Arts - Buffalo State College

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Thank you for making the Year of the Arts a great success!
President Aaron Podolefsky declared the 2011-2012 to be the Year of the Arts at Buffalo
State, saying: “The arts are crucial to Buffalo State’s mission as a public university. The arts
are a source of pride as well as sustenance.”
This year, Buffalo State presented more than 300 arts and humanities-related events on
campus and in the surrounding community. From performances, exhibitions, and fashion
shows to poetry readings, workshops, and lectures, these activities informed and entertained
thousands of arts patrons and displayed the immense wealth of creative talent offered by our
students, faculty, and community partners.
This year’s Student Research and Creativity Celebration features numerous student
presentations developed during ‘The Year of the Arts’. These include the annual dance
concert in the Warren Enters Theatre and a series of concerts in the Performing Arts Center
at Rockwell Hall featuring the percussion, vocal jazz, jazz, wind, and honors chambers
ensembles, theatrical performances in the Flexible Theatre, and gallery exhibits in the
Czurles-Nelson and Margaret Bacon Galleries. Painting and other works of art also will be on
exhibit in the E.H. Butler Library.
These creative works would not be possible without the extraordinary contributions
of dedicated faculty mentors. Working together, Buffalo State students and faculty make
scholarship, research, and creativity hallmarks of a Buffalo State education. Every year is the
‘year of the arts’ at Buffalo State!