C-SAAHN -  Est. 2009 as a unique digital enterprise and network designed to help link volunteers and lifelong learning communities as part of the
"Buffalo-Chautauqua Idea: Exploring American Legacy"

Dennis Galucki, Founder & Coordinator

Buffalo & Erie County Downtown Central Library 
C-SAAHN 2012 Schedule 
Every Tuesday Noon-Hour "IMAGINE" Lecture/Discussion Series:

1st, 3rd & 5th Tuesdays - "IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY DO THE ARTS MATTER?"

2nd & 4th Tuesdays - "IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center: Why Does History and/or Nature Matter?"

Noon-Hour every Tuesday at the Downtown Public Library
"Ring Of Knowledge" Area (just past Fable's Cafe)

Eat - Listen - Discuss
Free & All are Welcome!


2012 Speakers
C-SAAHN Recognition Award
WINTER

December 27, 2011
"C-SAAHN ANNOUNCES TWO NEW 'IMAGINE' LIBRARY LECTURE SERIES & INITIATIVES"
12:10 - 1:00 P.M. Dennis Galucki, Founder & Coordinator, Center for the Study of Art, Architecture, History, & Nature
AUDIO ..... TEXT

January 3, 2012 
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY DO THE ARTS MATTER?"

Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #1 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: The Importance of First Impressions" by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Chuck LaChiusa, Webmaster, Buffalo Architecture & History and C-SAAHN. AUDIO


January 10, 2012 
"IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center: Why Does History and/or Nature Matter?"
12:10 - 1:00 P.M. Kimberly A. Minkel, Executive Director, NFTA and Gladys Gifford, President, Citizens for Regional Transit
...... AUDIO


January 17, 2012 
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY DO THE ARTS MATTER?"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #2 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Where am I? Point of View and Focal Point"  by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M. Chuck LaChiusa, Webmaster, Buffalo Architecture & History and C-SAAHN


January 24, 2012
"IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center: Why Does History and/or Nature Matter?"
12:10 - 1:00 P.M. Robert G. Shibley, Professor and Dean, UB School of Architecture & Planning
AUDIO


January 31, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY DO THE ARTS MATTER?"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #3 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Color - Description, Symbol, and More"  by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M. - Nancy Spector, Associate Curator of Education, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
AUDIO


February 7, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY DO THE ARTS MATTER?"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #4 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Line - Description and Expression"  by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M. - John F. Siskar, Visual Arts Liason to the Dean, Buffalo State College
AUDIO


February 14, 2012
"IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center: Why Does History and/or Nature Matter?"
12:10 - 1:00 P.M. - Thomas Herrera-Mishler, President & CEO, Buffalo Olmsted Park Conservancy
AUDIO

February 21, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY DO THE ARTS MATTER?"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #5 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Space, Shape, Shade, and Shadow"  by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M. - Ginny O'Brien Lohr, Curator of Education, University at Buffalo Art Galleries
AUDIO

February 28, 2012
"IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center: Why Does History and/or Nature Matter?"
12:10 - 1:00 P.M. - Thomas Yots, Preservation Studios
AUDIO

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EARLY SPRING

March 6, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY DO THE ARTS MATTER?"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #6 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Seeing the Big Picture"  by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M. - Andrea Mancuso, Artist and Nichols School Visual Arts faculty
AUDIO


March 13, 2012
"IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center: Why Does History and/or Nature Matter?"
12:10 - 1:00 P.M. - Mark Goldman, Buffalo Historian and Author
AUDIO

March 20, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY DO THE ARTS MATTER?"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #7 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: The Illusion - Getting the Right Perspective"  by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M. - Paul McDonnell, School Senior Architect, Buffalo Public Schools
AUDIO

March 27, 2012
"IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center: Why Does History and/or Nature Matter?"

