Please join us for the international exhibition Librartis: 100 Artist Books You Can Touch, curated by Italian artist Fabio Mazzieri, September 9–22 in the Czurles-Nelson Gallery in Upton Hall. The exhibition features books by international artists displaying numerous concepts and methods, all designed to celebrate the book as a physical object. All books in the exhibition are touchable to enhance the visitor’s experience.

A free hands-on workshop with the Western New York Book Arts Center will take place on Thursday, September 15, from noon to 1:30 p.m. outside the gallery; a reception will be held later, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., with a hands-on project from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Sponsored by the Dr. Margaret E. Bacon Visiting Visual Artists Series Fund.

The Career Development Center will host over 65 schools and programs at its annual Graduate School Fair on Thursday, October 20, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Campbell Student Union Social Hall. All students, freshmen through seniors, and alumni are encouraged to attend this free event. This is a great way to learn more about a variety of programs and the admission process, and make face-to-face connections with recruiters.

For more information and a list of attending schools, please contact the Career Development Center or e-mail Jessie Lombardo, associate director of the CDC.

Alumni from Buffalo State’s Music Department will perform during Homecoming week on Tuesday, September 20, at 7:30 p.m. in the Louis P. Ciminelli Recital Hall, with a post-concert reception to follow in the lobby.

Confirmed performers:

• Aurora Boneberg, '08 – soprano
• Kim (Carmina) Harrison, '11 – voice
• Stephen McLean, '13 – trumpet
• Ellen Pieroni, '16 – voice
• James Piorkowski, '78 – guitar
• Colin Sperrazza, '15 – percussion

The event is free and open to the public. Reception includes light hors d'oeuvres, soft drinks, and wine. RSVP by Monday, September 19.

Students, are you interested in starting your own business? Do you currently run a business? Please join us at the Buffalo State Student INC.ubator. The INC.ubator provides a collaborative and professional work environment for student entrepreneurs to gain invaluable skills, knowledge, experience, and networking opportunities.

Student INC.ubator meetings will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. and Fridays at 3:00 p.m. in Bishop Hall 107. Students are welcome and encouraged to attend all three weekly meet-up sessions. We look forward to seeing you!

For more information, please contact Dwight Jackson, INC.ubator manager, 878-4030.

Students, are you interested in starting your own business? Do you currently run a business? Please join us at the Buffalo State Student INC.ubator. The INC.ubator provides a collaborative and professional work environment for student entrepreneurs to gain invaluable skills, knowledge, experience, and networking opportunities.

Student INC.ubator meetings will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. and Fridays at 3:00 p.m. in Bishop Hall 107. Students are welcome and encouraged to attend all three weekly meet-up sessions. We look forward to seeing you!

For more information, please contact Dwight Jackson, INC.ubator manager, 878-4030.

Students, are you interested in starting your own business? Do you currently run a business? Please join us at the Buffalo State Student INC.ubator. The INC.ubator provides a collaborative and professional work environment for student entrepreneurs to gain invaluable skills, knowledge, experience, and networking opportunities.

Student INC.ubator meetings will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. and Fridays at 3:00 p.m. in Bishop Hall 107. Students are welcome and encouraged to attend all three weekly meet-up sessions. We look forward to seeing you!

For more information, please contact Dwight Jackson, INC.ubator manager, 878-4030.

The Burchfield Penney Art Center will host the workshop "Bread and Water: Watercolor Painting at BreadHive" on Saturday, November 5, from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. at BreadHive, 402 Connecticut Street in Buffalo.

On a fall Saturday afternoon, participants will sample fresh bread from BreadHive’s new location and watercolor still lifes made from the daily loaves. Bring not only your watercolor supplies but also a frame that will fit your new painting. Several watercolors will be installed at BreadHive. BreadHive's mission is "Good bread, good work."

Bring watercolor supplies: paint, water container, paper towels, paper, brushes, and a frame to fit your new watercolor painting. Limited to 12 participants.

