Where Art Meets Camp: Adam Weekley on Building Camp Everything

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Where Art Meets Camp: Adam Weekley on Building Camp Everything

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On this episode of WNY Soundstage, host Daniel Lendzian speaks with Adam Weekley, whose exhibition Camp Everything is on view until October 26, 2026, at The Burchfield Penney Art Center. 

Adam Weekley is a Buffalo-based visual artist, arts educator, and professor. His work has been exhibited throughout Western New York, including at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Hallwalls, Canisius College, Buffalo Arts Studio, and the Western New York Book Arts Center. He was named a Burchfield Penney “Living Legacy Artist” in 2013. His Camp Everything project, a colorful float created for Buffalo’s Pride Festival, brought puppets, performers, and a fantastical summer camp experience to LGBTQIA+ youth in the Pride Parade, and can be seen at the Burchfield Penney as a full installation.  

This interview includes: 

• Early inspirations
• Being a Buffalo transplant
• Being an educator, and what he shares with students 
• The inspirations of Camp Everything
• A discussion of “camp”
• Reconceiving a float into an installation
• What his younger self might feel inside the installation
• What he hopes visitors feel inside of Camp Everything