Published June 12, 2024

Art Faculty part of NEA Funded, "Waterfront View" project at Buffalo Arts Studio

Buffalo Arts Studio will present "Waterfront View" exhibition series

"Buffalo Arts Studio is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $25,000. This grant will support the exhibition series Waterfront View."

“The NEA Grant for Arts Projects allows Buffalo Arts Studio to build ambitious programs that address contemporary issues that are especially relevant to our Western New York Community,” said Buffalo Arts Studio Visual Art Director Shirley Verrico. “This funding helps us pay the many artists, educators, and panelists who make Waterfront View possible.

“Projects like Waterfront View exemplify the creativity and care with which communities are telling their stories, creating connection, and responding to challenges and opportunities in their communities—all through the arts,” said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. “So many aspects of our communities such as cultural vitality, health and wellbeing, infrastructure, and the economy are advanced and improved through investments in art and design, and the National Endowment for the Arts is committed to ensuring people across the country benefit.”

In partnership with grassroots activism and community empowerment organizations, Waterfront View is a series of exhibitions, workshops, and panel conversations that examine how late-stage capitalism has shifted the view of water and waterways from a resource of collective benefit to a commodity of individual interest and shareholder profit. Exhibiting artists include Léwuga Benson (Buffalo, NY), Joan Linder (Buffalo, NY), Stephanie Rothenberg (Buffalo, NY), Jay Carrier (Niagara Falls, NY), Paul Bartow (Watkins Glen, NY) Richard Metzgar (Fulton, NY) and David Werberig (Victor, NY). Partnering organizations include Mirabo Press, Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper,  and the Lyceum at Silo City."

Joan Linder, and Stephanie Rothenberg, Faculty in the Department of Art, exhibiting artists

"In partnership with grassroots activism and community empowerment organizations, Waterfront View is a series of exhibitions, workshops, and panel conversations that examine how late-stage capitalism has shifted the view of water and waterways from a resource of collective benefit to a commodity of individual interest and shareholder profit. Exhibiting artists include Léwuga Benson (Buffalo, NY), Joan Linder (Buffalo, NY), Stephanie Rothenberg (Buffalo, NY), Jay Carrier (Niagara Falls, NY), Paul Bartow (Watkins Glen, NY) Richard Metzgar (Fulton, NY) and David Werberig (Victor, NY). Partnering organizations include Mirabo Press, Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper,  and the Lyceum at Silo City."

Joan Linder, Serve & Fulfill

September 27 – November 9, 2024

Opening Reception, Friday, September 27, 2024, 5:00—8:00 pm

Part of M&T Fourth Fridays at Tri-Main Center

Hand drawn Amazon prime cardboard box.

Stephanie Rothenberg, Aquadisia: Great Lakes Zebra Mussels

September 27 – November 9, 2024

Opening Reception, Friday, September 27, 2024, 5:00—8:00 pm

Part of M&T Fourth Fridays at Tri-Main Center

A glass sphere filled with water, wires, and small oyster-shell-shaped sculptures, in a dark room, with hanging wires and a shelving unit of illuminated yellow bottles in the background.

Joan Linder is a Faculty and Area Head for Drawing, in the Department of Art.

Stephanie Rothenber is a Faculty and Department Chair in the Department of Art.

Shirley Verrico, Buffalo Arts Studio Visual Art Director, is a 1990 BFA in Communication Design Alumnus from the Department of Art.