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Cobblestone Commons

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Along a stretch of wall in the Cobblestone District, next to the Buffalo River, in Buffalo NY, there is a series of large paintings …

below: by Detour303 aka Thomas Evans

large painting outdoors, part of Albright Knox's project Cobblestone Commons

below: Cyrielle Tremblay

large painting outdoors, part of Albright Knox's project Cobblestone Commons

below: Jason Brammer,  a framed view of the ocean

large painting outdoors, part of Albright Knox's project Cobblestone Commons

below: Ellen Rutt, a collage of shapes, colours, and textures

large painting outdoors, part of Albright Knox's project Cobblestone Commons

These images are presented by Albright-Knox Gallery and they date from Covid times, 2020-21. From the words on the wall:  “The commons are what belong to all of us.  In the nineteenth century, this area, so close to the Erie and Hamburg Canals and the Buffalo River and Harbor, was the site of a jostling mix of brick layers and dock workers, deckhands and lock tenders, machinists and millwrights.  Producers of all kinds walked down cobble streets alive with the energy and pleasure of other people’s company.  The commons are the exciting site of diverse perspectives and unexpected communions, shared together.

copy of the words on the wall for the Albright Knox Gallery series Cobblestone Commons, a grouping of 12 large outdoor artworks

below: A patchwork couple standing together, by Lauren Mckenzie-Pearce aka Lady Noel

a coupe with white hair, dressed in patchwork clothes, white woman, black man, man has a beard and mustache.

below: Obsidian Bellis, human? floral?

large painting outdoors, part of Albright Knox's project Cobblestone Commons

below: Karle Norman

large painting outdoors, part of Albright Knox's project Cobblestone Commons, by Karle Norman,

below: by Monet Alyssa Kifner

large painting outdoors, part of Albright Knox's project Cobblestone Commons

below: A jumble of houses and other buildings, by Miriam Singer

large painting outdoors, part of Albright Knox's project Cobblestone Commons

below: “Be happy” by James Moffitt

large painting outdoors, part of Albright Knox's project Cobblestone Commons

below: Colourful cyclists by Morgan Blair

large painting outdoors, part of Albright Knox's project Cobblestone Commons

below: Rough and tumbling pastel people by Bradd Young

large painting outdoors, part of Albright Knox's project Cobblestone Commons, in pastel colours,

The Albright Knox Gallery sponsored another set of artworks during Covid that still hand the wall in a downtown Buffalo lane.  You can see them at “Locked Down but Still at Work”

Photos taken April 2025

Locked Down but Still at Work

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Sixteen paintings lined up on a wall in a downtown Buffalo alley….  a series presented by the Albright Knox Gallery.  It is titled “Works, from Home” and it represents the thoughts and feelings of sixteen artists on their experiences with lockdowns during the Covid pandemic of 2020.  Presented here in no particular order (with the artist’s name underneath) –

a row of paintings, part of a series called Works from Home, Covid themed images by local artists, presented by Albright Knox gallery

part of a series called Works from Home, Covid themed images by local artists, presented by Albright Knox gallery, painting by Ashley Johnson

Ashley Johnson

part of a series called Works from Home, Covid themed images by local artists, presented by Albright Knox gallery, painting by Chris Piontkowski

Chris Piontkowski

part of a series called Works from Home, Covid themed images by local artists, presented by Albright Knox gallery, painting by Adam Weekley

Adam Weekley

part of a series called Works from Home, Covid themed images by local artists, presented by Albright Knox gallery, painting by Obsidian Bellis

Obsidian Bellis

part of a series called Works from Home, Covid themed images by local artists, presented by Albright Knox gallery, painting by Rachel Shelton

Rachel Shelton

part of a series called Works from Home, Covid themed images by local artists, presented by Albright Knox gallery, painting by Jon Mirro

Jon Mirro

part of a series called Works from Home, Covid themed images by local artists, presented by Albright Knox gallery, painting by Julia Bottoms

Julia Bottoms

part of a series called Works from Home, Covid themed images by local artists, presented by Albright Knox gallery, painting by J.P. Hawkins Sr

left: Karle Norman
right: Jay P. Hawkins Sr.

part of a series called Works from Home, Covid themed images by local artists, presented by Albright Knox gallery, painting by tricia Butski

Tricia Butski

part of a series called Works from Home, Covid themed images by local artists, presented by Albright Knox gallery, painting by M.J. Myers

M.J. Myers

part of a series called Works from Home, Covid themed images by local artists, presented by Albright Knox gallery, painting by Jason Seeley of a young man with Covid mask on

Jason Seeley

part of a series called Works from Home, Covid themed images by local artists, presented by Albright Knox gallery

part of a series called Works from Home, Covid themed images by local artists, presented by Albright Knox gallery, painting by Jennifer Ryan

Jennifer Ryan

part of a series called Works from Home, Covid themed images by local artists, presented by Albright Knox gallery, painting by Fotini Galanes

Fotini Galanes

Photos taken April 2025