How do you approach art? Or don't you? What are the barriers? How and why do creative people become a part of Buffalo's artist family. Creative Conversation '15 is a lively discussion led by artist Bruce Adams, with panelists from poets to curators to local nonprofit leaders.

Free food by Ashker's as a part of M&T Fourth Fridays, hosted by Buffalo Arts Studio on the 5th Floor of the TriMain Center.

Check out Marissa Lehner's beautiful Anima Mundi installation, art from a variety of local access organizations, and enjoy the studios of the artists-in-residence of BAS.

Background:

Emerging Leaders in the Arts in Buffalo (ELAB) is partnering with BAS to present Creative Conversation 2015. This year’s theme is Arts Accessibility; a discussion and exploration of physical, economic, and social access to art, art making, and exhibiting. Work in this exhibition is meant to question how art is made accessible or inaccessible to the greater public, including art makers. The evening will include a panel discussion regarding arts access and will include artists whose work focuses on marginalized communities and under-represented experiences. For this show, ELAB members will invite under-represented artists and organizations to exhibit their work in the BAS Community Space. Partners include BAS Jump Start students, ASPIRE, Starlight Gallery's Arts Experience program, Locust Street Art Center, and The Living Poet Society.

The evening culminates with a performance celebrating the installation Anima Mundi by ELAB board member and artist Marissa Lehner with dancer Nancy Hughes.

This event is free and open to the public.