Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution Leaders Don Kimes, Lois Jubeck to Step Down Following 2018 Season
...spaces, Strohl Art Center and Fowler-Kellogg Art Center, and major renovations to the century-old Arts Quadrangle, home to the School of Art. Kimes has curated more than 80 exhibitions at Chautauqua, including works by Charles Burchfield, Richard Diebenkorn, Lee Krasner, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol; he also established partnerships with organizations and artists including Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery and Burchfield-Penney Art Center, and numerous collaborations with iconic American art historian Barbara Rose. Kimes has selected...
Makayla Santiago-Froebel
Makayla Santiago- Froebel joins as the Arts Marketing Specialist, having just over eight years of experience working in arts and cultural institutions. She previously worked at Chautauqua, with roles in dance and ticketing operations, and was most recently employed as the Communications & Development Coordinator at the Center for Elder Law & Justice in Buffalo, New York, and the Development Associate at Mark Morris Dance Group in Brooklyn, New York. In addition, her tenure includes...
Poetry Takes Center Stage at Chautauqua
...Plaza” events outside the Makerspace. The Makerspace will also be used for faculty development experiences that are part of the 2018 Writers’ Festival. Teachers from Erie County and Chautauqua County public schools will be participating in the Festival and developing lesson plans incorporating experiences with poetry developed in the Makerspace in consultation with teaching artists from Wick Poetry Center and Just Buffalo. The Poetry Makerspace is funded through generous gifts from Kate Dillon Hogan in...
Chautauqua Establishes Dr. Robert R. Hesse Welcome and Business Center
...Chautauqua Institution. “We are grateful to Jane Fortune for recognizing this need, and to Bob Hesse, whose transformative tenure as the Institution’s president is fittingly honored in a space that will serve the professional needs of an emerging generation of Chautauqua community leaders.” Hesse came to Chautauqua following service in the administration at the State University of New York at Fredonia and as president of Medaille College in Buffalo, New York. Returning to his love of the...
Jolene Rickard
...intervention, Deskaheh à Genève, 1923-2023 : Défendre la souveraineté des Haudenosaunee / Deskaheh in Geneva, 1923-2023 : Defending Haudenosaunee Sovereignity (Geneva, Switzerland, 2023). Jolene is on the editorial board of American Art, a founding board member for the Otsego Institute for Native American Art and an advisor to GRASAC – The Great Lakes Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Culture. She received a Ph.D. from the former American Studies Department at SUNY Buffalo....
Your Visit
...laminated beam structure of Normal Hall is still in place today. Under the direction of architect Mitchell Kurtz, the renovation garnered several awards, including: An Honor Award from the US Institute for Theatre Technology 2001 Adaptive Re-use/Historic Preservation Citation from the New York City Chapter of the American Institute of Architects 2001 Design Award from the Buffalo/WNY Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Dining Click here for a listing of restaurants on the grounds....
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra announces 2015 season, first under new music director Rossen Milanov
...the world premiere of the concerto with Benedetti in November 2015. Carmina Burana by Carl Orff will serve as CHQ’s 2015 inter-arts production. Directed by Vice President and Director of Programming Marty W. Merkley, this powerful work will be presented twice (Saturday, July 25, and Saturday, Aug. 15) through a grand-scale collaboration of the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Charlotte Ballet, Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus, Rochester Oratorio Society and Chautauqua School of Dance. Carmina follows The Romeo &...
Chautauqua Climate Change Initiative Fall Update 2023
...in Buffalo and National Grid, Chautauqua’s electric utility company. The North lot now includes two new stations with four plugs, two with standard plugs and two with Tesla chargers. The South lot now includes two new standard plugs. Tesla donated the chargers and National Grid’s EV Make-Ready Program covered 90% of the installation costs. You can read more about the new EV charges in our joint press release with National Grid. As exemplified by our...
Chautauqua County Day
...Princeton Theological Seminary 10:45 a.m. (Amphitheater) Morning Lecture: Setti D. Warren, Director, Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School 12:30 p.m. (Hall of Philosophy) Panel Discussion Presented by the Coalition of Chautauqua County Women and Girls and the YWCA Jamestown: “Behind the Scenes of Healthcare Access” Panelists: Dr. Kenyani Davis, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Medical Officer, The Community Health Center of Buffalo (CHCB) and Dr. Elizabeth Kidder, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., Medical Director, The Chautauqua Center (TCC) 2...
Chautauqua Theater Company Plans for Forthcoming Transitions in Leadership
...Buffalo and Detroit Public Television in 2020; and in 2017 she initiated and conceived of the commission at Detroit Public Theatre of Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles and secured Chautauqua’s role in the development of the piece, which is on its way to a March 2022 Broadway debut. “My experience at Chautauqua has been nothing short of otherworldly. Chautauqua has given me several of the most transcendent, artistically triumphant moments, as a creator, a producer and...