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Visual & Performing Arts at the Kenan Center“No feeling of satisfaction quite equals that of having done a difficult job extremely well.” William R. Kenan, Jr.Visual ArtsCraft Arts Performing Arts Missoula Children's Theatre--October Ensemble ACJW--December The Kenan Center offers visitors a unique opportunity to enjoy the visual and performing arts in the Buffalo Niagara region. The historic Kenan Center house offers several rooms of gallery space for approximately nine fine arts exhibits each year. A converted carriage house behind the house contains the intimate, 153-seat Taylor Theater. The Kenan Arena, built in the 1960's, and located at the back of the campus, provides an ideal venue for the Center's larger visual arts events including a bi-annual Quilters' Guild show, and 100 American Craftsmen, a contemporary craft show that draws thousands each year to the Kenan Center campus. Visual ArtsThe Kenan Center House Gallery is actually several rooms on the first and second floors of the Kenan house, specially equipped for hanging art. Gallery visitors are treated to two artistic experiences: the works on view in the gallery exhibits, and the exquisite Victorian decor of the house, itself. Floor-to-ceiling windows, carved mahogany doors, Italian marble floors, and nine ornate fireplaces, are just a few of the fine contruction details that make a visit to the House Gallery a memorable experience. The House Gallery hosts approximately nine fine art exhibits each year that are free and open to the public. Along with exhibits by local and regional artists, the gallery also hosts the Storrs All-High Photo Show, which showcases the photographic talents of high school students from across western and central New York, and an annual show of the Niagara Frontier Watercolor Society.
Craft ArtCraft art is the focus of two of the most popular events on the Kenan Center calendar. Coming the weekend following the Memorial Day holiday, 100 American Craftsmen is truly the start of summer in the Niagara region! While well over a hundred artists apply for this prestigious, juried show each year; only those who meet the high standards of quality, craftsmanship, and originality are accepted. 100 American Craftsmen is also unique in that it takes place completely indoors in the Kenan Center Arena, making it a rain or shine event. A smaller but equally popular juried crafts show takes place just before Thanksgiving each year. The Holiday Gift Show features fifty local and regional craft artists whose work is chosen especially with holiday shoppers in mind. Here you'll find a wide range of items from handcrafted jewelry, porcelain ornaments, paper clay figurines, and hand-bound journals, to exquisite dried and silk floral arrangements, delicious chocolate treats, children's toys, and folk art of all shapes and sizes. The Holiday Gift Show offers visitors a rare opportunity to visit all three of the historic Kenan Center buildings, which are used for exhibit space.
Performing ArtsThe 153-seat Taylor Theater is actually a converted carriage house, or more accurately, the stable which housed the carriage horses, and its original, rough-hewn beams and ceiling add a unique flavor to the experience.
The Taylor Theater is located in a converted carriage house directly behind the Kenan House at 433 Locust Street. Regular and wheelchair access is from the north side of building via the sidewalk. Ample parking is located behind the theater. Click here for directions to the Kenan Center. The Kenan Center has a long history of persenting exceptional touring artists of world-class caliber that can be enjoyed by the whole family along with community theater groups who regularly present their own productions. See below for updates on current performances. 2011-2012 Performing Arts for FamiliesCentral to the the Kenan Center's mission in the arts has always been to provide accessible, challenging, and entertaining performing artists who introduce children and parents to innovative storytelling, musical performance, puppetry, physical theatre, and movement, as well as participatory involvement whenever possible. We continue to meet this goal in the 2011-2011 season with two exciting offerings: The return of the Missoula Children's Theatre for its 9th year at Kenan Center, and Ensemble ACJW, a remarkable program of Carnegie Hall, Juilliard, and the Weill Music Institute. See more, below on their offerings. We hope you will patronize these performances with your children this season to introduce them to some truly wonderful--and many times life-changing--performing arts experiences.
Missoula Children's Theatre (MCT) Residency: October 11-October 15Sponsored by Murphy Insurance AgencyMCT returns for its 9th year of providing hands-on theater experience to children in grades K-12. This year, MCT will present an original musical version of THE SECRET GARDEN, filled with delightful characters and creatures that are so familiar to MCT performances. Each year, MCT casts approximately 50-60 children through a fun group audition--and no prior experience is necessary! It's an unforgettable experience that your children will want to enjoy year after year. Group Audition Date:Tuesday, October 11, 4:00 p.m. Kenan Center Arena. Please arrive promptly. Audition may take up to an hour and a half. Performances: Saturday, October 15, 3 & 7 pm. Tickets, $6, all seats. Tickets will be available at the door. Venue TBA. SCERET GARDEN A SMASH! Take a look at the fantastic cast of local students that performed October 15th in THE SECRET GARDEN with Missoula Children's Theatre.
Ensemble ACJW, December 2, 7:00 PMA Program of Carnegie Hall, The Juilliard School, and The Weill Music Institute Some of the finest young musicians in the country will visit Kenan Center as part of an artists-in-residence program, performing for both students and the public. We are honored to have joining us three string fellows: Brenton Caldwell, viola; Anna Elashvili, violin; and Julia MacLaine, cello; who will present a classical repertoire for their Friday evening performance.
Tickets: $10 ages 9 and up*; $9 seniors and members
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Taylor Theater circa 1971.
