\nProgram duration is approx. 55 minutes. Descriptions provided by the artists. \nTony Nash\, Fabric\nDigital video\, 1:47 min\, 2025\nA funny interpretation about some things that happened to me\, based on facts \nJames John Gibbons\, WIYMMEIN?\nDigital video\, 5:22 min\, 2025\nIn this short documentary\, it follows the narrative of three different interviews and the interviewee’s most memorable experiences involving nature. Interviewees are presented with the same question at the beginning of each interview and the results vary greatly. Leading into fun stories involving personal accounts with nature. Each story is presented using varying visual techniques\, such as 2D digital animation\, stop-motion animation\, live-action footage\, and more! Warning: Explicit Language \nAmanda Besl\, An Illustrated Guide to Flowering Houseplants\nDigital video\, 5:10 min\, 2024\nMy experimental film\, An Illustrated Guide to Flowering Houseplants\, began as a reaction to the questionable and frustrating advice to “Bloom where you are planted” and follows both a woman and a Venus Flytrap\, one of which blooms by the end of the film. In truth\, an unhappy plant is just as likely to die as it is to flower when trapped in an inappropriate environment. I was interested in applying ideas of ecofeminism to an indoor garden to suggest an outgrown intimate relationship. The aesthetic reflects that of a vintage gardening show from the early 1970’s evoking ideas of outdated instruction subverted by personal experience. The soundtrack includes found audio from a public domain marriage training film from 1950. The surreal nature of the life within the paisley curtain references the short story The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. I was also inspired by filmmaker Maya Deren and her disorienting 1943 film\, Meshes of the Afternoon. \nGrace LaPrade\, Rain\nDigital video\, 1:19 min\, 2022\nIn this charcoal animated short\, a dog is sent out into the rain\, which turns into a flood. \nEmily Engel\, Tired Old Dog\nDigital video\, 3:11 min\, 2025\nTired Old Dog is an original song written by local musician\, Tyler Westcott and animated by Emily Engel. This project was a part of a beautiful collaboration between us and the life we shared with our beloved companion\, Princess Buttercup. It explores interconnected themes of love\, grief\, and spirituality. Animations made using analog rotoscoping techniques. Created by printing out individual frames and drawing over them with paint markers and oil pastels. They are then scanned back in and edited with After Effects and Premier Pro. \nChace Lobley\, Lego Rex: The Movie\nDigital video\, 2:22 min\, 2025\nThe film is called Lego Rex. There is a lizard\, pterosaur\, T-rex\, and a triceratops. I was inspired by the dinosaurs and their behavior\, how they behave like no other animals in nature. I was inspired by the ways of the Mesozoic era. \nJennie Thwing\, The World Said No\nDigital video\, 8 minutes\, 2025\nThe World Said No is a short animation based on the question\, “What if nature decided to fight back?” It is an allegorical animation about ecological apathy and its consequences. It was animated using a combination of cell animation and stop motion. \nCorinne Teed\, Feral Utopias\nDigital video\, 7:20 min\, 2016\nFeral Utopias is a multi-channel animation that incorporates studio recordings of LGBTQ subjects and scans of 19th-century wood engravings carved by colonial naturalists. Digitally collaged together\, the animation presents a speculative\, other-worldly space. Audiences are immersed in multi-voiced narratives that reveal cross-species alliances in a time of ecological devastation. Participants attest to the ways they have survived homophobia\, settler colonialism\, patriarchy\, and alienation through identification with animal species. \nIn her essay Melancholy Natures\, Queer Ecology\, Catriona Mortimer-Sandilands writes “Recent queer scholarship on melancholia… is focused exactly on the condition of grieving the ungrievable: how does one mourn in the midst of a culture that finds it almost impossible to recognize the value of what has been lost?” Mortimer-Sandilands presents the embrace of melancholy as a political stance – preserving the beloved that society does not value. Relating the devastation of HIV/AIDS with that of climate change and extractive industries\, she offers a framework for queer ecology. From this stance of melancholy\, Feral Utopias documents voices and portraits of those on the margins. In the process\, we collaboratively define our existent\, ecocidal dystopia while articulating possibilities of alternative futures. \nMorgan Sears-Williams\, Through the Bushes and the Trees\, You’ll Find Me\n16mm on digital video\, 3:38 min\, 2024\nthrough the bushes and the trees\, you’ll find me intertwines the personal and political histories of Hanlan’s Point Beach\, the site of Canada’s first pride gathering in the early 1970s. A hole punch serves as a symbolic peephole\, reflecting the cruising areas on the beach that invite both spectatorship and participation. By situating the tender moments of queer affection amidst the vast body of water surrounding the Toronto islands\, the film celebrates and interrogates the histories and spaces of queer love and resistance. \nThis work was made by hole punching frame by frame using a cricut machine\, then manually taping together 10\,000+ frames. Digital scan and print made by Niagara Custom Lab. \nJelena Oroz (Director)\, No Room\nDigital video\, 6:22 min\, 2024\nThe cars are everywhere and they show no consideration for others. It’s time to get revenge! Produced and distributed by Vanja Andrijevic. \nStacey Sproule\, Sojourn\nDigital video\, 3:42 min\, 2025\nCentred on the South Shore of Ontario’s Prince Edward County\, a place of significant bio-diversity as well as a high density flight path for migratory songbirds\, Prince Edward County is also a popular tourist destination. This work was a meditation on access to nature\, land\, and temporary stays. The work is a way to grapple with rapid development\, loss of public access to nature and the ongoing destruction of habitat both in Prince Edward County and across the province. \nTia Brown\, re_set\nDigital video\, 1:23 min\, 2025\nHow do you reset in these challenging end times? \nAline Höchli\, Caries\nDigital video\, 9:41 min\, 2025 \n“Eager to create a monumental work of art\, a shaman remains blissfully unaware that she is painting her murals inside the mouth of a vain weather presenter. I like to tell stories that distort the world as we understand it. In my film Caries\, the disease that gives the story its title is not caused by acid-eroded tooth surfaces but by the inhabitants of the oral cavity smearing the teeth with wild murals. With this playful narrative style\, I want to encourage the audience to question the basic assumptions we hold about the world. Behind the absurd plotlines\, you can recognize connections to our reality. For example\, while brushing his teeth\, the weather presenter triggers a storm for the inhabitants of his oral cavity: so many of our everyday actions have a far bigger impact elsewhere in the world than we realize at first glance. Indeed\, the three cavepeople\, abruptly torn from their familiar surroundings because someone spits in another’s soup\, may prompt thoughts about immigration policy.” Distributor: Vanja Andrijevic \n
\n\nAline Höchli is an artist specializing in animated film and illustration. She studied film in the animation department at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts HSLU\, graduating in 2015. She founded KOLOSS Studio in 2016. Aline currently lives and works in Bern. Filmography: Caries (2025)\, Why Slugs Have No Legs (2019)\, Kuckuck (2017)\, He Sö Kherö (2016\, graduation film). \nAmanda Besl is an experimental filmmaker and painter living in Buffalo\, NY. Besl holds an MFA from the Cranbrook Academy of Art\, Bloomfield Hills\, MI and a BFA from SUNY Oswego. She uses natural history as a platform to explore social issues. She was awarded a 2024 NYSCA grant for Temple of Hortus\, a botanically inspired installation of 2-d\, 3-d\, and video work questioning curated and commercial approaches to nature\, hybridization\, mutation and collection. Besl is represented by ArtResource and her 2022 solo exhibition Blue Mythologies at The Raft of Sanity gallery began her foray into experimental filmmaking. \nChace is currently a practicing artist in Starlight Art WOW program at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. Chace began making dinosaurs around the age of 14 when he got “play clay” as a Christmas gift. When asked what he enjoys about dinosaurs he said he found an intensity about the creatures that inspired him to think about “their behavior and design – how they were made”. He enjoys sharing his creative output with his family and friends. \nCorinne Teed is a research-based artist working in printmaking\, book arts\, time-based media\, and social practice. Their work lives at the intersections of queer theory\, ecology\, and critical animal studies in the context of settler colonialism. Much of their creative practice centers on relationships\, through collaboration\, participation\, interview-based research\, and encounters with the more-than-human. Their work is supported by ongoing relationships with communities working toward social justice and ecosystem health. Teed currently works as an Assistant Professor in Printmaking at Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia\, PA. \nEmily Engel is a Buffalo\, NY-based artist and designer whose work reflects her unique perspective and personal experiences. Her artistic practice encompasses a range of mediums\, including chainstitch embroidery\, motion graphics\, and printmaking while blending both traditional and contemporary techniques in her work. \nGrace LaPrade is an artist from Buffalo\, New York. She works primarily as an illustrator for picture books\, but her roots go back to experimental animation\, having specialized in stop-motion matchbox NASCAR races at the age of 9. In books and animation\, she loves visualizing stories that explore what it means to be human in our world\, whether that be through small curiosities or grand imaginations. She uses analog processes to create tactile drawings that reflect the imperfect\, weird\, and awesome layers of being alive. \nMy name is James Gibbons. I am a 20 year old student who is currently attending SUNY Fredonia in New York. I major in Animation/Illustration at college and have loved drawing and animating for my entire life. I find my creative direction tends to lead in a more comedic direction\, I hope you like what I have to show! \nJennie Thwing is an artist\, animator\, and educator. She has received multiple awards\, including the 2014 Meyer Family Award for Contemporary Art\, an Environmental Art Project Grant at the Schuylkill Center\, a 2013 – 15 Center for Emerging Artists Fellowship; a 2014 SPARC Artist in Residence grant\, a 2014 & 2019 Queens Arts Fund Grant\, and Wyoming Council for the Arts 2024 Individual Artist Grant and a 2025 New York State Council on the Arts Support for Artists Grant.