The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University is an art museum centrally located on the University's main campus in the town of Lewiston. The museum features exhibitions of nationally known and emerging contemporary artists and traditional folk arts.
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The Castellani family built a grocery store empire, beginning with a mom and pop in n Niagara Falls, New York. The family caught the collecting bug in 1956 and what can you do with a personal collection of thousands of works but donate it to a non-profit? The family had a construction company that built all the grocery stores, so the company built the art museum. The family collected passionately with great results. However, the museum also shows where the hunt for great art brought home not easy to understand items. The museum celebrates the calling that is collecting. A show entitled Western New York Collects: Nancy Dwyer has pride of place in a prominent gallery of the museum. The show exhibits Dwyer's work held by local collectors, many collectors living in Buffalo.
Dedication of the art museum to the development of art on the Niagara Frontier cannot be questioned after a thousand days of supporting Thomas Keeler's mission of "Painting Niagara". The show traveled the world before returning to this perch over the Niagara River, discover down river from the cataracts. The Castellani family started collecting by acquiring a George Inness painting, a gem of Hudson River School. The family gives direct support to the latest generation of painters who take their sketch books and easels into nature by presenting Kegler's Painting Niagara at C.A.M. This exhibition, with a documentary video, has the power to inspire another generation to take paints and brushes...
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This gallery is really a gem. Nestled in the middle of Niagara University, it has a great mix of modern and classic art styles, with some focus on local art as well. While it's not huge, you can easily spend an hour or two enjoying the art.
We've gone multiple times, and I continue to be impressed with the exhibits, both travelling and local, which are always well presented and engaging. The staff is always welcoming and helpful, so we look forward...
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Came in a on whim. Beautiful building located on the university grounds. Ladies at the front desk were a blast and helped check us in. Donations are extremely important. Every penny counts and helps get new artists on exhibit. There's Alps a collection of priceless works from generations ago. It's like looking at the world through someone else's eyes. Places like this are a...
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