Bit by Bit: Integrating Artists, Ideas, and Access

University at Buffalo Art Galleries

A day of talks, tours &amp; connection exploring progressive art studios and how care, access &amp; creativity shape art + education.

Center for the Arts - University at Buffalo

<p>Join us for a day of conversation, connection, and creativity. This symposium brings together artists, curators, educators, and students to reflect on the role of progressive art studios in Buffalo and beyond. We’ll explore how their values—care, access, and artist-centered practice—can inform classrooms, cultural organizations, and creative communities.</p><p>Participants are welcome to register for the full day or drop in for the sessions that fit their schedule.</p>

Agenda

340 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY 14202
Experience Buffalo’s leading progressive art studio firsthand. Meet artists in their creative environment and gain insight into the energy, community, and commitment that sustain this unique space.


Tour: Starlight Studio & Art Gallery

Register to join us for lunch and connect with fellow symposium participants.

Lunch at UB CFA Gallery

Progressive art studios support artists with disabilities through long-term access to space, materials, and individualized support—centering creative autonomy over prescriptive outcomes. This panel considers what other art spaces, educators, and artists can learn from the model, and how its values of sustained relationships, radical care, and artist-centered structures can be integrated into the wider arts ecosystem.
Panelists:
Carrie Marcotte, Program Director, Starlight Studio & Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Anthony Marcellini, Founder & Program Manager, PASC, Detroit, MI
Jill Scheibler, Operations & Program Director, Make Studio, Baltimore, MD
 Moderator: Emily Ebba Reynolds


Panel: Learning from the Progressive Studio

How can Buffalo’s art community better integrate artists with disabilities into exhibitions, programs, and networks? This roundtable brings together artists, curators, and progressive studio staff to share opportunities, challenges, and strategies for building a more inclusive, connected, and equitable local art scene.
Panelists:
Ani Hoover, Teaching Artist, Fiber Focus at Stitch Buffalo WOW; artist
Brian Kavanaugh, Founder of Creativity-Ability
Kyle Butler, Curator & Teaching Artist at Starlight; artist
Larell Potter, Artist
 Moderator: Cléa Massiani


Roundtable: Integrating Artists with Disabilities into Buffalo’s Art Scene

Join curators for a guided walkthrough of the exhibition, highlighting the practices of six Starlight artists and the collaborative process behind the show.


Tour: Bits by Bits: Six Artists from Buffalo’s Progressive Studio

Wrap up the day with UB’s annual campus-wide celebration of creativity. Explore open studios, exhibitions, live performances, and works in progress across the arts.
Presented by the Center for the Arts in collaboration with UB Art Galleries, Arts Management, Art, Media Study, Music, and Theatre and Dance.
