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Prior to the start of the pandemic, Resource:Art was able to launch two exhibitions in January. The first was our Winter Exhibition of The Corridors Gallery at Hotel Henry, and the second a pop up show to benefit The Women's March hosted at Indigo Gallery. Following the New York Pause mandate Resource:Art launched an online exhibition and Virtual Studio Visit program simple titled Support.
The Corridors Gallery
Women's wave
support
The Winter edition of our quarterly exhibitions featured work by Kari Achatz, Monica Angle, Kyle Butler, Melora Griffis, Duayne Hatchett, and Joseph Scheer.
A special short run Pop Up exhibition to celebrate The Women's March in Buffalo, NY. A portion of all sales were donated to the Western New York Peace Center.
A virtual exhibition and artist profile project where the work of 40 artists were featured with a portion of all proceeds being donated to the non profit organization of the artist's choosing.
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public art projects Of all our exhibitions and projects, the efforts that bring Public Art to our city, free of charge, are the most rewarding for us. During this difficult year, more than ever, R:A recognized the need to organize and share uplifting creativity and special contemporary art installations with the public.
PROXIMITY THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE WHITE BOX In May, just in time for Mother's Day 2020, Resource:Art organized a city wide exhibition of fine art literally on and around the homes of artists living in Buffalo and surrounding suburbs. After an open call for work, 22 different projects were chosen, and the artists created or repurposed works into Public Art installations in The 22 works of art from
their yards and on their homes.
PROXIMITY were designated Both the media and the public responded extremely positively to the
by signage at each location.
experience, and touring the works was a reminder of the talent and
They were each documented
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and featured on our website, in a virtual catalog, and on several television interviews. You can review information on each of the projects online by visiting www.resourceartny.com, or by reading through the virtual catalog here.
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city-wide art Another of Resource:Art's favorite yearly events is called PLAY/GROUND, a series of sitespecific installations by contemporary artists focusing on the experimental, immersive and ambitious. This event normally takes place indoors, but with COVID-19, PLAY/GROUND took on a new form entirely.
PLAY/GROUND 2020 TRANSITIONING FOR OUR TROUBLED TIMES Transitioning an indoor event with one generous funder, into a citywide all access public event with no start up capital, was a challenge that R:A and their partners at The Buffalo Institute for Contemporary Art met head on. The PLAY/GROUND team secured enough funding from a variety of sponsors to pay 22 artists fees and production costs for their site specific installations.
During the course of 10 days, the
public was invited to explore each of the works in their own time.
In 2018 and 2019, PLAY/GROUND took place
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inside an old high school in Medina, NY. Over the course of 48 hours 7,000 plus people visited the indoor installations, which was no longer viable due to the pandemic. Rather than cancel, with the help of their new partners at BICA, R:A transitioned the event into 22 unique outdoor projects stretched across 10 partner sites in the city of Buffalo, Derby, and Lewiston, NY.
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