PERFECT SETTINGS 2008

Where
280 Pine Ridge Road, Cheektowaga, N.Y.

To date, major partners include Niagara Ceramics and Lamar Outdoor Advertising. If you would like to be a table designer, sponsor, volunteer, or if your arts organization would like to be involved, contact the Arts Council at 856-7520.

Perfect Settings is sponsored by:

Curtain Up! 2008
27th Anniversary Celebration
Friday, September 19, 2008

CURTAIN UP! is the official opening of Buffalo's live theatre season and offers something for everyone with theatrical productions at 14 participating theatres, associated events, a Creative Black-Tie Gala Dinner on stage at Shea’s Performing Arts Center, and a free community celebration featuring live entertainment on Main Street in Buffalo's Theatre District.

ACT I – COCKTAILS - DINNER - ENTERTAINMENT

• 5:00 – 5:45 p.m. Cocktail reception in Shea’s Grand Lobby, open to the general public, with a cash bar.
• 5:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. The exhibition "Various Views" created by artists Lukia Costello, Richard Christian, and False Hope Photo team Alex Enser and Christopher Franklin will show at the Market Arcade Building on the third floor Passageway Gallery at 617 Main Street in Buffalo's downtown Theater District. Click Here for more details.
• 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Annual Curtain Up! Creative Black-Tie Gala Dinner on Shea’s stage including additional seating on the balcony level. Gala Dinner tickets must be purchased in advance by calling 829-1172. Theatre district restaurants will also be accepting dinner reservations.

ACT II – CURTAINS RISE! THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES

• 8:00 p.m. The evening continues with performances at participating theatres, starting at 8:00 p.m. See schedule of performances below.

ACT III – PARTY!

• 10:00 p.m. Following the performances, a free community celebration offering a variety of unique entertainment will be held from approximately 10:00 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Main Street in Downtown Buffalo's Theatre District. The event includes various outdoor entertainment and post parties. For more information, go to www.curtainupbuffalo.com

Presented By:

• The Theatre District Association of Western New York
• M&T Bank

For details, please Click Here.

Various Views
Market Arcade Building, 3rd floor Passageway Gallery, 617 Main Street
From Friday, September 19, 2008
To Friday, October 31, 2008

Area Artists Offer Various Views at Curtain Up!

The Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County announces the opening of "Various Views": images created by artists Lukia Costello, Richard Christian, and False Hope Photo team Alex Enser and Christopher Franklin.

The exhibition opens to coincide with Curtain Up! festivities Friday, September 19th at the Market Arcade Building and will show on the third floor Passageway Gallery at 617 Main Street in Buffalo’s downtown Theater District.

The work of each of these artists is distinct from one another in myriad ways, but the unique perspectives and geometric beauty as well as their provocative qualities makes them interesting exhibition collaborators.

Costello is well-known and awarded for her ability to explode organic matter through her lens and even make the inorganic seem alive – but, even then a certain unmistakable structure is ever present in her work.

Photograhers Alex Enser and Christopher Franklin are relative newcomers to the area arts scene, but their work has maturity and expression well beyond their years. Their world view of found beauty in decay and their way of interpreting those “finds” is carving out an unmistakable recognition of their work that is bound to distinguish them and move them into a category unto itself and perpetuate provocative thinking by all viewers.

Richard Christian provides the bold brushstrokes in this exhibition. A newcomer to Buffalo, Christian is not a rookie when it comes to creating substantial works of art. An instructor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Christian’s work evokes the startling contrasts of all three artists in the show, but certainly is powerful enough to hold them together.

The public is invited to the opening night reception on Friday, September 19th beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Passageway Gallery located on the third floor of the Market Arcade building.

For more information, please contact The Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County at (716) 856-7520.

