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Art Across Borders was a project of the Women in the Arts focus group, a sub-committee of the Women's Pavilion Pan-American 2001.

Project Overview
In celebration of the Pan-American Exposition Centennial, the Women in the Arts Focus Group of the Women’s Pavilion Pan-American 2001 presented a public art project which, international in scope, installed public works of art exploring the theme "Pan-American Women: Past, Present, and Future." Artists who live or work in the bi-national, Erie-Niagara region produced works that document, imagine, and interpret the roles, history, and achievements of women in North, Central, and South America.

The Pan-Am Public Art Project: Art Across Borders enriches both the cultural and civic life of WNY by bringing art to accessible, public, community sites throughout the City of Buffalo. A brochure with a map, and a documentary video was created to identify the "cultural arts trail" for the benefit of visitors and tourists from throughout NY and the world. Art Across Borders is an important, long-term, visual, historical, and educational legacy of the Pan-American Centennial for the citizens of our region.