Come hear local talent, or share a song of your own! With alternating hosts.

Weave with yarn, raw wool roving and even mac cord and experiment with textured and negative space

Bring a song you have written or are working on. Share with others. With the hopes of continuing to build a community of songwriters, Caleb Spaulding and Jon Hasz will host this monthly get-together.

Alan Nowicki, Director of Programming at the National Historic Landmark, Roycroft Campus will give a presentation on the Art’s & Crafts movement and the history of the Roycroft. A panel of local artisans will then talk about their crafts.

We will explore the sacral chakra through a contemplation of its associated color of orange, using color mixing exercises with oil paint, found object assemblage and mixed media.

Swirling border pipes, raging fiddle, thunderous guitar and three rich voices blend to create a sound energetic enough to tear the roof off. Echoes can be heard of trad music from the 1960s and 70s, but the years have slowly infested their music with the sounds of funk, metal, bluegrass, swing, and even klezmer.

Traditional Scottish band Cantrip will give a free performance for families Saturday morning at the Cafe.

Cantrip Jam Session

December 13th | 6:30pm | Art’s Cafe

There will be an open community jam session on Friday, December 13th with Scottish band Cantrip. Any skill level is welcome to bring their voices or instruments and participate in an open jam with the band.

A weekly evening of jazz standards from the 40’s to the present, selections from the Great American Songbook, and a touch of Latin too. With a rotating group of musicians.

Have you ever wondered what your writing would sound like as a song, or look like as a doodle? Then please join us for this special open mic night! As you read, musician Stephen Wilger will “translate” your piece into music and artist Krystal Weston will turn it into a drawing.

You are invited to an Art & Antique Auction to support improvements to our theater. We are also seeking charitable contributions of art and antiques.

This generative class will focus on writing a query letter in preparation for submitting to literary agents or publishers.

Local bluegrass favorites Creek Bend will perform holiday songs at Art’s Cafe.

Calling all folkies! Curated by Ben Collier, Folk Night will focus on folk and traditional music hosted by a constellation of players.

Come hear local talent, or share a song of your own! With alternating hosts.

Fine wares created by local artists and artisans will be on display and available for purchase at Art’s Cafe during the holiday season.

Sarah Sorci of Sweet Flag Herbs will walk you through preparing Gingerbread Sugar Scrub, Herbal Culinary Salts, Spiced Hot Cocoa, and more.

Bring a song you have written or are working on. Share with others. With the hopes of continuing to build a community of songwriters, Caleb Spaulding and Jon Hasz will host this monthly get-together.

This basket is a great first-time project for teens and adults. Using round reed we will learn to form the base and use a continuous weave up the sides adding color and texture as desired.

Construct a pair of traditional authentic Swedish Christmas gnomes, meant to bring good luck and protection during the dark evenings approaching Yule and the Solstice.

A weekly evening of jazz standards from the 40’s to the present, selections from the Great American Songbook, and a touch of Latin too. With a rotating group of musicians.

Based on Sholom Aleichem’s Tevye and his Daughters, Fiddler on the Roof is the beloved story of the small, tradition-steeped town of Anatevka, Russia, where Jews and Russians live in delicate balance. It is a story that captures the essential human longings for love, community, success, freedom, family, and meaning.

Jillian Hanesworth is an EMMY winning spoken word artist, the Poet Laureate Emeritus of Buffalo, New York and a community organizer and activist.

Kids night at the gallery! Introduce the younger generation to the art gallery scene. Feel free to dress up, and enjoy some treats while exploring our current exhibit

Each participant will receive a blank, pre-treated flour sack tea towel to transform into a work of art using the provided plants and food waste.

Kilgour expertly balances her poignant, literate songs with her quick wit, landing somewhere between a comedy special and a funeral.

Calling all folkies! Curated by Ben Collier, Folk Night will focus on folk and traditional music hosted by a constellation of players.

Sienk utilizes cotton fabrics but also incorporates her own hand painted fabrics, she also enjoys working on a variety of designs including landscapes and abstract works.

We are seeking work for our Member Show. This exhibit will showcase artwork from our amazing community of arts supporters.

Create your own marbled paper through the Suminagashi method. Then, assemble your own journal using Japanese Stab Bookbinding.

Students will explore the root chakra by learning how incense is made and grind root, resin and other gifts from the earth to craft their personalized incense.

Create a one-of-a-kin floral piece using an array of pressed flowers and leaves elegantly displayed in a small hanging float frame.

Come hear local talent, or share a song of your own! With alternating hosts.