\n \nJelena Oroz (1987) graduated with a BA in Fine Arts Education from the Academy of Arts in Osijek. In 2014\, she obtained her MA degree in Animated Film and New Media from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb\, where she now works as a tenured professor. Jelena’s films have screened at numerous festivals around the world and won many awards. Filmography: No Room (2024)\, Letters From the Edge of the Forest (2022)\, Two for Two (2018)\, Wolf Games (2015\, graduation film)\, Fakofbolan: Forever or Never (2013\, music video)\, Comeback (2012\, student film)\, Waiting Room (2011\, student film) \nMorgan Sears-Williams (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist and cultivator based in Toronto and Vancouver. Her practice reflects themes of feminist queer histories\, collective memory and exploring the materiality of moving images by using organic film developers. Investigating the use of analog film both as a form of projected image and as a sculptural material\, her current research focuses on how lived experiences inform queer aesthetics and articulations of memory and gender. Using plant-based film developers (also known as eco-processing) requires the artist to work directly with the film\, which results in an intimate collaboration among material\, concept\, and aesthetic. Bridging eco-processing\, experimental film and queer history (both personal and political) she aims to create intimate experiences for viewers to expand their ideas of queer space and time. She has exhibited her works across Turtle Island and internationally and was the recipient of the Roloff Beny Award in 2022\, Pandora Y. H. Ho Memorial Award and the Artscape Youngplace Career Launcher in 2017. In support of her artwork and research\, Morgan received the graduate scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council in 2023\, and has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. Morgan was a founding member of The Rude Collective\, a queer arts collective amplifying voices of marginalized queer folks in Toronto. \nStacey Sproule is a Picton-based multi-disciplinary artist working in hand-drawn animation. Using and subverting animation techniques and processes she explores the liminal\, the ephemeral\, and the magical. She holds a BFA from OCAD in Drawing and Painting. Her work has been supported by the OAC\, she has received a full fellowship from the Vermont Studio Center\, and has exhibited at Forest City Gallery\, FADO\, the Art Gallery of Mississauga\, and others. Her work has been featured in festivals including 7a*11d International Performance Art Festival\, Les Sommets du cinéma d’animation\, the Rhubarb Festival\, and the West Virginia Mountaineer Film Festival. \nTia Brown is a multidisciplinary creative. They are the former editor of Utterance and their work has been featured in One for One Thousand\, CivicScience\, truthout\, and Qween City. Projections is an audiovisual examination of grief\, emotional uncertainty\, nature\, and the human. \nTony Nash: I am an artist living in Buffalo. \n \nSponsors\n \nVilla Maria College is the Reel Sponsor of Squeaky Wheel’s Animation Fest. Thank you to our sponsors Buffalo Spree\, Rigidized Metals\, Locust Street Art\, PUSH Buffalo\, Delaware Council Member Joel Feroleto\, Rich Products\, TriMain Center\, Harlequin Pet Service\, Hodgson Russ LLP\, Lumpy Buttons\, Buffalo State College Communication Dept\, Evolve Fitness\, New York State Senator Sean Ryan\, and the Buffalo AKG Art Museum. \nBanner image: A still from Jelena Oroz’s No Room. Drawings of cars with cat like single eyes and legs on a street. A person is watching them from the window. URL:https://squeaky.org/event/squeaky-wheels-22nd-animation-fest/ LOCATION:Buffalo AKG Art Museum\, 1285 Elmwood Avenue\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14222\, United States CATEGORIES:Screenings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/NoRoom_07.jpg GEO:42.9324531;-78.87566 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Buffalo AKG Art Museum 1285 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo NY 14222 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=1285 Elmwood Avenue:geo:-78.87566,42.9324531 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T170000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191705Z UID:10001255-1759478400-1759510800@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Drop in Teen Film Classes @ West Side Community Services DESCRIPTION: URL:https://squeaky.org/event/drop-in-teen-film-classes-west-side-community-services/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250926 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251213 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20250915T201718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251009T205629Z UID:10001249-1758844800-1765583999@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Radiation Borders DESCRIPTION:Opening Friday\, September 26\, 6–8pm\nOn view through December 12\, 2025\nSqueaky Wheel presents a group exhibition of work that traces the borders\, and lives inside and outside of nuclear toxicity. The four artists in the exhibition – through video essays\, 3D game environments\, illustration\, and more – investigate the violence\, responsibilities\, and destruction unleashed by nuclear technology\, and with it\, ruminates on the past\, present\, and futures of lives under threat of radiation. \nThe exhibition features work by Dion Smith-Dokkie (Treaty 8 territory in the Peace River region of BC and Alberta)\, Elizabeth Tannie Lewin (New York\, NY)\, Hanae Utamura (Troy\, NY and Berlin\, Germany)\, and Inas Halabi (Jerusalem\, Palestine and Amsterdam\, Netherlands); we are proud to bring back the work of two of our former Workspace Residents\, Hanae Utamura (2021) and Elizabeth Tannie Lewin (2018) for this exhibition. The exhibition is funded by Teiger Foundation. \nVisiting the exhibition\nThe exhibition features eight illustrated works and three video installations. Installations feature seating and room to navigate mobility devices. See Squeaky Wheel’s accessibility information here\, and see captioning and subtitle information for individual works below. The exhibition is on view\, Tuesday–Saturday\, 12–5 pm and by appointment. To make an appointment\, including fully masked visits\, email office@squeaky.org \nPublic programs\nFriday\, September 26\, 6–8 pm\nOpening of the exhibition\, with remarks by Curator Ekrem Serdar at 7 pm. \nWednesday\, October 15\, 6–8 pm This event is being rescheduled.\nCuratorial tour with Ekrem Serdar. \nFriday\, October 24\, 7 pm\nSpecial Event | Bit Depth\, Episode 1: Nuclear Set. With an artist talk with Elizabeth Tannie Lewin and Dana Tyrell\, a performance by Katie Weissman\, and films by Arwa Aburawa and Turab Shah\, Tomonari Nishikawa\, and the 1958 3D “documentary” Doom Town. \nWednesday\, November 6\, 7 pm\nScreening | Peter Blow’s Village of Widows: The Story of the Sahtu Dene and the Atomic Bomb \nFriday\, December 12\, 6–8 pm\nClosing and curatorial tour with Curator Ekrem Serdar. \nGallery\n\n\n
\n\nDescriptions provided by the artists \nDion Smith-Dokkie\, DECENTRALIZED TREATY 8 AUTHORITY\nVOLUME 3: UNCHAGA-ASINIYWACIYA CONFLUENCE APPENDIX A\, ENGLISH TRANSLATION 2207\, FEBRUARY\nText and digital illustrations printed on Duratrans and lightboxes\, 2018 \nI use Google Earth satellite images as source material for digital collages about land\, community and transformation. This image forms part of a series depicting northeastern British Columbia in the year 2207. The Nuclear and Oil Winters\, and the concurrent dissolution of the Canadian State\, triggered the development of the Decentralized Treaty 8 Authority (DT8A) as a sovereign\, Indigenous-led body in the region. Lingering environmental dangers necessitated the designation of large\, encompassing exclusion zones. This map and others illustrate how to safely navigate these saturated\, unnatural landscapes. One image in this work was commissioned by the Initiative for Indigenous Futures as part of the Illustrating the Future Imaginary series. \nInas Halabi\, We Have Always Known the Wind’s Direction\nSingle channel digital video with sound\, Arabic with English subtitles\, 11:59 min\, 2019 \nWe Have Always Known the Wind’s Direction has an outward subject and an inward one. Via a gear-shifting combination of conversation\, interview and expressive location footage\, it probes the possible burial of nuclear waste in the South of the West Bank. But as the footage cycles between fragmented conversations with a nuclear physicist and landscapes that are uneasily underscored by what we hear (and sometimes tinted an ill-omened red)\, another context emerges. In various ways\, the delivery of information is thwarted\, withheld\, or delayed \, and the film comes to turn on issues of representation and conveyance. The isotope Cesium 137\, invisible but deadly\, could be seen as a synecdoche for a more ungraspable invisibility – the systemic networks of power and control in the region – and this work as a meditation on how to account for the un-filmable but inexorable. \nElizabeth Tannie Lewin\, Nuclear Set (Rough draft)\nDigital video\, 10 min\, 2017–present \nThe invention of the internal combustion engine and broadcast radio marks a dramatic shift in our inherent understanding of time and space. It also marks a moment in history when the conventions of war begin to rapidly change. \nNuclear Set interweaves Jorge Luis Borges’s Library of Babel\, poetry by Maquis\, Rene Char\, the journals of Italian Futurist\, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti\, historical footage of the United States’ nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands\, and a 3D video game landscape of Bikini Atoll to speculate a future that will survive our extinction. \nHanae Utamura\, Spring Water\, Fault\, Body\nSingle channel digital video with sound\, Japanese with English subtitles\, 16:34 min\, 2021 \nThis work is based on performance workshops filmed during the fall 2019 residency at the Aomori Contemporary Art Center (ACAC)\, as well as footage shot at various locations in Aomori Prefecture and at the Horonobe Underground Research Center in Horonobe\, Hokkaido\, which conducts research and development on geological disposal technology for high-level radioactive waste. The structural video work Spring Water\, Faults\, and the Body is a performance piece. \nThis video consists of two parts. Superimposed