12:10 - 1:00 P.M. - Joan Bukowski, President, Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society
AUDIO

April 3, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY DO THE ARTS MATTER?"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #8 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Art That Moves Us - Time and Motion" by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M - Gene Chasin, Chief Operating Officer of the Say Yes to Education Foundation
AUDIO

April 10, 2012
"IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center: Why Does History and/or Nature Matter?"

12:10 - 1:00 P.M. - Sally Jean Cunningham, Garden Walk Buffalo & National Garden Festival
AUDIO


April 17, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY DO THE ARTS MATTER?"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #9 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Feeling with Our Eyes - Texture and Light" by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M - Joanna Angie, Artist & Founder, Buffalo Art Studios
AUDIO


April 24, 2012
"IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center: Why Does History and/or Nature Matter?"
12:10 - 1:00 P.M. - Rocco Termini, Signature Development (Meet at Library - Tour of Hotel Lafayette - Opening Scheduled for May, 1, 2012)
AUDIO  ..... PHOTOS


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LATE SPRING

May 1, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY DO THE ARTS MATTER?"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #10 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Drawing - Dry, Liquid, and Modern Media" by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M - Dottie Gallagher-Cohen, President & CEO, Visit Buffalo NiagaraAUDIO

May 8, 2012
"IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center: Why Does History and/or Nature Matter?"

12:10 - 1:00 P.M. - Debbie Whitehouse, Senior Director Guest Relations, Gardens & Nature, The Niagara Parks Commission 
AUDIO

May 15, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY DO THE ARTS MATTER?"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #11 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Printmaking - Relief and Intaglio," by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M - Gerald Mead, Artist........ AUDIO

May 22, 2012
"IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center: Why Does History and/or Nature Matter?"
12:10 - 1:00 P.M. - James Sandoro, Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum ....... AUDIO


May 29, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY DO THE ARTS MATTER?"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #12 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Modern Printmaking - Planographic"
by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M - Paul Hogan, Vice President, The John R. Oishei Foundation  ....... AUDIO


June 5, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY DO THE ARTS MATTER?"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #13 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Sculpture - Salt Cellars to Monuments"
by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M - Rita Argen Auerbach, Artist
AUDIO


June 12, 2012
"IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center: Why Does History and/or Nature Matter?"
12:10 - 1:00 P.M. - Thomas Schofield, Chairman, War 1812 Bicentennial Legacy Council   AUDIO


June 19, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY DO THE ARTS MATTER?"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #14 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Development of Painting - Tempera and Oils" by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M - Holly Hughes, Curator, Albright-Knox Art Gallery and Don Kimes, Artistic Director, Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution ....... AUDIO  ....... Buffalo News article

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SUMMER

MEDIA RELEASE

CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION - Nine Weeks, June 24 - August 25, 2012

Every Monday - Smith Library (Check Chautauquan Daily for times) The "Art of Investing" Discussion Group
Audio archive provided by C-SAAHN AUDIO Network

Every Tuesday and Friday at 3:30 P.M. - Chautauqua Archives Heritage Lecture Series
Audio archive provided by C-SAAHN AUDIO Network

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 3rd Annual Buffalo Day @ Chautauqua
Sponsored by: Chautauqua Institution, The Buffalo News, WNED, Visit Buffalo Niagara, & C-SAAHN


BUFFALO

Every Wednesday (July & August) 3:00 - 5:00 P.M. - Landmark Cruise, Miss Buffalo II "IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center"
Sponsored by C-SAAHN:










Garden Walk Buffalo - July 28 & 29, 2012
Supported by C-SAAHN since 2010

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EARLY FALL

September 4, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY THE ARTS MATTER!"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #15 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Modern Painting - Acrylics and Assemblages" by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M - Jack Connors, Chair, Library Trustees, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library     AUDIO


September 11, 2012
"IMAGINE The War of 1812: Appreciating Peace on the Niagara Frontier"
12:10 - 1:00 P.M. - Bruce Fisher, Director, Center for Economic and Policy Studies, Buffalo State College ... AUDIO


