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PAST EXHIBITIONS |
W I N T E R / S P R I N G 2005
F E A T U R E D E X H I B I T I O N S |
Joel Feldman: Annotated Landscapes
February 28 - June 19, 2005
Opening reception with artist talk:
First Friday, March 4, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Joel Feldman’s subjects come out of the heartland of Southern Illinois, where, like New York state, the urban centers are fairly disconnected from the isolated rural areas. Combining g audy “kitsch,” self-help remedies, and sensational twists of the banal, Feldman creates a visual subculture exploiting these issues, which often elude our passive society. This fantastically entertaining new body of work – Annotated Landscapes – is a celebration of the quirky manners by which society entertains and calms itself in the everyday world. The exhibition is borrowed from the Cedarhurst Center for the Arts and is accompanied by a forty-six page, full-color catalogue, with an introduction by CAM curator Michael Beam.
Joel Feldman, Self-Help, 2003, lambda print
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 The French Collection at the Castellani
February 4 - April 10, 2005
Opening reception First Friday, February 4, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Why France? Faith Ringgold’s book, Bonjour Lonnie, has images of major landmarks of Paris. She was also greatly influenced by such French painters as Matisse and the Spaniard Picasso, who worked mostly in France. Within the Ringgold exhibition, a wall of French scenes and also works by French artists will highlight yet another aspect of the Castellani’s permanent collection.
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A SERIES OF SOLO EXHIBITIONS FOR REGIONAL ARTISTS |
Carrianne Hendrickson 
February 4 - April 24, 2005
Opening reception with artist’s talk:
First Friday, February 4, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Hendrickson’s ceramic sculptures utilize the human figure to elicit certain responses from the viewer. Although her works have a story book/nursery rhyme context, they often have subversive dark undertones. Hendrickson believes that these “dualities” mirror the human condition.
Carrianne Hendrickson, The Goblin Market (after the poem
“Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti), 2004, clay.
For a copy of the brochure click here
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 Beyond/In Western New York
Opening reception with artists’ talks: April 22, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
In a new partnership with the Albright Knox Art Gallery and eleven other art organizations in Buffalo and Erie counties, the museum will be a venue in the expanded “In Western New York” exhibition. Three of the artists chosen by the organizations’ curators will be on view at the Castellani: Toronto artist Eric Glavin’s work mirrors the region’s rich architectural and cultural heritage. His modern hard-edge paintings blur the line between Modernist geometric work and commercial architecture through grid formats and patterns. Julian Montague, a rising star in the Buffalo art scene, shows his Stray Shopping Cart series and digital insect reconstructions. Edward Luce’s paintings and off-kilter installations compel the visitor to respond to gender – and sexual – orientation issues.
 
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Niagara County-Wide School Exhibition
April 29 - May 15, 2005
Opening reception Sunday, April 29, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
For the second year in a row, we are inviting art teachers from Niagara County to submit the most creative work done by their students during the school year. A special guest will announce the awards.
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| Dianne Baker: Refuse, Reuse, Redeux: Assemblages by Dianne Baker |
January 10 - April 31, 2005
For over twenty years, Dianne Baker has pushed the boundaries of sculpture by exploring the infinite possibilities of “woven forms.” Her 3-D environments of ordinary found objects, such as cast-off bedsprings, refrigerator doors, and milk crates invite associations with our own personal memories.
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Faith Ringgold: Paint Me A Story 
February 4 - April 10, 2005
Opening reception First Friday,
February 4, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Faith Ringgold is an artist, author, activist, and storyteller whose body of work represents a lush, colorful diorama of American history. Her award winning children’s books thoughtfully and eloquently address issues such as race, gender, and morality in today’s – and yesterday’s – societies. The complete original illustrations for Dinner at Aunt Connie’s House, The Invisible Princess, and Bonjour Lonnie will be on view, accompanied by a play-acting set with costumes, a giant floor board game, and a 16-place dinner table celebrating famous African-American women. A pre-visit packet, created by students in NU Professor Alice Blake-Stalker’s classes, is available for teachers (also online at www.niagara.edu/cam, under Exhibitions). Call 286-8200 for more information.
for a copy of the flyer Click Here
Dinner at Aunt Connie's Teacher Packet -- click here
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Quilting Sisters:
African- American Quilting in Michigan
Opening reception with quilting
demonstration by local artists:
Sunday, March 13, 2:00 -4:00 p.m.
This show of fifteen quilts from the Michigan State University Museum’s extensive textile collection represents diverse African- American quilting traditions. Dating from the mid-1800s to the 1990s, the quilts vary from conservative to highly innovative styles and reflect patterns of migration and settlement as well as personal and community histories. A survey of African-American quilters in the greater Niagara region will take place during the show.
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