New York through either the subject or the artist.

IMG_INK owners Biff Henrich and Kevin Whipple created IMG_INK Print Galleries as a response to artists who were looking for a more direct way to connect their work with the public.

Buffalo Seminary to Host "Charles Dickens Presents: A Christmas Carol" Starring Mike Randall

Buffalo Seminary to Host "Charles Dickens Presents: A Christmas Carol" Starring Mike Randall

On Friday, December 21, 2012, Sem will present a special performance of Charles Dickens Presents: A Christmas Carol starring Mike Randall. The performance is being produced and hosted by the school's student-run Drama Club. Students will sell concessions prior to the show starting at 6:30 p.m. The school’s student singing group, the Semachords, will entertain guests before Mr. Randall takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. This will be the only city of Buffalo performance of the one-man show.

Well-known to Western New Yorkers as the chief meteorologist for WKBW Channel 7, Mike Randall is also a veteran actor. He has earned acclaim for impersonating another famous novelist for the stage: humorist Mark Twain.

My Christmas Miracle - by Taylor Caldwell

My Christmas Miracle - by Taylor Caldwell

 

A True Christmas Story by Buffalo’s Taylor Caldwell in the 1920’s

  • So famous and renowned is Taylor Caldwell, that it is difficult to visualize her as a wan, depressed, and frightened young mother; alone, jobless, nearly destitute, and having to face the bleakest Christmas of her life.  She had almost lost faith in God Himself.
And then... A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE...