The Daily Bulletin

Aprille Nace, librarian and archivist in the Garman Art Conservation Department, partnered with the International Institute of Buffalo to curate an exhibition of artwork created by recent refugee arrivals to Western New York, which was on view February 6–9 in the Buffalo Arts Studio. A closing reception was held Saturday, February 10.

Titled Home, the thought-provoking exhibit of hand-painted ceramic tiles was designed to invoke a sense of “home” for the refugees who created them. The public was invited to participate in the exhibition by constructing their own ideas of what home means to them. The goal of the exhibit was twofold: to empower newly arrived Americans to illustrate various ideas about home and to encourage the public to make connections with universal themes.

Ms. Nace is a resident artist at the Buffalo Arts Studio. She earned her M.F.A. in ceramics in 2018 from the School for American Crafts at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She also holds an M.L.S. in library and information science and an M.A. in American studies.

The exhibition was funded by the Statewide Community Regrant program, a program of the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Arts Services Inc. The Buffalo Arts Studio is located in the Tri-Main Center, 2495 Main St., Suite 500, Buffalo, NY 14214.