Music is Art Live @ The Center to begin Sept. 18

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Center for the Arts has announced that the spring 2005 series Music is Art Live @ The Center, a television series celebrating Western New York's best contemporary musicians and visual artists, will begin airing on Sundays on UPN 23 WNLO starting Sept. 18 at 10:30 p.m.

The Center for the Arts also will continue Music is Art Live @ The Center, a series of live concerts by local musicians and artist exhibitions in the Center for the Arts Atrium on Tuesdays starting Sept. 27 at 8:30 p.m. Each event is free and open to the public.

On Tuesday evenings, the center's atrium will be transformed into a bustling coffeehouse featuring a unique blend of cutting-edge musicians and creative visual artists in a setting that is open to people of all ages. All events will be recorded for future television broadcast. During each event, a camera crew will shoot footage to produce a half-hour television episode highlighting the intimate original musical performances, visual arts demonstrations and the stories behind the artist's work.

Music is Art Live @ The Center is a collaboration between the Center for the Arts and the Music is Art Foundation with founder Robby Takac of ChameleonWest Studios and the Goo Goo Dolls. Robby Takac and Thomas Burrows, director of the Center of the Arts, serve as executive producers supported by a team of production personnel from the Center for the Arts, Chameleonwest Studios, local video production personnel and UB student interns.

The On-Air Schedule:

Sept. 18: Musical artists Terry Sullivan: Low Lamp Sessions and Fold In Half Cat; visual artists Mollie Atkinson and Cheryl Carroll

Sept. 25: Musical artists Last Conservative and Standard of Living; visual artists Arthur Barnes and Joyce Hill

Oct. 2: Musical artists Rhubarb and David Wasik; visual artists David Derner and Chris Mostyn

Oct. 9: Musical artists The Frame Up and Damien Simon; visual artists Larry Griffis and Georgia Trimper

Oct. 16: Musical artists Gamalon and Doug Yoemans; visual artists A.J. Fries and Jeffery Sherven

Oct. 23: Musical artists The Steam Donkeys and Eric Crittenden; visual artists Steve Brouse and Coni Minneci

Oct. 30: Musical artists Lazlo Hollyfeld and David Kane; visual artists Phyllis Vasbinder and Kathy Schifano

Season 2 Live Concert Series:

Sept. 27: Jenny Owens Young, The Juliet Dagger (http://www.thejulietdagger.com)

Oct. 4: Woke Up in Vegas (http://www.wokeupinvegas.com), Bensin (http://www.bensinrock.com)

Oct. 11: TBD

Oct. 18: Maria Sebastian Band (http://www.mariasebastian.com), TBD

Oct. 25: Ghostrunner (http://www.ghostrunnermusic.com), Sleepaway (thesleepaway.com)

Nov. 1: Shangrila (http://www.myspace.com/dannyhaze), Xnow (http://www.myspace.com/xnow)

Nov. 8: Wendell Rivera, TBD

Nov. 15: Agent Me (http://www.agentme.net), Klear (http://www.klearband.com)