http://www.tonawanda-news.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 16 May 2008 09:54:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_137095730.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_137095730.html Lockport’s Kenan Center will present an art exhibition beginning Friday with the unassuming title “Works of Lawrence V. Badgery, Landscape Artist,” but that’s where the ingenuousness stops.The 125 works on display will offer stories of art and of history, to be sure, but also of a radical rethinking of the traditional subject of landscapes, and of artists handing down technique and theory to their students. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 09:40:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_120094956.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_120094956.html Artist Kearine Muizz draws her greatest inspiration from places many people spend their lives trying to avoid — cemeteries.For more than two years, Muizz has wandered through graveyards, searching for the spark that will guide her to complete her most challenging work: nearly two dozen impressionist paintings based on the statues she saw at Paris’ storied Pere-Lachaise cemetery.The project was inspired by the slaying of a close friend. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:07:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_092091219.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_092091219.html Niagara Falls native David Oliver will get an award Wednesday to pursue an original one-man performance of Vincent Van Gogh. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:16:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_072141730.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_072141730.html Paul Hanover wishes he could go back in time. But in lieu of inventing a time machine, Hanover creates his own blast from the past in his paintings. Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:27:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_065152743.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_065152743.html The words “art” and “beer” don’t blend together very often.But they’ve become a winning combination for the Niagara Arts and Cultural Center. Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:22:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_044142402.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_044142402.html Knitting needles, barn animals, a toaster, a blender — all everyday objects.But could they be art? Thu, 31 Jan 2008 10:47:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_030155539.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_030155539.html Mike Miller is one of “those guys” who wants people to view the world in a different way. Unlike the metaphorical way many people mean this, though, Miller lives it. Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:08:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_016160912.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_016160912.html Fans attending Aaron Lewis’ sold-out shows this weekend at the Bear’s Den Showroom know they will hear the Staind lead singer in action.That’s about all they know they’ll get. Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:04:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_016160629.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_016160629.html If “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” were a professional wrestler, it would be the good guy who gets the audience on his side by pumping up local landmarks at each visiting city. Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:55:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_009155626.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_009155626.html Ron Zito spends his days taking care of some 250 nursing home patients, but his off-time thoughts take a decidedly artistic turn.Zito, who serves as executive director of Our Lady of Peace in Lewiston, has dabbled in art since the 1970s. Much like his profession has adapted to great technological changes since then, so too has his hobby. Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:02:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_347150115.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_347150115.html Buffalo State College student Mark Adamusik has to complete an art show as part of his thesis, with that show debuting this weekend at the Market Street Art Center in Lockport. Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:40:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_277144242.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_277144242.html Later this week, a show at Lockport’s Market Street Art Center will display the fruits of an effort harder, in many ways, than some of the toughest criminal cases he ever took on: convincing his three daughters to show their work with him. Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:03:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_263161139.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_263161139.html Many artists have been described as being “prolific.” Some have been reasonably described as following their own muse and creating art to further their own understanding. Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:31:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_256142538.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_256142538.html It’s believed that Scottish men first began judging themselves on feats of running, tossing heavy objects and hoisting sacks with pitchforks more than 900 years ago. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:40:00 +0000 http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_221144241.html http://www.tonawanda-news.com/Art/gnnnightanddayarts_story_221144241.html This weekend brings more sights, more displays, more artists and more of everything people have come to expect from the riverside community.