Artist-run Spaces and Other Galleries
Art Dialogue Gallery/Western New York Artists' Group
This accessible and longstanding gallery has long been a great place to catch recent work by many Buffalo Niagara artists. There are usually at least twelve group or two/three-person shows per year at this elegant, but friendly art venue.
Bonus: if you need something professionally and creatively framed, check out the gallery's basement framing shop; it's one of the best in town.
1 Linwood Avenue, Buffalo
716-885-2251
Benjaman's Art Gallery
A colorful fixture on Elmwood Avenue for decades, Benjamin's offers an interesting variety of original paintings and prints. Local and internationally-known artists are featured.
419 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo
886-0898
Big Orbit Gallery
 For a small gallery located on a quiet West Side street, Big Orbit hosts some very ambitious exhibitions and special projects. In recent years, a local sculptor built a house in the space; another time, an architect built a giant construction out of thousands of wooden pallets. With a solid mission of helping Buffalo Niagara artists present important projects, Big Orbit is one of Buffalo's most interesting spaces.
Big Orbit also runs an exciting experimental music venue, Soundlab, at 110 Pearl Street in downtown Buffalo.
30D Essex Street, Buffalo
716-883-3209
www.bigorbitgallery.org
Brian Art Gallery
Another great place in the Elmwood shopping district for framed prints and small works by area artists and others.
717 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo,
883-7599
Buffalo Arts Studio
 In a classic reuse of a former industrial building, Buffalo Arts Studio provides studio spaces for over thirty-five artists as well as exhibition galleries and printmaking and ceramic studios. It is a great spot to meet local artists as well as to view and buy art. The handsomely-proportioned spaces even include a shop and a place to lounge.
Don't leave without visiting the ceramic studios, to see Buffalo's best potters at work.
TriMain Center
2495 Main Street, Buffalo
716-833-4450
www.buffaloartsstudio.org
Carnegie Art Center
This former Andrew Carnegie library is exploding with arts activities, from exhibitions to dance classes to writing workshops. Recently, the Carnegie has become renowned for specializing in experimental media exhibitions of artists from Buffalo Niagara and beyond. The facade may be nineteenth century, but the programming is up-to-the-minute.
After stopping in, check out the nearby Herschell Carrousel Museum, also in North Tonawanda.
240 Goundry Street, North Tonawanda
716-694-4400
www.carnegieartcenter.org
CEPA Gallery
 An internationally-known center for cutting-edge photographic art, CEPA Gallery holds several ambitious exhibitions a year, as well as regular workshops in photography and digital technologies. Located in the historic Market Arcade building, CEPA utilizes three unique spaces for its thought-provoking installations.
Every other year, CEPA holds a much-anticipated spring auction of contemporary photography; it is the event of the Buffalo art season.
617 Main Street, Buffalo
716-856-2717
www.cepagallery.com
Collectors' Gallery at the Albright-Knox
There are changing exhibitions of area and other artists here, as well as a wide selection of prints to buy or rent. Yes, that's right, you can rent to own an artwork. Many of the exhibitions feature works for sale by artists whose work can be found in a current exhibition elsewhere in the museum.
Chances are good anything you buy here will be a centerpiece of your collection.
1285 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo
882-8700
www.albrightknox.com
College Street Gallery
One of a series of Allen Street storefront galleries, College Street Gallery offers the charm of its bohemian Allentown setting as well as unique art offerings, often specializing in photography.
The proprietor has a series of photographs of former Buffalo landmarks.
244 Allen Street, Buffalo
716-882-9727
El Museo Francisco Oller Y Diego Rivera
A truly unique art space, El Museo specializes in the work of Hispanic artists and artists of color. Long-running traditions include its annual Day of the Dead exhibition, which in the past has been accompanied by a Samba festival. The gallery has recently undergone a cutting edge architectural renovation.
El Museo is also located along the Allentown art trail.
