THE CASTELLANI ART MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED FROM WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2014 - SUNDAY, JANUARY 4, 2015 FOR THE UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY RECESS.
The Castellani Art Museum serves as a cultural resource for Niagara University and its surrounding community and an attraction for regional and international tourists. Exhibitions of nationally known and emerging contemporary artists and traditional folk arts are presented each year. Artist talks, workshops and educational programming accompany each exhibition. Niagara County's only collecting art museum, the Castellani has a permanent collection of over 5700 works of art, including well known artists such as Picasso, Miro, Dali, Calder, Nevelson, Warhol and many others. Admission is always free. Donations welcome!
HOURS OF OPERATION:
Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays
Current Exhibits
Artists View the Falls: 300 Years of Niagara Falls Imagery
February 22, 2015 - August 16, 2015
Imagine coming upon Niagara Falls for the very first time in 1678, as Father Louis Hennepin did. There were no paved paths or fences, bridges or observation towers to separate Hennepin from his experience of what he described... Read More »
Bring to Light
February 8, 2015 - April 26, 2015
Featuring regional and international artists, Bring to Light utilizes a computer controlled lighting program that fluctuates between incandescent and ultra-violet light in 3-minute intervals. The impact of this lighting informs the theme developed by exhibition co-curators Kurt Von Voetsch, Gallery Manager and... Read More »
Gary Sczerbaniewicz: High Strangeness
January 25, 2015 - May 3, 2015
Buffalo artist Gary Sczerbaniewicz’s exhibition, High Strangeness features a series of seven small architectural vignettes housed within scorched periscope forms and a central terminal from which the periscopic vignettes emanate. The artist calls these studies ‘incursions’ as he views them... Read More »