SPARK! is our Reggio-Emilia-based program for children ages 2 to 5 where our motto is “process over product.” Join us for a free session of art-making mayhem.

chapel by cult mother | cobra patrol | mikee strongman in the clouds | interactive art installations | buff state design | ub media | dreamy photobooth | art bar | light projections | palindrome tree | dj katie bkind | french accordion jazz | grazing tables | cash bar

Bring a song you have written or are working on. Share with others. With the hopes of continuing to build a community of songwriters, Caleb Spaulding and Jon Hasz will host this monthly get-together.

Create a medium size market basket with rounded ends, perfect for farmers markets or holiday shopping.

Learn about female artists throughout history, women as represented in art, the feminist art movement, the divine feminine, and more.

Explore drawing and painting ideas using a series of fun energetic exercises.

FUNDAMENTAL SENSATIONS OF THE EYE | VIEW FINDERS
October 16th – November 23rd | Art’s Cafe Gallery

The NY and CA Chapters of VIEW FINDERS, directed and curated by Bonita Chimes, will be presenting their photographic interpretation of “Fundamental Sensations of the Eye.” Photographs are creatively taken in three basic colors; Red, Yellow or Blue. All photographs have been taken as viewed “through the lens” and have not been digitally manipulated. VIEW FINDERS, established in 1994, has been an on-going adventurous group of amateur and professional photographers throughout WNY and in Northern CA.

Join us at the Art’s Cafe for local favorites Kody & Herren, and Finger Lakes singers/songwriters Brothers Blue.

A weekly evening of jazz standards from the 40’s to the present, selections from the Great American Songbook, and a touch of Latin too. With a rotating group of musicians. 2nd Thursday of each month.

Test your knowledge on all things creepy: local legends, gothic literature, horror movies, and cryptids.

We are pleased to announce that Danielle Cambio of Blue Sky Wellness will be holding Yoga every Sunday morning in the Olmsted Gallery.

Gyotaku is the traditional Japanese method of printing fish, a practice that dates back to the mid-1800’s, used by fishermen to record their catches. We will use latex molds of sea creatures and plants as our printing plates – not real fish!

Calling all folkies! Curated by Ben Collier, Folk Night will focus on folk and traditional music hosted by a constellation of players.

Experiment with expressive line drawing techniques and watercolor washes on bristol board and rice paper for varying effects.

Learn the basics of the cyanotype process: introduction, demonstration, selection of materials, then creating your own prints using a selection of botanicals and transparency photos.

The Board of Directors of Springville Center for the Arts welcomes you to an Open House. See the progress and ongoing work on our theater. Tours and refreshments available.

Come hear local talent, or share a song of your own! With alternating hosts.

Chinese Brush Painting is a dynamic spontaneous colorful style of painting. Using only simple tools, ink, opaque watercolor paint, brush, and paper, you will learn to create captivating artwork.

Meet Devon Goffman as he shares the story of his career as a performer. Depending on the attendees, the program may involve some theater exercises.

Featuring a performance by Redd & The Paper Flowers, vendors, kids activities,
Entry by donation. Cash bar. Bring a lawn chair.

Experience hands-on guidance with several landscape tutorials, and then paint your personal interpretation
of a Chinese Landscape using watercolor.

Sarah Guadagna will give a crash course on artistic movements, from Ancient Greek to Surrealism,
Medieval to Art Deco. This is a great way to brush up on your basic knowledge of art history!

Springville Center for the Arts is seeking work for “Petit Noel,” a combination art show and sale.  Fine wares created by local artists and artisans will be on display and available for purchase at Art’s Cafe during the holiday season.

Join us for a ceremony and burial of the Faces of Springville exhibit.  The entire body of work will be buried in a time capsule at the Springville Center for the Arts with the intention to be opened and exhibited again in the summer of 2049.

A weekly evening of jazz standards from the 40’s to the present, selections from the Great American Songbook, and a touch of Latin too. With a rotating group of musicians.

Stephen G Eoannou will speak about his book “Yesteryear” and its connection to both Buffalo and Arcade. After his presentation, attendees are welcome to share with or observe a critique group, or to write in silence.

FOLK NIGHT

1st Thursdays | 6:30pm | Free | Art’s Cafe

Calling all folkies. Curated by Ben Collier, Folk Night will focus on folk and traditional music hosted by a constellation of players.

“The Village” is an eclectic mix of style and medium, stringing together a story of the dwellings and residents that reside within a melancholy rural setting, full of spirits and longing. Join us for a reception on 9/26 at Art’s Cafe.

