On View: February 4, 2010 – March 19, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 4, 2010 6-9pm
Smother is the first exhibition in the newly reformatted East Gallery 'Project Space' at the Carnegie Art Center in North Tonawanda, NY. The project space is an opportunity for artists and curators to experiment with new ideas, explore collaborations with creative freedom. The Carnegie Art Center is pleased to present Esther Neisen's Smother as the first installment of the new project space program which is curated by Lauren Albrecht, Grants and Exhibition Manager.
Smother is an exhibition that features representational insects in precarious scenarios all in confined visual 'containers.' The method of confinement is influenced by Esther's sister unique way of dealing with the occasional insect encounter. In her efforts to avoid any possible contact she places them under a weighted cup that forces them a slow death by means of suffocation. All of the insects in Smother are in the process of dying or are dead or within varying degrees of captivity. This act of suffocation can be translated into how we deal with what we perceive as undesirable parts of our personality throughout our lives and the sometimes unintentional suppression of those personality parts.
Esther Neisen is an up and coming artist that has built an impressive 'buzz' around her artwork over the last year or so. She has shown in group exhibitions in the Buffalo, NY area since completing her undergraduate degree at Buffalo State College in 2008. Most recently, she debuted an installation at the Burchfield Penney Art Center's Art Auction and Gala at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo in October 2009.
Cloud Corrosion: Photography at the Visual Threshold
Featuring works by Phil Cavuoto, False Hope Photos and Jonathan Grassi
Exhibition curated by Lauren Albrecht
On View: February 4, 2010 – March 19, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 4, 2010 6-9pm
Cloud Corrosion: Photography at the Visual Threshold is a three-person exhibition that captures the essence of a postindustrial city through the eyes and experience of the first fully digital generation. Cloud Corrosion features works by four artists with a Western New York connection: Phil Cavuoto; False Hope Photos: a collaboration between Christopher Franklin and Alexander Enser; and Jonathan Grassi. Several images were taken in and around the immediate Buffalo/Niagara region, in places such as Grand Island, North Tonawanda, Amherst, Silvercreek, Dansville, and the city of Buffalo. The exhibit includes over 30 color and black and white photographs, many of which are being publicly exhibited for the first time. Collectively the images depict a landscape of urban volatility by a generation encapsulated by a region's rise, fall and progression into the future.
Special Events
Endymion Wassail Concert
Thank you to Endymion for another fabulous concert at the Carnegie! It was again
standing room only and enough food was contributed to fill a shopping cart for
the Food Pantry. Thanks to everyone who attended.
Education & Resources
Valentines Collage Workshop for Kids with Sue Zobrist!
Saturday, February 13, 2010 10a-12pm
$5 for members/$7 for non members/$10 for CAC Families
Join Sue Zobrist, art educator, to create Valentine collages. Just in time for Valentine's Day! Fun for the entire family at the Carnegie's historic space. Most supplies provided, but participants may want to bring pictures of family and friends to include. Carnegie family members can bring everyone in the family for just $10! To RSVP email Mary Simpson at msimpson@carnegieartcenter.org or call 694-4400 x303.
Sentimental Values: Collaging with Gerald Mead and Russell Ram Saturday, February 13, 2010 1pm-4pm $5 for members/$10 for non members
Back by popular demand the Carnegie Art Center will have collage experts Gerald Mead and Russell Ram on hand to facilitate a 3 hour workshop for artists. Senimental Values is an opportunity to bring in old photos or small objects that are meaningful to you or your valentine and create that unique gift that your beloved will cherish for many years. The Carnegie Art Center will have magazines, paper and art supplies on hand so we encourage you to bring in the sentimental objects that you plan to use in your collage. Please RSVP your attendance to lauren@carnegieartcenter.org.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2010 ARTS NIAGARA DEC GRANT WINNERS!
AN AWARDS CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 2010 from 3-5pm TO HONOR THE FOLLOWING GROUPS THAT RECEIVED 2010 GRANTS!
Friends of the Lewiston Library, Lewiston, NY
Friends of the Lockport Library, Lockport, NY
Greater Niagara Ballet Company, Niagara Falls, NY
Herschelle Carrousel Factory Museum, North Tonawanda, NY
Lewiston Council on the Arts, Lewiston, NY
Lockport Chorale, Lockport, NY
Main Street Business and Professionals Assoc., Niagara Falls, NY
Market Street Art Center, Lockport, NY
Mental Health Association of Niagara County, Lockport, NY
Middleport Community Choir, Middleport, NY
McClew Interpretive Center, Burt, NY
Opportunities Unlimited of Niagara, Niagara Falls, NY
People and Possibilites, Niagara Falls, NY
Retired Mens Service Club Chorus, Lewiston, NY
Rivershore, Lewiston, NY
Theatre in the Mist, Lewiston, NY
Theatre in the Mist, Lewiston, NY
Tonawandas Gateway Harbor Inc, North Tonawanda, NY
Town of Porter Historical Society, Youngstown, NY
Village of Youngstown, Youngstown, NY
