BUFFALO Inspiration

A jump shot with the Buffalo Varsity Gay League kickball team Assume the Position, Sheridan Park, Tonawanda, N.Y., July 2022. (Photo/Deanna Bednarz) After Katie Jurkas, a Michigan-native, landed in…

Welcome to the Borderland! A festival beyond boundaries, the Borderland Music & Arts Festival is a fully immersive music, arts and food festival. But that might be oversimplifying…

Chef Darian Bryan entered the Western New York culinary arena with panache and aplomb. His buzzworthy pop-ups began popping up in 2018, as he gained renown as a…

Renata Toney is the Vice President of Destination Experience here at Visit Buffalo. Her off-hours passion is gardening and her home features gardens in the front and back…

Dennis Maher is an architect, artist, professor of architecture at the University at Buffalo, and founder of Assembly House 150. The latter is located in the former Immaculate…

Co-owners Brett Mikoll and Dave Horesh started Oxford Pennant in 2013, inspired by a love of nostalgic pennants. Their handiwork – classic triangular pennants, inspirational camp flags, and…

Sculptor Shasti O’Leary Soudant has transformed some of Buffalo’s most public spaces with her artwork – colorful, commissioned metal pieces. Her work is installed at Roswell Park Comprehensive…

Jill Jedlicka, a native Buffalonian, has been working on repairing local waterways since joining the staff of Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper in 2003, back when it was known as…

Aaron Ott has one of the coolest – and most enviable – titles in the city; he’s the Buffalo AKG Art Museum’s Curator of Public Art, a position…

Buffalo-born artists Edreys Wajed, and Alexa Joan Wajed – a multi-talented married couple – create artwork in a number of media: paintings, sculpture, public art murals, jewelry, and…