2008 Black & White Show
Downstairs Gallery
February 2 through March 2, 2008
Reception was Saturday Feb. 2 with
Wine tasting hosted by Vizcarra Vineyards

"Constitution Rigging" by Jamie Weil

Amanda Tomasikiewicz, with her entry into the Black and White Show, "Odonata."

The Market Street Art Center kicked off its 2008 season with the Black and White. "Our last Black and White show was very popular with both the artists and the public," says Sally Bisher, Director of the Art Center. "It sounds restrictive, limiting the artist to only black, white, and shades of grey, but it challenges the artist to express his thoughts or ideas without the use of the color, something we take for granted to provide a range of emotional texture.

As an observer of the work, we are also challenged. Rhythm and movement take on greater meaning as we are forced to perceive without the benefit of the color that normally enhances our everyday perceptions. We must participate in the work by providing an emotional color of our own.”

The judge is Norine Spurling. Norine is an active member, and past President of the Buffalo Society of Artists. She is also a member of Hallwalls, the Western New York Artists Group and the Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society. Her work, which has won numerous awards, has been exhibited around the world including Melbourne, Australia and Hamilton Bermuda. Locally she has exhibited at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and the Burchfield-Penny Art Center.

Artist Paul Martin in front of his first place winner, "Rene' at UB."