Guitars for Hope
Documentary Ready to Premiere!
Heart Strings Broadcast Schedule:
WNED-TV
Wednesday, July 12 at 10:30 pm
ThinkBright-TV (Adelphia 21 or Digital 43-3)
Sunday, July 2 at 8:30pm
Tuesday, July 11 at 10pm
WNED joined with the Canisius College Video Institute to produce Heart Strings,
a documentary that chronicles the initial stages of the Guitars for Hope public art
project. Communication Studies and Digital Media Arts majors Nina Cimino, Nicholas
Barone, Ignayra Ramos and Michael Woeppel have been working under the direction of
Dr. Barbara Irwin, Chair of the Communication Studies Department and director of
the Video Institute, to produce this 30-minute video featuring the artists and their
work in bringing the guitars to life. The Canisius College Video Institute is funded
in part by the John R. Oishei Foundation.
Dr. Irwin and her team are very excited about the public art project and have worked
closely with WNED's producer on the project, Mindy Fox, to develop the program for
broadcast on WNED. The documentary has allowed the Canisius students a unique opportunity
to not only showcase their talents but to give something back to the community as
well.
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Press Conference – December 14, 2005
Celebrity and regional artists announced
Celebrities and area artists who will design and decorate 60 six-ft. tall fiberglass guitars for the Guitars for Hope public art project were announced by NFL Hall of Famer and former Buffalo Bills Quarterback Jim Kelly, WNED President and Chief Executive Officer Donald K. Boswell, and Nora McGuire, head of the Art Selection Committee. Attendees were able to walk through the impressive sea of unpainted guitars and review the artist’s renderings that were selected, providing all with a glimpse of what the finished guitars will look like.
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Press Conference – June 17, 2005
Guitars for Hope public art project announced
 Artist Todd Dawes, a long-time friend and associate of Jim Kelly, traveled from his home in Florida to work on and contribute the first guitar in the sixty guitar series at the press conference announcing the Guitars for Hope public art project on June 17, 2005. Dawes, who created the image presented to Jim Kelly when his name was placed on the Bills Wall of Fame in Ralph Wilson Stadium, painted Guitars for Hope #101 “American Guitar” live during the press conference that took place during the 5th annual WNED Buffalo Niagara Guitar Festival.
 To pre-purchase Guitar for Hope #101 “American Guitar” by Todd Dawes, or any other Guitar for Hope, download our sponsorship package or call Wendy Diina Ceppaglia, project co-coordinator, at
716-845-7000 x 371.
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Selected artists’ renderings stand beside their blank Guitar For Hope. |
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Artist Albert Sterbak stands besides his Guitar For Hope displaying his design. |
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WNED AM’s Jim Ranney interviews Jim Kelly at the press conference. |
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Jim Kelly congratulates artist Bill Wilson who had 3 of his designs accepted into Guitars for Hope. |
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Students from Olmsted School #56, who’s design was accepted into the art project, take a look at Todd Dawes’ completed Guitar For Hope.
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