BSA seeks submissions for City of Night Silos

Bring yourself up to date as your Officers and Board of Directors report on all areas of BSA involvement. This is a time to ask questions, voice comments and renew acquaintances. As a special treat, you will be given the very first viewing of an unedited portion of one of BSA’s interviews with a WNY artist. As you all know, this is the Video Archive Project that BSA created in collaboration with the Burchfield Penney Art Center. It is now in full swing and we would like to give you a glimpse of the direction we are moving.

BSA member Gerald Mead: Collector, Educator, Promoter, Artist was featured in Forever Young, Aug. 1, 2012. See Forever Young WNY for more information.

Changing technology, local economics, members’ expectations and an expanding art community in Western New York have all had some impact on how the BSA does business today and how it will continue to do business in the coming years. In order to address these issues directly and with wisdom, the Board voted in June to retain the services of Ted Pietrzak, the former Director of the Burchfield Penney Art Center (BPAC) who is now working in his own consulting firm that “serves the communication, development, governance and management needs of not-for-profit organizations.” Ted was chosen because of his knowledge and long-time support for BSA as well as for his solid reputation in and connection to the local arts community. He conducted an across-the-board analysis of…