September 18, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY THE ARTS MATTER!"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #16 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Subject Matters"  by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses
12:30 - 1:00 P.M - Marian Granfield, Curator of Education, Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University...    AUDIO


September 25, 2012
"IMAGINE The War of 1812: Appreciating Peace on the Niagara Frontier - Part I:  Fury, Frenzy & Honor"
12:10 - 1:00 P.M. - Raya Lee, Librarian, Medaille College...  AUDIO


October 2, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY THE ARTS MATTER!"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #17 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Signs - Symbols, Icons, and Indexes in Art"  by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M - Eric Jackson-Forsberg, Executive Director, Western NY Book Arts Collaborative     AUDIO


October 9, 2012
"IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center: WHY PRESERVATION MATTERS!"
12:10 - 1:00 P.M. - David Torke, Community advocate and author of fixBuffalo, a neighborhood blog   AUDIO


October 16, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY THE ARTS MATTER!"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #18 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Portraits - How Artists See Others"  
by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M - David Granville, Former Director,  Buffalo Arts Commission  ..... AUDIO



October 23, 2012
"IMAGINE The War of 1812: Appreciating Peace on the Niagara Frontier - Part II: World Turned Upside-Down"
12:10 - 1:00 P.M. - Raya Lee, Librarian, Medaille College    .... AUDIO

October 30, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY THE ARTS MATTER!"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #19 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Self-Portraits - How Artists See Themselves"   by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses

12:30 - 1:00 P.M - Douglas Dreishpoon, Ph.D., Chief Curator, Albright-Knox Art Gallery   .... AUDIO

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LATE FALL

November 6, 2012
Election Day - Library Closed


November 13, 2012
"IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center: WHY LOCAL HISTORY MATTERS!"

12:10 - 1:00 P.M. - Damian Goulboume, Coordinator of the Tourism Management program at Niagara College Canada & former Mayor of Welland.   AUDIO


November 20, 2012
Thanksgiving Break - ENJOY!


November 27, 2012
"IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center: WHY LOCAL HISTORY MATTERS!"
12:10 - 1:00 P.M. - Peter Dow, Cultural Committee Chair, Erie Canal Harbor Development Corp. .... AUDIO

December 4, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY THE ARTS MATTER!"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #20 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Landscapes - Art of the Great Outdoors"  
by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses
12:30 - 1:00 P.M - Laurie Dean Torrell, Executive Director,  Just Buffalo Literary Center
 .... AUDIO


December 11, 2012
"IMAGINE Buffalo Niagara as a Bi-National Cultural Center: WHY THE ARTS MATTER!"
12:10 - 1:00 P.M. - Mark Poloncarz, Erie County Executive .......... AUDIO


December 18, 2012
"IMAGINE The Arts as a 2nd Language: WHY THE ARTS MATTER!"
Noon - 12:30 P.M. Video - #21 "How to Look at and Understand Great Art: Putting It All Together"  by Professor Sharon Latchaw Hirsh, Rosemont College - The Great Courses
12:30 - 1:00 P.M -  Tod Kniazuk, Executive Director, Arts Service Initiative of WNY ..... AUDIO


December 25, 2012
Christmas Day - ENJOY!


January 1, 2013
Happy New Year!

Chuck LaChiusa - 2009

Robert Shibley - 2009

Charles Rand Penney - 2010

Stanford Lipsey - 2010

John Conlin - 2010

Ed Healy - 2011

Gerry Rising - 2011

Anne Conable - 2012

Buffalo and Erie County Public Library - Downtown Central Library

September 2009, The Buffalo Downtowner: Buffalo Erie County Public Library

2011 Fall Series: Why Does PreservationMatter?

2010-11 Lecture Summaries/Audios

2009-10 Lecture Summaries/Audios

Please also note the March 2010 Buffalo Rising website story about the Center and the 2010 March speakers


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