Monday, August 04, 2014
Unversity Heights Arts Association Festival 2014
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.
More than one hundred artists, writers, filmmakers, actors,
musicians, businesses and patrons will celebrate the first
anniversary of the University Heights Arts Association with a family
friendly arts and cultural event.
> The first annual UHAA! Festival 2014 compliments the University
> Heights Arts Association Arts Crawl. Throughout the year, the UHAA
> Crawl places tagged art in participating businesses and public
> spaces on Main Street (University Heights), Bailey Ave., and Hertel
> Ave. The tags lead to information about the artists, the venues and
> the UHAA. The festival will bring entertainment to UHAA Art Crawl
> locations on Main Street from St. Andrew's Church (Lisbon Ave.) to
> Niagara Falls Boulevard. Much of the programming offered by UHAA
> involves integrated arts in businesses and non-art settings, such as
> retail stores, community centers and restaurants.
>
> The diverse lineup of entertainment for the festival includes
> everything from classic jazz to positive rap music. Performers will
> play at several venues along Main Street including St. Andrews
> Episcopal Church and adjacent parking lots. Performers include:
> Equinox Jazz, Gruvology, MroZ Jazz Ensemble, The Freudig Singers of
> WNY, The PM Guitar Duo, Dynamic Drum Arts, Lewis and Klark Guitar
> Duo, UG and the Youngins and Sammy Sole. More than thirty
> participating venues include Music City, Amy's Place, Talking Leaves
> Books (Main Street), Queen City Comics, Shango Bistro, The Steer,
> Queen City Imaging, Couture, Pamela, Inc., and Buffalo Root
> Hydroponics.
>
> Visitors may engage in a cluster of interactive visual art
> activities to compliment the entertainment. Artist George Grace
> will offer Plein Air Still Life Painting. Author Patricia Tansey and
> several North Buffalo poets will offer readings, and artist Amanda
> Hart will jury chalk art competitions for adults and children.
> Sculptor Lawrence Kinney will demonstrate how to sculpt with spun
> resins. An exhibition by Chase Lobley featuring dinosaur sculptures
> will offer a clay dinosaur project for children. Later in the day,
> muralist Augustina Droze will unveil a mural that corresponds to a
> community art project involving writers, photographers and area
> residents. Other booths will feature fabric art displays, food art,
> and nature crafts. Community organizations will also be on hand
> with information about their latest projects.
>
> Since their formation in 2013 by sculptor Lawrence Kinney and
> digital artist Mary Ouimette-Kinney along with founding board
> members Dr. Peter Siedlecki, Gary Earl Ross, George Grace, Amanda
> Hart, Bernard Kunz Ann Therese Kelly, and Katie Trombley, the
> University Heights Arts Association (UHAA) has developed several
> programs for artists, art patrons, businesses and organizations.
> Membership is open to anyone.
>
> Other UHAA programs include a Youth Arts Program which offers
> activities at local community Centers and Afterschool Program sites,
> a UHAA Booth that offers Take-Away Art at local farmers markets and
> festivals, an educational program that offers workshops for artists,
> a performance artist series and a writer's group. For more
> information, visit the group's website at: http://www.uhartsgroup.com
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.
More than one hundred artists, writers, filmmakers, actors,
musicians, businesses and patrons will celebrate the first
anniversary of the University Heights Arts Association with a family
friendly arts and cultural event.
> The first annual UHAA! Festival 2014 compliments the University
> Heights Arts Association Arts Crawl. Throughout the year, the UHAA
> Crawl places tagged art in participating businesses and public
> spaces on Main Street (University Heights), Bailey Ave., and Hertel
> Ave. The tags lead to information about the artists, the venues and
> the UHAA. The festival will bring entertainment to UHAA Art Crawl
> locations on Main Street from St. Andrew's Church (Lisbon Ave.) to
> Niagara Falls Boulevard. Much of the programming offered by UHAA
> involves integrated arts in businesses and non-art settings, such as
> retail stores, community centers and restaurants.
>
> The diverse lineup of entertainment for the festival includes
> everything from classic jazz to positive rap music. Performers will
> play at several venues along Main Street including St. Andrews
> Episcopal Church and adjacent parking lots. Performers include:
> Equinox Jazz, Gruvology, MroZ Jazz Ensemble, The Freudig Singers of
> WNY, The PM Guitar Duo, Dynamic Drum Arts, Lewis and Klark Guitar
> Duo, UG and the Youngins and Sammy Sole. More than thirty
> participating venues include Music City, Amy's Place, Talking Leaves
> Books (Main Street), Queen City Comics, Shango Bistro, The Steer,
> Queen City Imaging, Couture, Pamela, Inc., and Buffalo Root
> Hydroponics.
>
> Visitors may engage in a cluster of interactive visual art
> activities to compliment the entertainment. Artist George Grace
> will offer Plein Air Still Life Painting. Author Patricia Tansey and
> several North Buffalo poets will offer readings, and artist Amanda
> Hart will jury chalk art competitions for adults and children.
> Sculptor Lawrence Kinney will demonstrate how to sculpt with spun
> resins. An exhibition by Chase Lobley featuring dinosaur sculptures
> will offer a clay dinosaur project for children. Later in the day,
> muralist Augustina Droze will unveil a mural that corresponds to a
> community art project involving writers, photographers and area
> residents. Other booths will feature fabric art displays, food art,
> and nature crafts. Community organizations will also be on hand
> with information about their latest projects.
>
> Since their formation in 2013 by sculptor Lawrence Kinney and
> digital artist Mary Ouimette-Kinney along with founding board
> members Dr. Peter Siedlecki, Gary Earl Ross, George Grace, Amanda
> Hart, Bernard Kunz Ann Therese Kelly, and Katie Trombley, the
> University Heights Arts Association (UHAA) has developed several
> programs for artists, art patrons, businesses and organizations.
> Membership is open to anyone.
>
> Other UHAA programs include a Youth Arts Program which offers
> activities at local community Centers and Afterschool Program sites,
> a UHAA Booth that offers Take-Away Art at local farmers markets and
> festivals, an educational program that offers workshops for artists,
> a performance artist series and a writer's group. For more
> information, visit the group's website at: http://www.uhartsgroup.com