Join us for a reception on Friday the 13th. Meet the artists, enjoy refreshments, and tour the gallery and theater spaces. There will also be a ceremony and burial of the Faces of Springville time capsule.

SCA will be closed until September 4th. Staff will be in and out of the office and will be checking messages.
We will reopen the gallery with “Between the Natural & Supernatural.”

This trivia night for bookworms and jocks alike will focus on four rounds of trivia: two literary and two sports. The night will be hosted by Brayton J Wilson who has worked nearly 10 years in Western New York radio

Capture a floral composition using cyanotype, a manual photographic printing process used to create print patterns. Work with pressed flowers and a variety of other organic materials to create botanical-based compositions at the Olmsted Camp.

Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and Lady Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.

Fiddler on the Roof auditions will take place August 5th-6th at Art’s Cafe.

In this process-oriented camp, kids will explore the building blocks of musical theater and participate in fun activities resulting in a full theater production on the SCA main stage.

Interested in creating art around the Village of Springville? Come along and help paint murals, meet the Public Art Corps, and learn about the process behind art installation.

Love lights, sound, paint, costumes? Join the tech crew for any production.

Experience hands-on guidance with several fun and informative mountain and tree landscape tutorials, and then paint your personal interpretation of a Chinese Landscape using water-soluble Chinese Ink and Watercolor on Rice Paper.

Do you want to learn how to think quickly on your feet? Do you want to learn some basic comedy skills? Sessions include theater games, improv exercises and a lot of laughs.

Kids bring the imagination and energy. Adults facilitate the use of tools and design. Kids learn basic tool techniques and use pallets and junk to build a fort city or castle of their own design on the SCA lawn.

Give a gift to support the work of Springville Center for the Arts, and commemorate your support by naming a theater seat. Starting at $1,000 you can name a seat in the Carol Mongerson Theater.

Where kids step into the role of playwright! Young thespians will create short scenes or plays straight from their very own imagination. After forming scripts, kids will work together to perform what they have created in a week’s time.

Where kids step into the role of playwright! Young thespians will create short scenes or plays straight from their very own imagination. After forming scripts, kids will work together to perform what they have created in a week’s time.

Using an animation technique called “Stop Motion” students will create their own short videos.

Explore the basics of weaving with a simple frame loom outdoors, draw inspiration from the natural world, and connect with the meditative qualities of nature at the Olmsted Camp.

Join instructor Danielle Cambio of Blue Sky Wellness for a peaceful yoga class in the Olmsted Gallery.

Trek on out to the historic Springville Depot for an evening of Shakespeare, kids activities, music and more. We will begin with a celebration of new sculptures installed on the Rail Trail Sculpture Alley.  Shake on the Lake will be performing Henry V

Create something useful and beautiful, all while learning the basics of embroidery for a one-of-a-kind, environmentally friendly canvas bag for summer markets.

A grab bag of arts activities – drawing, painting, sculpture…whatever you can think of. Each day has different featured activities and guest artists.

This creativity program for ages 2 through 5 includes painting, dance, theatrical storytelling, story making, acting out scenes, and general art-making mayhem.

Using expressive ink lines and colorful watercolor, paint a summery pond scene with your choice of emerging insects, birds, frogs and colorful flowers on rice paper.

Max Borsuk, Editor in Chief of The Springville Journal and The Herald Courier, will give a presentation on his roles as a journalist and the importance of local newspapers and archives. After the presentation, writers are welcome to write in silence, or to break up into critique groups.

In this process-oriented camp, kids will explore the building blocks of musical theater and participate in fun activities resulting in a full theater production on the SCA main stage.

A grab bag of arts activities – drawing, painting, sculpture…whatever you can think of. Each day has different featured activities and guest artists.

Use organic, foraged materials like grapevine to weave a basket or natural form at the Olmsted Camp.

GATHER AT THE GULLY
June 29th | 6-10pm | Free | The Gully

A summer pop-up arts event located at The Gully, behind the Mullet at 49 East Main Street, Springville. Featuring a bluegrass performance by The Cody Sisters, vendors, kids activities, and outdoor cinema. Entry by donation. Cash bar. Bring a lawn chair.

At a Silent Book Club there’s no assigned reading or discussion guides, but we do like to share book recommendations and meet other book-loving people. Bring a book and settle in for an hour or two of quiet reading with fellow book lovers. Last Wednesday of each month.

Come join our local community of crocheters! Meet other fiber artists, work on your projects, find new patterns to begin, or learn to crochet for the first time. 2nd & 4th Wednesdays.

