The University Heights Arts Association has announced that it will be hosting an integrated arts event that will feature a wide array of artists doing what artists do best. On Saturday, August 16, 2014, the streets in the University District will come alive with the sounds of live music and the colors of plein air painters. There will be artists painting, poets reading, sculptures on display, and a time capsule will be filled with various artistic creations.
The venues where the artists will be performing are not your typical galleries and studios. Rather they will be performing and showing at parking lots, businesses, sidewalks and street corners, in order to bring a vibrancy to the entire district.
According to event organizers, the arts event complements the already successful University Heights Arts Association Arts Crawl that takes place throughout the year. Artists spend time drawing attention to their works by incorporating pieces into the community’s businesses and public spaces. This inaugural arts event will help to draw attention to the artwork, as well as to the artists who have already been demonstrating their works on Bailey, Main Street, etc.
Highlights of the arts event will include performers, interactive visual art components, filmmakers, actors, children’s art activities, food art, natural crafts and a number of community organizations – more than 100 artists total will be included.
UHAA Offers Integrated Arts Event – See Facebook event
DATE: Saturday, August 16, 2014
TIME: 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
PLACE: 3107 Main Street (St. Andrews Church at Main and Lisbon Ave.) to Main St. and Niagara Falls Blvd.
COST: Free. Open to the general public.
Reba Baldwin-Bush | St. Andrews Porch | 12-12:30 p.m. | Performance |
WNY Ukelele Band | Music City | 12 – 1:30 p.m. | Performance |
Chalk Art Competition | Therapy Parking Lot | 12 – 4:00 (jurying @ 4:00) | Art Competition |
AccessorART Competition | Therapy Parking Lot | 12 – 4:00 (jurying @ 4:00) | Art Competition |
Kiddie Corner Creations | St. Andrews Parking | 12 – 4:00 p.m. | Take Away Craft/Art & Games |
Operation “Shear Joy” | Therapy Parking Lot | 12 – 5:00 p.m. | Display with Take-Away |
The Fine Art of Fabric | Therapy Parking Lot | 12 – 5:00 p.m. | Display |
Samuel P. Capen Garden Walk | Therapy Parking Lot | 12 – 6 p.m. | Community Display |
University Heights Tool Library | Therapy Parking Lot | 12 – 6 p.m. | Community Display |
My Little Literacy Leaders Tut.Svc. | Therapy Parking Lot | 12 – 6 p.m. | Community Display |
Rapha Wellness Center | Therapy Parking Lot | 12 – 6 p.m. | Community Display |
Dinosaurs in Your Neighborhood | St. Andrews Parking | 12 – 6 p.m. | Display with Take-Away |
Catherine Parker Salon | Therapy Parking Lot | 12 – 6 p.m. | Display |
NYPA Time Capsule | Therapy Parking Lot | 12 – 6 p.m. | Display with Take-Away |
Steam-Bent Sculptures with Larry Kinney | St. Andrews Parking | 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Demo with Take-Away |
Plein Air Painting in the Round | Therapy Parking Lot | 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. | Take-Away Art |
Nature Art, Collage & Cards | Therapy Parking Lot | 12:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Take Away Craft/Art |
Jack Stories with Sallye Keith | St. Andrews Porch | 12:45 p.m. | Performance/Display |
Wooden Cities | St. Andrews Church | 1 – 1:30 p.m. | Performance |
Six String Circus | Buffalo Roots Hydroponics | 1 – 2:00 pm. | Performance |
Impact Artists Gallery Exhibition | Therapy Parking Lot | 1 – 5:00 pm | Display |
Buffalo Legacy Publications WNY Anthology Reading | St. Andrews Church | 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. | Performance – Reading |
U.G. & The Youngins | St. Andrews Porch | 1:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Performance |
MRoZ Jazz Ensemble | St. Andrews Church | 2 – 2:30 p.m. | Performance |
Sammy “Street Corner” Sole | Music City | 2 – 4:00 p.m. | Performance |
Council Member Rasheed Wyatt & Dignitaries | St. Andrews Porch | 2:30 p.m. | Speech |
The Freudig Singers of WNY | St. Andrews Church | 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Performance |
Lewis and Klark Guitar Duo | St. Andrews Porch | 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Performance * |
Ceramic Art with Stephanie Maher | Therapy Parking Lot | 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. | Demo with Take-Away |
Equinox | The Steer | 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. | Performance |
The Art of Food with Judy Pufpaff | Therapy Parking Lot | 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. | Demo with Take-Away |
The PM Guitar Duo | Music City | 4:30 – 5:30 p.m. | Performance |
Gruvology | The Steer | 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. | Performance |