Building a Sustainable Arts Infrastructure for Buffalo and Beyond Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 3:15 pm With Bronwyn Keenan and Michael Mwenso / UB Arts Collaboratory Covid-19 had a sudden and profound impact on the arts. Lost revenue resulted in permanent closures of arts and cultural organizations--estimated at one third worldwide. The Brookings Institution estimates [...]
ASI/GBCA Advocacy Workshop Wednesday, October 28 - 6PM ASI and the Greater Buffalo Cultural Alliance (GBCA) will present their fall gathering and public workshop on Erie County advocacy and arts funding on Wednesday, October 28 via. Our program will explore what advocacy means, how we use it, and how nonprofit professionals can interact with elected [...]
Emerging Arts Professionals Panel: The Future of the Arts Industry Friday, November 6, 2020 at 2:00 pm With Riley Baracskai, Erin Burris, Taylor Burrows, Nzingha Cameron, and Liam Rio Moderated by Kaitlyn Anson The arts are struggling right now. Established artists are taking a hit from lack of available work and many are considering a [...]
We were generously awarded $10,000 from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation (MAAF) through the CARES Arts Organization Relief Grants program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Small to mid-sized non-profit arts organizations in MAAF’s partner states, jurisdictions, and territories (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, USVI, VA, and WV) were eligible to apply through a [...]
Panel Discussion: Reimagining Creativity in Response to Crisis Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 9:30 am With Sonia Clark / Artpark; Angela Goldberg / Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus; Elizabeth Meg Williams and Lauren Tent / CEPA Gallery; Rebecca Reilly / GObike Buffalo Crisis can take many forms and 2020 has certainly thrown several of them at us. [...]
Furthering Equitable Representation in the Arts Friday, November 6, 2020 at 11:00 am With Heather Gring, Bryan Lee, and Zainab Saleh / Frontline Arts Buffalo Arts organizations rooted in frontline communities are at the forefront of the fight for socio-economic, environmental, and racial justice. Yet why are these arts organizations historically underfunded, and forced to [...]
Yoga and Mindfulness Friday, November 6, 2020 at 8:30 am With Monica Zucco / Yoga for Every Body Kick off CPX2020 with a slow practice of mindful movement and conscious breath to refresh the mind and body. Monica Zucco Infused with compassion and mindfulness, Monica's classes offer the opportunity to release tension, explore joyful movement [...]
Theatre-Based Body Language Training for Police Officers Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 12:15 pm With Thembi Duncan / Shea's Performing Arts Center; Lt. Craig Macy and Captain Steven J. Nichols / Buffalo Police Department Learn about how Shea's Performing Arts Center and the Buffalo Police Department collaborated to develop a program that uses theatre-based body [...]
Opening Speaker: The Powerful Impact of the Arts Friday, November 6, 2020 at 9:45 am With Aitina Fareed-Cooke Join us for CPX2020's official opening presentation featuring award-winning, inspirational Buffalo-based artist Aitina Fareed-Cooke as she shares how the arts have shaped who she is and how she continues to use the arts for meaningful community change. [...]
Intersectional Environmentalism, Art as Activism, and Fast Fashion Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 12:15 pm With Alexis Oltmer and Julie Klein Oltmer and Klien support the idea that survival is dependent on the habitability of our planet and the justice we build and create in our societies for all, not just the few. We must [...]
