Art

fri. 14
Gusto at the Gallery - Jennifer
Steinkamp Opening. Family Night,
Exploration Nature: Art activity: Matter
at Hand (5-7 p.m.); performance,
Young Audiences presents "The Great
Garbage Concert" (6 p.m.);
performance, Rince na Tiarna (7 p.m.),
Irish stout and whiskey tasting (7:30
p.m.); Coffee House Sound: Ali Critelli
(8 p.m.), Albright-Knox Art Gallery,
1285 Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; free
admission. 270-8204
.Framing Faces, Finding
Families - The Heart Gallery of
WNY presents a portrait exhibition of
local foster care children awaiting
adoption, in conjunction with the
Theatre of Youth's production of "The
Great Gilly Hopkins," Friday, March
14-April 6, lobby of the Theatre of
Youth, 203 Allen St., Buffalo.
884-4400, www.caffawny.org
.The Urban Artisans Original
and Handcrafted Art - Works
presented by the Arts Council in
Buffalo & Erie County, including
Avalon Scarves by Paul Morgan, Bliss
Designs by Anne Bliss, Illusions 3rd
Eye Productions by Chary L. Robbins,
Mundo Images by Ann Peterson,
Stained Glass and Mosaics by Michelle
Hoff, 6-9 p.m. Fridays through March
21, Arts Council's Community Artist
Gallery, 700 Main St., Buffalo.
856-7520
sat. 15
.Vapor Trails: Urban Graffiti
Murals - Local artists will create
graffiti-style wall murals in the gallery
space. Opening reception from 7 to 10
p.m. Saturday, March 15 and continues
through April 25 at Buffalo Arts
Studio, Tri-Main Building, 2495 Main
St., Buffalo; free. 833-4450,
www.buffaloar tsstudio.org
.Ceramics Exhibit - Buffalo
State College ceramics student Chanda
Glendinning will exhibit her Senior
Show that has been created within the
last two years of either porcelain or
stoneware clay bodies and fired in a gas
kiln, March 15-April 13 during garden
hours, the Buffalo and Erie County
Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park,
Buffalo. 827-1584,
www. buffalogardens. com
.Free Guided Tours of Gallery
- Docent-led tours are free with
admission to art gallery, 11:30 a.m. and
1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15,
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285
Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; free. 882-8700,
www.albr ightknox.org
sun. 16
.Free Guided Tours of Gallery
- Docent-led tours are free with
admission to art gallery, 11:30 a.m. and
1:30 p.m. Sunday, March 16,
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285
Elmwood Ave., Buffalo; free. 882-8700,
www.albr ightknox.org
now-March 14
.Western New York Artists
Group - Juried Members Exhibition.
All-medium exhibition will include
works done in the traditional style.
Subject matter and medium will
represent classic technique and will
include more representational handling
of subjects. Art Dialogue Gallery, One
Linwood Ave., Buffalo; free. 885-2251
now-March 15
.Amalgams: Colleen

Cunningham - CEPA Gallery, 617
Main St., Buffalo; free. 856-2717,
www.cepagaller y.com
.Members' Exhibition 2008 -
CEPA Gallery, 617 Main St., Buffalo;
free. 856-2717, www.cepagallery.com
.The Landscape: Extended -
Works by photographer Keith Johnson.
CEPA Gallery, 617 Main St., Buffalo;
free. 856-2717, www.cepagallery.com
now-March 16
.Nature Works: Artwork
Made With, In, and About
Nature - An exhibition by
participants in the Matter at Hand
program at the Albright-Knox Art
Gallery, a program that serves a wide
range of visitors of all ages and special
needs with tours of the gallery and
art-making sessions. The
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285
Elmwood Ave., Buffalo. 270-8249
now-March 17
.Ani Hoover: Recent Works -
Insite Gallery, 810 Elmwood Ave.,
Buffalo; free. 884-9410
now-March 21
.Traditional Art Installation -
Juried members exhibition, Art

Dialogue Gallery, 1 Linwood Ave.,
Buffalo; free. 885-2251
.The Urban Artisans - Arts
Council in Buffalo and Erie County
Gallery, 700 Main St., Buffalo; free.
856-7520, www.artscouncilbuffalo.org
now-March 22
.Quiet Life: Madagascar
Paintings - By Joseph Radoccia.
Studio Hart, 65 Allen St., between
Delaware Avenue and Franklin Street,
Buffalo. 536-8337, studiohart.com
.First-Year MFA Show - UB
Art Gallery Second Floor, Center for
the Arts, UB North Campus, Amherst.
645-6912