10/08/2026
Tri-Main Center tenants collaborating - Buffalo Arts Studio, Journey's End, and The Western New York Foundation.
This summer, Buffalo Arts Studio collaborated with the The Western New York Foundation and Journey's End to bring a cohort of our Jump Start youth program students (ages 13–18) to a local urban farm to learn about the food systems in Buffalo. Our goal was to help our students understand the work, impact, and importance of urban agriculture, and to see how this fits into their greater communities.
Buffalo Arts Studio worked with Brewster Street Farm - Journey's End Refugee Agricultural Program . We ran a two-session project in which our Jump Start students learned about the farm and created drawings for an exhibition celebrating the WNY Foundation’s 75th Anniversary.
During the first session, our students spent a day receiving a tour of the space, learning about how the farm operates as part of the larger Buffalo food system, and writing reflections on their understanding of the farm’s impact. They then created live drawings of the farm. The second session was held at Buffalo Arts Studio, where students refined their drawings and reflections, discussed what they learned, and prepared the finished pieces for exhibition.
The final drawings will be displayed alongside the students’ written reflections on the impact of Brewster St. Farm. They will be hung in the Tri-Main Center, in the hallway between Buffalo Arts Studio and Journey’s End. You can see the final results on Friday, October 23 from 5 - 8 pm as part of M&T's Fourth Fridays at the TriMain Center.