On-Line Projects

Artwork of the 80's

Artwork made in the 1980s comprises roughly 25% of the collections of the Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University. This special online presentation, “Artwork of the 80s,” was researched and written by Elizabeth Licata, editor of Buffalo Spree magazine, and designed by Jennifer Bullard. To view this presentation, please click "Artwork of the 80's" on the menu to the left.

The “Artwork of the 80s” website is presented concurrently with our exhibition “Greatest Hits of the 80s” – Selections from the CAM collection – on view December 8, 2002 through March 2, 2003.

Underground Railroad - A project co-sponsored by the Castellani Art Museum and the communites of the Niagara Region

To find out more about this Underground Railroad Project, please click here. To view our Underground Railroad presentation, please click "Underground Railroad" on the menu to the left.

Folk Arts Program

The Museum's Folk Arts Program is committed to the discovery, documentation, and presentation of traditional arts in Western New York. Our exhibitions, publications, artist demonstrations, workshops, archive, and other activities increase understanding of the arts and cultures of Western New York's diverse peoples--and help to preserve our region's folk heritage for future generations.

Since 1987, a series of special projects funded through the Folk Arts Program of the New York State Council on the Arts have enabled the Museum to collaborate with a number of local ethnic and minority communities in preserving and presenting their traditional arts.

Working closely with community consultants, the Folk Arts program locates and documents folk artists often unknown outside of their own family and friends. Ongoing documentation forms the basis for exhibitions, publications, artist demonstrations, and performances that bring folk arts to a wider audience. The Museum is also developing a permanent archive of folk arts documentation as a resource for teachers and scholars. Folk Arts became a permanent museum program in the fall of 1991.

To find out more about the museum’s Folk Arts program, please click here. To view our Folk Arts on-line exhibition, please click "Folk Arts" on the menu to the left.