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Buffalo Arts Studio gets major boost from state Council on the Arts grants
For one particular Buffalo not-for-revenue arts group, the getaway period introduced with it a renewed feeling of hope with the arrival of 3 grants through the New York State Council on the Arts. The grants for Buffalo Arts Studio, totaling $90,000, will allow for the organization to cover functioning fees, devote in instruction and group applications, substitute a full-time advertising and marketing position missing throughout the pandemic, and current exhibitions from artists-in-home in 2023. “Things are going properly,” BAS curator Shirley Verrico explained. “We’re outrageous active. And largely just hoping to determine what the earth will appear like in 2023, just like everyone else. “Not seriously knowing what to anticipate…
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Photographer David Hancock’s 30-year journey documenting Australia’s wild buffalo
Ever since the buffalo was introduced to Australia nearly 200 years ago, its relationship with the land has been a complicated one. Small herds were imported from Asia by the British in the early 19th century, as a food source. However, when colonists abandoned their northern settlement on Cobourg Peninsula in 1849, those herds were released into the wild. Springs are especially susceptible due to lack of water flow.(Supplied: David Hancock) The colony was the third failed attempt at colonisation of the Northern Territory’s Top End, where the British had hoped to gain control of Dutch trading routes. Disease, malnutrition and cyclones made it too challenging. While the harsh conditions were too much for…
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