May 28 | Home Is Where the Art Is
Time: 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.
Cost: $20/per General Member, Free/per Patron and Visionary Members
Join fellow Castellani Art Museum Members for a special evening of art, conversation, and community in a beautiful private home in Western New York. This intimate gathering offers guests the unique opportunity to explore the host’s personal art collection and hear a brief talk from our featured artist.
Stroll through the garden with a seasonal signature cocktail or a glass of wine in hand, and enjoy appetizers thoughtfully prepared by the Niagara Falls Culinary Institute, paired with sweet treats from the Village Bake Shoppe.
Mingle with CAM staff, faculty, and fellow members in a relaxed, elegant setting that celebrates creativity and connection.
This event is exclusive to CAM Members. Registration is required and space is limited. Become a CAM Member today.
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About the Artist
Chantal Calato (b. 1982) is an American artist raised in Niagara Falls, New York near the infamously toxic Love Canal. Her personal experience growing up surrounded by toxic waste sites has shaped her path as a human and has been the major focus in her art for over 20 years. Calato’s most recent sculptural works are bold and colorful and benefit from her long cultivated super power - garbage picking.
Calato was named Artist of the Year Finalist by Arts Services Inc in 2021 for her solo show UNSEEN at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in 2020. She received the Global Warming Art Project grant from Ben Perrone and the ‘Environmental Maze’ project donors in 2018. Her environmental works have been shown at the Castellani Art Museum, Art Park, Buffalo Museum of Science and Silo City. Calato has a history of designing large scale spectacles in Chicago warehouses, on Lake Michigan and for President Obama’s Whitehouse Halloween party. In 2024 she was awarded a New Work Grant to produce a sculpture called “The Big Wheel”, as well as an Arts Programming Grant to hold a series of workshops at the Burchfield Penney Art Center with children from the Westminster Economic Development Initiative. Calato’s work as an environmental artist is featured in Laura Marris’s book The Age of Loneliness, published by Graywolf Press in August, 2024.
Calato holds an M.F.A. from Northwestern University and a B.F.A. from University at Buffalo.
CAM Membership
Become a member of the Castellani Art Museum and enjoy exclusive benefits, access to special events, and the satisfaction of supporting our mission to connect art with the diverse experiences of our community. Your membership helps sustain our educational programs, exhibitions, and outreach initiatives. If you'd like to purchase a membership or upgrade your current membership, visit our Membership page. If you'd like to upgrade your current membership level, email ellenowens@niagara.edu or call 716-267-8293. We will count your current membership amount towards the upgrade.
The Castellani Art Museum (CAM) at the center of the Niagara University campus is dedicated to the enjoyment and educational potential of artistic creativity. As a major resource for the visual arts in Niagara County, the CAM's permanent collection includes over 5,000 pieces of mainly modern and contemporary art, and hosts a unique Folk Arts Program supporting traditional artists and community-based cultural traditions in the Buffalo-Niagara region.
In keeping with Niagara University's Vincentian mission, the museum recognizes and serves the diverse racial, ethnic, and religious communities of the Niagara region through the organization and presentation of exhibitions which honor and explore their artistic traditions and contemporary output. In addition to presenting diverse artistic expressions, the museum works in partnerships to explore and redefine the relationship between the museum and its constituencies.
As a university museum, the Castellani Art Museum serves the educational needs of the community, by working with Niagara University faculty on integrative learning projects for college students and providing art education programs for area schools and cultural organizations. The museum staff works with educators to develop art-based learning programs that help to promote critical thinking.
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