Art
Feb. 15

The Rumsey Competition - Presented by UB Department of Visual Studies, the show opens 5 p.m. Thursday Feb. 15 and runs through Friday, March 23 at the UB Center for the Arts, B45, UB north campus, Amherst. Visit www.visualstudies.buffalo.edu for more information. Feb. 17

Jennifer Pepper - Works by Jennifer Pepper, a visual artist who has exhibited nationally and internationally (UK, Japan, Canada) in 15 solo and more than 50 group exhibitions since 1990. Works will be on display through Saturday, April 14 at Buffalo Art Studio, Tri-Main Building, 2495 Main St., Buffalo. Call 833-4450 or visit www.buffaloartsstudio.org for more information.

Phantom Power - An exhibition of film and video installations featuring work by Adam Chapman, Angela Forster, Patrick Jolley, Reynold Reynolds, Leah Rico, Mark Street, Clint Wilson and Amy Youngs. Opens at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 17 at the Carnegie Art Center, 240 Goundry St., North Tonawanda. The show runs through Saturday, March 31. Call 694-4400 or visit www.carnegieartcenter.org for more information. Feb. 21 Collective Identity: Expressionism to Realism and the Art of Printmaking in Germany - Drawing on a 400-year-old tradition of printmaking in Germany, the artists in this exhibition revived a medium that is closely related to a collective, national identity. Prints by Max Beckmann, Albrecht Dürer, George Grosz, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Käthe Kollwitz, Franz Marc and Emil Nolde are featured. Show opens Wednesday, Feb. 21 and runs through Sunday, May 27 at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo. Call 882-8700 or visit www.albrightknox.org for more information.

now-Feb. 17 Paul Dickinson's Music For Worms and Compost - Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo. 854-1694, www.hall walls.org now-Feb. 17 Eric Brown's Salvaged Materials Sculptures - Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo. 854-1694, www.hall walls.org now-Feb. 18 Suzy Lake's Concealment Revealment - Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, 341 Delaware Ave., Buffalo. 854-1694 now-Feb. 23 Be a Pirate From Medussa's Raft - Works by Peter Fowler at Kepa3 Gallery, 31 Barker St., Buffalo. 208-8464, www.kepa3gallery.com