BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:217244@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20260831T111535Z DTSTART:20260920T133000Z DTEND:20260920T160000Z SUMMARY:Specimens of Light DESCRIPTION:Collage with repurposed film. This unique material is what ar tist Esther Neisen uses to create her insect-based work. Her lightbox art work is in the Burchfield Penney permanent collection and is currently on exhibit in A Vast\\, Tiny World: Burchfield’\\;s Insects &\\; Sp iders exhibition. Participants will work with reclaimed film-related mate rials to explore transparency and modify existing imagery. Through a proc ess of careful selection and composition (and lots of cutting!) each part icipant will create a unique\\, insect-inspired framed artwork to take ho me. Participants can use a template provided by the artist or design your own unique insect.\\nAbout the instructor: \\nThroughout her life\\, Es ther Neisen has been captivated by the natural world and the “\\;int ricacies and variety of both interior and exterior structures.”\\; N eisen is an accomplished illustrator and craft artist who works in a wide variety of media. She has lived in Western New York since 2002. Neisen&# 8217\\;s current body of work focuses on anatomically accurate representa tions of insects created from reclaimed film\\, photographic negatives\\, and the occasional found material. Her creative process for these works is slow and detailed\\, and “\\;allows [for] a great deal of immedia te problem solving\\, which keeps me both happy and engaged.”\\; Her broad range of technical and creative skills all play a role in the crea tion process. “\\;I first create a pencil drawing\\, which is broken down into a schematic. I carefully choose the film selections by color a nd content to best express the subject in both a representative and sligh tly illustrative manner while still working within the strict confines of their anatomy.”\\; “\\;The insects are carefully chosen for th eir behavior or the mythology of their behavior to relate directly to hum an behavioral properties. Working with the people that surround me\\, usi ng what information they are willing to offer in context for research\\, I have in the past few years used this method to express interpersonal fa milial relations\\, social anxieties\\, and aggressions.\\nhttps://www.ga yout.com/usa-canada/united-states/buffalo/events/specimens-of-light-2026- 09-20 LOCATION:visitbuffalo.com URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/united-states/buffalo/events/specimens-of-light-2026-09-20 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR