by Yvonne Widenor | Feb 21, 2024 | Staff
The Borders and Migration Initiative along with ArtsCanisius invites the campus community to join them at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 in the Library Learning Center for an art history lecture featuring the current Narsiso Martinez: From These Hands (De Estas Manos) exhibit at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum.
Andrea Alvarez, PhD, associate curator at the Buffalo AKG, will discuss this solo exhibition that features a selection of works that exemplify the artist’s unique practice of combining drawing and painting on reclaimed produce boxes. The exhibition will run through April 8, 2024.
The lecture is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be provided by the Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library.
This event is co-sponsored by ArtsCanisius and the Borders and Migrations Initiative.
For more information about the exhibit, click here.
Submitted by: Yvonne K. Widenor, Assistant Professor, Art History, MLLC Department, Director and Studio Art Galleries Director, ArtsCanisius
by Yvonne Widenor | Feb 21, 2024 | Staff
The first Makerspace of the spring semester is scheduled for Friday, March 1, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. in SH-1008.
Mark Gallimore, PhD and Tyler Kron-Piatek from COLI will present an overview of TinkerCAD and the ways in which we can create items with the university’s 3-D printers. Faculty, staff and students are welcome to join.
For more information, please contact Yvonne Widenor at widenory@canisius.edu
Makerspace is a place where students can create physical or digital items in common work spaces, using shared resources and equipment. Makerspaces are meant to be a mechanism for encouraging students to explore and learn outside the classroom.
Submitted by: Yvonne K. Widenor, Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs, Assistant Professor, Art History, MLLC Department, Director and Studio Art Galleries Director, ArtsCanisius
by Yvonne Widenor | Feb 21, 2024 | Staff
ArtsCanisius is overjoyed to invite you to the Festival of the Ensembles on Friday, March 1, 2024 in Montante Cultural Center.
All three students ensembles – Chamber Orchestra, Chorale, and Jazz Ensemble, will perform that evening, and it is a wonderful celebration of our students’ talents and the sense of community they build when participating in these musical performance groups.
The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and tickets (general admission is $5) are available at the door or online at canisius.edu/artscanisius (click on the tickets and donation button on the homepage).
Please check out our future events online at canisius.edu/artscanisius or contact Yvonne Widenor, Director of ArtsCanisius, at widenory@canisius.edu
Submitted by: Yvonne K. Widenor, Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs, Assistant Professor, Art History, MLLC Department, Director and Studio Art Galleries Director, ArtsCanisius
by Yvonne Widenor | Nov 22, 2023 | Staff
Please join us as the Buffalo Silver Band returns to Montante Cultural Center on Saturday, December 9 at 3:00 p.m. (please note the new time).
ArtsCanisius is overjoyed to welcome them to campus each fall as they perform a wonderful array of holiday music. This concert is a Free Will Offering (aka pay as you wish) and open to the public.
For more information about this and other ArtsCanisius events, kindly contact Yvonne Widenor, Director of ArtsCanisius at widenory@canisius.edu
Submitted by: Yvonne K. Widenor, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Art History and Music Programs, MLLC Department, Director and Studio Art Galleries Director, ArtsCanisius
by Yvonne Widenor | Nov 10, 2023 | Faculty
Please join us and celebrate the musical talents of our students, faculty, and staff as our traditional end-of-semester ensemble concerts begin on Friday, November 17 with the Jazz Ensemble directed by Russell Scarbrough.
Next up will be the Chamber Orchestra on Sunday, December 3 led by Director Ansgarius Aylward.
Finally, the Canisius University Chorale, under the direction of Brad Wingert, will perform on Monday, December 4.
All of these concerts take place at 7:30 PM in Montante Cultural Center and are free and open to the public. For more information about these and other ArtsCanisius events, please visit canisius.edu/artscanisius or Email Yvonne Widenor, director of ArtsCanisius at widenory@canisius.edu.
Submitted by: Yvonne K. Widenor, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Art History and Music Programs, MLLC Department, Director and Studio Art Galleries Director, ArtsCanisius