91 Allen Street, Buffalo
716-884-9693
www.elmuseobuffalo.org
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center
 This multi-disciplinary art space gets the credit for launching quite a number of international artistic careers. Known throughout the art world almost from its inception, Hallwalls was founded in 1975 by some ambitious Buffalo art students who included Cindy Sherman, Robert Longo, Charles Clough, Michael Zwack, and others. After a series of location changes, Hallwalls is now settled in its most unique space ever: Babeville, a historic former church renovated by Ani DeFranco and Righteous Babe Records. Something is happening almost every night at Hallwalls, whether it's a film, a concert, or some other type of performance; and the new gallery spaces are fully scheduled.
This gorgeous new art venue is another Buffalo must-see.
341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo
716-854-1694
www.hallwalls.org
Impact Artists Gallery
This TriMain Center Gallery is devoted almost exclusively to women artists, and also has an interesting focus on the use of art in psychotherapy. Impact also holds one of the few series featuring young women artists.
TriMain Center
2495 Main Street, Buffalo
716-835-6817
impactartist.tripod.com
Insite Gallery
As part of Bryant Street Studio, Insite provides a unique Elmwood Village location for a regular exhibition series of area artists. This sleek well-designed gallery is part of a complex that includes a Buffalo Museum of Science satellite space and a spa.
Insite is located behind Tru Teas, a tea and lunch spot that also offers a great wi-fi connection.
810 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo
716-884-9410
Kenan Center Gallery
 A venerable Lockport institution, the Kenan Center offers regular exhibitions of local artists, as well as interesting traveling exhibitions. In the past, the Kenan has hosted a national quilt show and an exhibition of political caricatures. The gallery is located in a beautiful nineteenth century mansion in historic Lockport.
In summer, the Kenan features a lovely herb garden.
433 Locust Street, Lockport
716-433-2617
www.kenancenter.org
Local Color Gallery
 Run by the quintessential Buffalo artist, Michael Morgulis, Local Color focuses on Margulis's unique prints, which often feature buffaloes, engaged in different activities, or stylized in various ways. Margulis also excels in a wide variety of other graphic imagery.
This is where you can find a high-end Buffalo-themed gift.
Michael Morgulis Design/
New Buffalo Graphics
810 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo
885-5188
www.newbuffalographics.com
Meibohm's Fine Art
 A visit to East Aurora and/or the Roycroft complex should always include a visit to Meibohm's. This small, but classy gallery features historic works by a number of area artists such as Raphael Beck, Virginia Cuthbert, Alex Jean Fournier, and Tony Sisti, as well as contemporary works by a changing roster of artists (including Charles Clough, Catherine Parker, and others). A place for serious art shopping or a pleasant and instructive gallery experience.
You can walk from here to the Roycroft Campus, which often has exhibitions and more in their Copper Shop and resident spaces such as Norbergs.
478 Main Street, East Aurora
652-0940
www.meibohmfinearts.com
Nina Freudenheim Gallery
Buffalo Niagara's only Manhattan-style commercial gallery, Nina Freudenheim is the place for the serious art collector. The gallery's regular artists include John Pfahl, Christy Rupp, Peter Stephens, and others. Nina Freudenheim has been in existence for thirty years; it is now located in the historic Lenox Hotel in Allentown.
This elegant gallery is known for its exquisitely-installed exhibitions and its popular openings, where Buffalo art lovers come to see and be seen.
140 North Street, Buffalo
716-882-5777
www.ninafreudenheimgallery.com
Partners in Art
This charming storefront space in historic North Tonawanda regularly features two-person exhibitions as well as special members' shows and holiday sales.
Make this gallery part of your visit to the Herschell Carrousel Museum and the Carnegie Art Center.
83 Webster Street, North Tonawanda
692-2141
Starlight Studio and Art Gallery
Right across the street from Hallwalls, you'll find a unique gallery that shows work made by adults with developmental disabilities, under the guidance of professional artists. Starlight Studio is a vibrant and joyful space, testimony to the benefits of art as a therapeutic medium for all.
340 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo,
842-1525
www.ldaofwny.org
Vern Stein Fine Art
This Williamsville shop offers a wide selection of works for sale as well as appraisal and consultation services.
5747 Main St, Williamsville
626-5688
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