onto the first part is the voice of the artist reading aloud the memoirs of her scientist father\, who used to be involved in the field of nuclear energy engineering. Utamura recounts how the “I” in the memoir grew up among animals and nature\, how he became fascinated with the phenomena of the natural world\, and how he chose nuclear energy as his specialty amid the turbulence of Japan’ s period of rapid economic growth. In contemporary society\, all issues are intricately intertwined with each other. Within this work\, representations of human beings\, nature\, and animals are equivalent substitutes for each other. “I\,” the father\, is represented as a tree\, while the family\, a unit connected by blood\, is linked to other species on this Earth. The temporal axis of human life is superimposed on the Earth’ s temporal axis\, which encompasses the 4.5 billion years since it came into being. \nThe scene of a goat giving birth that “I” saw as a child is superimposed onto the geological strata of the buried forest from the last glacial age in Dekijima\, Aomori Prefecture\, where coniferous trees from about 28\,000 years ago are preserved in the strata. The scene where the goat finishes giving birth and eats up the placenta is superimposed onto images of strata of reddish-brown cyanobacteria in a buried forest trickling with raindrops. Cyanobacteria were the first to photosynthesize and deliver oxygen to the Earth 3 to 2.5 billion years ago. \nThe tree as the “I” of the memoir is represented by silver ribbons flowing from the branches of the tree that represent light and invisible wind currents. In the memoir\, these silver ribbons might represent the trends of the times\, or instruments of experimentation. In the final scene in the sky overhead in the first part\, the artist walks on a mixture of ice and water that could break at any moment\, and encounters a tree with silver ribbons fluttering in her direction\, ending the first part. The scene of the spring water in Gudari Swamp in Tashirotai\, where melted snow from Hakkōda in Aomori gushes out\, represents an emission of the memories of life that have continued from our human ancestors\, a recurrence of the subject — circulating water released by tracing the path of a fault plane created by fluctuations in the Earth’ s crust. The work is recounted through the actions of the artist\, who became a mother during its creation\, as she reads aloud the childhood memoirs of her Father. The difference between the voice of the speaker and the subject of the story naturally raises the question of the history of gender differences. This reading aloud is an act of performance that imagines new subjects\, including non-humans\, in order to transcend the concept of the “individual” brought about by modernity. \nThe second part takes place underground\, where research is being conducted at the Horonobe Underground Research Center\, becoming a space-time where the past and future intersect\, with no humans as subjects. The subjects of the story are multiple “others\,” such as machines\, technology\, and geological formations. The only language involved is the English subtitles: the voices of the speakers disappear. The “fault” in the subtitle “Who is at fault?” is used with the double meaning of both a geological fault\, and responsibility. \nThe second part features vitrified nuclear waste to be disposed of in a geological formation. Glass is a material used in vitrification\, a technology for solidifying nuclear fission products (high-level radioactive liquid waste) together with glass materials. The glass materials of the future\, which store the energy waste that has sustained our civilization\, will be disposed of after passing through nuclear power plants and reprocessing plants\, hidden in deep geological strata. The fault planes of the strata distorted by human mining operations move with the howling of the Earth. They also provoke earthquakes caused by human activities that may occur in the future. \nFilming Location: Aomori Contemporary Art Centre (ACAC)\, Aomori Hotoke-ga-ura seashore\, The Submerged Forest in Dekijima seashore\, Spring Water of Gudari Swamp Higashi Hakkouda Tashiro Highlands\, Hokkaido Horonobe Underground Research Center\nCoorporation: Aomori Contemporary Art Centre(ACAC)\, istyle Art and Sports Foundation\, Squeaky Wheel’ s Workspace Residency.\nParticipants of Performance and Workshop: Satoko Kawamura\, Sonoko Shibata\, Daisuke Sugiura\, Miho Izumida\nWorkshop filmed by: Masanori Yokoyama\nSound for Chapter 1: ‘Echo Fantasy I’ (Composed by Eva-Maria Houben\, Performed by Ensemble Ordinary Affects)\nSound for Chapter 2: Aaron Michael Smith \n
\n\nDion Smith-Dokkie is a painter and visual artist who resides on Treaty 8 territory in the Peace River region of BC and Alberta. In broad strokes\, he is interested in location and place\, infrastructure\, and communication. Smith-Dokkie’s work has shown at a number of venues in Vancouver\, including the Polygon Gallery\, Gallery Gachet\, and Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery; he has also shown work at The Bows in Calgary and at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie. Alongside art practice\, he enjoys writing about art\, having published in ReIssue\, Galleries West\, SAD Magazine\, and other venues. Dion is of mixed European-Indigenous (Dunne-za\, Cree\, Saulteaux) descent and is a member of West Moberly First Nations. \nElizabeth (Betsy) Tannie Lewin is a digital media artist interested in: technology\, landscape\, identity\, disappearance\, history\, and utopia. \nHanae Utamura is a Japanese interdisciplinary artist and an educator based in New York and Tokyo. Her work engages with historical memory\, questioning the notion of progress in modernity\, ecology and technology. Utamura’s media include video\, performance\, installation\, and sculpture. She connects human beings and earth\, using the physical human body as a conduit. She explores negotiations and conflicts between the human and the non-human\, and how all the varieties of the wills of life manifest such as in the field of science. By decentralizing the human perspective\, Utamura diversifies historical narratives\, and enters the imagination of nature. She received her Master of Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design\, and her Bachelor of Fine Art at Goldsmiths\, University of London. Utamura has received support through numerous international residencies and fellowships including International Studio & Curatorial Program (NY)\, Akademie Schloss Solitude (Stuttgart\, Germany)\, Künstlerhaus Bethanien (Berlin)\, PACT Zollverein (Essen\, Germany)\, Art Omi (Hudson\, U.S.)\, Santa Fe Art Institute Residency\, Aomori Contemporary Art Center (Japan)\, National Museum of Contemporary Art\, Changdong Art Studio (Seoul\, S.Korea)\, Seoul Art Space_GEUMCHEON (Seoul\, S.Korea)\, Florence Trust (London\, U.K.) and more. She has been awarded NYSCA grant\, More Art Engaging Artist Fellowship\, NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program\, Shiseido Art Egg Award\, Grant program by the Japanese Ministry of Culture\, the Pola Art Foundation\, UNESCO-Aschberg Bursary Award\, and Axis/Florence Trust Award. She has been exhibited extensively in Asia\, Europe and U.S. She was a visiting scholar at New York University in 2019\, supported by Japanese Ministry of Culture\, Japanese government as a part of Japan – United States Exchange Friendship Program in the Art. \nInas Halabi (b.1988\, Palestine) is an Artist/Filmmaker. Her practice is concerned with how social and political forms of power are manifested and the impact that overlooked or suppressed histories have on contemporary life. Recent exhibitions and screenings include Luleå Biennial (2024)\, Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival (2023)\, de Appel Amsterdam (solo 2023)\, Showroom London (solo 2022)\, Europalia Festival\, Brussels (2021)\, Silent Green Betonhalle\, Berlin (2021); Stedelijk Museum\, Amsterdam (2020); and Film at Lincoln Center\, USA (2020). Her recent work has been supported by Amarte\, Amsterdam Fonds Voor de Kunst (AFK)\, Mondriaan Fund\, and Sharjah Art Foundation. She lives and works between Palestine and the Netherlands. \n \nBanner image: Still of Inas Halabi\, We Have Always Known the Wind’s Direction (2019). A red and pink tinted filtered image of a Palestinian landscape with white subtitles. The subtitles state “TO CAPTURE AN IMAGE OF THE AREA ACCORDING TO THE LEVELS OF CESIUM 137”. URL:https://squeaky.org/event/radiation-borders/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/inas-halabi.jpg GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20250916T153503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T215919Z UID:10001250-1758222000-1758231000@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Latin American Film Festival: Sofía Gallisá Muriente DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, September 18\, 7 pm\nFree or suggested donation\nSqueaky Wheel is excited to host the Latin American Film Festival with artist and filmmaker Sofía Gallisá Muriente! Muriente\, a visual artist from San Juan\, Puerto Rico\, will showcase her films that have been shown at venues such as the Museum of Modern Art\, the Smithsonian Museum\, and the Whitney Museum. She will screen her film Celaje (2020) . Ms. Muriente will take part in a conversation and Q&A following the screening\, including clips from her other short films such as Foreign in a Domestic Sense (co-directed with Natalia Lassalle-Morillo\, 2021). You can watch a profile of Ms. Muriente here. The 2025 Latin American Film Festival is organized by the University at Buffalo Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and CAS Office for Diversity\, Equity\, and Belonging and is a three-night celebration of Latin American cinema! Each evening will feature powerful films that highlight the Latin American diaspora through people’s lives\, histories\, and cultures. For more information\, see the flyer here or contact Donte McFadden\, CAS Unit Diversity Officer at dontemcf@buffalo.edu. \nAttendees: Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main Center after 7:30 pm. Squeaky Wheel is located in Suite 310 of Tri-Main Center. Take the elevator to the third floor\, and head left. Click here to see parking\, transportation\, and accessibility information. \nCelaje (Cloudscape)\n16mm and Super8 film with various treatments\, 41min\, 2020 \nCelaje (Cloudscape) oscillates between intimate chronicle\, dream and historical document. Combining images in Super 8 and 16mm\, hand development techniques and original music by José Iván Lebrón Moreira\, the piece weaves together en elegy to the death of the colonial project and the sedimentation of disasters in Puerto Rico. Memories move around like clouds\, images rot and