Arts Canisius Full Schedule

All dates, times, artists and programs are subject to change.

Location Key:
MCC -- Montante Cultural Center
CKC -- Christ the King Chapel
Regis -- Regis Room, Winter Student Center
KMH -- Kleinhans Music Hall
Library -- Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library
SC – Science Hall


Events By Category:

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Diaspora Drumming with Tiffany Nicely (center), Adjunct Instructor, Music Program, Department of Modern Languages, Literatures, and Culture, Canisius Univeristy

Meet The Faculty

This series features members of the Canisius Fine Arts Department faculty in recitals, lectures and art exhibits.

Monday March 18, 2024
Meet the Musicians Recital Series
Tiffany Nicely and Diaspora Drumming


 

Student Events 

Opportunities abound for Canisius students to perform. This series features the Canisius University chorale, orchestra, and jazz ensembles in concert, as well as solo performances by Canisius students. 

Friday, March 1, 2024  
Festival of the Ensembles
Jazz Ensemble, Russell Scarbrough director
Canisius College Chorale, Bradley Wingert, director
Canisius College Orchestra, Ansgarius Aylward, director
7:30 PM  Montante Cultural Center
$5.00 general admission

Friday, April 26, 2024 
Jazz Ensemble, Russell Scarbrough director
7:30 PM  Montante Cultural Center

Sunday, April 28, 2024 
Canisius College Orchestra, Ansgarius Aylward, director
7:30 PM  Montante Cultural Center

Monday, April 29, 2024 
Canisius University Chorale, Bradley Wingert, director
7:30 PM  Christ-the-King Chapel


Special Events 

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 
Art History/Borders and Migration Initiative Lecture
Andrea Alvarez, PhD Associate Curator, Buffalo AKG Art Museum
1:00 PM Library Learning Center

Join us for an art history lecture concerning the current Narsiso Martinez: From These Hands (De Estas  Manos) exhibit at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. Organized by Andrea Alvarez, PhD, Associate Curator at the Buffalo AKG, the solo exhibition features a selection of works that exemplify the artist’s unique practice of combining drawing and painting on reclaimed produce boxes. The exhibition will run from December 1, 2023, through April 8, 2024.  The lecture is free and open to the public.


Wednesday, April 10, 2024
Special Event
Buffalo String Works with UB 
Christ-the-King Chapel


Art History Events 

Curator Talk and Art Reception: Paintings by LeRoi Johnson from the Canisius University Art Collection

Tiffany D. Gaines, Curatorial and Digital Content Associate, will join us on Friday, April 21, 2023 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM in the Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library to celebrate the return of LeRoi Johnson’s paintings back to campus. This event is free and open to the public. Light Refreshments Will Be Served.

“Mom, I Don’t Want War! 1939-1945 Poland/2022 Ukraine” 

This Polish-Ukrainian archival project consists of drawings of Polish children from 1946 preserved in the Central Archives of Modern Records in Warsaw and contemporary drawings of Ukrainian children, related to the war currently taking place in Ukraine, collected on the “Mom, I See War” portal. The exhibit is sponsored by the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York and the Central Archives of Modern Records in Warsaw and comes to Buffalo following a public display at the Polish Consulate in New York City. (taken from the AMPOL EAGLE https://ampoleagle.com/mom-i-dont-want-war-exhibit-comes-to-buffalo-p16…)

February – March 2023
Alumni Gallery

Andiamo! Travel Photography from FAS142’s Trip to Italy in 2023
April – May 2023
Alumni Gallery

“Nature in Black and White”

Drawing and Photographs by Sue Margulis, Professor in the ABEC/Biology departments

Dr. Margulis’ love of animals has never wavered, and while she has not had the time for art in many years, her affinity for black and white is very clear.

February – March 2023
Peter A. and Mary Lou Vogt Gallery
Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library

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​​​​​​​LeRoi Johnson (b. 1949), “Unification", 2008. Oil and acrylic on canvas. Collection of Canisius University

Paintings by LeRoi Johnson  '71 HON '18​​​​​​​ from the Canisius University Art Collection

March – April 2023
Peter A. and Mary Lou Vogt Gallery
Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library

After a highly-celebrated exhibit at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, the works of LeRoi Johnson from the Canisius University Art Collection will be on view in the intimate Peter A. and Mary Lou Vogt Gallery in the Andrew L. Bouwhuis Library. As noted on the Burchfield-Penney Art Center’s website, “With an international artistic presence, Johnson’s influences span across continents. Central to his work are bold, bright colors as well as African, Caribbean, and South American cultural influences depicting dreams, visions, African ancestry, and various otherworldly elements.” We are honored to have had these works on view in the exhibit “LEROI: Living in Color” and welcome them back to our campus.