January 2023 Newsletter

Newsletter January 2022

Despite the mind numbing and cocoon inducing cold of this grueling winter, our volunteer committees and Board of Directors have, not surprisingly, been working tirelessly counter to any expectations of seasonal inertia (doubtless in an effort to stay warm!) In addition to the impressive amount and quality of independent shows from our membership, and following the end of last year’s meeting between the Boards of Directors and Trustees to discuss fundraising strategically, we have seen the very successful drop off and jurying of work for consideration for our upcoming Spring Show to be held at Buffalo Arts Studio, deftly managed by Vice President of Exhibitions, Mark Lavatelli and his Exhibition Committee (a special thank you to BAS Artistic Director Cori Wolff for opening up that…

I begin this message with sad news: we recently lost two longtime BSA members: Kaaren Metcalf and Eddie Bisone. Kaaren Metcal: known for her tender and very well-executed portraits, largely of her family, succumbed to complications of chemotherapy. She was ever dedicating herself to the betterment of her talents, and in one particular George Palmer workshop, she did an absolutely superb pastel portrait of my wife, Donna, which she graciously sent to us several months later. I was delighted to award her a Best of Show in the most recent Williamsville Art Society exhibition, a work clearly worth the recognition. Eddie Bisone: for those of us who knew him from when he hung out at Art Dialogue, greeting people, what more needs be said? This…

Read the December 2019 Newsletter here.

October 2009 BSA Newsletter (PDF) First, our heartfelt congratulations to all the award winners and accepted artists in the Annual Catalogue Exhibition at the Kenan Center, which will run from October 18 to November 15. I need first to thank the fine work done by Chairperson Beth Pedersen and the Exhibition Committee for making this run smoothly. The catalogue, published by Patti Harris’s daughter, Erin, promises to be something special. Every member who attends the exhibit will be entitled to a copy. Well, our long-awaited web site is here, and as far as web sites go, it’s a Porsche. I invite our members to test drive it, if you haven’t already. It’s got all the news from the beehive of activity that has become the…

The Buffalo Society of Artists is a work in progress. It exists as one of the nation’s oldest arts organizations. The vision of its founders was preserved by capable and conscientious stewards who in turn left it stable and financially healthy, even through the Great Depression. Where many other groups and galleries came and shined a few moments before fading into the amnesiac ether of history, the BSA has been stable and adaptive. When the question is posed: “Are we relevant?” my answer is that resiliency and tenacity must count for something. We have weathered many storms. Transitions are tough. There’s always a period of adjustment as new and old board members and new officers get used to working with each other. When the stalwarts…