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Home > City Departments > Special Programs and Agencies > Buffalo Arts Commission

Buffalo Arts Commission

Executive Director - David Granville
Phone Number - (716)-851-5027
Address - 920, City Hall, Buffalo, NY 14202

Description of Services

  • Buffalo Arts Commission comprises of 15 members.
  • Buffalo Arts commission works closely with 17 members Arts & Cultural Funding Advisory Committee.
  • Development of proposals relating to City arts acquisition and conservation.
  • Serve as official representative of the Mayor at various arts and cultural functions.
  • Coordinate with applicants and appropriate city departments for all special events held in the City of Buffalo.
  • Carry out day to day operations of art related activities.

Current Projects

  • Conservation/restoration of three outdoor bronze statues : Centaur (Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society), Spirit of Womanhood (Delaware Park) and Christopher Columbus (Prospect Park)
  • Implementation of new Preservation Program for ten recently conserved bronze statues located in the City of Buffalo: David, Young Lincoln and Indian Hunter (Delaware Park), The Hiker (Main & Genesee Streets), Commodore Perry (Front Park), General Bidwell (Colonial Circle), Grover Cleveland, Millard Fillmore and Samuel Welch (City Hall) and Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK Park).
  • Research in cooperation with Art Conservation Department at Buffalo Statue College on new conservation techniques and graffiti removal and restoration of 19th century map and mayoral portrait by Lars Sellstedt.

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