It’s B-A-A-A-A-A-CK!
Friday, June 27, Midnight
Saturday, June 28, 10 a.m. and Midnight
Market Arcade Film & Art Center
Downtown in Buffalo's Theater District

Tickets: $10 in advance, $12 day of show

On sale now at:

• Market Arcade Film & Art Center
• The Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County

Buffalo Homecoming 2008
Thursday, June 26, to Sunday, June 29

Buffalo Homecoming 2008 is an immense reunion that celebrates the best of Buffalo for those who are in Buffalo because they want to be, as well as for those who are not in Buffalo but wish they were. It is designed to help keep our best and brightest here, encourage those who have left to come back, and to attract professionals, entrepreneurs and businesses to Buffalo.

Event Itinerary

• Thursday, June 26
• Eat Your Heart Out Buffalo
• Friday, June 27
• Career Fair @ the Statler Terrace Room – 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
• BTEC @ the Statler Grand Ballroom -- 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
• Arts in the Park @ the back steps of the Albright-Knox and in Marcy Casino in Delaware Park – 5:00-8:00 p.m.
• Saturday, June 28
• Re-Discover Buffalo - All Day
• Downtown Housing Tour @ Market Arcade - 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
• Buffalo Homecoming Block Party @ Theater District
• Sunday, June 29
• Sunday Brunch @ Zoofari Patio at the Zoo – 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
• From the Heart of Buffalo Fair @ Across from the Zoo in Delaware Park - 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

The sense of community alone is worth the visit - but wait until you see all the hidden treasures! Even those who have lived in Buffalo all their life - especially those with a stake in this community -- will find much to discover and enjoy during the Buffalo Homecoming 2008!

RSVP at www.BuffaloHomecoming.com today!

22nd Annual Arts Awards Luncheon
Statler Towers Golden Ballroom
Friday, March 14, 2008
11 a.m. Artist Bazaar / Noon – 1:30 p.m. Luncheon

Presented by:

• The Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County
• The Buffalo Niagra Partnership
• And M&T Bank.

Click here to reserve tickets online and support these Outstanding artists, businesses and organizations.

If you wish to mail or fax us an order form, click here to download it.

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DEC Application 2008 - 2009
Application Deadline - Friday, October 24

DEC Program Purpose

The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) established the Decentralization Program (DEC) in 1978 following the mandate of the state Legislature to encourage increased participation at the local level in the state’s cultural funding process. The purpose of the DEC program is to foster the continued development of local cultural resources responsive to community cultural needs. DEC support enables emerging artists and organizations to grow professionally and to enhance the cultural climate in communities and neighborhoods where they live and operate. The DEC program helps to ensure access to the arts and culture to the citizens in each of the 62 counties of New York State, especially to areas that are geographically isolated, economically disadvantaged or ethnically diverse.

To download the DEC application form, Click Here.

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Urban Artisans
Every Friday from 6 pm - 9 pm

The Arts Council in Buffalo & Erie County Presents The Urban Artisans. Original and handcrafted Art on display and for sale.

Featuring:
Avalon Scarves - Paul Morgan
Bliss Designs - Anne Bliss
Illusions 3rd eye productions - Chary L. Robbins
Mundo Images - Ann Peterson
Stained Glass & Mosaics - Michelle Hoff

Join us every Friday from 6pm to 9pm Friday Feb. 8, 2008 for socializing and shopping (refreshments always available) until Mar. 21, 2008 in the Arts Council’s Community Artist Gallery.

Please come, enjoy and support these wonderful local artisans and their creations now on display at The Arts Council, 700 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14202. For more information please call 856-7520.

Past Events - Meet & Greet with Chris Collins
December 12, 2007

More than 50 area arts executives came out to meet Mr. Collins and hear his views on the role of arts and culture in Erie County as well as hear ideas from the administrators.

Click here to find out more.

Past Trips - New Photos Available
Corning Museum of Glass and
Rockwell Museum of Western Art Photos

Enjoyed by all…A Fall Day Trip to the Corning Museum of Glass on September 29th, 2007.

Click here to view the Photos.

National Arts Program - Best of Show

Artist Raylena Cunningham shows off her winning entry to Arts Council Executive Director Celeste Lawson and Mayor Byron W. Brown in City Hall.

Click here to read the Article