Region's Largest Collaborative Art Exhibition Opens the Weekend of September 14-16

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The work of 50 artists from Western New York and beyond will be unveiled over one weekend – September 14, 15 and 16 – at 12 galleries throughout Buffalo Niagara. Beyond/In Western New York 2007 expands the boundaries of its predecessor In Western New York to include artists from throughout the Eastern

Great Lakes region. The entire exhibition will be on view through October 20 (closing dates at individual venues vary).

After reviewing 955 submissions (45% from Canada), curatorial representatives from the 12 participating organizations made on site visits to 107 artists’ studios. Following the studio visits, the curators had a roundtable discussion to determine the final selection and the venue for each artist’s work. The number of submissions to Beyond/In Western New York 2007 increased by more than 20 per cent this year.

The exhibition opens over the course of one weekend from Friday, September 14 through Sunday, September 16. Admission to all openings will be free. For further information including suggested itineraries and maps, visit www.beyondinwny.org.

Friday, September 14

Celebrate the arts in downtown Buffalo.

Friday, September 14, 5-11 p.m.

CEPA Gallery - 617 Main St., Buffalo

Sept. 14 - Dec. 21

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center - 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo

Sept. 14 - Oct. 20

Squeaky Wheel - 175 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo

Sept. 14 - Nov. 3

El Museo Oller y Diego Rivera - 91 Allen St., Buffalo

Sept. 14 - Oct. 19

Saturday, September 15

From Niagara Falls to North Tonawanda, Amherst and Buffalo, the variety of venues is only second to the diversity of work.

Saturday, September 15, 4-7 p.m.

Carnegie Art Center - 240 Goundry St., North Tonawanda

Sept. 8 - Oct. 27

Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University

Sept. 14, 2007 - Feb. 24, 2008

UB Art Gallery, Center for the Arts, North Campus, Amherst

Sept. 11 - Nov. 10

Saturday, September 15, 7-10 p.m.

Buffalo Arts Studio, Tri-Main Building, 2495 Main St., Buffalo

Sept. 14 - Nov. 3

UB Anderson Gallery, Martha Jackson Place, Buffalo

Sept. 12 - Nov. 11

Saturday, September 15, 9-11 p.m.

Big Orbit Gallery, 30D Essex St., Buffalo

Sept. 15 - Nov. 3

Sunday, September 16

Opening weekend concludes in the Elmwood Museum District with openings at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center and Albright-Knox Art Gallery.

Sunday, September 16, 1- 3 p.m.

Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo

Sept. 14 - Dec. 2

Sunday, September 16, 3- 5 p.m.

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo

Remarks are at 3:30

Aug. 17 - Oct. 28

“The opportunity to be part of a process which included 14 curators from 12 very different organizations, to discuss the work of more than 950 artists from the expanded Western New York region was an amazing learning experience,” said Tom Holt, Project Curator, Burchfield-Penney Art Center. “To see outstanding work by so many artists currently working in this area, to share this experience with colleagues, and to present all of the different voices and perspectives in one exhibition is what makes Beyond/In so exciting.”

Major foundation sponsorship support for this multi-venue exhibition has been provided by generous grants from The John R. Oishei Foundation, The Baird Foundation, the Zemsky Family Foundation, and by a gift from Mariana Botero-Chason and Mark Chason.

The exhibition is also made possible through the corporate support of Hodgson Russ LLP and by grants from the Explore New York State Grant Program, the Cultural Tourism Initiative, a project of the Arts & Business Council of New York and the New York State Council on the Arts, the Consulate General of Canada, Buffalo / Consulate G?n?ral du Canada, Buffalo, and the Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau. Media partner: WNED.

The artwork spans a spectrum of art practices from traditional drawing, prints, painting, sculpture, and photography to video and 16 mm film, performance, and multimedia installations. A catalogue that includes curatorial comments and illustrations of each artist's work is available at all venues for $14.95. The 50 artists’ work will be exhibited at the following sites.

Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Lois Andison, Toronto, ON; Jeremy Bailey, Toronto; Chris Barr, Buffalo, NY; Amanda Besl, Buffalo; Lyn Carter, Orton, ON; Shayne Dark, Hartington, ON; Artemis Herber, Cleveland, OH; Ani Hoover, Orchard Park, NY; Kristan Horton, Toronto; Simone Mantellassi, New Berlin, NY; Nathan W. Naetzker, Buffalo; Kathryn Ruppert-Dazai, Toronto; Michael Snow, Toronto; Alfonso Volo, Eden, NY.

Big Orbit Gallery

Sylvie B?langer, Toronto, Deirdre Logue, Toronto.

Burchfield-Penney Art Center

Chris Barr, Jax Deluca, John Drummer, Carrianne Hendrickson, Paul Nicholson, all from Buffalo.

Buffalo Arts Studio

Osvaldo Ramirez Castillo, Toronto; Shayne Dark, Hartington, ON; Kara Daving, Buffalo;

Bryan Hopkins, Buffalo; Laura Garofalo and Omar Kahn, Buffalo.

Carnegie Art Center

Katie Sehr, Buffalo; Jacqueline Welch, Buffalo.

Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University

Jay Carrier, Niagara Falls, NY; A.J. Fries; Buffalo; Kurt Von Voetsch, Buffalo.

CEPA Gallery

Tammy Ren?e Brackett, Hornell, NY; Wilka Roig, Ithaca, NY; Hans Gindlesberger, Kenmore, NY.

El Museo Oller y Diego Rivera

Xiaowen Chen, Ithaca, NY.

Hallwalls

Roberley Bell, Batavia, NY; David Clayton, Syracuse, NY; Adam Weekley, Buffalo.

Hallwalls screenings and performances

October 4, 8 p.m., Stephanie Rothenberg, Buffalo

October 13, 7 p.m., Michael Snow, Toronto

October 20, 8 p.m., Jeremy Bailey, Toronto

November 3, 8 p.m., Dorothea Braemer, Buffalo

Squeaky Wheel

Yvonne Buchanan, Syracuse, NY; Jill Johnston-Price, Fredonia, NY; Deirdre Logue, Toronto;

Julie Perini, Buffalo; RM Vaughan, Toronto.

Squeaky Wheel screenings

October 5, 8 p.m., Yvonne Buchanan, R.M. Vaughn, Julie Perini

October 26, 8 p.m., Jill Johnston-Price

November 2, 8 p.m., Deirdre Logue

UB Anderson Gallery

Brendan Fernandes, London ON; Jason Lee, Kent, OH; Paul Walde, London, ON.

UB Center for the Arts

Dorothea Braemer, Buffalo; Allyson Mitchell, Toronto; Sarah Paul, Buffalo; Richard Price,

Buffalo; Diane Schaefer, Buffalo; Kate Wilson, Toronto.

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