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September 24, 2015

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CEPA Gallery is pleased to announce its receipt of a $7,500 grant from the Artis Grant Programs to support CEPA’s forthcoming exhibition, Place Relations: Identity in Contemporary Israeli and Arab Avant-Garde Art. Place Relations: Identity in Contemporary Israeli and Arab Avant-Garde Art is a two-part exhibition — running back to back and spanning our Summer 2016 and Fall 2016 exhibition seasons — of contemporary avant-garde photographic, video, media installation, and sound art featuring work by Israeli and Arab artists. Functioning as an analog to the current political and cultural divide between Israeli and Arab cultures, this curatorial effort seeks to elaborate, broaden, and humanize one of the most geo-politically charged topics facing our time. Some of the most prominent contemporary artists currently practicing — whose practices, age, and experiences vary broadly — have been selected in order to best illustrate the complex range of experiences within each respective community. CEPA Gallery Artistic Director and co-curator of the exhibitions David Mitchell remarked, “It is truly a tremendous honor to have been selected for support by Artis. The topic of Israeli/Arab relations has become so reduced by statistical and political analysis that nearly all semblance of humanity or the complex individual character of the

September 21, 2015

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In conjunction with the their current exhibition at CEPA Gallery, Gregory Jones, founding editor of In the In-Between sat down with artists Gregory Halpern & Ahndraya Parlato to discuss their work. Gregory Jones: East of the Sun, West of the Moon is a collaborative series between the both of you, and the photographs were all made on the Solstices and Equinoxes of 2012 and 2013. Can you talk about how the idea to collaborate came together, and what made each of you want to pursue this project? Ahndraya Parlatto: The initial idea was mine. I was actually trying to think of a way that Gregory could shoot whatever he wanted, wherever he wanted, but still have some sort of loose cohesion. He was quick to point out that the nature of the project was actually well suited to my work, and so we decided to do it together. I think we were both excited to have a break from what we usually do, and to be forced to take ownership of making images that were ours, but also not entirely so. What I mean by ours, but not entirely so, is that it was important to us that we sort

September 17, 2015

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CEPA was very happy to award the third annual Oseroff Memorial Purchase Prize to artist Jeannine Mullan at a ceremony at Roswell Park Cancer Institute on September 17, 2015. The $1,000 purchase prize acquired her piece Our House, which will now become part of Roswell Park’s permanent art collection. [caption id="attachment_9993" align="aligncenter" width="750"] Jeannine Mullan, Our House, 2014, Archival Inkjet Print, 18 x 27 inches[/caption] ABOUT THE OSEROFF MEMORIAL PURCHASE PRIZE The Oseroff Purchase Prize will be awarded each year to one regionally-significant photographer whose artwork is identified as being of exceptionally quality. The Oseroff Memorial Purchase Prize will be in the amount of $1,000. The selected work becomes part of the permanent collection of Roswell Park Cancer Institute and is prominently displayed in a public area of the hospital alongside the work of many of this region’s most notable artists. The prizes are designed to enhance the environment for all members of the Roswell Community. The Oseroff Memorial Purchase Prize is named in memory of Dr. Allan R. Oseroff, Chief of Dermatology at Roswell from 1989 until his death in 2008. Dr. Oseroff, a world-renowned expert in photodynamic therapy, had a life-long interest in photography and the visual arts. He was an empathetic

September 1, 2015

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CEPA was invited by Camp Centerland to do a specialty camp this year. We had eight students in our Nature Photography Camp and were able to wonder the many acres of woods, trails and creeks in Getzville. Students used digital cameras to capture nature while learning the elements of photography. They also took a field trip to CEPA, taking photos with pinhole cameras and creating photograms in the darkroom. [divider] [one-half] Photo By: Alison [/one-half] [one-half last] Photo By: Cae'den [/one-half] [divider] [one-half] Photo By: Carly [/one-half] [one-half last] Photo By: Hope [/one-half] [divider] [one-half] Photo By: Jane [/one-half] [one-half last] Photo By: Ryan [/one-half] [divider] [one-half] Photo By: Sophie [/one-half] [one-half last] Photo By:Z-Nyi [/one-half]

September 1, 2015

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This year we tried something a little different for our young photo enthusiasts. In the Darkroom Camp, students shot black and white film, learned to make traditional darkroom prints. In addition they used pinhole cameras to capture interesting scenes on Main Street. They experimented with double exposures (putting two negatives together), solarization (a process where a partially developed print is exposed to light) and cyanotypes, a process that produces beautiful blue prints on watercolor paper. In the Photoshop Camp students learned various tools for collaging images, creating cover art, and animating objects. They gained a deeper understanding of selections, layers, masks, design elements, scanning, printing, and typography. You can see an exhibit of their work on view in CEPA’s Focus Gallery in the Underground from September 18 to November 14, 2015. Join us for the opening reception on Friday, September 18, from 7:00 to 10:00. [divider] [one-half] [/one-half] [one-half last] [/one-half] [divider] [one-half] [/one-half] [one-half last] [/one-half] [divider] [one-half] [/one-half] [one-half last] [/one-half]

