Black Rock Arts is excited to announce There’s Things (an exhibition for / about / around Robert Creeley), opening Friday, May 15, with a reception beginning at 5PM.

Through works of homage, interpretation and remembrance, There’s Things pays tribute to one of our most important and influential poets on the occasion of his 100th birthday. The exhibition includes contributions from over a dozen artists, several of whom worked in direct response to Creeley's writing and biography to create new works especially for There’s Things.

Participating artists include Gardner Astalos, Anthony Bannon, Zi Daniel, Chris Fritton, Bobbie Louise Hawkins, Alexa Kanarowski, Liv Long, T. Mitchell, Denny Moers, Richard Seehausen, Trudy Stern & Michael Morgulis, Tyrone Williams & Mirabo Press and Buffalo Correspondance School.

Additionally, a free screening of Creeley-related films will be presented in the gallery on Tuesday, May 19, at 7PM. The program will feature Bruce Jackson and Diane Christian’s documentary CREELEY and select experimental films from artists of Creeley's "company."

There's Things is part of a Buffalo-wide celebration of Creeley's life and work already underway. Featured programs include:

Echo[es]: traces in a grid, an exhibition of visual poetry and typewriter art generated through a series of talks and workshops organized by UB Art Galleries and led by poet and artist Diego Espíritu.

Onward! A Centennial Celebration of Robert Creeley, an exhibition of rare books, broadsides and ephemera at UB Poetry Collection.

Robert Creeley: Active Complement, an exhibition at UB CFA Galleries exploring Creeley's varied approaches to collaborative art making.

Community Creeley Reading Group, hosted by UB Poetics Program & Just Buffalo Literary Center at Fitz Books.

Creeley Listening Station, a program of Creeley audio recordings curated by Dr. Chris Mustazza, Co-Director of the PennSound Archive.

All I ever wanted was a place: A Centennial Celebration of Robert Creeley, opening May 21 at Buffalo AKG Art Museum.

A Buffalo Remembrance of Robert Creeley, Just Buffalo’s community remembrance project inviting members of the public to share memories and tributes about Creeley.

For Love: A Centenary Symposium for Robert Creeley, organized by UB Poetics Department, kicking off on May 21 (Creeley’s birthday) at the Burchfield Penney and continuing the following day at UB Anderson Gallery. Among the activities planned are a panel on contemporary Creeley studies, a roundtable with Creeley's former colleagues and students, exhibition talks and walk-throughs, a film program curated by Black Rock Arts, and a community reading co-organized with Just Buffalo to share favorite Creeley poems and personal reminiscences.

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