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OUR STORY

Our Mission, Our People, Our Services

The mission of the Western New York Artists Group is:

1. To stimulate the interest in and to promote people in the arts by the exhibition of their artwork;
2. To develop more knowledge and appreciation of visual artwork;
3. To encourage the formation and continuance of high quality arts programming;
4. To integrate, when appropriate, the arts into core curriculum;
5. To align, when appropriate, the arts with New York State Department of Education Learning Standards;
6. To present arts programs to the families and all other individuals of Western New York
and to use the arts as a learning tool;
7. To collaborate with other art organizations;
8. To serve the urban, suburban and rural communities in the eight Western New York Counties
(Allegany, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming); and
9. To provide professional development to foster artists, teachers and consumers of the visual arts.

A 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, the mission of the Western New York Artists Group is to promote regional artists from the Western New York area. This includes emerging artists, as well as "established" artists. Through exhibitions and other events, we promote artists to the community as a whole, encouraging collaboration, networking, and art sales.

Our Board of Directors is made up of nine individuals from the community of artists and business people who have taken an active role in ensuring that the organization is run, and its events are executed, effectively.

The group's primary service is to offer exhibition opportunities to area artists. We offer education opportunities through lectures, demonstrations and workshops, for both the artist and the art collector.

The Western New York Artists Group

extends its sincere gratitude to the

following for their support.

WNYAG Board of Directors

WNYAG Members and Friends

Art Dialogue Gallery

Buffalo Oral Surgery, PLLC

Dash’s

Fidelity Charitable – The Dr. Arun K. and

and Mrs. Jean M. Jain Family Fund

HSBC Bank USA

JVL Management Co.

Magavern Magavern Grimm LLP

Millington Lockwood, Inc.

Salvatore’s Italian Gardens

Stony Dental Care

Fidelity Charitable - The Dr. Arun K. and Mrs. Jean M. Jain Family Fund

The Western New York Foundation

City of Buffalo

Mayor Byron Brown

Buffalo Common Council:

Darius Pridgen (President) (Ellicott);

Bryan Bollman (Lovejoy); Mitch Nowakowski (Fillmore);

Joseph Golombek (North);

Christopher Scanlon (President Pro Tempore)(South);

Joel Feroleto (Delaware); David Rivera (Majority Leader) (Niagara);

Rasheed Wyatt (University); Ulysees Wingo, Sr. (Masten)

County of Erie

Erie County Executive: Mark C. Poloncarz

Legislature: April N. M. Baskin (Chairman) (2),

Howard Johnson (1); Lisa Chimera (3); Kevin Hardwick (4);

Jeanne Vinal (5); Edward A. Rath, III (6);

Timothy Meyers (Majority Leader) (7); Frank Todaro

John Gilmour (9); Joseph C. Lorigo (Minority Leader) (10); John J. Mills (11)

Please consider supporting us. Any amount will help.

Thank you!

WNYAG Board of Directors

Eileen Graetz - Board Chair

Brian Klemp - Treasurer

Jane Liebner - Governance

Dominic V. Pereira Ballachino - Technology, Recording Secretary

Jean Jain

Jennifer Dowdell

James Pappas

Kathryn Muranyi

Donald J. Siuta - Gallery Director

Western New York Artists Group

Tribute Gifts

Making a tribute gift to the Western New York Artists Group is a meaningful way to honor or to hold someone in memory. The tribute gifts listed below (from 2015 and on) will assist in sustaining WNYAG’s rich arts legacy. The names of the contributors are listed to the right of the names of those in whose honor or memory each gift

To make a tribute gift, please contact the AG Gallery at 716-885-2251.
The Tribute Gift Registry is maintained and available for view at the Artists Group Gallery.

In Honor of:

EDWARD G. BISONE
In honor of my friend and artist.
For all you have done to help my
career as an artist and, most of all,
for your friendship. Donald J. Siuta

JEANNETTE BLAIR
In honor of Jeannette Blair. Bruce Blair

PAT BRERETHON
In honor of Pat Brerethon. Robert Seivert

PRISCILLA BOWEN
In honor of and with great admiration. Jane Liebner

MARGARET MARTIN
In honor of Margaret Martin. Susan Vasi

GEORGE PALMER
In honor of George Palmer. Mark Cavallaro

ROSALIE PRESTON
In honor of Rosalie Preston. Kevin W. Hillman

DONALD J. SIUTA
In honor of Donald J. Siuta. Jacqueline LoRusso
In honor of Donald J. Siuta. Stephanie Pincus
In honor of Donald J. Siuta. Stephanie Pincus

NORINE SPURLING
In honor of Norine Spurling’s 90th Birthday Russell Ram

RYAN M. TOOMEY
In honor of Ryan M. Toomey. Michael and Linda Toomey

In Memory of:

OLGA BAJUSOVA
In memory of Olga Bajusova
(7th Anniversary, 11/18/2012) Jozef Bajus