Join instructor Danielle Cambio of Blue Sky Wellness for a peaceful yoga class in the Olmsted Gallery.

Join us in singing simple folk songs, mantras, and rounds. Stimulate relaxation, activate the vagus nerve, and connect with yourself and your community.

The White Liars depicts a fateful encounter between a down-and-out fortune teller, a rock musician, and his agent. The agent bribes Baroness Lemberg to fake some hocus-pocus over a crystal ball, ostensibly to discourage the musician from pursuing his girlfriend. The trickery entangles each of them in a dense web of mendacity.

Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and Lady Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.

The evening will focus on their work as professors, researchers, and nonfiction writers.

Bring your drum and join in. Drum Circle meets every Monday.

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Faces of Springville is a community portrait art project featuring local residents; it is described by the artist Max Collins as, “A love letter celebrating the people of Springville.”

Participants will choose their unique view to paint en plein air and receive guidance on simplifying the landscape, value structure, composition, and focal point.

Create wheatpasted items to be installed on the Art Crawl grounds as temporary installation art.

Tony is an evocative and soulful singer, a wide-ranging songwriter and a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist adept on banjo, cello-banjo, slide guitar and baritone ukulele

Join us for a series of talks hosted by staff artist Max Collins focused on spotlighting an assortment of artists from all disciplines.

Craft metal garden bed trellises. Generate one for the rooftop garden and one to take home using MIG welding and metal rolling.

Low Lily returns to Springville to perform songs that they wrote during their 2022 SCA Residency.

A weekly evening of jazz standards from the 40’s to the present, selections from the Great American Songbook, and a touch of Latin too.

Students will learn basics of mixing colors, how colors work together, and will use the paint mixed to paint stones
that will be laid in the Main Street alleyway for Art Crawl.

Have you ever wondered what your poem would sound like as a song, or look like as a doodle? Come find out!

Singer-songwriter Pat Byrne, with his gritty vocals and poignant lyrical style, has an edgy feel underscoring both emotional depth and greater confidence, while blending new influences with his rich Irish heritage.

Create wheatpasted items to be installed on the Art Crawl grounds as temporary installation art.

Calling all folkies! Folk Night will focus on folk and traditional music hosted by a constellation of players.

Create a series of plaster heads which will be used as installation art for Art Crawl.

Join us for a series of talks hosted by staff artist Max Collins focused on spotlighting an assortment of artists from all disciplines.

Kelly Ann Campbell and Friends as they share their interpretations of show tunes. Parking for Theater Divas only.

In this class, Holistic Herbalist Sarah Sorci will share research-based info and traditional knowledge about how the culinary herbs in our cabinets and gardens can support our health.

Paint an expressive animal with water-soluble Chinese ink and watercolor on rice paper

Come hear local talent, or share a song of your own!

Learn about and sample various herbs, then create your own unique tea blend

Join instructor Danielle Cambio of Blue Sky Wellness for a series of peaceful yoga classes in the Olmsted Gallery

Learn the history of Bonsai, several popular styles of trees, and how to turn a hand selected nursery plant into a bonsai tree of your own.

Are your high-schoolers always bored or stuck on their phones? Drop them off at Art’s Cafe to hangout, meet friends, and make art. Music, snacks, activities, prizes, and more.

Join us for a series of talks hosted by staff artist Max Collins focused on spotlighting an assortment of artists from all disciplines.

This showcase will feature singer-songwriters from WNY and beyond: Spencer LaJoye, Ian McCuen, and Jade Giambrone.

A weekly evening of jazz standards from the 40’s to the present, selections from the Great American Songbook, and a touch of Latin too.

In this class, we will mix colors using specialized paints and learn how to work with the flow of water to create one of a kind abstract patterns

Come hear a presentation by the author and photographer of 111 Places in Buffalo that you Must Not Miss at Art’s Café, one of the featured locations in the book.

Monsterity is a collection of woodcut relief prints that focus on the creation of monsters. Sudi’s work explores topics such as fears of the unknown, creation of good and evil, celebration of the many forms of life, ancestry, and imagination.

Solar Eclipse Blackout Block Party
April 8th | 2-5pm | Mechanic | FREE

Live Music
Kid’s Activity Tents
Eclipse Merch & Glasses
Food Trucks including Jake and the Fatman BBQ
Bring your own lawn chairs and hang out!

