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Buffalo Tops Shooting Commemorated in Art Exhibition

GillbergMay 14, 2024

Buffalo Tops Shooting Commemorated in Art Exhibition

Buffalo Tops Shooting Commemorated in Art Exhibition

The Buffalo AKG Art Museum presents an exhibition of paintings, prose and poetry by Buffalo artists Julia Bottoms, Tiffany Gaines and Jillian Hanesworth through September 30, 2024. The exhibition grew out of conversations with people in the community and also commemorates the deceased and families of the victims of the mass shooting that targeted Black people at the Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo on May 14, 2022.

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A stencil on the exhibition door lets people know how the exhibition was made.

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A painting by Julia Bottoms sits next to a poem by Jillian Hanesworth called “Finding the Words.”

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A school group walks through the exhibition.

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Laraine Kelley of Buffalo and Debby Cambria of Williamsville, stop and look at the exhibit. They both read Jillian Hanesworth’s poem, “Mourning Until Morning.”

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