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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS |
Summer 2008 |
Currents: Movements in Western Art since 1830
June 29 - September 21, 2008
The Castellani Art Museum’s world class permanent collection offers the opportunity to present a
timeline history of art, from 1830 to the present. A salon-style installation of the exhibition, featured on a grand scale in our central gallery, will allow many artworks to be viewed simultaneously. Currents will provide visitors with a fresh approach to modern and contemporary art, highlighting a
broad range of time periods, artists and movements, converging and overlapping through history.
Stop in this summer and experience the magnificent educational resource that is the Castellani Art
Museum’s permanent collection.
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (American born Hungary, 1895-1946), Untitled, c1918, Gouache, ink, and crayon on paper, Castellani Art Museum of Niagara
University Collection. Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Armand J. Castellani, 1983. |
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Sixth Annual Castellani Art Museum Gala,
“Au Courant” set for September 13, 2008
Mark your calendars for the Sixth Annual Castellani Art Museum Gala, “Au Courant,” set for
Saturday, September 13, 2008. This year we’ll be celebrating the Castellani Art Museum’s magnificent
permanent collection of modern and contemporary art on display with “Currents: Movements in
Western Art Since 1830.” Only two hundred tickets will be available for this elegant, creative black tie
event, so early reservations are recommended. For more information, call Susan Clements at 286-
8201.
Final tally: 2007 gala raises record amount: We are proud to announce that “Homegrown Elegance”
brought in a net total of $69,014 for the Castellani Art Museum. |
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Permanent Collection Exhibition: Homage to Picasso
July 13, 2008 - February 15, 2009
In the early 1970s German critic Wieland Schmied and a German publishing house, the Propylaen
Verlag initiated a call for prints with the intent of honoring Picasso for his role as catalyst to many
different styles of twentieth century art. Over seventy artists were asked to take part in the Homage
to Picasso. They came from seventeen different countries, from different generations, and worked in
very different styles. The artists include Roy Lichtenstein, Enrico Baj, Pol Bury, Robert Motherwell,
Andy Warhol, Louise Nevelson, David Hockney, Wifredo Lam, Jim Dine, Robert Indiana, Joan Miro,
and many others. The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University is one of only a few institutions
that includes this entire print series in its collection. Armand Castellani purchased the portfolio
in 1985. |
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TopSpin |
A SERIES OF SOLO EXHIBITIONS
FOR REGIONAL ARTISTS |
 Michael Veit: Unity Park
May 2 - September 14, 2008
Opening Reception:
First Friday, May 2, 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Like many cities across America, Niagara
Falls has seen booming economic periods
of growth as well as significant periods
of decline. In the aftermath of the mass
exodus of corporations and people, the
physical and social fabric of the city has
frayed. Michael Veit has captured this
atmosphere of decline through the lens
of his camera by documenting the osthabitation
of the Unity Park housing
complex. Many units were vacated hastily,
with tenants leaving personal effects
behind. Inadvertently, or perhaps
Stuffed Rabbit with Bible, 2005, digital print
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purpose, abandoned items were left
where they sat when the apartment was
occupied. These actions created a strange
environment, as if suddenly all human
presence had vanished. Veit’s photographic
record details countless families forced to leave their homes by the mismanagement of others. Each apartment in the complex housed a family, a history, a story. Photographer Michael Veit is a resident of Niagara Falls.
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Members of the Tu Hieu Cultural Center on Fillmore Avenue in Buffalo with the altar they created at the CAM.
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WINTER / SPRING 2008 |
Kwà:ne Kuhséshe ha? Yu?nekúhne
Many Winters Ago...
Native American Children’s Book Illustrations
February 1 - June 30, 2008
This exhibition features a selection of some of the leading Native
American children’s book illustrators
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Erwin Printup, Jr., (detail) Thank You Spirits, from the book Giving Thanks |
from across the United
States and Canada. Bringing to life themes of cultural tradition,
family life and respect for nature, these award-winning artists
reflect bold and dynamic visual trends in today’s children’s
book illustrations. Through a myriad of colorful and richly
diverse artistic mediums, each artist provides a unique
approach to the illustrated story as well as a deep commitment
to community and contemporary art.
For nearly three decades the CAM has benefited from an ongoing
partnership with local Iroquois communities. Working with
Iroquois artists, educators and community experts, the museum
has presented a wide range of Native artistic expressions from
large scale contemporary installation art to traditional raised
beadwork. This latest project takes us beyond our region’s
Iroquois communities to explore the culture and artistic
expressions of Native peoples from across Canada and the United States.
The exhibition will open on Friday, February 1, 2008 from 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
This special reception will feature artist book signings, a dance performance by the Native American
Museum of Art Dancers and the Tuscarora School Dancers, as well as live music by PALE FACE
(featuring Mark Porter jr., Elijah Porter and Chuck DeRose). The event is alcohol-free and there is no
admission charge. A variety of healthy refreshments will be served.
Meet artists S.D. Nelson from Flagstaff, Arizona, (The Star People: A Lakota Story and Gift Horse) and
Lewiston’s own Erwin Printup, Jr. (Giving Thanks) who will be on hand to sign copies of their books.
All books featured in the exhibition will be on sale in the CAM Museum shop.
Other artists featured include Ron Hall, Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada; Joseph Jacobs, Lewiston,
New York; George Littlechild, Comox, British Columbia, Canada; Jonathan Warm Day, Taos, New
Mexico and the late Michael Lacapa, Taylor, Arizona.
Exhibition partners: Bob ’s Olde Books (Lewiston, NY), Native American Community Services of Erie and Niagara
Counties, Inc. (Buffalo and Niagara Falls, NY), Native American Museum of Art (Niagara Falls, NY), Neto
Hatinakwe Onkwehowe, Niagara Wheatfield School District/Tuscarora School (Lewiston, NY), PARP – Parents as
Reading Partners, GoodMinds.com (Brantford, Ontario), Crayola (Easton, PA) and Quality Hotel & Suites (Niagara
Falls, NY).
This exhibition has been made possible by the generous support of: Joseph Anderson, New York State
Assemblymember Francine DelMonte, and the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency |
Fifth Annual Castellani Art Museum Gala
"Homegrown Elegance” Raises Over $59,000
Two-hundred elegantly-clad art enthusiasts filled the main gallery at the fifth annual gala,“Homegrown Elegance” on October 13, 2007. The first-ever sellout event also broke all CAM
fundraising records, raising a net total of $59,114.
Gala proceeds support a wide variety of educational programming, including Art Express workshops,
kid ‘n arts camp, development of curriculum and teacher resources related to exhibitions
and interactive art activities.
Many thanks to the 2007 Gala Committee, chaired by Candy Lytle, and to honorary chairs Craig
and Sally Avery for making the event a smashing success. Special thanks to Susan Geissler, whose
sculptures added a whimsical ambiance to the event.
Save the date for the next CAM gala, September 20, 2008. |
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Devotional Displays: Personal
and Community Traditions
April 4 - December 14
Opening Reception:
First Friday, March 7, 2008, 5:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Devotional displays are created at the crossroads of
folk and formal religious belief. They exist in a wide
variety of forms in cultures worldwide—and in
many communities in the Greater Niagara region.
This exhibition will draw on photographic works
from the museum’s permanent collection as well as
new documentation. Hindu domestic prayer altars,
Asian shrines to ancestors, Polish American Easter
altars and Puerto Rican altars built in connection
with the annual spring celebration of the Rosario de
la Cruz will be among the traditions represented.
Marion Faller, Altar for Rosario de la Cruz at Mt. Carmel Parish
Rochester NY, 1998 Color Photograph |
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