August 21, 2015

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Thrilled to have our Hollis Frampton exhibition featured on Artinfo! Art Critic Mostafa Heddaya visited the exhibition for the opening festivities June 20. We are grateful for the international coverage and for the further evidence that Buffalo's renaissance is being recognized far and wide. [button link="http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1221125/observing-an-observer-hollis-frampton-gets-a-retrospective-in" target="_self" color="highlight"] Read the Artinfo story here![/button] [divider] From Blouin Artinfo's website: BLOUIN ARTINFO is the preeminent global source for up-to-the-minute news, information, and expert commentary on art, artists, and the business and pleasure of making, buying, and understanding art. On our site you'll find all the vital daily news and developments from galleries, auction houses, and museums – everything that matters. There is no limit to BLOUIN ARTINFO's cultural and aesthetic reach, so along with the Whitney Biennial, we report with wit, style, verve, and authority on the Paris and New York collections, the Cannes and Venice film festivals, the Oscars, Tonys, Grammys, and more. READ MORE [divider] Mostafa Heddaya is a writer and editor in New York focused on politics and the arts. He is currently senior writer at Artinfo, and has contributed reporting and criticism to various publications in print and online, including Art & Auction, Modern Painters, The New York Observer, Paris Review Daily, Syria Deeply, and Hyperallergic, where

August 19, 2015

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CEPA Gallery is proud to administer the annual purchase prize on behalf of Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Due to the resounding quality of this year's entrants CEPA has decided to include six artists on the shortlist. Now that we've narrowed the field, it's your turn to tell us what you think! The Oseroff Purchase Prize will be awarded to one regionally-significant photographer whose artwork is identified as being of exceptional quality. The Oseroff Memorial Purchase Prize will be in the amount of $1,000. The selected work will become part of the permanent collection of Roswell Park Cancer Institute and be prominently displayed in a public area of the hospital alongside the work of many of this region's most notable artists. The prizes are designed to enhance the environment for all members of the Roswell Community. The Oseroff Memorial Purchase Prize is named in memory of Dr. Allan R. Oseroff, Chief of Dermatology at Roswell from 1989 until his death in 2008. Dr. Oseroff, a world-renowned expert in photodynamic therapy, had a life-long interest in photography and the visual arts. He was an empathetic physician who blended true caring with the latest scientific advances to become greatly loved by his patients

July 17, 2015

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CEPA Gallery and Roswell Park Cancer Institute Announce 3rd Annual Oseroff Memorial Purchase Prize. Western New York Artists Invited to Submit Photographic Work by August 14, 2015. CEPA Gallery is proud to be administering the 3rd Annual Oseroff Memorial Purchase Prize on behalf of the Roswell Park Cancer Institute and the Roswell Park Alliance Art Committee. The Oseroff Memorial Purchase Prize is named in memory of Dr. Allan R. Oseroff, Chief of Dermatology from 1989 until his death in 2008. Dr. Oseroff, a world-renowned expert in photodynamic therapy, had a life-long interest in photography and the visual arts. He was an empathetic physician who blended true caring with the latest scientific advances to become greatly loved by his patients and fellow staff. The prize is supported by an endowment from grateful patients and friends with a major contribution from his wife, Dr. Stephanie Pincus, and children Ben, Tamara and Matt. The prizes are designed to enhance the environment for all members of the Roswell Community. Each year the Oseroff Memorial Purchase Prize is awarded to one regionally significant photographer whose artwork is identified as being of exceptional quality. The selected work will become part of the permanent collection of Roswell Park Cancer Institute and

July 14, 2015

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Animation Camp was a huge success. Students created storyboards and used digital cameras to shoot and animate a movie using legos. Using iMovie, they edited their movie, adding sound effects, music, titles and more. [divider] [one-half] [/one-half] [one-half last] [/one-half] [divider] Robot from CEPA Gallery on Vimeo. [divider]

June 24, 2015

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CEPA Gallery is pleased to announce its receipt of a $100,000 grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts to support our 2015-2017 visual arts programming. The Warhol Foundation has been a major funding partner for CEPA Gallery since 1999, providing key support for the gallery's large thematic exhibitions, residencies and publications. In 2001 CEPA was invited to join the Warhol Initiative. The Warhol Initiative was an invitational program that concluded in 2012. It was designed to bolster the organizational capacity of small and mid-sized, artist-centered organizations across the country. Historically under-funded, these groups serve as vital breeding grounds for artistic experimentation, professional development and community engagement with art. The Initiative provided 64 participants with cash grants of approximately $175,000, professional consulting services, and triennial conferences that brought the groups’ leaders together for networking, workshops and training sessions with each other and non-profit management consultants. We are extremely proud of our ongoing partnership with the Warhol Foundation, certainly for the funding it provides us, but more importantly because their dedication to working artists, scholarly presentation of contemporary visual art, curatorial research, and freedom of expression aligns with our core mission. Warhol support will fund, among other things, East of the