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SUMMARY:A Light Under the Bushel: Paintings by Julia Bottoms
DESCRIPTION:A Light Under the Bushel: Paintings by Julia Bottoms\nOn View\nJul 14\, 2023 – Oct 29\, 2023\nThe practice of portraiture has historically served to not only represent the subject but to also preserve their spirit in its most honest form. For Buffalo-based visual artist Julia Bottoms\, traditional portraiture is a means to express the nuance and complexities of Black identity beyond limiting\, reductive stereotypes. Thinking through historic periods in which portraits were commissioned for figures of prominence\, Bottoms’ practice interrogates portraiture as a concept of record. The inclusion – or lack thereof – of Black and Brown bodies in classical portraiture has inspired a new series and conceptual direction in her work.  \nA Light Under the Bushel features work from this new series\, building upon the artist’s interest in expanding narratives around representations of Blackness. Black and Brown people certainly existed during times like the Renaissance and Victorian eras when classical portraits were created. However\, their inclusion in such works is rare and highly circumstantial\, their lives rarely deemed important enough to be documented by fine art. Bottoms’ new paintings push against this\, emphasizing that they have always been an important part of history. Inspired by portraits of these eras\, her work fuses the historic with the contemporary through her models’ dress. Her work is reminiscent of the recontextualization of blackness throughout history seen in the work of portrait artist Kehinde Wiley. However\, Bottoms moves in a different direction by employing soft\, gestural brush strokes and posing her models to emulate classical depictions of saints\, Madonna and Child\, warriors\, and other angelic beings\, imbuing her figures with an ethereal presence.  \nBottoms reflects on the allusion to religious iconography as twofold in an artist statement on the series:   \nFirst\, it’s meant to convey the intangible spiritual aspect of each person depicted. Second\, it is a reference to Black and Brown bodies as they relate to the history of Christianity. Growing up religious\, I often felt a disconnect between the Eurocentric imagery in religious art and what I knew to be the factual appearance of people from the regions described in the Bible. People from the Middle East and North Africa are people of color. The shades and features of Biblical characters would have varied\, but the fact that they were of color is undeniable. So it stands to reason that that would be reflected in classical art depictions. However\, that is not the case. This exclusion comes with an implication; The alignment of whiteness with purity/goodness and Blackness with corruption/evil has had far-reaching psychological ramifications for us all. In the case of Biblical depictions\, this is not only a lack of inclusion\, it is erasure.  \nAs I worked on the series\, a particular verse came to mind. In Matthew 5:15-16 Jesus says: “Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand\, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way\, let your light so shine before others\, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”  \nI kept thinking about all the talents\, all the goodness\, and all the truly great accomplishments\, lost to time because a person’s skin color disqualified them from being recorded. How many lights were placed under a bushel and how deeply has humanity missed out on great minds for it? How many scientists\, poets\, mathematicians\, and philosophers have been lost to institutional bushels? The light we each possess is still subject in part to the roles we are forced into and the circumstances we must endure. But a light is still a light regardless of its location. In covering it\, the light does not cease to be what it is\, rather it is *us* who miss out on its illumination. \nOverall\, this series is meant to spark our imaginations. History cannot be re-written; however\, we can find value in reflecting on what inclusion could have looked like. Additionally\, perhaps this imagery can inspire an excavation of sorts\, in which we search for the accomplishments that have been recorded but ignored or distorted. It is my hope that the work will inspire the contemporary art world and artists going forward. Above all\, I challenge the viewer to value the light of every individual and to never be the bushel that conceals it. \nA Light Under the Bushel: Paintings by Julia Bottoms is made possible through the generosity of our presenting sponsor\, M&T Bank. For his leadership commitment\, we gratefully acknowledge Senator Sean M. Ryan\, with additional thanks to James & Dorothy Pappas and Gary & Willow Brost for their generous support.
