Art
The Miracle of Rural Art Blooms in Springville
From starting as a theater/art gallery in a renovated shoe store, to an organization spreading several buildings and having received millions in funding, the Springville Center for the Arts is a thriving success story still in the making. They’ve revealed the heart of a small town in an extraordinary way that distinguishes their place on the WNY map. AJ Govenettio has the story.
Passages: Steve Kurtz, pioneering bio artist, 1958-2025
Kurtz, who was a co-founder of the Critical Art Ensemble and a former University at Buffalo art professor, died Wednesday. He might be best known for the case in which law enforcement suggested he was guilty of “bio terrorism” when he was using harmless bacteria in his art, but there was a lot more to him than that.
Remembering Jorge Guitart (1937-2025): “His poetry was not for the masses; it was for everyone.”
Dr. Jorge Guitart, a longtime Professor of Spanish linguistics in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University at Buffalo, and beloved member of the Buffalo arts and poetry communities, including his work with Just Buffalo Literary Center, died on October 28th in Buffalo. He was 88.
The Buffalo Hive interview with ‘Fatigue Performance’ collaborators
On Friday, The Buffalo Correspondance School (note variant spelling) and the Burchfield Penney Art Center will present “Fatigue Performance,” an immersive experiential event blending poetry, music and art. The evening will feature poet and culture worker Noah Falck performing new poems from his upcoming collection alongside musical group Plant Water while engulfed by projection artwork and design by Ariel Aberg-Riger. R.D. Pohl interviewed the ringleaders.
