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The Burchfield Penney Art Center is the museum dedicated to the art and vision of Charles E. Burchfield and the art and artists of Buffalo, NY, and our region.
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Art Auction & Gala 2026
The Art Auction & Gala is the Burchfield Penney's largest annual fundraising event. The Auction features works by over 80 of Western New York's diverse artists. Funds raised benefit local artists and our mission of elevating the work of Charles E. Burchfield and Western New York artists. The Art Auction & Gala Exhibition is now on view!
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Jon Lehrer Dance Company
A Two-Day Dance Event
Don’t miss your chance to see JLDC back in Buffalo, and see why Dance Enthusiast proclaimed, "The warmth and generosity of Lehrer’s leadership radiates through his dancers. Lehrer proves that the full spectrum of the human experience—joy, love, comedy, pain, and mourning—does in fact belong in dance.”
Friday, April 17th at 8:00 p.m.
An evening showcasing JLDC’s signature dynamic, powerful, athletic, and elegant style.
Saturday, April 18th at 2:00 p.m.
An afternoon full of laugh-out-loud comedic works suitable for the whole family.
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Roux
Soup Bar & Café
The café for the soup-obsessed located in the Burchfield Penney Art Center.
CAFÉ HOURS:
Wednesday – Saturday: 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Sunday – Tuesday:closed
View ROUX Soup Bar & Café menu online.
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Valeria Cray: Surface Tension
BUFFALO, NY, April 6, 2026 — At the heart of Valeria Cray’s practice as a sculptor, public artist, educator, and activist lies her profound belief in art’s power to uplift and connect to the soul. A deeply spiritual woman, she creates organic, free-form sculptures that embody duality and embrace the inherent frictions that define human experience. Valeria Cray: Surface Tension presents sculptures, drawings, and models of public projects spanning the artist’s career of over 50 years...
Burchfield Penney Art Center Receives Highest National Recognition
BUFFALO, NY (April 7, 2026) – The Burchfield Penney Art Center has again achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national recognition afforded to the nation’s museums. Accreditation signifies excellence to the museum community, to governments, funders, outside agencies, and to the museum-going public. The Burchfield Penney has been accredited since 1994. All museums must undergo a reaccreditation review at least every 10 years to maintain accredited status.
Burchfield Penney Art Center Announces New Chief Curator
Following a national search, the Burchfield Penney Art Center names John Massier, a pillar of the Western New York arts community, as Chief Curator...
Discover Burchfield.
Visit the Center and explore the work of an American master.
The Burchfield Penney Art Center holds the largest public collection of works by Charles E. Burchfield (1893–1967), as well as an archive of more than 10,000 pages of handwritten journals, 25,000 drawings, and other ephemera, including a scale re-creation of the artist’s studio.
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