Opening Reception: Northward, Knowing Land, and Shaping Nature Exhibitions

Opening Reception: Northward, Knowing Land, and Shaping Nature Exhibitions


  • Location Castellani Art Museum

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Celebrate three CAM summer exhibitions that depict imagery or use materials from the Niagara landscape and showcase the intimate relationship between art and nature.

Northward: Niagara River Views: featuring historical views of the northward flowing Niagara River and the settlements on its bank through incredible paintings and prints

Knowing Land: a mixed media exhibition that explores the relationship between people and the environment, specifically how Haudenosaunee cultural knowledge of the Niagara Falls and Lower Niagara River is preserved and expressed

Shaping Nature: a Niagara University student-curated exhibition that explores the relationship between function, nature, and artistry in the work of Buffalo-based potter, Junko McGee

Light refreshments will be served on our beautiful portico. Cash bar. RSVP required.

Members and Niagara University Reception Schedule:
4:30 p.m. | Doors Open
4:45 p.m. | Special Tour and Talk with Registrar and Northward Curator Mary Helen Miskuly
5:30 p.m. | CAM Members and NU Reception Concludes

RSVP for the Member and NU Reception

Please note NU campus affiliates and members are invited to stay for the Public Reception.

Public Reception Schedule:
5:30 p.m. | Doors Open
5:45 p.m. | Remarks
6 p.m. | Knowing Land Tour with Folk Arts Curator Edward Millar
6:30 p.m. | Northward Tour with Registrar and Northward Curator Mary Helen Miskuly
7:30 p.m. | Public Reception Concludes
Ongoing | Art History with Museum Studies student interpreters in Shaping Nature

RSVP for the Public Reception

These exhibitions are made possible through the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.