age\, and the traces of the process are visible on the film and in the country\, like ghosts. \nIt is the third and final part of Assimilate & Destroy\, a series of works that examine the relationship between climate and memory in the tropics\, where nature imposes impermanence. \nBiography of the artist\nSofía Gallisá Muriente (b. 1986\, San Juan\, Puerto Rico) is a visual artist whose practice claims the freedom of historical agency\, proposing mechanisms for remembering and reimagining. Her works employ text\, image and archive as medium and subject\, exploring their poetics and politics. Sofía has been a fellow of the Cisneros Institute at MoMA\, Smithsonian Institute\, Puerto Rican Arts Initiative\, US LatinX Art Forum and others. Her work has been recently exhibited in Documenta Fifteen\, MoMA\, the Whitney Museum\, the Smithsonian Design Triennial\, MoCA TAipei\, Savvy Contemporary\, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico\, and galleries such as Proxyco\, El Kilómetro and Embajada. She has participated in artistic residencies with the Vieques Historical Archive (Puerto Rico)\, Alice Yard (Trinidad & Tobago)\, Headlands Center for the Arts (California)\, FAARA (Uruguay)\, and Fonderie Darling (Montreal)\, among others. From 2014 to 2020\, she co-directed the artist-run organization Beta-Local in San Juan. She was invited to curate the exhibition In Dispersion at VisArts Maryland in 2022\, featuring image-based works from Puerto Rican artists negotiating diasporic experiences throughout the world. In 2023\, she published the artist book Observatorio de lagunas: notas de campo with Editorial Educación Emergente. She lives and works in Puerto Rico and is currently a United States Artist Fellow (2024) and Trellis Art Fund Milestone grantee (2025). \nImage: Photograph of the artist by Erika Rodríguez. URL:https://squeaky.org/event/latin-american-film-festival-sofia-gallisa-muriente/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Screenings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SOFIA-GALLISA.jpg GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250913T140000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191649Z UID:10001244-1757764800-1757772000@squeaky.org SUMMARY:FX6 Camera Orientation DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, 12:00 – 2:00 pm\nSeptember 13 (1 class\, 2 hours of instruction)\nFree (Squeaky Wheel Members only. Not yet a member? Click here for details)\nopen to ages 16+\nRegister with the “tickets” button at the bottom of this page\n \nRent the Sony FX6 and create beautiful\, professional looking productions. This workshop is required in order to reserve the camera and and any associated peripherals unless approved by our Tech Director. Squeaky Wheel membership is also required. \n \nClass limited to 6 participants. \nContact Mark at mark@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nInstructor: Mark Longolucco \n \nMARK LONGOLUCCO is Squeaky Wheel’s Tech Director. An artist and musician based out of Buffalo\, NY\, both his audio and visual works seep out into the world through traditionally uncharacteristic formats and venues\, often marrying older analog media tools with new digital technologies in an attempt to create forms that both familiar and nostalgic as well as unconventional and anomalous. \n URL:https://squeaky.org/event/fx6-camera-orientation/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Equipment ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/FX6-Workshop.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250910T203000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191649Z UID:10001245-1757529000-1757536200@squeaky.org SUMMARY:A/V Club DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, September 10\, 6:30-8:30pm\nFree\, sign up below\nWe’ve added preceding Saturdays as A/V Club studio days where members are encouraged to convene and work on projects in our lab to present for the meetup. Future dates will be: \nSaturday\, September 6\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, September 10\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nSaturday\, October 18\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, October 22\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nJoin us for the next round of Squeaky’s A/V Club\, a monthly meetup for digital artists\, media artists\, sound artists\, video artists\, filmmakers\, animators\, game designers\, etc etc. Come share works in progress\, talk skills and experiences\, and embrace the challenges of making media work in an informal\, constructive and exploratory environment. New members are always welcome and appreciated- we want to see your work! \n \nHave a skill you want to share with the group? We’re looking for ways to share the little tidbits of wisdom we’ve picked up along the way from the various working methods we’ve employed while toiling in the studio. If you’ve found an interesting art hack\, have a passion for technical skill\, or find yourself knowledgeable in a topic you think might be good to pass along to fellow artists\, fill out this form and let us know! We’d like to include informal skill sharing as part of the A/V Club structure in the future. \n \nNote: This is an interdisciplinary group\, so if you’re only interested in talking about a single art form\, then this might not be the right group for you. If you’re interested in sharing\, learning\, exploring\, and experimenting across forms\, genres\, styles\, processes\, and mediums\, then you’ll be right at home! \n URL:https://squeaky.org/event/a-v-club-11/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Open Call,Skill Share ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/AV-Club-May-2025.png GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250820T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250820T203000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191705Z UID:10001236-1755714600-1755721800@squeaky.org SUMMARY:A/V Club DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, August 20\, 6:30-8:30pm\nFree\, sign up below\nWe’ve added preceding Saturdays as A/V Club studio days where members are encouraged to convene and work on projects in our lab to present for the meetup. Future dates will be: \nSaturday\, August 16\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, August 20\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nSaturday\, September 13\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, September 17\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nJoin us for the next round of Squeaky’s A/V Club\, a monthly meetup for digital artists\, media artists\, sound artists\, video artists\, filmmakers\, animators\, game designers\, etc etc. Come share works in progress\, talk skills and experiences\, and embrace the challenges of making media work in an informal\, constructive and exploratory environment. New members are always welcome and appreciated- we want to see your work! \n \nHave a skill you want to share with the group? We’re looking for ways to share the little tidbits of wisdom we’ve picked up along the way from the various working methods we’ve employed while toiling in the studio. If you’ve found an interesting art hack\, have a passion for technical skill\, or find yourself knowledgeable in a topic you think might be good to pass along to fellow artists\, fill out this form and let us know! We’d like to include informal skill sharing as part of the A/V Club structure in the future. \n \nNote: This is an interdisciplinary group\, so if you’re only interested in talking about a single art form\, then this might not be the right group for you. If you’re interested in sharing\, learning\, exploring\, and experimenting across forms\, genres\, styles\, processes\, and mediums\, then you’ll be right at home! \n URL:https://squeaky.org/event/a-v-club-10/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Open Call,Skill Share ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/AV-Club-May-2025.png GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250804T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250808T160000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191705Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191705Z UID:10001220-1754312400-1754668800@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Tech Arts for Youth: Podcasting DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: Podcasting\nAugust 4-8 (Session 4B)\nMonday – Friday\n1:00pm – 4:00pm\nOpen to all levels. \nAges 11-15 \nLearn how to record and edit your own audio stories! From interview skills and narrative storytelling to experimental audio compositions\, this class will help you to learn explore what’s possible with sound. \nClass limited to 8 participants. \nInstructor: TBD \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nMembers receive a 10% discount on all workshops. Not yet a member? Click here to join now\, and start using your discount right away! \n***Note: you can purchase classes and a membership at the same time\, and the discount will be applied to your cart automatically. If you are already a member\, fill your cart and then login as a “returning customer” from the “checkout” page to activate your discount. If your discount isn’t working\, email caroline@squeaky.org for help*** \n \n \n \n \n URL:https://squeaky.org/event/tech-arts-for-youth-podcasting/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Summer camp,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_8427.jpg GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250804T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250815T130000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191647Z UID:10001182-1754298000-1755262800@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Digital Art and Technology Access Fall 2025 DESCRIPTION:DATA is a media arts and technology program designed for neurodivergent individuals (such as individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder\, ADHD\, dyslexia\, dyspraxia\, etc.) ages 13-19. A series of year-round workshops builds creative and social skills. Students learn a range of media-based practices to suit all interests in technology and art.\nIn DATA we provide a minimum 4:1 student-to-instructor ratio\, noise-canceling headphones\, snacks\, and a separate sensory-friendly space outside the classroom for breaks. Our patient and passionate instructors have extensive experience working with neurodivergent teens\, and all have relevant combined training and/or degrees in fields like fine art\, special education and social work. \nDATA is now by sliding scale tuition with no one turned away for lack of funds. Fall registration will open in September.\n\nFall 2025: Animation Studio!