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Voices in Contemporary Art: The Light in the Window

Thursday, October 29, 2026

7 pm - 8 pm EDT

Esko Männikkö (Finnish, born 1959). Kittilä, 1994. Chromogenic print framed by the artist. 18 7/8 x 22 x 1 inches (47.9 x 55.88 x 2.5 cm). Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum. Gift of the Calanni Family in memory of Luca S. Calanni, 2025 (P2025:14). 

FREE 
Lipsey Auditorium, Knox Building

What does home mean to you? Join Holly E. Hughes, Godin-Spaulding Senior Curator for the Collection, in conversation with artists Donna Dennis and Jennifer Packer. Together, they will explore this question and discuss how their work connects to the exhibition’s main themes of memory and place.  

Free and open to the public; no registration is required. Early arrival is strongly encouraged to secure preferred seating. A recording will be made available following the talk. 
 


Accessibility

The Stanford and Judith Lipsey Auditorium is located on the second floor of the Knox Building and can be accessed by the elevator across from the Family Room. There is accessible seating along both sides of the Auditorium, as well as in the two back corners. Assistive Listening Devices and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation for people who are Deaf or hard of hearing are available upon request. To schedule an ASL interpreter for an event, please submit a request at least two weeks in advance. The closest restrooms are on the first floor of the Knox Building in the same hallway as the Moog Inc. Visitor Services Desk.

 

SPONSORS

The Light in the Window is presented with significant in-kind support from ATI. Major support for the exhibition is provided by the Margaret L. Wendt Foundation, and through Buffalo Common Council President Joel P. Feroleto. Generous support is provided by the Live Like Luca Foundation and M&T Bank. 

ATI audiovisual solutions





Thank you to The Light in the Window Exhibition Committee for providing generous philanthropic and community support for this exhibition.

Co-Chairs
The Calanni Family

Committee Members
Ryan Arthurs, Rivalry Projects
Nancy Murray Blum
Julia D'Amico
Lauren & Dimple DeLuca
Jennifer Day Domanski, The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation
Don Elick, M&T Bank
Logan Marquardt Hoover, Buffalo Common Council, Delaware District
Amy B. Houston
Rich & Lisa McCarthy, M&T Bank
Maureen Saab
Anne Schneider
Maureen & John Tomczak