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Buffalo Art: A MID WINTER’S DRAW Live Drawing Rally & Online Auction

For the 29th time since February 2012, Hallwalls presents its twice year live drawing rally and online auction. A Mid Winter’s Draw inserts itself into the dog days of the […]

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Director Jessica Kourkounis brings home a unique vision

October 11, 2025October 12, 2025 The Editor0Tagged BIFF, Buffalo International Film Festival, film shorts, Hallwalls

“The Space Between Attack and Decay” is one of the featured films in the Buffalo International Film Festival’s “Trips + Transformations” program on Sunday at Hallwalls. Buffalo Hive Editor Elmer Ploetz spoke with director Jessica Kourkounis.

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Gerald Mead puts spotlight on Hallwalls’ founding artists in Roswell exhibit

August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 The Editor0Tagged Art Heals, Charles Clough, Cindy Sherman, Diane Bertolo, Gerald Mead, Hallwalls, Larry LundyMichael Zwack., Michael Zwack, Nancy Dwyer, Robert Longo, Roswell Park

Gerald Mead may be unique in the annals of the Western New York art world with the breadth of his collection of WNY-related art … and his willingness to share it in exhibitions such as the “Hallwalls Founding Artists From the Gerald Mead Collection” at the Roswell Park Art Heals Gallery.

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Ed Cardoni: Reflections on a career at Hallwalls

August 8, 2025August 8, 2025 The Editor1Tagged Ed Cardoni, Hallwalls

Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center has moved several times over the past few decades, but one thing has been constant for the past 35 years: “Edmund Cardoni, Executive Director” on the organizational chart. This week Cardoni is wrapping up his tenure as executive director and we asked artist J. Tim Raymond to talk to Cardoni about Hallwalls, Buffalo, the arts and his time here.

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Hive Visual Highlights: Midsummer’s Night Draw and exhibitions at BAS and CEPA

July 24, 2025July 24, 2025 The Editor0Tagged BAS, CEPA, Hallwalls

Jimmy Keller points out some of the visual art highlights in the area, including Hallwalls’ “Midsummer’s Night’s Draw.”

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Hive Visual Highlights: Hallwalls member show, BICA opening, relax with Burchfield Penney

July 16, 2025July 16, 2025 The Editor0Tagged BICA, Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art, Burchfield Penney, Hallwalls

Looking for art? Jimmy Keller points you toward the annual Hallwalls member show, a new BICA exhibit and the cool confines of the Burchfield Penney.

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Hive Highlights: CEPA portraits of Buffalo continue

April 30, 2025May 1, 2025 The Editor0Tagged Art Dialogue, CEPA, Hallwalls

Photographers are the focus of two exhibits opening this week at CEPA (six photographers documenting Buffalo) and Hallwalls (Hans Gindlesbergr). Jimmy Keller has his visual arts highlights.

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Hive Highlights: Visual Arts, Week of March 19-25, 2025

March 19, 2025March 18, 2025 The Editor0Tagged CEPA, Hallwalls, WNY Artists Group Gallery

Visual arts highlights this week include the “Rebody” exhibit from H. Boone opening at Hallwalls, a juried show of traditional works at the WNY Artists Group Gallery and the final days of a group exhibition of multimedia artists at CEPA.

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Hallwalls exhibition cancellation a sad reflection of the times

March 15, 2025April 19, 2025 The Editor1Tagged Art, Canadian, Hallwalls

The cancellation of Alan Belcher’s upcoming exhibit at Hallwalls is, sadly, a sign of the times and it could be an indicator of things to come.

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Hallwalls and Glass Ceilings: How Parrish Gibbons is Reshaping Both

March 9, 2025December 6, 2025 The Editor1Tagged arts leadership, Hallwalls

Parrish Gibbons will be taking the reins at Hallwalls in the coming summer. During this Women’s HIstory Month, Anna Gagliano talks to her about her path to leadership at one of the region’s foremost galleries.