What is PechaKucha Night? PechaKucha (pronounced in three syllables like “peh-chak-cha”) is a Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat.” PechaKucha Night (PKN), devised by Astrid Klein and Mark Dytham of Klein Dytham architecture, began in Tokyo in 2003 as an event for young designers to share their work, but has since grown into a global event held in 463 cities around the world. As PechaKucha spreads geographically, it also expanded in focus and now gathers local creatives from across many fields to share their passions in a unique, concise format: each presenter shows 20 images for 20 seconds each - a 6 minute and 40 second dose of ideas before the next presenter is up. PechaKucha Buffalo was founded in 2006 by Nick Bruscia, Peter McCarthy and Heamchand Subryan. PechaKucha Buffalo features artists, designers, architects, actors, writers, landscape designers, musicians and more. We host fun and informal gatherings at local arts venues such as Hallwalls, Soundlab, Artspace, and WNY Book Arts Center. PKN Buffalo is currently organized by Nick Bruscia (University at Buffalo School of Architecture & Planning) and Joanna Gillespie (art consultant). For more information: PechaKucha Global Website: http://www.pecha-kucha.org/ Twitter: @PechaKucha_BFLO; Hashtag: #PKbflo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PechaKuchaBuffalo Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shastio/sets/72157600271958462/  and http://www.flickr.com/photos/23803188@N02/with/2801201736/.  Devised and shared by Klein Dytham architecture.
PechaKucha Night vol. 12 January 26, 2012  7:30 pm (doors) 8:20 pm (start) / $5 admission ($3 students/Hallwalls members) Asbury Hall at Babeville (Buffalo, NY) Hosted by Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center Adam Weekley, virocode, Jan Nagle, Millie Chen, Brendan Bannon, Sarah Baker*, Stephanie Rothenberg, Molly Jarboe & Allen Shelton, David Mitchell, Rob Garlow, and Tom Holt. *Visiting artist Sarah Baker appears in conjunction with her Hallwalls Artists in Residence Project (HARP) residency, which is made possible by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. http://www.hallwalls.org/harp.php Poster designed by Ben Van Dyke (photo of Asbury Hall (c) Jim Bush)
PechaKucha Night vol. 11 October 19, 2011 Western New York Book Arts Center (Buffalo, NY) Sergio Lopez-Pineiro, Carl Lee, Dorthea Braemer, Matthew Dore, Leah Rico, Amy Greenan, Georgios Rafailidis & Stephanie Davidson, Ann Muntges, Jason Seeley, and Gregory Delaney. Image: Artist/Curator Leah Rico presenting her curatorial work, Dwell (CAC Woodside). [Photo by Maki Tanigaki.]
PechaKucha Night vol. 10 March 24, 2011 Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY Seth Amman, Gary Sczerbaniewicz, Jean-Michel Reed, Joel Brendan, Joyce Hwang, Chris Fox (Not Design), JT Rinker, Matt Duquette (12 Grain Studio), Jax Deluca and Patrick Robideau.  After party music by ABCDJ (aka Sherri Miller & Mario Falzone). Image: Jean-Michel Reed, Night Fires series Poster made by Western New York Book Arts Center:  https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150411027080147&set=a.263326520146.302698.51529460146&type=3&theater
PechaKucha Night vol. 9 February 13, 2010 Western New York Book Arts Center, Buffalo, NY Erik Conrad, Viktoria Ciostek, Kyle Butler, Marc Tomko, Cayden Mak, Chris Fritton, Albert Chao, Dietrich-Olivier, Jordan Geiger, and Aimee Buyea.  Image (above):  Kyle Butler, Get Used To It, 2011 BuffaloRising Review: http://www.buffalorising.com/2010/02/pecha-kucha-in-buffalo.html Image (below): PechaKucha Night vol. 9 poster by Western New York Book Arts Center.
