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Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center Squeaky Wheel is a grassroots, artist-run non-profit media arts center in Buffalo, NY.

We are thrilled to announce our 23rd annual Animation Fest! Join us at Buffalo AKG Museum’s December First Friday at 7pm...
10/17/2026

We are thrilled to announce our 23rd annual Animation Fest! Join us at Buffalo AKG Museum’s December First Friday at 7pm or watch online, with amazing and diverse animated works by anivides (Cristal Buemi and Franci Duran), Heidi Stavrevski, Lysander Wong, Mahda Purmehdi, Martha Griffith, Natalia Ryss, Sanam Sheriff and Sonali Gulati, Scarlet Thibodeau, Suzanne L. Schulz, Tony Nash, and Wendy Cong Zhao.
Huge thanks to our sponsors: Daemen University, Buffalo Spree, Tri-Main Center, Council Member Joel Feroleto, West Herr, Harlequin Pet Services, Rich’s, Rigidized Metals Corporation, Hodgson Russ, Stephens & Stephens, Rose Jade Consulting, Marketing Tech, Evolve Fitness, Jody LaFond, Media Production at Buffalo State, Lumpy Buttons, Larkin Development Group, eco_LOGIC studio, Buffalo Toronto Public Media, Anderson’s Frozen Custard, and the University at Buffalo Department of Art!

And to our generous host: Buffalo AKG Art Museum!

Buffalo International Film Festival starts today, and we're so excited that many past Workspace Residency alums have wor...
10/08/2026

Buffalo International Film Festival starts today, and we're so excited that many past Workspace Residency alums have work featured -- plus one of our Youth Film Lab participants curated the Next Gen youth-made film block! Hope to see you out there!

Registration is open for Tech Arts for Girls: Comics & Illustration, starting Saturday October 31!Join the incredible Mi...
10/08/2026

Registration is open for Tech Arts for Girls: Comics & Illustration, starting Saturday October 31!

Join the incredible Mikayla Kempski to draw comics and zines and more! You’ll learn to use Krita, a free, open source digital drawing and painting program. You’ll also learn to draw with a pressure sensitive pen and drawing tablet for amazing detail and control – just like the pros!

Open to girls & trans/nonbinary youth in grades 6-9
Sliding scale: $0-$120
https://squeaky.org/event/comics-illustration-2/

10/07/2026

“At its core, Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center values creativity and experimentation; media and digital literacy; community engagement and collaboration; and equal access to all programs and equipment,” proclaimed Sean M. Ryan, Mayor of Buffalo.

What to expect at our 40th tomorrow! Tickets include admission, 1 drink ticket, 1 raffle ticket, and all you can eat pop...
10/02/2026

What to expect at our 40th tomorrow!
Tickets include admission, 1 drink ticket, 1 raffle ticket, and all you can eat popcorn bar. Dress is festive and comfortable (you do you!).
Times to note: 7:30pm remarks and cake cutting + 9:30pm raffle drawing
Throughout: DJ Oliver Sax with an original performance and a DJ set + live feed karaoke + friends old and new + a quiet art-making zone + ephemera and media from the past 40 years + basket raffle + Extra Extra pizza for purchase, an epic popcorn bar, and drinks
See you soon!

Sunday October 18 at 7pm! We are thrilled to present Beyond Resolution: Short films by Sabine Gruffat at Hallwalls, with...
09/30/2026

Sunday October 18 at 7pm! We are thrilled to present Beyond Resolution: Short films by Sabine Gruffat at Hallwalls, with support from the Department of Media Study at UB! Followed by a Q&A with the artist.

Tickets are now available on our website!

This series of films favors ambiguity and resists resolution. The nearer the gaze, the more obscure the view. Illegibility here is not an escape from politics, but a way of inhabiting it differently: as a site of tension, friction, and possibility.

These films draw from a range of genres and layered techniques. Images are processed to draw attention to the hidden logics in software, hardware, and materiality. In repurposing media, the works call attention to the histories from which meaning’s fragile frameworks emerge.

Sabine Gruffat is a French-American artist born in Bangkok, Thailand. She co-founded and co-programs the Cosmic Rays Film Festival in Chapel Hill, NC with filmmaker Bill Brown. Currently she lives in Marseille, France.

Sabine Gruffat works across experimental, animation, and essay forms and exhibits her work as installations, performances, and single-channel screenings. By actively engaging with both current and outmoded technology, Gruffat’s work questions our standardized and mediated world.

We're overwhelming grateful to all of the amazing local businesses who contributed to our 40th anniversary celebration t...
09/30/2026

We're overwhelming grateful to all of the amazing local businesses who contributed to our 40th anniversary celebration this weekend! It means so much to be part of this supportive community! ❤️
Massive shout out to 🍿 North Park Theatre, 🍕 Extra Extra Pizza, 🍻 Community B**r Works and Frequentem Brewing Co. for delicious nibbles and libations!
And you'll be able to win amazing goodies in our basket raffle thanks to Buffalo International Film Festival, Anderson's Frozen Custard, 5 Wits, Expressway Cinema, Talking Leaves...Books, Helium Comedy Club, Lucy Desi Museum, Put A Plant On It, Evolve Buffalo, Queen City Comics, Revolver Records, Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Preserve, Out There Records, Buffalo Sabres, Breadhive, Buffalo Bandits, Buffalo Bisons, Soul Stop Records, National Comedy Center, Hallwalls, CEPA Gallery, WNY Book Arts Center, and three generous individuals!
Thank you!!

40 years ago next month, Squeaky Wheel opened its first space at 585 Potomac. Since then, we've been on Connecticut, Elm...
09/24/2026

40 years ago next month, Squeaky Wheel opened its first space at 585 Potomac. Since then, we've been on Connecticut, Elmwood, and two spots downtown on Main Street before landing in our current space at Tri-Main. We'd love to hear your memories too, and come celebrate with us on October 3!
https://squeaky.org/event/squeakys-40th/

Youth Film Lab starts October 6! Teens in grades 8-12 meet two afternoons per week in October and November to make a sho...
09/23/2026

Youth Film Lab starts October 6! Teens in grades 8-12 meet two afternoons per week in October and November to make a short narrative film, start to finish. They collaborate on every aspect of the filmmaking process – scriptwriting, storyboarding, acting, camera, lighting, sound, editing, and special effects, using professional software and equipment, building professional skills, and having fun!
YFL is offered sliding scale: $0-$240
Register: https://squeaky.org/event/youth-film-lab-3/

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2495 Main Street, Suite 310
Buffalo, NY
14214

Opening Hours

Tuesday 12pm - 5pm
Wednesday 12pm - 5pm
Thursday 12pm - 5pm
Friday 12pm - 5pm
Saturday 12pm - 5pm

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+17168847172

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