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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.
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