\nOctober 4-December 13 (10 weeks\, no class Nov 29)\nSaturdays\n10am-1pm\nSqueaky Wheel\n2495 Main St\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\n \nScroll down to “tickets” to apply. If this is your first time applying to DATA\, you will receive a phone call from Caroline\, our Education Director\, to discuss the program in greater detail\, and to ensure that we are a good fit for each other. We unfortunately aren’t able to support individuals with high one-on-one needs. \nQuestions? Please email caroline@squeaky.org\, or call 716-884-7172. \n\nDATA is supported in part by The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation and the Golisano Foundation. \nNutrition support from Wegmans \n \n\n \n \n \n URL:https://squeaky.org/event/digital-art-and-technology-access/ LOCATION:Buckham Hall room B141\, Buffalo State University\, 1300 Elmwood Avenue\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14222\, United States CATEGORIES:DATA,Free,Youth Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Header.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250804T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250808T120000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191648Z UID:10001219-1754298000-1754654400@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Tech Arts for Youth: Filmmaking 2 DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: Filmmaking 2\nAugust 4-8 (Session 4A)\nMonday – Friday\n9:00am – 12:00pm\nOpen to all levels. \nAges 11-15 \nDuring this all around video production and editing session\, you’ll work with a team to produce a super short (micro) film! You’ll write a short script\, rehearse it\, film it\, and edit the footage into a short film! It will be a fast paced week\, and you’ll leave with an amazing short film! Every summer this class is different\, so returning students are welcome and encouraged to take it again – you’ll build on your previous skills\, and the films will keep getting better! \nNOTE: Because we’ve had so many requests for video production workshops\, Digital Filmmaking is offered twice this summer (session 2B and session 4A). Both sessions will follow a similar structure\, but the experience will be completely different\, led by different instructors\, and it’s a-ok to register for both! \nClass limited to 8 participants. \nInstructor: Joan Nobile \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nMembers receive a 10% discount on all workshops. Not yet a member? Click here to join now\, and start using your discount right away! \n***Note: you can purchase classes and a membership at the same time\, and the discount will be applied to your cart automatically. If you are already a member\, fill your cart and then login as a “returning customer” from the “checkout” page to activate your discount. If your discount isn’t working\, email caroline@squeaky.org for help*** \n \n \n \n \n URL:https://squeaky.org/event/tech-arts-for-youth-filmmaking-2/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Summer camp,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-07-at-3.13.24-PM.jpg GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250729T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250729T190000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191648Z UID:10001234-1753812000-1753815600@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Kayleigh Young's To Looking DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, July 29\, 6 pm\nFree or suggested donation\nRSVP below\nTo Looking is a portrait of process and presence. Structured around a semester of hands-on assignments\, from tulip drawings to fingerprinting\, this short film explores the intersection of scientific inquiry and artistic expression. At the center of the story is the Coalesce Center for Biological Art at the University at Buffalo\, where such boundaries are intentionally blurred. Through conversation with the center’s founder and director\, Paul Vanouse\, and close observation of his Art and Life class\, To Looking offers a glimpse into a distinctive kind of learning environment where undergraduates from both the sciences and the humanities are confronted with new ways of seeing and making. Created as a Master of Science thesis project\, To Looking invites viewers to reconsider the divide between objectivity and subjectivity; between what we know and how we come to know it. \nAttendees: Squeaky Wheel is located in Suite 310 of Tri-Main Center. Take the elevator to the third floor\, and head left. Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main Center after 7:30 pm. Click here to see parking\, transportation\, and accessibility information. \nBiography\nKayleigh Young is a first-generation American photographer and filmmaker working at the intersection of art and science. Born in New Jersey and raised on a steady stream of science-fiction films\, Kayleigh developed a fascination with the strange and uncanny. She has a BS in Integrative Informatics from Allegheny College and is a candidate for an MS in Media Arts and Sciences at the University at Buffalo. Kayleigh draws from her background in the critical study of natural sciences\, posthumanism\, and media theory to create emotionally resonant films that support public understanding of complex scientific topics. Kayleigh’s work is centered on the belief that documentary film is a powerful tool for scientific literacy and civic engagement. She uses filmmaking to not only tell stories\, but to investigate the systems and interfaces through which knowledge is shared. URL:https://squeaky.org/event/kayleigh-youngs-to-looking/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Thesis presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Young-Film-Screening-Image.jpeg GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250728T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250801T160000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191648Z UID:10001218-1753707600-1754064000@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Tech Arts for Youth: Stop Motion Animation DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: Stop Motion Animation\nJuly 28-August 1 (Session 3B)\nMonday – Friday\n1:00pm – 4:00pm\nOpen to all levels. \nAges 11-15 \nWhether you are new to stop motion animation or have some experience\, this workshop is for you! We will start with the basics\, using clay\, paper\, and other physical materials to animate motion and effects. Then we will go wild and experiment with techniques and materials\, creating amazing and original animated short films! \nClass limited to 8 participants. \nInstructor: Kolya Kishinsky \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nMembers receive a 10% discount on all workshops. Not yet a member? Click here to join now\, and start using your discount right away! \n***Note: you can purchase classes and a membership at the same time\, and the discount will be applied to your cart automatically. If you are already a member\, fill your cart and then login as a “returning customer” from the “checkout” page to activate your discount. If your discount isn’t working\, email caroline@squeaky.org for help*** \n \n \n \n \n URL:https://squeaky.org/event/tech-arts-for-youth-stop-motion-animation-2/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Summer camp,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-07-at-2.31.16-PM.jpg GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250728T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250801T120000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191648Z UID:10001216-1753693200-1754049600@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Tech Arts for Youth: Game Design DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: Game Design\nJuly 28-August 1 (Session 3A)\nMonday – Friday\n9:00am – 12:00pm\nOpen to all levels. \nAges 11-15 \nLearn about games and game mechanics\, play games\, and design and make your own playable analog and video games! New and returning students of all experience levels welcome. \nClass limited to 10 participants. \nInstructor: Joan Nobile \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nMembers receive a 10% discount on all workshops. Not yet a member? Click here to join now\, and start using your discount right away! \n***Note: you can purchase classes and a membership at the same time\, and the discount will be applied to your cart automatically. If you are already a member\, fill your cart and then login as a “returning customer” from the “checkout” page to activate your discount. If your discount isn’t working\, email caroline@squeaky.org for help*** \n \n \n \n \n URL:https://squeaky.org/event/tech-arts-for-youth-game-design-2/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Summer camp,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/heic:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_5413-scaled-e1738955408389.jpg GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T203000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191648Z UID:10001235-1753295400-1753302600@squeaky.org SUMMARY:A/V Club DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, July 23\, 6:30-8:30pm\nFree\, sign up below\nWe’ve added preceding Saturdays as A/V Club studio days where members are encouraged to convene and work on projects in our lab to present for the meetup. Future dates will be: \nSaturday\, July 19\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, July 23\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nSaturday\, August 16\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, August 20\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nJoin us for the next round of Squeaky’s A/V Club\, a new monthly meetup for digital artists\, media artists\, sound artists\, video artists\, filmmakers\, animators\, game designers\, etc etc. Come share works in progress\, talk skills and experiences\, and embrace the challenges of making media work in an informal\, constructive and exploratory environment. New members are always welcome and appreciated- we want to see your work! \n \nHave a skill you want to share with the group? We’re looking for ways to share the little tidbits of wisdom we’ve picked up along the way from the various working methods we’ve employed while toiling in the studio. If you’ve found an interesting art hack\, have a passion for technical skill\, or find yourself knowledgeable in a topic you think might be good to pass along to fellow artists\, fill out this form and let us know! We’d like to include informal skill sharing as part of the A/V Club structure in the future. \n \nNote: This is an interdisciplinary group\, so if you’re only interested in talking about a single art form\, then this might not be the right group for you. If you’re interested in sharing\, learning\, exploring\, and experimenting across forms\, genres\, styles\, processes\, and mediums\, then you’ll be