Friday, November 02, 2012
The Olmsted Parks Poetry Project: Exploring the Poetic Nature of Public Spaces
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: 2655 South Park Avenue, Buffalo NY 14218Buffalo & Erie County Botanical Gardens
Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American Landscape architecture, was brought to Buffalo in 1868 with a vision to design “a city within a park.” His legacy includes the expansive green necklace of parks and parkways running through the city of Buffalo—a place Olmsted would call the best planned city in America. In celebration of Buffalo State's "Year of the City" initiative, the Rooftop Poetry Club invites you to learn more about the genius of Olmsted and the poetic nature of public spaces. Join us for poetry in the park. Guest speakers will introduce us to the rich history behind the parks, followed by guided workshop activities led by poets Irene Sipos and Lisa Forrest.
Our fifth workshop in the series will take place on Friday, November 2nd, 3:00-4:30 p.m. at South Park. Meet at Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, located at South Park (Admission fee: $7.00 per student/$8.00 general public). Limited carpooling from Buffalo State will be available. Please RSVP to Lisa Forrest at forresla@buffalostate.edu.
Friday, November 02, 2012
FBI Expert on Art Theft
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Burchfield Penney Art Center
Please join us for an informal gathering with Dr. Bonnie Magness-Gardiner of the FBI where she will provide an overview of the Art Theft Program and will entertain questions and answers from the audience on art theft/cultural property crime and protection.
Bonnie manages the National Stolen Art File and provides support for the Art Crime Team, 14 special agents investigating cultural property cases in the U.S. and abroad. Magness-Gardiner received a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Archaeology from the University of Arizona. After teaching archaeology for five years, she entered government service as program manager for the Archaeology Program at the National Endowment for the Humanities then became a program manager for the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress. For eight years she was the Senior Cultural Property Analyst for the Department of State, implementing the 1970 UNESCO Convention against illicit traffic in cultural property. She served as the program manager forcultural heritage restoration projects in Iraq. Since June 2005, she has been with the FBI.
Friday, November 09, 2012
The Olmsted Parks Poetry Project: Exploring the Poetic Nature of Public Spaces
Time: 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Burchfield Penney Art Center
Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American Landscape architecture, was brought to Buffalo in 1868 with a vision to design “a city within a park.” His legacy includes the expansive green necklace of parks and parkways running through the city of Buffalo—a place Olmsted would call the best planned city in America. In celebration of Buffalo State's "Year of the City" initiative, the Rooftop Poetry Club invites you to learn more about the genius of Olmsted and the poetic nature of public spaces. Join us for poetry in the park. Guest speakers will introduce us to the rich history behind the parks, followed by guided workshop activities led by poets Irene Sipos and Lisa Forrest.
Our sixth workshop will take place on Friday, November 9th from 3:00 -4:30 p.m. at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. Join us for "Art, Architecture and Trees: An Inter-Connected Web", a special Olmsted themed exhibit and talk by Mary Kozub and Marjorie Lord. RSVP to Lisa Forrest at forresla@buffalostate.edu.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Nor'easter Conference: Crossing the Line Drawings by Sculptures
Time: All day
Location: Upton Hall Czurles Nelson Gallery
Crossing the Line is an exhibition of drawings created by sculptors, exploring the esthetic sensibility that a sculptor brings to a two-dimensional surface. The exhibition is part of a regional conference on cast iron art and all works have been selected by a jury of conference committee members.
A reception featuring the artists and a light lunch fare will be held from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Friday, November 16, in the gallery and is free and open to the public.
Friday, November 16, 2012
The Olmsted Parks Poetry Project: Exploring the Poetic Nature of Public Spaces
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: 84 Parkside AvenueParkside Lodge
Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of American Landscape architecture, was brought to Buffalo in 1868 with a vision to design “a city within a park.” His legacy includes the expansive green necklace of parks and parkways running through the city of Buffalo—a place Olmsted would call the best planned city in America. In celebration of Buffalo State's "Year of the City" initiative, the Rooftop Poetry Club invites you to learn more about the genius of Olmsted and the poetic nature of public spaces. Join us for poetry in the park. Guest speakers will introduce us to the rich history behind the parks, followed by guided workshop activities led by poets Irene Sipos and Lisa Forrest.
Join us on Friday, November 16, at 7:00 p.m. for a special reading event at Delaware Park's Parkside Lodge, featuring author Frank Kowsky, poetry by workshop participants, and storytelling performance by Eve Everette. All members of the community are invited to read poems about the city of Buffalo or the parks. The Parkside Lodge at Delaware Park is located at 84 Parkside Avenue (entrance off Parkside near the 198).
R.S.V.P. to Lisa Forrest at forresla@buffalostate.edu.
Francis Kowsky is SUNY Distinguished Professor Emeritus. For many years, he taught the history of art and architecture at Buffalo State . He has written articles on nineteenth-century American architects, including A. J. Davis, Frederick Clarke Withers, and H. H. Richardson. Professor Kowsky has had a long standing interest in the early years of the American park movement and the role that Andrew Jackson Downing, Frederick Law Olmsted, and Calvert Vaux played in its history. The New York Times called his book Country Park and City: The Life and Architecture of Calvert Vaux “a handsome effort to rescue from comparative oblivion the architect who shared—sometimes more than equally—with Frederick Law Olmsted in the design of Central Park and other New York amenities.” In 2013, the Library of American Landscape History and the University of Massachusetts Press will publish his book The Best Planned City in the World: Olmsted. Meet at Delaware Park's Rose Garden (we will walk to Rumsey Woods). Featuring author Mark Goldman.
Eve Everette is an adjunct professor in the Theater Department at Buffalo State, and the assistant conference coordinator for the Anne Frank Project. She also works for the National Federation for Just Communities in WNY as a CommUnity build facilitator. Eve graduated with two degrees with honors: BA in Theater Arts and Art History. She earned an MFA in classical and contemporary text for acting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, UK. In January 2012 she traveled to Rwanda with the Anne Frank Project, and assistant directed the latest Anne Frank Project and Theater Department production When the Walls Come Down: Truth, directed by Drew Kahn. In her free time Eve is usually cooking, traveling, and trail running.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Exhibition: Structured Organically, Jewelry and Metalwork by Angelina Incorvaia
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Location: 515 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14203Main Street Studios
Join Angelina Incorvaia for the opening reception of her senior exhibition, Structured Organically, featuring Jewelry and Metalwork. Exhibition will be up from November 30–December 5, 2012. The gallery is open during the following hours: Monday–Friday, 12:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m., or by appointment.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Still Moving, an Interactive Installation
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Location: 224 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY 14209Space 224 Gallery
Join senior designer Alma Jimenez for her interactive installation. Illustrations and videos will be available for the public to play and interact with.
The exhibit runs November 30–December 5, 2012
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday –Sunday, 6:00 p.m.–10 p.m., or by appointment.
Djs Big Basha, Projex, and Potent J will be on-hand.