Published January 23, 2026

Photo Students collab, reception for the "Buffalo Remembrance Project"

The following students from the University at Buffalo Department of Art, Photo Area, contributed to this photography project: Eric Maurice, Lily Borer, Simone Tallchief, Sydney Jackson, and Thomas Walsh.

Zoom image: Blue and white event poster for the opening reception of the Buffalo Remembrance Project. Blue and white event poster for the opening reception of the Buffalo Remembrance Project.

Buffalo Remembrance Project

Opening Reception at Richardson Olmsted Campus
Thursday, January 29, 2026, 6:00–8:00 PM

Location: Richardson Olmsted Campus 444 Forest Ave., Buffalo, NY 14213

Help us honor the women once confined to the Buffalo State Asylum.

This special exhibition features photographed objects contributed by community members in remembrance of women institutionalized at the Buffalo State Asylum between 1880 and 1974.
Presented in conjunction with “Eighty-Six Reasons for Asylum Admission” by Kimberly Chapman, the installation creates a powerful dialogue between personal memory, institutional history, and contemporary art.


Zoom image: Lily Borer, Simone Tallchief, Thomas Walsh, Sydney Jackson, and Eric Maurice. Black and white photo of 5 people wearing hard hats, in a gallery.

Lily Borer, Simone Tallchief, Thomas Walsh, Sydney Jackson, and Eric Maurice.

Zoom image: Object from the Watkins family. old fashioned photo, portrait of a woman with large hat on plain background.

Object from the Watkins family.

Zoom image: Photo by Thomas Walsh Black and white photo of a gothic architecture builiding, with tower, and tree branches in foreground.

Photo by Thomas Walsh