right at home! \n URL:https://squeaky.org/event/a-v-club-9/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Open Call,Skill Share ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/AV-Club-May-2025.png GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250721T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250725T160000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191648Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191648Z UID:10001215-1753102800-1753459200@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Tech Arts for Youth: 2D Animation DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: 2D Animation\nJuly 21-25 (Session 2B)\nMonday – Friday\n1:00pm – 4:00 pm\nOpen to all levels. \nAges 11-15 \nFrom character design to storytelling\, this workshop empowers young artists to express their creativity using frame-by-frame animation. Our instructor will guide beginner and more advanced students through the animation workflow\, from animating shapes and actions to developing more complex characters and movements. You’ll learn a range of 2D techniques\, including hand drawn animation on paper and digital animation. \nClass limited to 8 participants. \nInstructor: Kolya Kishinsky \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nMembers receive a 10% discount on all workshops. Not yet a member? Click here to join now\, and start using your discount right away! \n***Note: you can purchase classes and a membership at the same time\, and the discount will be applied to your cart automatically. If you are already a member\, fill your cart and then login as a “returning customer” from the “checkout” page to activate your discount. If your discount isn’t working\, email caroline@squeaky.org for help*** \n \n \n \n \n URL:https://squeaky.org/event/tech-arts-for-youth-2d-animation-2/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Summer camp,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-07-at-1.46.55-PM-scaled-e1738954133954.jpg GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250721T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250725T120000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191646Z UID:10001214-1753088400-1753444800@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Tech Arts for Youth: Experimental Digital Photography DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: Experimental Digital Photography\nJuly 21-25 (session 2A)\nMonday – Friday\n9am – 12:00 pm\nOpen to all levels. \nAges 11-15 \nUsing smartphones and digital cameras\, you’ll learn to compose compelling original photographs. Then\, you’ll learn to use Adobe Photoshop to cut apart\, remix\, manipulate\, and reassemble your images to make imaginative and unique new collages and animated GIFs. \nClass limited to 8 participants. \nInstructor: Mikayla Kempski \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nMembers receive a 10% discount on all workshops. Not yet a member? Click here to join now\, and start using your discount right away! \n***Note: you can purchase classes and a membership at the same time\, and the discount will be applied to your cart automatically. If you are already a member\, fill your cart and then login as a “returning customer” from the “checkout” page to activate your discount. If your discount isn’t working\, email caroline@squeaky.org for help*** \n \n \n \n \n URL:https://squeaky.org/event/tech-arts-for-youth-experimental-digital-photography/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Summer camp,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Screenshot-2025-02-06-at-4.43.40-PM-1.jpg GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250714T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250718T160000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191647Z UID:10001213-1752498000-1752854400@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Tech Arts for Youth: Filmmaking 1 DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: Filmmaking 1\nJuly 14-18 (session 1B)\nMonday – Friday\n1:00pm – 4:00 pm\nOpen to all levels. \nAges 11-15 \nDuring this all around video production and editing session\, you’ll work with a team to produce a super short (micro) film! You’ll write a short script\, rehearse it\, film it\, and edit the footage into a short film! It will be a fast paced week\, and you’ll leave with an amazing short film! Every summer this class is different\, so returning students are welcome and encouraged to take it again – you’ll build on your previous skills\, and the films will keep getting better! \nNOTE: Because we’ve had so many requests for video production workshops\, Digital Filmmaking is offered twice this summer (session 1B and session 4A). Both sessions will follow a similar structure\, but the experience will be completely different\, led by different instructors\, and it’s a-ok to register for both! \nClass limited to 8 participants. \nInstructor: TBD \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nMembers receive a 10% discount on all workshops. Not yet a member? Click here to join now\, and start using your discount right away! \n***Note: you can purchase classes and a membership at the same time\, and the discount will be applied to your cart automatically. If you are already a member\, fill your cart and then login as a “returning customer” from the “checkout” page to activate your discount. If your discount isn’t working\, email caroline@squeaky.org for help*** \n \n \n \n \n URL:https://squeaky.org/event/tech-arts-for-youth-filmmaking-1/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Summer camp,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SQedu_FilmProd24__IMG_0066__web-e1738877036666.jpg GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250714T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250718T120000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191647Z UID:10001211-1752483600-1752840000@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Tech Arts for Youth: Comics! DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: Comics!\nJuly 14-18 (session 1A)\nMonday – Friday\n9am – 12:00 pm\nOpen to all levels. \nAges 11-15 \nStories and comics and zines oh my! Learn to use Krita\, an incredible free drawing and animation program\, to develop\, draw\, and color your own digital comics and zines! Students of all levels are welcome in this playful class where you can start something new or build on ideas you’ve been working on. You’ll learn with professional tools – our computer lab is outfitted with Apple desktop and laptop computers\, and Wacom digital drawing tablets. \nClass limited to 8 participants. \nInstructor: Mikayla Kempski \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nMembers receive a 10% discount on all workshops. Not yet a member? Click here to join now\, and start using your discount right away! \n***Note: you can purchase classes and a membership at the same time\, and the discount will be applied to your cart automatically. If you are already a member\, fill your cart and then login as a “returning customer” from the “checkout” page to activate your discount. If your discount isn’t working\, email caroline@squeaky.org for help*** \n \n \n \n \n URL:https://squeaky.org/event/tech-arts-for-youth-comics/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Summer camp,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SQedu_Digital-Illustration24__0931-Enhanced-NR_web.jpg GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250618T203000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191647Z UID:10001233-1750271400-1750278600@squeaky.org SUMMARY:A/V Club DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, June 18\, 6:30-8:30pm\nFree\, sign up below\nWe’ve added preceding Saturdays as A/V Club studio days where members are encouraged to convene and work on projects in our lab to present for the meetup. Future dates will be: \nSaturday\, June 14\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, June 18\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nSaturday\, July 19\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, July 23\, 6:60-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nJoin us for the next round of Squeaky’s A/V Club\, a new monthly meetup for digital artists\, media artists\, sound artists\, video artists\, filmmakers\, animators\, game designers\, etc etc. Come share works in progress\, talk skills and experiences\, and embrace the challenges of making media work in an informal\, constructive and exploratory environment. New members are always welcome and appreciated- we want to see your work! \n \nHave a skill you want to share with the group? We’re looking for ways to share the little tidbits of wisdom we’ve picked up along the way from the various working methods we’ve employed while toiling in the studio. If you’ve found an interesting art hack\, have a passion for technical skill\, or find yourself knowledgeable in a topic you think might be good to pass along to fellow artists\, fill out this form and let us know! We’d like to include informal skill sharing as part of the A/V Club structure in the future. \n \nNote: This is an interdisciplinary group\, so if you’re only interested in talking about a single art form\, then this might not be the right group for you. If you’re interested in sharing\, learning\, exploring\, and experimenting across forms\, genres\, styles\, processes\, and mediums\, then you’ll be right at home! \n URL:https://squeaky.org/event/a-v-club-8/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Open Call,Skill Share ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/AV-Club-May-2025.png GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250524T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250531T160000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191647Z UID:10001210-1748088000-1748707200@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Postponed: Place & Process: Video Experiments with Jodi Lynn Maracle DESCRIPTION:This class has been postponed.