Media Arts Regrant Screening: works by Western New York Artists

Presented by the Carnegie Art Center at the Historic Riviera Theater

featuring works by Mark Barner, Holly Johnson & Meg Knowles, Howard Kim, Lewiston Council on the Arts, Julie Perini, Stephen Powell, and Seth Wochensky

Thursday, December 18

Doors open at 6:30pm
Screening starts at 7pm

Open to the public
Adults: $6 / Seniors: $5 / Students (12 and under) and Children: $2

Past & Present: Remembering & Remaking History is a presentation of selected works by local media artists funded through the Carnegie Art Center in 2006 and 2007 via NYSCA's Electronic Media and Film program. Over the last two years close to $30K in grants were provided to 24 media artists in Niagara and Erie Counties to promote the production of nontraditional media projects relating to Western New York's regional, social, historical, and cultural interests.

This screening focuses on works by several artists, including experimental, claymation, and documentary videos on a variety of topics exploring the Niagara region's rich history. These works examine historical figures and activities of the suffragette movement, WNY's industrial heritage, the Underground Railroad, the War of 1812, a historic settlement on the Niagara frontier, and an African American composer from our region's musical past.

Mark Barner, Discovering Youngstown, New York: A Walk Through Time, 2007
Holly Johnson & Meg Knowles, See That the World is Moving, 2007
Howard Kim, The Carousel Makers, 2006
Lewiston Council on the Arts, Josiah’s Crossing, 2006 and R. Nathaniel Dett, 2007
Julie Perini, Suffragette Slasher, 2007
Stephen Powell, War on the Niagara: Part I, 2007
Seth Wochensky, The Last of the Scoopers, 2006

Historic Riviera Theater
67 Webster Street
North Tonawanda, NY 14120

Website:www.rivieratheatre.org
Box Office: 716.692.2413
Email: boxoffice@rivieratheatre.org