Join instructor Danielle Cambio of Blue Sky Wellness for a series of peaceful yoga classes in the Olmsted Gallery

Commentary of social issues, a focus on the importance of family, and seeking out the highest human aspirations, delivered with tender care and precision

Join us on the Green Roof for the Vernal Equinox! Tour the garden, share your gardening tips with others, learn about upcoming workshops, and sign up for volunteer opportunities.

Calling all folkies! Folk Night will focus on folk and traditional music hosted by a constellation of players.

Join us for a series of talks hosted by staff artist Max Collins focused on spotlighting an assortment of artists from all disciplines.

In this workshop, creativity meets sustainability in the most beautiful way! Each participant will receive a blank, pretreated flour sack tea towel to transform into a work of art using the provided plants and food waste.

Come hear local talent, or share a song of your own!

Marry form and function by making a lovely rope bowl using basic warp and weft and twining techniques

Get practical tips for getting started in recording voiceover from an industry professional

Join us for a series of talks hosted by staff artist Max Collins focused on spotlighting an assortment of artists from all disciplines.

This show includes work from Orffeo’s Death, Image of Man, and Bone Series – described by him as commentaries on what was happening in the world politically and social protests against war.

Join instructor Danielle Cambio of Blue Sky Wellness for a series of peaceful yoga classes in the Olmsted Gallery

The Human Dream Project is an irreverent, moving multimedia performance project that collects recordings of people candidly describing their dreams and illustrates these recordings onstage with vivid puppetry performance and live music.

Kody & Herren perform a special set of Irish/Celtic inspired tunes for St. Patrick’s Day

A weekly evening of jazz standards from the 40’s to the present, selections from the Great American Songbook, and a touch of Latin too.

Participants will experiment with a variety of mediums to create their own art cloths.

Join us for an evening celebrating the language and literature of the Buffalo Irish.

Learn all the techniques involved in stained glass to make a small panel

Calling all folkies! Folk Night will focus on folk and traditional music hosted by a constellation of players.

Join us for a series of talks hosted by staff artist Max Collins focused on spotlighting an assortment of artists from all disciplines.

Join instructor Danielle Cambio of Blue Sky Wellness for a series of peaceful yoga classes in the Olmsted Gallery

Draw and paint a tree scene with emerging insects and colorful mosses using water-soluble graphite, water-soluble pastel, and Ink linework for your expressive interpretation of the feeling of spring

WNY IMPROV will perform short form comedy improv similar to “Who’s Line is it Anyway.” The show will be made up on the spot from audience suggestions and audience interactions.

Transform soft wool into a bowl or vase through the technique of wet felting

Come hear local talent, or share a song of your own!

Join us for a series of talks hosted by staff artist Max Collins focused on spotlighting an assortment of artists from all disciplines.

MJ Myers’s work often illustrates both romantic visions of life as well as the raw underbelly of human experience

This drop-off program for kids Kindergarten though 8th will offer a variety of arts activities.

Valentine’s? More like Galentine’s! Grab a friend and celebrate with a morning of yoga, chatting with new friends, exploring the gallery, breakfast charcuterie, and beverages.

Transform fluffy wool into a charming mushroom through the process of needle felting.

This exhibition gives you, the community, an insight into the process of designing public art and welcomes you to participate.

A weekly evening of jazz standards from the 40’s to the present, selections from the Great American Songbook, and a touch of Latin too.

Join us for a series of talks hosted by staff artist Max Collins focused on spotlighting an assortment of artists from all disciplines.

Be inspired by the art-filled Art’s
Café and write silently for two hours, or participate in our
optional self-publishing info session led by Isaiah Rashad.

Join instructor Danielle Cambio of Blue Sky Wellness for a series of peaceful yoga classes in the Olmsted Gallery

Learn weaving basics and get a taste for modern fiber art.

Calling all folkies! Folk Night will focus on folk and traditional music hosted by a constellation of players.

Learn watercolor and alcohol ink techniques while creating your personal winter wonderland, and use alcohol for snow to displace the watercolor

Learn to identify or cultivate immune-supporting plants, and how to safely and effectively use them for a healthy winter season. Participants will prepare a batch of elderberry syrup.

Come hear local talent, or share a song of your own!

Join instructor Danielle Cambio of Blue Sky Wellness for a series of peaceful yoga classes in the Olmsted Gallery

A weekly evening of jazz standards from the 40’s to the present, selections from the Great American Songbook, and a touch of Latin too.

This exhibit will showcase a variety of fiber arts created by local and regional artists. Reception 1/26

Calling all folkies! Folk Night will focus on folk and traditional music hosted by a constellation of players.

Jeffers’ oil paintings consist of bright colors, shooting and curling lines, and lack of definite figures.