\nIf you are interested in receiving email updates about the new dates\, please contact caroline@squeaky.org\n\nSaturdays\, May 24 & 31\n12-4pm\n$175 (10% discount for members. Scholarships may be available – email caroline@squeaky.org for info) \n \nIn this two session\, process-focused workshop\, participants will meet with artist and educator Jodi Lynn Maracle\, Tyendinaga Mohawk and Polish/Irish settler descent\, to produce a short film based on relationship to place. We will develop a practice of connecting with specific places while recording video and audio\, helping us to stay physically and mentally present. We’ll utilize all of our senses – from sight\, to sound\, to touch\, to smell – and we are just as interested in the process and experience of physically being in a specific location as we are in the final product. \nFor the first class\, on Saturday May 24\, we will meet briefly at Squeaky Wheel\, where Jodi will share their work and give insight into their art practice. Then we will travel together to Woodlawn Beach\, where we will consciously engage with the site\, recording video and audio with personal smartphones and digital cameras. Participants are encouraged to bring any recording equipment they have as well as notebooks\, writing utensils and weather appropriate clothing. \nDuring the week between classes\, participants are encouraged to apply what they learn with Jodi to a place that is personal to them\, in order to gather additional footage and audio. \nThe second session\, on May 31\, will be held at Squeaky Wheel\, where we will begin reviewing and editing the footage gathered during our time at Woodlawn on the first day\, as well as additional materials gathered independently. \nTogether we will consider:\nWhat does it mean to slow down and become fully present in a specific place?\nHow does this translate to an audio and video based practice?\nWhat do we experience in our bodies in specific locations that can inform both our practice and our product?\nHow can we deepen our relationship with place through a process of slow and thoughtful observation – observation of specific sites and observation of ourselves? \n \nClass limited to 8 students. No video editing experience is required\, but participants should be open to experimentation\, comfortable using smartphone cameras\, and confident using a computer. Squeaky Wheel’s classroom is outfitted with Mac desktop computers. \n \nQuestions? email caroline@squeaky.org or call 716-884-7172 \n \nInstructor bio: \n \nJodi Lynn Maracle is a Kanien’keha:ka/settler artist\, language teacher\, parent and hide tanner. Born and raised in what is currently considered Buffalo\, NY\, their work is influenced as much by an upbringing in Western New York as it is by Kanien’keha:ka culture\, language and material objects. Jodi’s work centers reclamation of space and memory in the face of settler-colonial occupation through contemporary representations of Indigenous cultural legacies and lived realities. Jodi blends traditional Haudenosaunee skills\, symbols\, forms\, and language with modern forms of making to articulate historical and contemporary relationships to place\, land\, and community. URL:https://squeaky.org/event/place-process-video-experiments-with-jodi-lynn-maracle/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Education,Media Art Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/avif:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Jodi-Maracle-A-Song-To-The-Water.avif GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250522 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250628 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191647Z UID:10001232-1747872000-1751068799@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Call for submissions: Squeaky Wheel's 22nd Animation Fest! DESCRIPTION:Deadline: June 27\, 2025\, 11:59 PM\nNotification Date: August 22\, 2025\nSqueaky Wheel announces the call for submissions for our annual Animation Fest! Celebrating its 22nd year\, we are proud to continue a festival showcasing short films and artworks made in a diverse variety of animation techniques\, including stop-motion\, claymation\, 3D animation\, hand-painted film\, motion graphics\, and more. All genres are welcome. Past festivals have showcased work from both rising artists as well as established artists. \nThe 22nd Animation Fest will be held online and in-person in Fall 2025. Films in the virtual program will be accessible for 24 hours thereafter for general audiences\, and 72 hours for Squeaky Wheel members. If selected\, you will be asked for a downloadable copy of your film and stills from your film. \n\nEach individual submission should not exceed ~10 minutes.\nThere is no submission fee.\nAll selected artists will receive a screening fee of $100 per selected film. (International applicants must have a Paypal account to receive their screening fee).\nAll selected artists will receive a one year membership to Squeaky Wheel.\nMultiple submissions per artist are accepted.\nFilms must have been completed within the past ~2 years.\n\nArtists who face systemic and structural barriers are encouraged to apply. Please direct any questions about the application process and your submissions to Ekrem Serdar at ekrem@squeaky.org \nClick here to submit your films\nImage description: Documentation from the 20th Animation Fest retrospective at North Park Theater. A projection in a darkened movie theater. On the screen is the word “Filmmakers!”\, which is from Helen Hill’s 2004 short film Madame Winger Makes a Film: A Survival Guide for the 21st Century. URL:https://squeaky.org/event/call-for-submissions-squeaky-wheels-22nd-animation-fest/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Open Call,Screenings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/North-Park-Helen-Hill.jpg GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250521T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250521T203000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191632Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191632Z UID:10001231-1747852200-1747859400@squeaky.org SUMMARY:A/V Club DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, May 21\, 6:30-8:30pm\nFree\, sign up below\nWe’ve added preceding Saturdays as A/V Club studio days where members are encouraged to convene and work on projects in our lab to present for the meetup. Future dates will be: \nSaturday\, May 17 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, May 21 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nSaturday\, June 14\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, June 18\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nJoin us for the next round of Squeaky’s A/V Club\, a new monthly meetup for digital artists\, media artists\, sound artists\, video artists\, filmmakers\, animators\, game designers\, etc etc. Come share works in progress\, talk skills and experiences\, and embrace the challenges of making media work in an informal\, constructive and exploratory environment. New members are always welcome and appreciated- we want to see your work! \n \nHave a skill you want to share with the group? We’re looking for ways to share the little tidbits of wisdom we’ve picked up along the way from the various working methods we’ve employed while toiling in the studio. If you’ve found an interesting art hack\, have a passion for technical skill\, or find yourself knowledgeable in a topic you think might be good to pass along to fellow artists\, fill out this form and let us know! We’d like to include informal skill sharing as part of the A/V Club structure in the future. \n \nNote: This is an interdisciplinary group\, so if you’re only interested in talking about a single art form\, then this might not be the right group for you. If you’re interested in sharing\, learning\, exploring\, and experimenting across forms\, genres\, styles\, processes\, and mediums\, then you’ll be right at home! \n URL:https://squeaky.org/event/a-v-club-7/ LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States CATEGORIES:Open Call,Skill Share ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/AV-Club-May-2025.png GEO:42.8906261;-78.8721258 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Squeaky Wheel 2495 Main Street Suite 310 Buffalo NY 14214 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2495 Main Street\, Suite 310:geo:-78.8721258,42.8906261 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250529T200000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191646Z UID:10001203-1747764000-1748548800@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Interactive Video: Intro to Touchdesigner DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays and Thursdays\, 6:00 – 8:00 pm\nMay 20-29 (4 classes\, 8 hours of instruction)\n$175 (10% discount for members. Not yet a member? Click here for details)\nopen to ages 16+\nRegister with the “tickets” button at the bottom of this page\n \n \n \nIn this hands-on digital video workshop\, we’ll explore how to recreate psychedelic video effects inspired by the experimental video artists of the 60s and 70s. Using the free version of TouchDesigner\, you’ll learn how to manipulate video in real time\, creating dynamic and abstract visuals. This workshop doesn’t require any previous coding experience—just a curious mind and a willingness to play. \nSqueaky Wheel’s classroom is outfitted with Mac computers. If would like to bring your own laptop\, please download and install Touchdesigner before class. You can find it at this link. \nClass limited to 8 participants. \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nInstructors: Jason Geistweidt and James Pardue \n \nJASON E GEISTWEIDT is an intermedia artist working at the nexus of music technology\, physical computing\, creative coding\, networked systems\, digital fabrication\, interactive installation\, and performance. Grounding his research is the use of purpose-built tools and systems for generating media via procedural\, yet aleatoric or otherwise chance methodologies. Conceptually his work plays with ideas of control\, intention\, and expectation within the creative process. His approach is experimental\, interconnecting disparate systems in a desire to make the intangible — data\, networks\, computation\, and the like — tangible through their transduction into objects\, events\, and experiences. \nJAMES PARDUE is an experimental multimedia artist and researcher based in Buffalo\, NY. His work incorporates old and emerging forms of electronic media\, such as video and audio synthesis\, physical computing\, and generative imagery in real-time multimedia performances and installations. Through his work\, he experiments with interaction between generated electronic phenomena and the tangible world\, with the intent to reimagine a more democratic relationship with media. Pardue’s research delves into alternative media histories\, such as experimental television and variances in computation\, to advocate for resistance against technological determinism. Currently\, he is an MFA candidate in the Department of Media Study at SUNY Buffalo. URL:https://squeaky.org/event/interactive-video-intro-to-touchdesigner/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Media Art Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/landscape-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T210000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191646Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191646Z UID:10001230-1747764000-1747774800@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Seed Songs for Palestine DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, May 20. 