Portal 2026: Open Studios + Art Crawl

Come curious- Leave inspired. Your invitation to Buffalo's creative underground- where art, ideas, and industry collide.
Step through the portal and explore the creative heart of Buffalo's historic Niagara Frontier Food Terminal. This event invites you into the vibrant work-spaces of local artists, makers, and food-purveyors- each space a portal into an imaginative mind.
Meet the makers, tour the studios, sample local flavor, and explore the magic behind the work.
Things to do:
-Acquire a "Passport" (provided on site) and visit enough individual businesses and studios to be entered into a raffle for prizes.
- Local Wine & Cider, charcuterie and surprises at Chateau Buffalo Winery
- Try Honey Wine and dance to the DJ at Wildflower Meadery
- Stop at the Tea Bar at Snowy Owl Art + Tea
- Eat dinner, grab a beer, and shop local NY-made goods at The Nickel Plate
-Explore Jennifers Warehouse Emporium
-Group Show by ArtLab at Snowy Owl Arts + Tea House
-Visit the pottery sale at Saira Studios
-Costumed figure drawing at Buffalo Open Arts Atelier
- Open format pole fitness at Flex Pole Studio
-Photo Booth with fun backgrounds at Art is Why Studio
-Photography experiences at Mark Duggan Photography
-Drop in ecstatic dance at Presence Breathwork and Movement Arts
-See the Form and Function pilates studio
-Learn about the Fresh Fix local food operation

Visit art studios within 3 buildings in the NFFT complex:
Kyle Butler
Karen JS Tashjian
Sara Zak
Mark Lavatelli
Krista Mezzadri
Saira Studios
Tara Bystran-Pruski
Anna Emerson
Sarah Field Sonnenberg
Nancy Spector
Saira Studios
Chuck Tingley
Kelly Grey Tomasello
Rich Tomasello
XIII
Libby Projects and Editions
YAMES
Quincey Miracle
H Boone
Cassie Elsaesser
Art is Why Studio
Nickel City Headshots / Mark Duggan Photography
Buffalo Open Arts Atelier