URL:https://bornbuffalo.com/event/a-light-under-the-bushel-paintings-by-julia-bottoms/
LOCATION:Burchfield Penney Art Center\, 1300 Elmwood Avenue\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14222\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Event,Buffalo Event,Family
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SUMMARY:Communities: Trust The Front Yard Film Screening Series
DESCRIPTION:Communities: Trust\nThe Front Yard Film Screening Series \nSep 22\, 2023 – Dec 22\, 2023\nThe Front Yard film screening series features seasonally changing projected media art programs\, highlighting the work of Western New York artists. The inaugural program revolves around the theme of communities: trust\, coinciding with The 2023 Buffalo Humanities Festival. Presentations will begin after dark each night and will run for three months. \nCommunities: Trust\, guest curated by Dorothea Braemer\, Lukia Costello\, and  Meg Knowles\, tackles the topic of community and trust through the lens of the diverse perspectives of 10 regional media artists. Tammy McGovern’sAutostorm presents a notion of community disappeared into the confines of our cars. Kyla Kegler’s Monster Society performatively studies alienation and finding ways to approach community. Her Own Hero by Lukia Costello and the late Tilke Hill tackles the history of women’s self-defense\, and Harlem Nights by Kaitlyn Lowe celebrates the community of radical artists of the Harlem Renaissance in the form of a visual poem.  In Savage Future\, Terry Jones interrogates the American-Indian boarding school experience and in Mrs. Snow\, Annette Daniels-Taylor explores the mindset of a mid-century  African-American domestic worker.  Olurotimi Akanbi’sUrban Transitions draws attention to the contrast between communities in urban and rural landscapes in and around Buffalo\, while Edreys Wajed’s The Sidewalk imagines community from the perspective of a sidewalk on Buffalo’s East Side. Interwoven throughout the program are pieces by Phil Hastings and David Mawer.   Three pieces from Phil Hasting’s poetic fragmentum series metaphorically address community through evocative studies of humans and nature.  Seven playful geometric studies from David Mawer reference landing sequences and the pull of gravity through patterns of undulating dots\, lines and shapes\, sometimes superimposed over maps. \nDorothea Braemer and Meg Knowles are filmmakers and professors in the media production major at Buffalo State University\, and Lukia Costello\, also a filmmaker\, is the founding director of the Spark Filmmaker Collaborative and the Micromania Film Festival. \nCommunities: Trust – Program Order and Credits:\nTammy McGovern  – Autostorm\, 2023   \nKyla Kegler – Monster Society\, 2022 \nDavid Mawer – Lerp Puppet Strings\, No. 1\, 2023 \nPhilip Hastings –  fragmentum 62 (c)\, 2017 \nDavid Mawer – Landing Sequence (for an Interdimensional Fleet)\, No. 3\, 2023 \nLukia Costello and Tilke Hill – Her Own Hero\, 2022 \nDavid Mawer – Algorithm for a Gravity Wave: Dots\, 2023 \nKaitlyn Lowe – Harlem Nights\, 2022 \nPhil Hastings – fragmentum 37 (b)\, 2018 \nDavid Mawer – Landing Sequence (for an Interdimensional Fleet)\, No. 2\, 2023 \nTerry Jones – Savage Future\, 2022 \nAnnette Daniels-Taylor – Mrs. Snow\, 2017\, 2018 \nDavid Mawer – Landing Sequence (for an Interdimensional Fleet)\, No. 1\, 2023 \nOlurotimi Akanbi – Urban Transitions\, 2022 \nDavid Mawer – Algorithm for a Gravity Wave: Grid\, 2023 \nPhil Hastings – fragmentum 43 (b)\, 2019 \nDavid Mawer – Landing Sequence (for an Interdimensional Fleet)\, No. 4\, 2023 \nEdreys Wajed – The Sidewalk\, 2018 \nTRT: 32 mins 48 seconds
URL:https://bornbuffalo.com/event/communities-trust-the-front-yard-film-screening-series/
LOCATION:Burchfield Penney Art Center\, 1300 Elmwood Avenue\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14222\, United States
CATEGORIES:Art Event,Buffalo Event
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SUMMARY:BILLY TALENT
DESCRIPTION:Funtime & After Dark Present\nBilly Talent\nAges 12+\, Minors under 16 must be accompanied by a parent\nGovernment Issued ID Required
URL:https://bornbuffalo.com/event/billy-talent/
LOCATION:Town Ballroom\, 681 Main St.\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14203\, United States
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SUMMARY:BUMPIN UGLIES W/ HOWI SPANGLER
DESCRIPTION:Bumpin Uglies with Howi Spangler perform live at Buffalo Iron Works on Friday December 1st\, 2023! \nBumpin Uglies \nBumpin Uglies knows all about hustle. The Maryland reggae-rock band had spent more than a decade on the road\, starting with local open mics and backyard parties and growing into road warriors\, building an ever-expanding audience with sold-out shows in clubs and prime spots at festivals from coast to coast\, on one national tour after another. Then the pandemic hit\, and touring shut down. \nAfter being in motion for so long\, singer and lead guitarist Brandon Hardesty wasn’t about to sit still\, even if he couldn’t be out on tour.In fact\, Bumpin Uglies never really stopped working — they adapted. The group returned to playing backyard parties around Annapolis\, where they’re based\, and added socially distanced concerts and full-band livestreams. In the fall of 2020\, they also started releasing a new song every month as part of a project called the Never Ending Drop. \n“We felt like prospectors going out and trying to find gold— it was just uncharted territory\,” Hardesty says. “We had to figure out a way to make a living. That’s kind of what being a musician during Covid has felt like to me. You can do it\, but you have to be bold.” \nHardesty has been bold from the start. He was waiting tables when he started the band in his early 20s. With an ear for melodies and the determination to succeed\, he poured his time and energy into making Bumpin Uglies a success. For years\, the band did just about everything themselves\, from booking shows to releasing their own albums\, building a sense of momentum along the way that eventually became self-sustaining\, and then Hardesty wasn’t waiting tables anymore. \nNo surprise\, then\, that a musician with his strong work ethic found a way to take maximum advantage of the sudden surplus of time at home. For one thing\, he got to hang out with his toddler son\, and he and his wife welcomed a new baby. He also wrote a ton of songs. For the first time\, Hardesty approached songwriting as a discipline\, dedicating time to working on new music rather than waiting for inspiration to strike and then jotting down ideas in the back of the Bumpin Uglies van on his way from one gig to the next. \n“I just woke up every morning and I made a pot of coffee\, and I had this running list of ideas in my phone for hooks and riffs and progressions\,” he says. “I sat down every day and made myself write a song\, and85 percent of them were pretty good. And it was awesome. I really\, really enjoyed the process.” \nThe result is the band’s seventh studio album\, Mid-Atlantic Dub\, which they recorded in2021 and plan to release this fall. After showing the breadth of Bumpin Uglies’ influences on the Never Ending Drop\, from folk to classic country to hip-hop\, Mid-Atlantic Dub brings the group —also featuring Dave Wolf on bass and vocals\, Ethan Lichtenberger on keyboards and TJ Haslett on drums — back to the core of what they do. \n“It’s very groove-focused\,” Hardesty says. “It’s very hooky\, very vibey. It’s very accessible\, but there was no compromise on the storytelling or the lyricism.” \nIn fact\, Hardesty had a lot on his mind while working songs for Mid-Atlantic Dub. He had recently lost his own father while he was stepping into being a dad himself and letting go of the vestiges of childhood\, all during the uncertainty of a global pandemic. It’s all there on “Slow Burn\,” featuring Jacob Hemphill from SOJA.“Before the oak you got the sapling and the seed / Before you triumph you will swallow a defeat\,” Hardesty sings over unhurried upstroke guitars and a beat laid back into a deep pocket. \n“I was doing a lot of growing up during Covid\,” he says. “It was very much like a survival thing\, and when you’re in that kind of mode\, it forces you to cut a lot of bullshit out of your life.” \nWhat’s left\, in Hardesty’s songwriting as in his daily life\, is what’s real\, and what’s real stands a solid chance of connecting with an audience that appreciates openhearted lyrics paired with a tight reggae-rock vibe. \n“For me\, it’s just all about honesty\,” Hardesty says.“That’s what I listen for when I’m listening to music. I want to feel like whatever the author’s saying is honest.” \nBuffalo Iron Works \n49 Illinois St\, Buffalo\, NY 14203 \nTickets: $20 ADV/$22 DOS \nDoors: 7:00pm \nShow: 8:00pm
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LOCATION:Buffalo Iron Works\, 49 Illinois St\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14203\, United States
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