This event is part of the International Center for Watercolor. The cost is $35 for Burchfield Penney members and Buffalo State faculty, staff, and students; and $45 for not-yet members.

To register, please contact Kathy Gaye Shiroki, curator of museum learning and community engagement, 878-3549.

The Burchfield Penney Art Center will host the workshop "Deconstruct to Construct: Experimenting with Transforming Paper" with Jozef Bajus, associate professor of design, on Saturday, October 29, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Jozef Bajus takes discarded materials and creates beauty from them. The workshop will use participants' unwanted watercolors, the ones that don’t resonate with them anymore. The recycled watercolor paintings will be cut, torn, folded, woven, layered, and transformed into a new work of art. "Deconstruct to Construct" is open to any level participant, from beginner to professional artist. 

Mr. Bajus is the coordinator of the fiber design program at Buffalo State. He received his M.F.A. from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, Slovakia. Over the past 10 years, he has taught numerous fiber and mixed media workshops at various schools of art and craft in the United States: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School of Crafts, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, and the Split Rock Arts Program. He was a visiting scholar at Kanazawa College of Art in Japan and was invited to teach fiber classes at Jiaxing University in China. In 2013 and 2014, he held a major solo exhibition, Long Distance Calls, at two galleries in Slovakia, as well as the solo exhibition Lendfield at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Buffalo in 2014. Mr. Bajus received the Langley H. Kenzie Award in 2016 and earned a solo exhibition at Burchfield Penney Art Center.

This event is part of the International Center for Watercolor Artist Inspiration Series. The cost is $36 for Burchfield Penney members and Buffalo State faculty, staff, and students; and $46 for not-yet members. For more information, including a supply list, please visit the Burchfield Penney website or contact Kathy Gaye Shiroki, curator of museum learning and community engagement, 878-3549.

The Burchfield Penney Art Center will host an evening workshop, "Painting Uncorked at the Center," with instructors Jody Ziehm and Beverly DiPalma on Thursday, October 27, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Set in a casual atmosphere, "Painting Uncorked" is a fun painting experience with step-by-step instruction. Participants will create their own watercolor; no experience is necessary. Artists Jody Ziehm and Beverly DiPalma offer a friendly approach to their instruction. Participants will be inspired by Charles E. Burchfield. Come alone or with a group of friends or family. All materials are provided: paint, brushes, paper, and aprons. Wine and hors d'oeuvres are included. Participants will leave with their own original 16 x 20 inch painting, matted and ready to frame.

Part of the International Center for Watercolor. The cost is $55 for Burchfield Penney members and Buffalo State faculty, staff, and students; and $65 for not-yet members. To register, please contact Kathy Gaye Shiroki, curator of museum learning and community engagement, 878-3549. More information is available on the Burchfield Penney Art Center website.

The Burchfield Penney Art Center will host the workshop "Investigating the Impact of Machines on Natural Landscapes" with photographer Viktoria Ciostek, on Saturday, October 15, from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Participants will engage with Ms. Ciostek in discussing the impact of man and machines on natural landscapes. Following a brief presentation of her photography and its relationship to Charles Burchfield's work, participants will partake in a hands-on watercolor project involving the Burchfield Penney Art Center’s current exhibition Blistering Vision: Charles E. Burchfield’s Sublime American Landscape.

"Incongruous manmade objects in natural environments are subjects I use as windows to view larger industrial systems at play," Ms. Ciostek said. "It is my intention to raise awareness toward our industrial practices, the natural habitats they alter, and the need for responsible human stewardship over the resources and land we depend upon."

This workshop is part of the International Center for Watercolor Artist Inspiration Series. The cost of the workshop is $36 for members and Buffalo State faculty, staff, and students; $46 for not-yet members. For more information, please visit the Burchfield Penney website or contact Kathy Gaye Shiroki, curator of museum learning and community engagement, 878-3549.