6–9 pm; screening at 7 pm\nat Duende (85 Silo City Row\, Buffalo\, NY 14203)\nRSVP below. Free. Click here to learn more about the “Revive Gaza’s Farmland” programme at Arab Group for the Protection of Nature.\nSqueaky Wheel is excited to present an evening of short films to benefit the farmlands of Gaza. The screening\, curated by wave~form~projects and re:assemblage collective\, includes work by Alanis Obomsawin\, Cecilia Vicuña\, Nicolás Grandi and Lata Mani\, Marwa Arsanios\, Rana Nazzal Hamadeh\, and Ryley Williams. This event has taken place in locations across the world\, including in cities such as Cape Town\, Glasgow\, Jakarta\, Oaxaca\, Toronto\, and cities across the U.S; we are excited to present it in Buffalo. \nHow to get to Duende: The event will take place at Duende\, on the second floor. The address is 85 Silo City Row\, Buffalo\, NY 14203. Duende is located at 85 Silo City Row. Turn off of Ohio Street onto Silo City Row\, then drive through the gate into Silo City. You will be driving through an active construction site. Parking is just past the bar. Duende is a 2-story building on the right hand side just past the red caboose train car. Please note that the second floor is only accessible with stairs. \nThe Revive Gaza’s Farmlands Project was initiated by Golo Besmlah in collaboration with Arab Centre for the Protection of Nature. Curated by wave~form~projects and re:assemblage collective. The Buffalo iteration of this program is presented by Squeaky Wheel\, in collaboration with Silo City\, Jewish Voice for Peace – Buffalo\, the Food Systems Planning and Healthy Community Lab at the University at Buffalo (aka UB Food Lab). Special thank you to Dee Hartman\, Noura al Khasawneh\, Samina Raja\, Toleen Touq\, and all our partners. \nAbout the program\nThe event will begin at 7pm. Doors will open at 6pm. There will be brief introductions and talks by associates of UB Food Lab\, Jewish Voice for Peace\, and Squeaky Wheel ahead of the films. We will have samosas available from Ali Baba Kebab and some bottles of water. The bar of Duende will be open through the event. \n“The films in Seed Songs for Palestine engage themes of seed sovereignty and Indigenous resilience\, highlighting the intrinsic connections between land\, culture\, and self-determination. Delving into the symbolic and practical importance of seeds\, plant life\, and relations with land as forms of resistance and continuity for Indigenous communities\, the films interrogate the dynamics of freedom and survival in the face of environmental and colonial oppression\, while also offering poignant reflections on both the fragility and resilience of existence. Collectively\, they illuminate the vital role of seed sovereignty in asserting Indigenous rights and preserving cultural heritage. This collection of shorts presents a rich tapestry of voices and radical perspectives that have existed from time immemorial\, considering the intersections of ecological stewardship and self determination which continue to disperse across fertile lands.” – wave~form~projects and re:assemblage collective. \nFilm program\nDuration: 74 minutes \n\nCecilia Vicuña\, Semiya (Seed song) (2015\, Chile\, 8 mins)\nAlanis Obomsawin\, Farming (1975\, Canada\, 2 mins)\nRana Nazzal Hamadeh\, We Would Be Freer (2023\, Palestine/Canada\, 9 mins)\nMarwa Arsanios\, Who is Afraid of Ideology\, Part I & II (2017-2019\, Lebanon/Iraqi Kurdistan\, North and East Syria\, 39 mins)\nRyley Williams\, it’s amazing that you still exist (2021\, Canada\, 4 mins)\nNicolás Grandi and Lata Mani\, Nocturne I (2013\, India\, 5 mins)\n\nSupplemental material from the curators and our partners\nVideo: The Untold Revolution: Food Sovereignty in Palestine (26 mins)\, Ameen Nayfeh\, 2021 \nVideo: Seeds are meant to disperse (8.5 mins)\, Christina Battle\, 2022. More information. \nReading: Forgotten history: a vision for Palestinian refugees’ agricultural self-sufficiency\, Nadi Abu Saada\, 2023 \nReading: Planning and Food Sovereignty in Conflict Cities: Insights From Urban Growers in Srinagar\, Jammu and Kashmir by Raja\, S.\, Parvaiz\, A.\, Sanders\, L.\, Judelsohn\, A.\, Guru\, S.\, Bhan\, M.\, … Frimpong Boamah\, E. Journal of the American Planning Association\, 2022 \nReading: UB’s Food Lab partners with prominent Kashmiri poet Zareef Ahmad Zareef to celebrate an important Indigenous green called haak\, University at Buffalo\, 2024. Read more about UB Food Lab’s global work here. \n\nBanner image: A still from Rana Nazzal Hamadeh\, We Would Be Freer (2023\, Palestine/Canada\, 9 mins) URL:https://squeaky.org/event/seed-songs-for-palestine/ LOCATION:Duende\, 85 Silo City Row\, Buffalo\, 14203\, United States CATEGORIES:Screenings,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Seed-Songs.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T213000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191631Z UID:10001229-1746903600-1746912600@squeaky.org SUMMARY:No Other Land DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 10\, 4 pm and 7 pm\nat Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center (map)\nDoors open at 6:45 pm. Registration highly recommended; click here to register.\nBoth screenings are now sold out.\nThis free screening (92 minutes) will be followed by a discussion lead by LOLA and Jewish Voice for Peace Buffalo. \nA collective of Palestinian and Israeli activist/filmmakers chronicle the Israeli military’s incremental expulsion of the West Bank community of Masafer Yatta — home to 20 ancient Palestinian villages — in this tightly focused\, urgent documentary. Over a period of five years (2019–23)\, Masafer Yatta resident and Palestinian journalist Basel Adra shoots video of home\, school\, water well\, and road demolitions (legalized by the area’s conversion to an IDF training zone) and their consequent protests by displaced residents. Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham — free to move about while Adra’s movements are constricted — takes this nonviolent fight to a wider platform. The two form a complicated friendship and hopeful partnership in their efforts to resist a government-sanctioned mass eviction. \nPresented in partnership with Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center\, Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center\, LOLA\, Jewish Voice for Peace Buffalo\, and Buffalo Int’l Film Festival. \nFurther reading\nBasel Adra\, Our film is going to the Oscars. But here in Masafer Yatta\, we’re still being erased\, +972 Magazine\, February 10\, 2025 \nAnthony Kaufman\, No Other Distribution: How Film Industry Economics and Politics Are Suppressing Docs Sympathetic to Palestine and Critical of Israel\, Documentary Magazine\, January 15 2025 \nMary Turfah\, “No Other Land” for Whom?\, Mubi Notebook\, February 11 2025 \nBanner image: A man laying on a grassy and rocky knoll. A tractor is visible behind him. URL:https://squeaky.org/event/no-other-land/ LOCATION:Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center\, 341 Delaware Avenue\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14202\, United States CATEGORIES:Screenings ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/no-other-land.jpg GEO:42.8937279;-78.8753531 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center 341 Delaware Avenue Buffalo NY 14202 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=341 Delaware Avenue:geo:-78.8753531,42.8937279 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250510T170000 DTSTAMP:20260604T192806 CREATED:20251230T191631Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251230T191631Z UID:10001205-1746878400-1746896400@squeaky.org SUMMARY:Video Instruments: Build an Analog Video Synthesizer DESCRIPTION:Saturday May 10\n12pm-5pm (1 class\, 5 hours of instruction)\n$125 (10% discount for members. Not yet a member? Click here for details)\nopen to ages 16+\nRegister with the “tickets” button at the bottom of this page\n \nIn this hand-on circuit building workshop\, participants will build cyberboy666’s _rupture_ circuit for glitching analog video signals in real time. Based upon video artist Karl Klomp’s design\, the circuit is intended for live performance and exploratory play. Media artists Jason Geistweidt and James Pardue guide you through the build process\, from soldering circuitry to processing signals\, revealing the materiality of the analog video world. In addition to the experience of building analog circuitry\, the workshop provides a technical introduction to analog video and showcases the practices of influential video artists. All tools and components to build the circuit will be supplied. Analog playback/projection media will be provided to play with the capabilities of your new video instrument. \nAll tools and materials provided. Class limited to 10 participants. \n***This class will meet in the Department of Media Study at UB. Arrival instructions will be shared after registration.*** \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \n \nInstructors: Jason Geistweidt and James Pardue \nJASON E GEISTWEIDT is an intermedia artist working at the nexus of music technology\, physical computing\, creative coding\, networked systems\, digital fabrication\, interactive installation\, and performance. Grounding his research is the use of purpose-built tools and systems for generating media via procedural\, yet aleatoric or otherwise chance methodologies. Conceptually his work plays with ideas of control\, intention\, and expectation within the creative process. His approach is experimental\, interconnecting disparate systems in a desire to make the intangible — data\, networks\, computation\, and the like — tangible through their transduction into objects\, events\, and experiences. \nJAMES PARDUE is an experimental multimedia artist and researcher based in Buffalo\, NY. His work incorporates old and emerging forms of electronic media\, such as video and audio synthesis\, physical computing\, and generative imagery in real-time multimedia performances and installations. Through his work\, he experiments with interaction between generated electronic phenomena and the tangible world\, with the intent to reimagine a more democratic relationship with media. Pardue’s research delves into alternative media histories\, such as experimental television and variances in computation\, to advocate for resistance against technological determinism. Currently\, he is an MFA candidate in the Department of Media Study at SUNY Buffalo. URL:https://squeaky.org/event/video-instruments-build-an-analog-video-mixer/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Media Art Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://squeaky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_6532.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR