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Hallwalls

341 Delaware Ave. Buffalo, NY (716) 854 1694

About Me

Hallwalls is a non-profit, multi-disciplinary arts center dedicated to the public exhibition of contemporary visual art, films, videos, new media, music, and other performance arts.Hallwalls was founded on Buffalo's West Side in late 1974 by a group of young visual artists (some of them still just students at the time)—including Diane Bertolo, Charles Clough, Nancy Dwyer, Robert Longo, Cindy Sherman, and Michael Zwack—who carved an exhibition space out of the walls of the hall outside their studios in a former icehouse. From the beginning, their interest was in exhibiting new work by local artists (including, at first, their own) and providing opportunities for exchange between them and artists in other cities, by inviting visiting artists to give talks or create installations, and by organizing exchange shows with similar spaces springing up in other cities. Their focus was always interdisciplinary as well as outward looking, featuring not only visual artists, but also musicians, writers, filmmakers, and video and performance artists. Our mission has remained true since the beginning!In January 2006 we moved into The Church on the corner of Delaware and Tupper in downtown Buffalo, where we've continued to host artists from all over the world, including jazz legend William Parker, Canadian artist Suzy Lake, and other artists such as Diane Bonder, Jem Cohen, Paul Chan, and Lynn Hershman Leeson

My Interests

Experimental film, video art, new media, sound art, free jazz, painting, sculpture, any of the visual arts really...

I'd like to meet:

Local, regional, national, and international artists, audiences, critics, writers, and other cultural workers interested in contemporary art practice in all its forms.


Music:

Bobby Previte and the Rose Ensemble, Ubudis Trio, Dunmall/Levin/Rogers Trio, James Currie and the Open Music Ensemble, Buffalo Undersound, Michael Vlatkovich Quartet, THE BUGALLO-WILLIAMS PIANO DUO: Helena Bugallo & Amy Williams, tzmann's Full Blast Trio, Time In Motion, ICP Orchestra, Wilbert de Joode solo bass , Roscoe Mitchell Trio, Will Redman's Book, Bill Horvitz Trio, John Bacon Duos

Movies:

Barbara Hammer's Lover Other, Mark Street's Inside and Out, Tapping Maple Ridge, Kilowatt Ours, MadCat International Women's Film Festival, Indies Under Fire: Battle for the American Bookstore, Sir! No Sir!, Shots and Cuts: Films by Caroline Koebel, China Blue, Rockaway, Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers, Dissecting Portland

Books:

Consider the Alternatives: 20 Years of Contemporary Art at Hallwalls, of course!Joseph Coulson, Joy Walsh, Helen Ruggieri, Olsonnow 3: Charles Olson, Joanna Scott, Ethan Paquin, Sherry Robbins, William Sylvester, Jake Halpern, Norma Kassirer, Dennis Maloney, Dave Kress, Percival Everett, Matthew Cooperman, Ansie Baird, Olga Karman, Joan Retallack, Christina Milletti, Shelly Jackson

Heroes:

Hallwalls would like to thank all of our sponsors and everyone that has made our establishment a success throughout the years...this includes, but is not limited to, Ani and Righteous Babe Records, NYSCA, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, The NYS Music Fund, Travers Collins & Company, all of the artists and creators that have been featured in our events....

My Blog

Eyes and Ears: Sound Needs Image Part II

Sat. April 5 @ 8:00 p.m.Eyes and Ears: Sound Needs Image Part II$8 general, $6 members/students/seniorsLive performance of video and film scores, co-curated by Joanna Raczynska and Will Redman. The ev...
Posted by Hallwalls on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 01:27:00 PST

John Bacon Ensemble

Friday, March 28 @ 8:00 p.m.John Bacon Ensemble$10 general admission, $6 members/students/seniors John Bacon (drums, vibes, percussion)Jonathan Golove (electric cello)Greg Millar (electric guitar)Stev...
Posted by Hallwalls on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:55:00 PST

Early March @ Hallwalls!

CHRISTINA WESTShadows and Foga Hallwalls Artist in Residence Project (HARP)The work of Christina West features groupings of figurative sculptures realistically rendered in clay. Through specific arran...
Posted by Hallwalls on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:51:00 PST

Lawrence D. ’Butch’ Morris, This (non-leaped) Friday, February 29th!!!

Friday, February 29 @ 8:00 p.m.Lawrence D. 'Butch' MorrisConduction® 173 LEAPAsbury Hall at Babeville341 Delaware Ave. Buffalo$15 general admission, $10 members/students/seniors World-renowned conduct...
Posted by Hallwalls on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:19:00 PST

February 22 &23rd 2008 @ Hallwalls

FRIDAY, FEB. 22 @ 7:00 P.M.UB English Department presents:EXHIBIT X: A SERIES OF READINGS IN NEW FICTION AT HALLWALLSCRIS MAZZAFREECris Mazza is the author of over a dozen books of fiction, most recen...
Posted by Hallwalls on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:35:00 PST

The Ethnic Heritage Ensemble

WED & THURS, FEBRUARY 6 & 7THE ETHNIC HERITAGE ENSEMBLEWeds., Feb. 6 @ 8:00 p.m.in Hallwalls Cinema$12 general /$8 members/students/seniorsThurs, Feb. 7 @ 7:00 p.m. at Buffalo Academy for Visual and P...
Posted by Hallwalls on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:02:00 PST

Paul Lytton/Nate Wooley Duo

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 @ 8:00 p.m.Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center341 Delaware Ave.Buffalo, NY 14202$12 general admission, $8 members/students/seniorsPaul Lytton (drums, percussion, electronics)...
Posted by Hallwalls on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:30:00 PST

Robert Dick/Ursel Schlicht Duo

Saturday, October 27, 2007 @ 8:00 p.m.Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center341 Delaware Ave.Buffalo, NY 14202$12 general admission, $8 members/students/seniorsRobert Dick (flutes)Ursel Schlicht (piano)A ...
Posted by Hallwalls on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:24:00 PST

Marc Ribot Solo: Exercises in Futility

Thursday, October 11, 2007 @ 8:00 p.m.Asbury Hall at the Church341 Delaware Ave.Buffalo, NY 14202$18 general admission, $15 members/students/seniorsAvant-garde guitar hero Marc Ribot will present a ve...
Posted by Hallwalls on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:20:00 PST

ARTGREASE

Cable Channel 20Saturdays @ 8:00 p.m. in BuffaloMondays @ 11:00 p.m. in the suburbsARTGREASE is Hallwalls' and Squeaky Wheel's shared timeslot on Buffalo public access television, Channel 20. Hallwall...
Posted by Hallwalls on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:14:00 PST