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.
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.
Please join us and noted Buffalo art collector Dr. Gerald Mead, on Saturday, March 4th and April 1st from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM for a 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.
The Board of Directors of The Center for Exploratory & Perceptual Arts is pleased to announce that Claire Leggett has been appointed Executive Director. Says Luke Cusack, President of CEPA’s Board of Directors, “Claire took over management of the organization and led us through an unplanned transition with poise and professionalism. Her demonstrable administrative strengths are a great fit for us as we plan for a second 50 years of CEPA successes.”
Please Join us on Friday, March 3, 5-8 PM at CEPA Gallery for a book signing with Brian Arnold for his recently published book “A History of Photography in Indonesia”. The event will be talking place in the Atrium, between our Focus and Flux galleries, in the historic Market Arcade Building located at 617 Main Street in Buffalo. NY.
CEPA is excited to announce the opening of three exhibitions on December 9: Places I’ve Been with Bob by Stephen Gabris, Boro Land by Adam Cooley, and the 2022 Members Show; where all current CEPA members were invited to submit one artwork for the exhibition. There will be an opening reception on December 9, 2022, from 5-8 pm. The shows are taking place in the historic Market Arcade Building located at 617 Main St in Buffalo and will run until January 25, 2022.
Please join us Thursday December 15, 2022 from 4 - 7 PM for a closing celebration of Coucou: A Fashion Retrospective of NYC Designers, The Blonds as well as a book signing featuring the artist, Cheryl Gorski. Both events are taking place at the historic Market Arcade Building located at 617 Main St in Buffalo.
Join CEPA Gallery at Mirabo Press on December 1st, 2022, for a fundraiser supporting Photography and the Holocaust, Then and Now, a major exhibition and community outreach project under development. Photography & the Holocaust: Then and Now will investigate tribalism–the inability of many to accept those who are different from themselves–its links to antisemitism and other forms of racism, and how that mindset results in the oppression and violence we consistently witness.
Photographer and past CEPA student, Hope Grunert, was selected to take part in the FUJIFILM Creative Mentorship.
CEPA’s Education Director, Lauren Tent, will retire at the end of 2022