(Image above from “On the Archive” from Steina and Woody Vasulka)

Welcome to Hive Highlights; a weekly exhibits roundup from Buffalo Hive. This showcase is meant to point you to gallery openings, ongoing exhibits, closings, artist talks and happenings in the visual arts community of Western New York for the week/end ahead. These lists are not designed to be comprehensive, instead providing a keyhole into the creative hum of our region. 

1. Steina + Woody Vasulka—On the Archive,  at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
   FREE SCREENING + DISCUSSION, Thursday, April 3, 2025 @ 7p.m.
   341 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14202

This is a one-night event featuring the works by the “moving image” artists Steina and Woody Vasulka. This screening will feature pieces such as PARTICIPATION (1969-71), VIOLIN POWER (1970-present), and ART OF MEMORY (1986). After the screening, a discussion will be held by curators Chris Hill (Hallwalls Video Curator 1983–1994) and Anna Scime (Buffalo International Film Festival Executive Director), as well as curators from the Buffalo AKG Museum. You can reserve a spot through the link below.

If you can’t make it to this screening, no problem! You can visit the AKG to see the current exhibition Steina: Playback.

Learn More: https://www.hallwalls.org/media-arts/6631.html

2. UB MFA First Year Group Show, on view at CEPA Gallery
   OPENING RECEPTION,  Friday, April 4, 2025 4-7 p.m.
   2nd Passageway Gallery, 617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203

First-year MFA students share this CEPA gallery space to communicate their collective experiences, some similar and others vastly different. Support students and up and coming artists by checking out this group show featuring works by Teju Abiola, Doga Ertekin, Isabelle Janssen, Marjan Khorramgolkaran, Helen Lin, Eilis Regan, Eugene Sims and Sudi Wang. This show is open through April 26.

Learn More: https://www.cepagallery.org/exhibit-event/ub-mfa-first-year-group-show-opens-04-04-25/

3. …but as a symptom, on view at CEPA Gallery
   LAST WEEK TO VIEW, through Saturday, April 12, 2025
   Flux Gallery, 617 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14203

This series by New York City-based artist Roni Aviv is a blend of black and white photographic works focused on traumatic processing. Subtle yet powerful, these pieces reflect a heavy narrative. The artist says, “The materiality in the works serves as a metaphor for embodied experience and exposes a disconnect between words and their meaning.” You can visit this exhibition Thursdays and Fridays 4-7 p.m. or Saturday 12-4 p.m.

Learn More: https://www.cepagallery.org/exhibit-event/but-as-a-symptom-opening-02-07-25/