AKG BLOG:  Looking Back/Looking Forward Archivist Gabrielle Carlo digs through the past to point the museum's way into the future. Read Our Interview with Gabrielle Carlo Profiles, interviews, and guest contributors, diving into the stories behind the art. About the blog. RECOMMENDED READS The One Thing You Have To Do Is Love People The person who inspired Detour's Cobblestone Commons mural is a modern-day abolitionist—and she can show us what it means to care for one another. Read About Kelly Galloway To See the Beauty in One's Skin Bottoms's portraits of Black men and women seek to recode society's stereotypes and to reveal the beauty of her subjects. Read About Julia Bottoms Saying Their Names Phyllis Thompson was moving her mother out of her house, when she discovered a box of decades-old family photographs beneath her bed. Then she went to work. Read About Phyllis Thompson Search by Search by Search the Blog Apply Browse by Tags Browse by Tags Art in Public Doing & Making Guest Authors Ideas Interviews News & Events Profiles Collection Handbook Apply Selected Terms Selected Terms Apply Welcome Here in All Tongues May 16, 2022 Since 2019, anti-Asian hate crimes in the United States have risen to an unprecedented level. In 2021, Mizin Shin, an artist, educator, and cofounder of Buffalo’s fine art print studio Mirabo Press, began Use Your Voice #StopAsianHate, a campaign to encourage everyone to speak out against racially motivated prejudice and violence. We spoke to Shin about the campaign. Read These Truths: Five Books for Kids and Youth to Read this May May 2, 2022 In celebration of In These Truths, our friends at Zawadi Books have prepared a series of reading lists inspired by the exhibition. In June, the focus of the reading list is books for kids and youth. The Dedicated Docents of the Albright-Knox April 28, 2022 National Volunteer Month celebrates the impact that volunteers have on our lives, so we want to celebrate the docent volunteers that will be helping to make us the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. Art Making Art April 19, 2022 Poetry has always been an inspiration to us here at the Albright-Knox, a partner that has gone hand in hand with our exhibitions, our programs, and our education classes. April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate we wanted to highlight one of our partners in the community that helps light up the museum with poetry: Just Buffalo Literary Center. Read These Truths: Five Books About Wellness to Read this April April 4, 2022 In celebration of In These Truths, our friends at Zawadi Books have prepared a series of reading lists inspired by the exhibition. In April, the focus of the reading list is wellness. Celebrate Neurodiversity with the STARS of City Honors March 21, 2022 Using guided tours, hands-on art workshops, and discussions, the Albright-Knox’s Creative Connection program partners with groups that provide services for people with disabilities. For Neurodiversity Celebration Week we wanted to tell you more about just one of those longstanding partnerships: STARS at City Honors in Buffalo. Read These Truths: Five Books by and About Women to Read this March March 7, 2022 In celebration of In These Truths, our friends at Zawadi Books have prepared a series of reading lists inspired by the exhibition. In March, the focus of the reading list is books by and about women. Read These Truths: Five Books on Black Love to Read this February February 14, 2022 In celebration of In These Truths, our friends at Zawadi Books have prepared a series of reading lists inspired by the exhibition. In February, the focus of the reading list is Black love. Reflecting on Difference: GLYS Western New York and the Power of Virtual Space February 11, 2022 GLYS Western New York (Growing LGBTQ+ Youth Support) is a non-profit organization providing support and programming for LGBTQ+ Youth and their families throughout Western New York. On December 19, Michael Spears, Administrative Assistant for GLYS Western New York, and Leah Miori, a University at Buffalo graduate student and GLYS intern, gave a tour of Difference Machines: Technology and Identity in Contemporary Art at Albright-Knox Northland as part of the Sunday Insights series. Spears reflects on what that experience was like. Pagination First page First Previous page Previous Page 1 Current page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 … Next page Next Last page Last