Update: November 2019

In this edition, read messages from the current BSA president (William Altreuter) and the outgoing president (Frani Evedon), plus member Kudos, artist opportunities, news about the new website, and more.

March 2019 Newsletter

July 2020 Update

September 2010 BSA Newsletter (PDF) This being my last President’s message, I want extend my thanks to all of the Board members and volunteers I worked with to meet the incredible challenges and changes that we faced the past few years—not only the website-development, but also a reorganization of the BSA into five major components: Exhibitions, Artpark, Membership, Programming, and Communications–the stark reality being we simply could not operate any longer in the simpler, 20th century mode if we hoped to survive and flourish. The past few years we have shown ourselves to be nothing if not adaptive. Organizations that get complacent die. Over my two terms, we reined in our budget, identifying problem areas and working out cost-cutting solutions; raised thousands of dollars through…

As I finished helping install the BSA Spring Exhibition at Artspace, I took a moment to look over the work and was once again struck by the quality, variety and creativity of what our members had made. The Buffalo Society of Artists was born 128 years ago in a response to the assertion that “There is no art in Buffalo!” Today, there is indeed “art in Buffalo,” as we have a vibrant, diverse and energetic art community as well as a wide range of art groups, organizations, galleries and museums. Indeed, the local art landscape and its role in our community continue to morph and grow. We have affirmed in our new mission statement that we “embrace visual exploration as critical to the voice of…

Since first joining the BSA five years ago and then coming onto the Board of Directors over three years ago, I have had the pleasure of serving an artistically diverse and historic organization as it has grown and adapted itself to remain vibrant and relevant while still embracing its great history. It has been this balancing between complementing values which has always seemed to me to be the greatest strength of our group; our capacity to respect and promote all of our styles and approaches to art making while also providing the means to display and integrate our knowledge and talents with our desire to work within a larger, contemporary art community. To this end, we will be continuing our efforts to collaborate with other…