09/17/2026 @ 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Community Is Now is an interdisciplinary, interactive art project that integrates digital art, poetry, and history around the central theme of unity. This project highlights stories of belonging, social justice and community resilience while exploring the prospect of a more unified Buffalo through contemporary and historical lived experiences. Highlighting North Buffalo, South Buffalo, the Eastside and the Westside, this project will serve to tell a holistic story of Buffalo and help engage diverse audiences in self-reflection and dialogue. Rooted in the belief that art can be a catalyst for collective learning, growth, curiosity and unifying connection, the program serves as a public viewing of this art project’s vision is to create a cohesive, multisensory body of work that both celebrates and questions Buffalo’s shared history.

Are you interested to know how you can submit your memories/stories/thoughts as an ongoing part of the Community Is Now: Buffalo As Art project? Learn more here

You can also follow the project on Instagram

Tickets: This is a free program

Sponsored by M&T and New York State Council on the Arts