Events & Openings

Allentown First Fridays
Allen & Elmwood area
Fri July 3, 5pm: Free gallery walk in the greater Allentown district, the first Friday of each month. Participating galleries include Buffalo Big Print, B. West Studio, C.G. Jung Center, College Street Gallery, El Museo, Gateway Gallery, Indigo Art, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center, and Kepa3 Gallery. Visit www.allentown.org or www.allentownfirstfridays.ning.com for details

B. West Studio
148 Elmwood Ave (423-3015)
Fri July 3, 5-8pm: Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk: Local Artists for Allentown 2009

Buffalo Big Print
http://buffalobigprint.com
78 Allen St (884-1777)
Fri July 3, 6-8pm: Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk: Group show by Peter Catania, Viktoria Ciostek, Linda Gellman, Daniel Hart, Sharon Kalstek, John Merlino, Don Neiman, and Gene Witkowski

C.G. Jung Center
http://www.apswny.com
408 Franklin (716-854-7457)
Fri July 3, 6-8pm: Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk: Constructive Interference. Mixed media and drawings by Lila Krehbiel

College St. Gallery
244 Allen St (882-9727)
Fri July 3, 5-8pm: Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk: July Co-op featuring work by Bob Schulman Francisco Amaya Candace Keegan Neil Mahar John Farallo Ginny Stewart Chris McGee Val Dunne Jerry Greenberg Glenn Murray Bob Schultz Tim Raymond Dario Mohr Joshua Nickerson, Nick DeMarchi, Bruce Bitmead, and David Pierro

 El Museo Francisco Y Oller Diego Rivera
http://elmuseobuffalo.org
97 Allen St (884-9693)
Fri July 3, 8pm: Artist’s talk by Valaria Cray-D, in conjunction with her ongoing exhibition Tension, Texture, and Design (through July 18). Part of Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk

Gallery 464
464 Amherst St
Fri July 3, 6-9pm: Closing reception for CrawlSpaces, work by Heather Gillette and Dina Rivera. Watercolor and intaglio prints depicting childhood themes.

Gateway Gallery
141 Elmwood Ave (886-6888)
Fri July 3, 5-9pm: Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk

Hallwalls
http://hallwalls.org
341 Delaware Ave (854-1694)
Fri July 3, 5-9pm: Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk: Identifying Hedges. A multimedia installation by Siebren Versteeg

Indigo Art Gallery
74 Allen St (984-9572)
Fri July 3, 6-9pm: Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk: Summer In the City

KEPA3 Gallery
31 Barker St (208-8464)
Fri July 3, 6-9pm: Allentown First Fridays Gallery Walk: Summer Close Out Super Sale.

Nina Freudenheim Gallery
http://ninafreudenheimgallery.com
Lenox Hotel, 140 North St (882-5777)
Thu July 2, 6-8pm: Opening reception for Natural Pleasures. New work by by John Pfahl, Peter Stephens, Katherine Lynch, and Joseph DiGeorgio (through July 29)

Opus Lounge
252 Delaware Ave
Wed July 8, 8pm: Art, Rythm, and Blues. Bii-monthly art and music event.

Roycroft Campus
http://www.roycroftcampuscorporation.com
31 S Grove St, East Aurora (655-0261)
Sa 9am-noon: Plein-Air Watercolor Painting with Michael Killelea (four Saturdays, June 20-July 25). $225 plus $35 supplies. Contact 655-0261 or www.roycroftcampuscorporation.com to register

 WNED Horizons Gallery
140 Lower Ter (845-7000)
Thu July 9, 7-9pm: Opening reception for Haiti In Color. Asakivle Friends of Haiti present Haitian Folk Art (through Aug. 8)

Exhibits

Albright Knox Art Gallery
http://www.albrightknox.org
1285 Elmwood Ave (882-8700)
Frida Kahlo: Through the Lens of Nickolas Muray (through July 5). Affinity of Form: Photographs by Stanford Lipsey (through August 16); Strange Brew: The 1960s (through Sept. 20)

 Art Dialogue Gallery/WNY Artists Group
1 Linwood Ave (885-2251)
Brothers. Work by brothers Kevin and Thomas Kegler and graphite portraits of brothers by artist Mark Dennis Zahm (through July 10)

 Arts Council of Buffalo & Erie County
700 Main St (856-7520)
Food For Thought. Art and wine show featuring artwork by Cheryl Brock (through Sept. 13)

Artsphere Studio
http://artspherestudio.com
466 Amherst St (876-7188)
Weathered Paper/Rescued Steel. Paintings and sculpture by Ran Webber and Eugene Cunningham (through July 4)

Atlas Antiques & Arts
1495 Hertel Ave (880-4265)
Hugh M. Neil: Mid-Century Explorations (through July 25)