DIANA BECKER
In memory of my friend. Audre Bunis

JUDY BEECHER
In remembrance. Thomas Beecher

SHIRLEY G. BERGLUND
In remembrance. Lisa Berglund

EDWARD G. BISONE
In remembrance.    Audre Bunis
In remembrance.       John R. Cichon
In remembrance.    Sylvia Coles
In remembrance.    Annette M. Cravens
In remembrance.    Joan Fitzgerald
In remembrance.    Robert Freeland
In remembrance.    Eileen Graetz
In remembrance.    Len & Donna Kagelmacher
In remembrance. Jacqueline V. LoRusso
In remembrance.    Kathleen McGuigan-Sadoff
In remembrance.    Daniel & Julie McIndoo
In remembrance.    Bernard Mullane
In remembrance. Jane Notides-Benzing
In remembrance.    Marie Prince
“When love and skill work together,
expect a masterpiece.” John Ruskin Kevin T. and Joanna M. Ransom
In remembrance.    Michael Rozmus, Jr.
In remembrance.    Donald & Bonnie Scheller
In remembrance.    Dennis & Angela Scherer
In remembrance.    Robert J. Seivert
In remembrance.    Donald J. Siuta
In remembrance.    Donald J. Siuta
In remembrance.    Donald J. Siuta, Director, Art Dialogue Gallery
In remembrance.    Carol Townsend

ANNE LOWE BLOOMBERG
In remembrance. Edward Bloomberg

PRISCILLA BOWEN
In remembrance.    Sylvia Coles
In remembrance.    Sylvia Coles
In memory of WNYAG’s beloved artist and friend. Jane Liebner
In memory of Priscilla Bowen. The Artists Group
will surely miss part of their family.    Dennis and Angela Scherer

MARY ANN BRUNO
In remembrance. Rose Popper

JEANNIE CAMPANELLI
In remembrance. James and Ruth Hays

JOHN CARBONARA
In remembrance. Karen Carbonara
In remembrance. Jane Liebner

ANTHONY CAVALLARO
In remembrance. Mark Cavallaro

CHARLES R. CHALK
In remembrance. Charlotte Chalk

DOROTHY CICHON
In memory of Dorothy Cichon, my mother-in-law. Donald J. Siuta

FLETCHER AND SCHELLER PARENTS
In remembrance. Bonnie and Donald Scheller

WINNIFRED A. GILHAM
In remembrance.    Barbara A. Bonhoff
In remembrance.    CLARENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
In remembrance.    Norma Joy
In remembrance.    Elenore H. Link
In remembrance.    Janet R. and Ross H. Ramsey
In remembrance.    Kevin and Joanna Ransom
In remembrance.    Walter A. Rozicki
In remembrance.    Judith E. Schultz
In remembrance.          Carolyn L. and John D. Swanson

CARL GRAETZ, SR.
In remembrance. Carl Graetz, Jr.

EILEEN GRAETZ
In remembrance of my mother, who
always encouraged my artistic endeavors. Eileen Graetz

In memory of my mother who would
have been 97 on October 11, 2015. Eileen Graetz

WILLIAM AND ANN HOCHUL
In remembrance. Denise C. Hochul

SUZANNE HOFMEISTER
In memory of my friend. Audre Bunis

ARUN JAIN
In remembrance. Jean Jain
In remembrance. Jane Liebner

JOHN KOCIELA
In remembrance. Jane Liebner

PHILLIP E. KRAUSE
In remembrance. William Krause

DENNIS P. MALONE
In remembrance of my late husband
who passed away in 2006. Jane Liebner

DOROTHY MARKERT
In remembrance. June Owen

In remembrance. Mary G. Murray

SHIRLEY ROSENTHAL
In remembrance. Lynn Northrop

JOSEPH PALERMO
In remembrance. Eileen Graetz

FLETCHER AND SCHELLER PARENTS
In remembrance. Bonnie and Donald Scheller

JOHN, JEAN AND JACK SIUTA
In memory of my parents and brother –
John, Jean and Jack Siuta Donald J. Siuta
In memory of John and Jean Siuta, my parents. Donald J. Siuta
In memory of Jack Siuta, my brother. Donald J. Siuta

ALBERT STERBAK
In remembrance. Dianne Sterbak

ALFRED STIEGLITZ
In remembrance. J. William Haley

E. STREICHEN
In remembrance. J. William Haley

MILTON WEISER
In remembrance. Helen Weiser

WILLIAM “Bill” WILSON
In remembrance.    Art Dialogue Gallery
In remembrance.    Howard and Diane Hoffman
In remembrance (AWARD FOR REGIONAL EXHIBITION) Richard Stamps
In remembrance.    Benjamin T. Vorhees, Carol Ann DeSantis
In remembrance.    Randy Amato, Lori Rozanski
In remembrance.    Robert MacIntosh
In remembrance.    Kevin Wilson
In remembrance.    Guy M. Miller, Rose Marie Popper
In remembrance.    Mary Joy and William Murphy, Jr.

8-25-2023