PechaKucha Night vol. 8 November 15, 2008 Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY  In conjunction with the exhibition, Being Absent, curated by Soyeon Jung at Artspace Buffalo Gallery. Chris Barr, Robin Brasington, Veronique Cote, Insoon Ha, Adriane Little, Arzu Ozkal, Geoffrey Alan, Penelope Stewart, Orkan Telhan, Joan Linder, and Ben Van Dyke. Image (above): Joan Linder, Cooler, 2007 (from the The Pink) Image (below): PKN vol. 8 poster by Soyeon Jung
PechaKucha Night vol. 7 June 15, 2008 Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY In conjunction with TypeCon 2008: Punkt Julian Montague, Rick Griffith, Mark and Jill Wisz : OtherWisz, Stephen Coles, Greg Meadows, Mark Brickey : Hero Design Studio, Shasti O’Leary Soudant, Mark Byk and Kristine Tortora: AmpersandAmpersand, Brian Maloney, and Emily Luce. Image (above): Hero Design Studio, Built To Spill, Buffalo, NY / 09.30.2006 / Town Ballroom, 18” x 24” Two color silkscreen, printed on 88# Strathmore Cover Bristol, in Ivory Wove. Signed and numbered edition of 70.  Image (below): TypeCon 2008 poster
PechaKucha Night vol. 6 June 14, 2008 Artspace Buffalo Gallery, Buffalo, NY In conjunction with the exhibition, Unpacking Artspace (May 2008) Nick Bruscia, Hans Gindlesberger, Soyeon Jung, Tim Newell, Heamchand Subryan, Kate Bae, Lukia Costello, Brian A. Kavanaugh, Casperous Vine, Alex Young, Joel Lewitzky, Isabella Luciano, and Sandra White. Image:  Heamchand Subryan, Networked Egos v.1, 2008. See more images from PKN Buffalo vol. 6 here:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/23803188@N02/with/2801201736/
PechaKucha Night vol. 5 October 12, 2007 Soundlab, Buffalo, NY Ryan Legassicke, Chris Ernst, Shasti O’Leary Soudant, Kasia Keeley, Liz Knipe, Brian Clark, Jethro Soudant, A.J. Fries, and Nina Leo. Image:  A.J. Fries, Soap Bubbles, 2008
PechaKucha Night vol. 4 May 8, 2007 Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center, Buffalo, NY In conjunction with Western New York TypoFest. Brian Grunert, Kyle Schlesinger, Shelly Bronson, Julian Montague, Mark Brickey : Hero Design, Richard Kegler: P22 Type Foundry, Colin Kahn: P22, Nicole Lecht, David Moore, and James Grieshaber.  Image:  Brian Grunert presenting. See more images from the event here [All photos by PechaKucha Buffalo alum Shasti O’Leary Soudant]:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/shastio/sets/72157600271958462/ See additional images here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23803188@N02/page2/
PechaKucha Night vol. 3 April 21, 2007 Soundlab,  Buffalo, NY Gorbet Design Inc., Patricia Schraven, Carl Burdick, Gautam Malik, Elinor Whidden, Burak Pekoglu, Seth Wochensky, Scott Eunson, Jon Simon, Reinhard Reitzenstein, and Andrew Chambers.  Image: Gorbet Design, Inc., From Me to You, 2007
PechaKucha Night vol. 2 February 2, 2007  Soundlab, Buffalo, NY Carolyn Tennant, Titusz Tarnai, Mark Shepard, James Brucz / Matt Hume, Bill Helm, Courtney Grim, Darren Adair, Sarah Paul, and Don Paul Swain.  Image:  Mark Shepard, Tactical Sound Garden [TSG], 2007
PechaKucha Night vol. 1 November 11, 2006 Soundlab, Buffalo, NY Dennis Maher, Nick Stedman, Stefani Bardin, Chris Romano, Omar Khan, Seth Amman, Cesar Cedano, Matt Zinski: Typsim Industries, Cesar Cedano, Paul Vanouse, and Camille P. Garcia.