Conventus Building

Lobby

Background: High Street and the UB Medical School under construction in July 2016

View from the High Street entrance

Light screen and elevators

"The piece, called 'The Journey... Coming Together,' is an acrylic painting that stretches across 300 feet of crumpled canvas. ... It is just short of the size of a football field when laid out flat. ... 'By "journey," I [Kazimov] meant watching this glorious building get built from the ground up through the seasons, seeing the architectural plans, hearing the stories, and also it was my personal journey of painting from early morning until late at night, fraying the edges of the canvas while waiting for the paint to dry… being in the moment and loving every moment.' ... 'It’s been exciting to see, especially as a native of Niagara Falls and as a resident of the city of Buffalo. The Conventus building symbolizes for me a renaissance of this new, bold and thrilling Buffalo.' - Colin Dabkowski, "New Public Art Project Comes to Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus," The Buffalo News, July 1, 2015

Local American artist Terri Katz Kasimov was commissioned to create two unique pieces for Conventus. "The Journey...Coming Together" is a 2' wide by 286' long canvas, vibrantly painted with acrylics and playfully displayed in the double-high lobby at the High Street Entry. Displayed at the north side of the lobby, "Construction...A Dream to Reality is mixed media collage on Archres which incorporates elements from the project construction site, along with contributions from the project team and contractors, into a richly layered narrative.

The painting hangs on different walls in the lobby ... Four additional details of "The Journey...Coming Together" below:

Detail - "The Journey...Coming Together"

Detail - "The Journey...Coming Together,"

Note art work towards right, detailed below:

Detail #1 -
["The Journey...Coming Together" is] accompanied by Kasimov's mixed-media collage "Construction... A Dream to Reality," made with construction debris and based, at least in part, on the life of the late Buffalo construction magnate Frank Ciminelli. ... Displayed at the north side of the lobby, "Construction...A Dream to Reality" is mixed media collage on Archres which incorporates elements from the project construction site, along with contributions from the project team and contractors, into a richly layered narrative.

Detail #2 - "Construction... A Dream to Reality" made with construction debris

Detail #3 - "Construction... A Dream to Reality" made with construction debris

Detail #4 - Detail #2 - "Construction... A Dream to Reality" made with construction debris
... Lower right: The brush that Kazimov used to paint "The Journey..."

Unfinished spaces - as of July 2106

Special thanks to Denise Juron-Borgese, Anne Duggan, David Mumm and Brian Byrne of Ciminelli Real Estate Co.,
and also Celia White and Kristin Tomas of Athenex for their assistance in July 2016