Special Installations

Poetry Today symposium for The Buffalo Festival of the Arts Today, March 5, 1965, in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery Auditorium. From left: David Posner (moderator), Robert Graves, William D. Snodgrass, and Robert Creeley. Image courtesy of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum Archives. Celebrated American poet Robert Creeley (1926–2005) had a connection to the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (now the Buffalo AKG Art Museum) that spanned more than forty years, from speaking to artist collaborations. His first engagement with the museum was in March 1965, when he took part in the Poetry Today symposium for The Buffalo Festival of the Arts Today. The sixteen-day event attracted more than 300,000 guests and received nationwide acclaim. During the symposium, Creeley stated, “Whatever provokes in me this response to the innate rhythm of a poem, whatever it is, one singly follows one’s own answer,” expressing his deeply felt and responsive style. The poet collaborated with some of the most celebrated contemporary artists, forming lasting relationships with them before the actual “work” took place. Artist Alex Katz, a collaborator on Edges, stated, “Working with Bob makes me feel bright.” In May 1972, Marisol

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