Current Resident Artists
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Jill Thomas
With work ranging from elaborate landscapes to explorations of natural forms, the common thread in my art is the fabric from which it’s made – literally thousands of pieces of it. Using a unique fused fabric method for creating my work, I explore multiple perspectives, where intricate details and layered…
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Amy Capalbo
Description My work is a meditation on femininity, womanhood, and the beauty found in growth. Drawing inspiration from the ocean, I explore its connection to the feminine; its beauty, its mystery, its depth, its danger, and its power to give and take life. The ocean is more than a place, it is a presence…
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Shanel Kerekes
My work explores the quiet, elusive terrain of memory and nostalgia — the way time reshapes truth, and how the past continues to echo through the present. I am drawn to the moments that slip between clarity and distortion: a half-remembered face, the feel of sunlight through an old window…
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James "YAMES" Moffitt
James Moffitt, aka YAMES, is a Buffalo native and co-founder of Pine Apple Company, an artist collective and gallery/gift shop located in Buffalo’s Allentown neighborhood. Art has been a passion of YAMES’ since a young age, leading him to study at the Buffalo Academy for Visual and Performing…
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Sarah Jane Barry
I’ve been working with alcohol ink and watercolors but I like to experiment and branch out. My art is inspired by dreams, the natural world, mythology and folklore.
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Quincy Koczka
My focus as an artist is to create pieces that translate my own personality, thoughts, and feelings into 3 dimensional objects and spaces. I was trained in architectural design, but the need to make things with my own hands brought me into the field of woodworking. I use tools often designated for millwork…
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Westley Olmsted
I am a ceramic artistic, working with a low fire, red clay body. I draw inspiration from architecture throughout history, artifacts, and recognizable organic forms, trying to hone in on themes particular to my ethnic and cultural background.. I aim to communicate the sensitive struggles of the global south and offer…