Film Screening—Hi-Vis: Ten Years of Public Art
Thursday, February 20, 2025
7 pm EST
Casey Riordan, American, born 1973, Shark Girl, 2014 (created 2013). Fiberglass and paint. 60 × 60 × 36 inches (152.4 × 152.4 × 91.4 cm). Public Art Collection of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. Gift of A. Conger Goodyear, by exchange, 2014; (right) Shark Girl by the Sea (with Cancer), 2005. Watercolor and gouache on paper. Sheet: 45 x 34 1/2 inches (114.3 x 87.63 cm). Collection Casey Riordan Millard. (ACQ1479)
FREE
Lipsey Auditorium, Knox Building
Join the AKG for a free public debut screening of Hi-Vis: Ten Years of Public Art, a 30-minute documentary comprising a mix of in-the-field footage and reflective interviews with AKG Curator of Public Art Aaron Ott and many of the artists who have worked with the Public Art Initiative over the past ten years. The film is produced and edited by AKG Multimedia Producer Jeff Mace and celebrates the opening of Hi-Vis.
Hi-Vis is an invitational survey exhibition that celebrates the artists who have worked with the Buffalo AKG’s Public Art Initiative in its first ten years of existence. Often, the Public Art Initiative challenges artists to create their first-ever public works or to make the largest works of their career, creating the chances for robust dialogue in shared civic spaces. Hi-Vis allows us to look closely and engage deeply with the breadth and variety of artistic practices behind the public art.
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.
