Art in the Open Program 2024
Welcome to the Center for the Arts (UBCFA), where art is made and experienced at the University at Buffalo. Each Fall, we open our doors for guests to explore and see a variety of art in action and on display in the UBCFA, the hub of a bustling arts community where dancers, actors, filmmakers, musicians, and artists come to create and perform. Art in the Open is a chance for guests to meet university artists and go behind the scenes to get a glimpse of the art being made at UB.
Evening Performances
5:00 p.m. Doors and Studios Open
- Enjoy dance, music and musical theatre performances
- Explore studios, performance, art-making spaces, and labs
- Visit art exhibitions, installations, and wall murals
- Tour backstage spaces
- View films and digital projects
7:30 p.m. Studios Close and Performances Continue in Atrium
- Join the artists, meet fellow UB students and guests for mingling!
This event is FREE and open to the public. Enjoy refreshments while supplies last.
Presented by the Center for the Arts in collaboration with the departments of Art, Arts Management, UB Art Galleries, Media Study, Music, and Theatre and Dance.
Live DJ Performance: Moe Optimus Prime
5:00 p.m. Ride the Cyclone, Musical Theatre, Department of Theatre and Dance
Performing selections from Ride the Cyclone
Music and Lyrics by Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell
Music Director and Piano Accompaniment: Matt Marco
Director: Doug Weyand
Performed by Audree Woods, Katie Timmons, Sophia Vessecchia, Jack Catena, Ty Burgess, Ryan Butler, Angel Frias Fuertes, Julia Pitarresi, Hannah Countermine
5:30 p.m. Ella & Duke, Zodiaque Dance Company, Department of Theatre and Dance
Choreography: Brittney Griffin, UB Alum
Dancers: Vic Bruce, Lauren Guarna, Olivia Lopez, Alexa Nanfro, Kiera Oppelt, Ariana Parsons, Grace Rezin, Fallon Tuholski, Adriana Vetch
Music: “Imagine My Frustration” by Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington
6:00 p.m. Through My Roots, Zodiaque Dance Company, Department of Theatre and Dance
Choreography: Cesar Salinas, UB Alum
Dancers: Lauren Guarna, Juliana Hassouna, Olivia Lopez, Gabi Marshall, Alexa Nanfro, Grace Rezin, Violet Schraver, Fallon Tuholski, NJ Wingo, Grace Wythe
Music: “Ran Kan Kan” by Tito Puente, “Jazz 104” by Max Graef, “Tukaria” by Cochemea, “Let It Be” by JP Cooper, “Another Piece of Jazz” by Radio Trip, “Come Rain or Come Shine” by Judy Garland
6:30 p.m. Solo Viola, Professor Leanne Darling, Department of Music
7:00 p.m. UB Faculty Jazz Combo, Department of Music
Professors Sabu Adeyola – Double Bass, George Caldwell – Piano, and
Sungmin Shin – Electric Guitar
7:30 p.m. Live DJ Performance: Moe Optimus Prime
Open Studios Close & Artists join guests in the atrium.
Fitting Room, Maria Guzman Capron – UB Art Galleries, First Floor Gallery
An exhibition of tactile, textural wall works, as well as new site-specific moveable curtains and a large-scale commissioned piece of a hand-standing figure who will welcome visitors to the light well.
Who Told You That You Were Naked?, gary l. wolfe – UB Art Galleries, Second Floor Gallery
Surveillance and Human Vulnerability is an interactive installation by acclaimed Western New York artist gary l. wolfe. The exhibition delves into themes of vulnerability.
Ellis Regan, MFA – 130
Sudi Wang, MFA – 133
H. Boone, MFA – 138
Against Apathy, Noah Breuer – UB Department of Art, Project Space – 155
Curated by Art Faculty Noah Breuer. Featuring a reception from 5-7:30 p.m.
Selections from the Department of Media Study
A showreel of undergraduate work as part of class assignments from Basic Video Production, Experimental Moving Image, Basic Digital Production and Animation, as well as graduate work by Vav Vavrek, Daphne Pugliese, Jamie Hager, Chris Hansen and Olu Akanbi. Showreel edited by MFA student Jamie Hager.
Samuel Krakowski, MFA – 207A
Isabelle Janssen – 207B
Kenny León Andino, MFA – 209
Misael Hernandez, MFA – 211
Joel Mulindwa, MFA – 212A
Eugene Sims, MFA – 214A
Helen Lin – 212B
Ligia Sato, MFA – 214B
Meagan Killian, MFA – 215A/B
Marjan Khorramgolkaran – 216
Teju Abiola – 217
Amatryx Game Lab club night – 235
Drop in and see what people are making and playing! Led by Prof. Cody Mejeur.
Extensible Media Lab – 244
Showing work by MFA student James Pardue.
Game Development – 286
“Jet Pack Guy” by Matt Miller (MA/MAH) and “Fantasia in Rouge” by Famous Clark (PhD).
Sound Lab – 290
Audio work by current students of Basic Digital Production taught by PhD student Andras Blasek.
Open Studios: MFA students Jamie Hager, Dana Hunt-Locklear, and PhD student Chris Hansen.
Hallway monitors: Work by students of Christine Marie’s Basic Video class.
Luke Williamson, MFA – B21
Doğa Ertekin, MFA – B35
Aidelen Montoya, MFA – B36
Circulation Issues, Hope Mora and Jeremiah Ariaz – UB Department of Art, Lower Gallery (B45)
A duo photography exhibition of Department of Art MFA Alumni Hope Mora (2020) and Jeremiah Ariaz (2004) highlighting the roles, cultural responsibility, and challenges of journalism, in telling the stories and making meaning for small-town communities in America. Featuring a reception from 5-7:30 p.m.
Drama Theatre
See the design and technical team working on a “Light Focus” for Fabulation or, The Re-Education of Undine, by Lynn Nottage an upcoming play presented by the Department of Theatre and Dance. Faculty will be present to explain the activities happening in the space.
Scene Shop
View theatre production work in progress and tour the space.
Costume Shop
View theatre production work in progress and tour the space.