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Admission to special exhibitions is free for Gallery Members. Non-members can view the exhibition for the price of regular Gallery admission. |
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Gusto at the Gallery is sponsored by The Buffalo News and The John R. Oishei Foundation with ongoing program support from the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, General Mills Foundation, and the Literature Program of the New York State Council on the Arts.
5 - 7 p.m.
Art Activity for All Ages
5 - 7 p.m.
Education Department Exhibition Reception
Hue Should Value Our Intensity: Recent Works by Starlight Studio Artists
Celebrate out our newest Education Exhibit from non-profit visual arts center where adults with develop.m.ental disabilities and neurological impairments create, exhibit, and sell art.
5 - 6:30 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Keeping Up With the Law: Taking a Look at Charity, Giving and the Arts
The panel will discuss legal issues which affect artists, managers, collectors, trustees, Donors, and the public. Moderator: Andrew Spong (2nd year arts management and law student). Panelists include Andy Finch, Arts Lobbyist, Ed Cardoni,
Director Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Centre, Sandra Olsen, Director UB Art Galleries, Chief Financial Officer Albright-Knox Art Gallery Patrick Kilcullen.
6 p.m.
Family April Fools’ Tours
April Fool! Sometimes artists find ways to make jokes or fool your eyes with their artwork. Come discover the ways they do this in a half-hour tour followed by an art activity. Conducted by Associate Curator of Education Nancy Spector.
* Tours are free but space is limited please call 270-8296 to pre-register.
7:30 p.m.
Nickel City Poetry Slam
Join us for our Nickel City Poetry Slam series, the evening begins with a performance by nationally recognized slam poet from the Toronto Slam team. Afterwards, the hottest local spoken word artists compete for a $25 cash prize and a chance to be on the first national Buffalo Poetry Slam Team, competing in Madison, WI in 2008! Who will be the best? You be the judge!
Signup: 7:30 p.m., on a first come basis.
8 p.m.
Performance: The Gay Men’s Chorus Greatest Hits
The Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus, now in its 7th season, returns to the Albright-Knox stage for a “best of” performance. The Chorus, which is comprised of 75 remarkable voices, is under the direction of Barbara Wagner and will perform an eclectic mix of music from pops to Broadway to opera. The performance will include a new repertoire as well as some old favorites including Billy Joel’s ‘The Longest Time,’ Franz Biebl’s ‘Ava Maria,’ and ‘I Know Where I’ve Been’ from the recent hit film Hairspray.
5 - 7 p.m.
Art Activity
Create your own unique-cool-playful-groovy-colorful fashions and strut down the runway. Photos will be taken! Organized by the Art Education Department at Buffalo State College.
6 p.m.
Family April Fools’ Tours
April Fool! Sometimes artists find ways to make jokes or fool your eyes with their artwork. Come discover the ways they do this in a half-hour tour followed by an art activity. Conducted by Associate Curator of Education Nancy Spector.
* Tours are free but space is limited please call 270-8296 to pre-register.
7 p.m.
Family Film: Howl's Moving Castle (2004). Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. 119 minutes.
A young girl named Sophie is cursed by a witch and given an old woman's body. Shamed of how she looks, she flees to the woods and happens upon Wizard Hauru's strange Moving Castle. While in the castle, Sophie makes a deal with a demon named Calcifer who can return her to her 18-year-old self.
8 p.m.
Fashion Show
The evening will finish with a major fashion show production featuring ready-to-wear originals from Elmwood Avenue shops and by the students from the Fashion Technology Department at Buffalo State College.
* Seating is limited, come early to avoid disappointment.
5 – 7 p.m.
Art Activity: Fait de la peinture
Matisse, Cezanne, Gaugin, Derain, and Monet. Create paintings in the style of your favorite French painter!
5:30 p.m.
Family Tour: The Fun of French Painting
Join us for a special Gusto at the Gallery Family Tour. We will visit the works of French artists in our permanent collection, currently on view as part of Remix: Color and Light.
Tour will begin at the Admissions Desk.
6 p.m.
Adult Tour: Masters of French Painting
Join us for a special Gusto at the Gallery Adult Tour. We will view the works of French artists in our permanent collection, currently on view as part of Remix: Color and Light.
Tour will begin at the Admissions Desk.
6:30 p.m.
Reading: Le Petit Prince (‘The Little Prince’)
Enjoy a reading (in English) of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s classic novella in which the author meets a young prince while stranded in the Sahara Desert and explores the purpose of human life through the eyes of a child.
7 p.m.
Film: Ratatouille (2007). Directed by Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava. 111 minutes.
In this animated family film, Remy, a provincial rat, heads to Paris against his family’s wishes to pursue his dreams of becoming a chef in a five-star restaurant. In Paris he befriends Linguini, the restaurant’s young garbage boy, and the two unlikely culinary whizzes take the French cooking world by storm.
7:30 - 8:30 p.m.
French Wine and Cheese Pairing
Come into muse, the Gallery’s restaurant, for a tasting of vin et fromage from France. Also this evening, muse will feature a special prix fixe menu of French cuisine available for those who wish to dine in.
5 - 7 p.m.
An Art Activity for All Ages
6 p.m.
Birthday Lectures: JMW Turner with Curator of Education Mariann Smith
What kind of artist would have himself lashed to the mast of a ship in a snowstorm just to see what it was like? Bow to a castle in Wales in thanks for its contribution to his artistic career? Temporarily darken a sky in a glowing painting to avoid upsetting a friend? Happily sketched away while the Houses of Parliament burned? A rather eccentric artist like Joseph Mallord William Turner!
6 p.m.
Family April Fools’ Tours
April Fool! Sometimes artists find ways to make jokes or fool your eyes with their artwork. Come discover the ways they do this in a half-hour tour followed by an art activity. Conducted by Associate Curator of Education Nancy Spector.
* Tours are free but space is limited please call 270-8296 to pre-register.
7:30 p.m.
Special Guest: The Hon. Byron W. Brown, Mayor of the City of Buffalo, for the Buffalo Arts Commission.
7:45 p.m.
Film: Players and the Painted Stage: W.B.Yeats and the Theatre, RTE productions, 22 minutes.
Patrick Martin, Director of Cinegael Buffalo, presents the United States premiere of the award winning short film.
8:15 p.m.
Performance: Broken Dreams
A one-hour celebration of the life and works of W.B. Yeats by Vincent O’Neill and Josephine Hogan of Irish Classical Theatre, with original music by Mary Ramsey.