TOWN MEETING ON THE VISUAL ARTS

Hallwalls is concerned by the perception locally that in the outward reach and national scope of its visual arts exhibitions, there has been insufficient attention paid to the needs of Western New York visual artists. From the beginning, Hallwalls has had as one of its chief objectives the importation of new work and new ideas in the visual arts from New York City, the rest of the country, and the world. We still believe that this direct access to work happening in the larger art world should be looked at as a valuable resource to area artists, one that would not be provided by a strictly local or regional exhibition space. We recognize, however, that in perhaps falling short in our equally important commitment to cultivating the work of local artists and, insofar as we are able, exporting that work to communities outside Buffalo, we are only doing half the job we're here to do. It seems that some artists, disaffected by the apparent lack of emphasis on exhibiting local work, have lost interest in the work we do show. which results in a loss on our part of support from the visual arts community, and a loss on the part of these artists (including fine arts faculties & their students) in the opportunities for outside perspectives offered by our exhibitions. Hallwalls Executive Director Ed Cardoni, Interim Exhibitions Curator Sara Kellner, Board member and painter Bruce Adams, and members of the Artist Advisory Board invite all artists, art professors, students, and other members of the visual arts community to a Town Meeting to discuss how Hallwalls might better serve your needs in the future.

Some publications related to this event:
September, October, November and December, 1991. - 1991