Buffalo Arts Studio
http://buffaloartsstudio.org
Tri-Main Building, Suite 500, 2495 Main St (833-4450)
William Koch’s 5W30: Wastelands, Amy Robinson Gendrou’s Keeping the Thread, and Water Works, a two-person exhibition by Rosemary Bauer Sroka and Kathleen Sherin (through Aug. 8)

Burchfield-Penney Art Center
http://www.burchfield-penney.org
Buffalo State College, 1300 Elmwood Ave (878-6011)
Duayne Hatchett: Form, Pattern and Invention (through August 30); The Art of Western New York: An Historical Context (through Sept. 27)

 Castellani Art Museum
http://www.niagara.edu
Niagara University, University Dr., Niagara Falls (286-8200)
Tom Holt: Test for Echo (through Sept. 13); JED’: 30 Years of Paintings by Jed Jackson (through Sept. 20)

 CEPA Gallery
http://cepagallery.com
617 Main St (856-2712)
CEPA Summer Exhibitions (through August 22). Photographs by artists Justine Kurland (New York), Brian Ulrich (Chicago), and Alice O’Malley (New York)

Charles E. Burchfield Nature & Art Center
http://www.thebnac.org
2001 Union Rd, West Seneca (677-4843)
Inspired Landscapes: Margaret Hart Retrospective Part I (through Sept. 12).

College St. Gallery
244 Allen St (882-9727)
College Street Gallery Co-Op July Exhibition. Work by Bob Schulman Francisco Amaya Candace Keegan Neil Mahar John Farallo Ginny Stewart Chris McGee Val Dunne Jerry Greenberg Glenn Murray Bob Schultz Tim Raymond Dario Mohr Joshua Nickerson, Nick DeMarchi, Bruce Bitmead and David Pierro (through Aug. 1)

El Museo Francisco Y Oller Diego Rivera
http://elmuseobuffalo.org
97 Allen St (884-9693)
Tension, Texture and Design. A collection of sculptures by Buffalo artist Valaria Cray-D (through July 18)

Hallwalls
http://www.hallwalls.org
341 Delaware Ave (854-1694)
Siebren Versteeg’s Identifying Hedges (through July 11)

Indigo Art Gallery
74 Allen St (984-9572)
Summer in the City. Group exhibition (through August 2).

Karpeles Manuscript Museum (North Hall)
220 North St
Pa R Ts of a Whole. Framed and unframed works by Chary L. Robbins (through July 21).

Kenan Center
http://www.kenancenter.org
433 Locust St, Lockport (433-2617)
Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society Nationally Juried Exhibit of Works (through July 3)

Museum of European Art
http://www.meaus.com
10545 Main St., Clarence Clarence (759-6078)
Salvador Dali in Clarence (through August 21). $10/guided tour by reservation only. Contact 759-6078 or info@meaus.com

Niagara Arts & Cultural Center (NACC)
http://www.thenacc.org
1201 Pine Ave, Niagara Falls (998-6772)
Sixth Annual Beyond the Barrel Art Exhibition: Water is Art (through Aug. 9)

Nina Freudenheim Gallery
http://ninafreudenheimgallery.com
Lenox Hotel, 140 North St (882-5777)
Natural Pleasures. New work by by John Pfahl, Peter Stephens, Katherine Lynch, and Joseph DiGeorgio (through July 29)

Queen City Gallery
Market Arcade Building, 617 Main St (856-2839)
The New York Underground Scene 1972-1977. Photographs By Paul Zone (through July 17)

redFISH Art Studios
http://www.redfishartstudios.com
21 Elm St, East Aurora (655-3125)
Solo exhibition by Jennifer Seth-Cimini (through July 10)

Springville Center for the Arts
http://wwww.springvillearts.org
37 N Buffalo St, Springville (592-9038)
Nature’s Edible Art. Presented by View Finders photography group (through July 11)

WNED Horizons Gallery
140 Lower Ter (845-7000)
Haiti In Color. Asakivle Friends of Haiti present Haitian Folk Art (through Aug. 8)

Special Exhibits

Castellani Art Museum
http://www.niagara.edu
Niagara University, University Dr., Niagara Falls (286-8200)
Artistic and Functional: Aprons from the Karen Anderson Collection (through July 19)

Griffis Sculpture Park
http://www.griffispark.org
Ashford Hollow, 6902 Mill-Valley Rd, East Otto
Outdoor exhibition of large-scale metal sculptures by Michael Joseph Hibbard (through Oct. 31)

Karpeles Manuscript Museum (North Hall)
220 North St
Milestones in Medicine (through August 30)

Karpeles Manuscript Museum (Porter Hall)
453 Porter Ave
Famous Literary Detectives (through August 31)

Etc.

Betty’s
370 Virginia St (362-0633)
Buffalo Society of Artists Group Show (through July 12)

Merge
439 Delaware Ave (553-3263)
Flora and Fauna: the Organic World Surrounding Us. Work by Kristin Adlard, James Hickey, Glenn Kroetsch, Elizabeth Schulz, Marie Wonch, and others (through July 21)