Artpark Art Gallery

Presented by the Buffalo Society of Artists

 

Welcome to Summer 2009 and the fourth season of the Buffalo Society of Artists Artpark Gallery in Historic Lewiston, New York. Represented in the Gallery will be the work of 63 of the 193 exhibiting artist members of the Buffalo Society of Artists.  All art works are for sale.

About 4,000 people come through the Gallery every year.  The Gallery is open one hour before, during, and after every Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Summer Concert in July and August and during Artpark's musical production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat  in August. 

 

New this summer at 3 o'clock each Sunday afternoon in June, the Buffalo Society of Artists will host a special program in the Gallery presenting poetry, art and music with Dr. Bob Giannetti of Bob's Olde Books (Center Street, Lewiston) and selected local poets and writers.   

 

     

The 2009 Program includes: 

 

June 7 -Carmina Burana: Modern Music & the Poetry, Music & Art of the Middle Ages. 

 

June 14 - Telling a Book by its Cover: The Art of Bookbinding by Dr. Bob Giannetti. 

 

June 21 - Poets at an Exhibition.  Performances of poetry by regional writers inspired by Gallery works by the Buffalo Society of Artists.  

 

June 28 - The Mind's Eye & the Eye's Mind. More Poets at an Exhibition.  A panel of poets and artists discusses visual art and verbal expression in art, poetry and prose and more performances of poetry inspired by Gallery works. 

 

 

2009 Buffalo Society of Artists/Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Summerfest Art Talks

The Gallery will also continue to host the very popular Artpark Art Talks, pre-concert talks given jointly by the Buffalo Society of Artists and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring BPO Music Director JoAnn Falletta, guest conductors, performing musicians, and art in the Gallery with Helen Rogers Russell, Gallery Director.  This year artists have coordinated the work exhibited in the Gallery with the music being performed by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.  It promises to be an exciting collaboration.  Artpark Art Talks take place a half hour before every BPO Concert in the Gallery.

 

 

Buffalo Society of Artists

Founded in 1891, the Buffalo Society of Artists is one of the oldest art societies in the United States. It is dedicated to the creative production of visual arts, showcasing the achievements of local artists and enriching the Western New York art scene. The Buffalo Society of Artists has annual Spring and Fall Exhibits at various venues in Western New York. The 2009 Spring Exhibit is at the Theodore Roosevelt Inauguration Site new Carriage House, 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, from May 30 to June 30.  A special exhibition is at Betty's Restaurant, 370 Virginia Street, Buffalo, from May 11 to July 12.  The Fall Catalogue Exhibition will be at the Kenan Center, 433 Locust Street, Lockport, from October 18 to November 15.

 

For more information about the Gallery or any of the exhibited artwork, contact Manager Helen Rogers Russell at hrrussell@roadrunner.com or (716) 751-6481.