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May 1, 2024

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The Center for Exploratory & Perceptual Arts (CEPA Gallery) is pleased to announce the opening of three separate exhibitions on June 14, 2024, BLINDSPOT by Nicole Chochrek, CEPA’s Artist in Residence, Off the Wall: Highlights from the CEPA Collection, and Positive Exposures: Faces of Change in Niagara Falls. Please join us for the opening reception on June 14, 2024, from 5 - 8 PM. 

April 11, 2024

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We are pleased to announce that artist Walker Tufts has received a $10,000 Individual Artist Grant from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to fund his upcoming project, Pickles & Concrete. The project will culminate in an exhibition at CEPA, which is set to open in August 2024. Pickles & Concrete is part of the ongoing project, Dirtball, by Kosmologym, an international art and game design collective made up of Walker Tufts, Greg Stewart, and Jo Dalsgaard.

October 12, 2023

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CEPA is excited to announce the hiring of three new fellows, made possible by the generous patronage of the Fujifilm Foundation for Creation Fellowship Program: Sofia Inigo-Payne, Kristina Ebert, and Kenneth P. Budziszewski. This is CEPA’s third year in collaboration with Fujifilm for the Foundation for Creation Fellowship Program. Here are the fellows!

July 26, 2023

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Please join us Friday, August 4th, 2023 from 5-8 PM at CEPA Gallery for the closing of Resilience: A Buffalo Story by Mustafa Hussain. As Buffalo continues to rebuild and grow after the events of the past three years, artist Mustafa Hussain explores the effects of these events on our community in his thought-provoking exhibition, which also includes the work of photographers, Joshua Thermidor, Malik Rainey, Brandon Watson, and Jalen Wright. 

June 7, 2023

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Please join us June 9th, 2023 from 5-8 PM in the Underground Gallery for the premiere of NTY.studio’s newest installation, Life at the Chasm. Led by Creative Director Rafael Bicalho and Producer Kristian Bouw, the exhibition continues NTY.studio's tradition of exploring rich sensory and visual narratives through film and experimental media.

March 23, 2023

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Please join us and noted Buffalo art collector Dr. Gerald Mead, on Saturday, April 1st, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM for a second tour of the exhibition "Cindy Sherman Retrospective: Works from the Gerald Mead Collection" to discuss the unique significance of many of the works and his 28-year experience of collecting them.

March 6, 2023

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The Center for Exploratory & Perceptual Arts (CEPA Gallery) is pleased to announce our 2023 Big Orbit Members’ Show. This year’s show will be running from May 12, 2023 until June 3, 2023 with an opening reception on Friday, May 12 from 5:00 - 8:00 PM. All current, new, and renewing CEPA members are invited to submit one artwork for the exhibition which will be located in the Underground and Underground Passageway Galleries.