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October 16, 2025

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="pt-10" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image="26490" img_size="750x500" css="" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="pt-10" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=""] Anxiety of Amnesia By Andrea Wenglowskyj Opening Reception: Friday, November 7, 2025, 5-8 PM November 7, 2025 - December 20, 2025 Anxiety of Amnesia merges text, original imagery, and found archival photographs by two photographers: Andrea Wenglowskyj and her father, Bohdan. The work spans over sixty years and explores themes of ownership, the power of vernacular photography, and the relationship between absence, presence, and loss. As a young Ukrainian immigrant, attorney, and father, he became a hobbyist photographer and left a trunk full of photos, negatives, and their packaging upon his death in 2000. Along with both of their photographs, Wenglowskyj’s original text is interspersed on the wall. This imagined narrative allows her to believe that for a brief moment, she and Bohdan are in a present-day conversation, both as adults and parents, but also as his daughter. Andrea Wenglowskyj is a photo-based artist and commercial/editorial photographer based in Buffalo, NY. She is the recipient of a Fulbright Grant in Ukraine, where she traveled the country and explored Ukrainian culture through its contemporary artists

October 14, 2025

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="pt-10" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image="26472" img_size="750x500" css="" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="pt-10" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=""] Public Reception: November 21st, 2025 5-8PM Private VIP Fundraiser Reception: November 14th, 2025 6-9PM CEPA is excited to partner with WNYCOSH and El Museo. WNYCOSH Working Lens 2025 is on view at El Museo from November 14, 2025 - January 17, 2026. El Museo is located at 91 Allen Street, Buffalo, NY 14202. For Tickets to the WNYCOSH Fundraiser, see the WNYCOSH event page. Working Lens 2025 marks the third collaboration between CEPA Gallery and WNYCOSH, further strengthening the relationship between the arts and the labor community. This unique exhibition brings together seven union workers who, over the course of eight weeks, have developed their photography skills under the mentorship of renowned photographer Martin Malicki. Throughout this creative journey, participants have explored the intersection of their personal and professional lives, using photography to document the complex realities of work, home, and family. Working Lens 2025 is not just an art exhibition—at a time when workers, worker protections, the right to organize, and even the right to have union contracts honored are under threat—it stands as a

July 14, 2025

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="pt-10" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image="25977" img_size="750x500" css="" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="pt-10" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=""]Sweet Treats & Other Delights 2025 Mail Art Members’ Show Curatorial Statement by Sophie Barner Opening Reception: November 7th, 5:00-8:00pm There’s something inherently delightful about mail art: work created with the intention of giving it to someone else, putting it into the hands of the postal service, and accepting its fate as it travels to its destination. Receiving any kind of non-junk mail is a rare occurrence these days. Unsurprisingly, receiving dozens of letters and packages, all containing unique and personalized artworks, has been a daily delight for me these past few weeks.  Mail art has been practiced by artists for decades and celebrated as an egalitarian system for distributing art and connecting artists from anywhere in the world. This year, we received submissions from all over Western New York, the country, and even the world. CEPA is honored to have an expanding global network of members, and we are excited to present Sweet Treats & Other Delights to you.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index="" el_class="gray-border-top"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="center" css_animation="" el_class="white"][vc_column_inner

January 6, 2025

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="pt-10" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image="24869" img_size="750x500" css="" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" el_class="pt-10" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="grid" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=""] Opening Reception: May 2nd from 5-8 PM About Portrait of Buffalo II As CEPA Gallery celebrates its 50th anniversary, it is reviving one of its earliest projects: Portrait of Buffalo. First undertaken in the late 1970s, the original Portrait of Buffalo was a photographic survey that captured the city’s people and places during a period of significant upheaval. Four decades later after an economic resurgence and a growth in population, Buffalo tells a different story. Portrait of Buffalo II, focuses on the individuals, communities, and businesses that embody Buffalo in the 21st-century. In order to document this cultural change, CEPA has commissioned six talented photographers to explore Buffalo through their unique lenses. Artist Names, Descriptors, Websites: Tiffany Gaines, Documenting Downtown/Elmwood/Allentown, @_itstiffanyyy DJ Carr, Documenting Masten/Ellicott, @djcarrr Pat Cray, Documenting Fillmore/Lovejoy , @yungpainkiller Jake Amadori, Documenting South Buffalo, @jake_amadori Andrea Wenglowskyj, Documenting North Buffalo, @andreawenglowskyj Tito Ruiz, Documenting the West Side, @thepeoplesphotographer Co-Curated by Sophie Barner and Robert George Curatorial Statement: Buffalo is a city that takes pride in its underdog identity. In recent years, narratives