BURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER IS NOW OPEN

Museum hours of operation have been adjusted to allow ample time to sanitize after hours. Museum hours are Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10AM - 4PM, (early entry hours of 10 AM - 11 AM reserved for members and those at increased risk), and Sundays from 12PM - 4 PM. The Burchfield Café is temporarily closed. A full list of protocols in place to protect visitors and staff can be found on the Safety First information page. 

At this time, the museum will not host group gatherings or in-person programming, but will continue to offer digital programming through Burchfield Connects, which includes digital home-education projects, conversations about our exhibitions and collections, artist interviews, and more. Look for new posts each Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday with activities for the whole family.

Virtual Tours

A Magical Rebirth Tour with Nancy Weekly, Part 1 Part2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7

For more informatioin aobut the exhibition visit:  http://bpac.co/ex:954

Remembering the opening of In the Fullness of Time, Painting in Buffalo, 1832-1972

In the Fullness of Time, Painting in Buffalo, 1832-1972 Self Guided  Virtual Tour

For more informaiton about the exhibition visit:  http://bpac.co/ex:999

Remembering A Resounding Roar from 2015

For more informaion about the exhibition visit:  http://bpac.co/ex:830

Remembering the opening of The Stitched Narratives of Jennifer Regan

To learn more about the exhibition visit: http://bpac.co/ex:959

Remembering Blistering Vision, Charles E. Burchfield's Sublime American Landscapes

To learn more about the exhibition visit: http://bpac.co/ex:854

  

Music, Performance & More

Check out the video links listed below, and stay in touch on Facebook and Instagram for the latest releases.

Programs at the Center

Entropy: THE POETEXPO

Contemporary Environmental Art & Poetics

40 Years of Poetry: Ansie Baird

Buffalo Chamber Players: Stay a While, Stay Forever

LIVE poetry reading featuring Meghann Boltz and Rachel Robles Saeger

 

Connecting With Artists

Artist Interview: Ron Ehmke 

Watch Ron Ehmke talk about being a performance artist. To learn more about him click here. 

Let's Check-In With Bethany Krull

The Burchfield Penney is reaching out to local artists to explore how they're balancing life working at home. For more information on Bethany Krull visit: http://bpac.co/a:531

Artist Interview: Patricia Carter

Watch Patricia Carter talk about her painting  First Prize #2. To learn more about the artist visit: http://bpac.co/a:171

Let's Check-In with A.J. Fries and Karen Eckert 

Need a laugh? A.J. Fries and Karen Eckert chime in. For more information on A.J. Fries visit: http://bpac.co/a:320.

Artist Interview: Alberto Rey

Watch Alberto Rey Talk About His Painting, Appropriated Memories: Viñales, Cuba, 1996-97. For more info on the artist visit: http://bpac.co/a:868

Artist Interview: John Pfahl

Watch John Pfahl talk about his work Shed with Blue Dotted Lines, Penland, North Carolina, 1975. For more information on the artist visit:  http://bpac.co/a:827

Let's Check-In With Artists Pat Foran and Tricia Butski

Expect the unexpected when we check-in with artists Pat Foran and Tricia Butski.For more information on Pat Foran visit: http://bpac.co/a:3099. For more information on Tricia Butski visit: http://bpac.co/a:2795.

Artist Interview: Kyle Butler

Watch Kyle Butler talk about his work, Poised on all edges, 2012. Butler is an artist who works in painting, video and audio and lives in Buffalo, New York. For more info on the artist visit: http://bpac.co/a:1293

Let's Check-In With The Wajeds: Artists Eman, Alexa, Edreys and Emeka 

Creativity is a family affair within the Wajed household. The spirited foursome chime in for this HIGHLY viewed social media series that explores balancing life working from home. Learn about their passion and what it means to pay 'condolences to vanity'. For more information on Edreys Wajed visit: http://bpac.co/a:3097. Learn more about Eat Off Art here: https://www.eatoffart.com/

Watch Monica Angle Talk About Her Work, River Crossing V, 2012

Watch Monica Angle talk about her work, River Crossing V, 2012. Angle is a painter, printmaker, bookmaker, and collage artist living and working in Buffalo, New York. For more info on the artist visit: http://bpac.co/a:1200.

Let’s Check-In with Artist Dennis Maher

A quirky, fun expedition through his inspiring, wondrous environments. What happens when you just let the house talk? What does it say? For more information on Dennis, go to: http://bpac.co/a:1163.

 Watch Jim Pappas Talk About Innerspace Continuum #7, 2003

Watch Jim Pappas talk about Innerspace Continuum #7, 2003. A Syracuse, NY native, Pappas is highly regarded for his legacy of employing the arts, education and community engagement as instruments of social change. for more info on the artist visit: http://bpac.co/n:4021

For Families

Sketch Break!

Every other Tuesday, at 12:30 pm, join us on Facebook Live for a live 15-minute sketch prompt and demonstration with members of our Education Team. Whether you're at work or at school, take a break with Burchfield Penney's Sketch Break!

• March 9th: Fruit
• March 23rd: Value
• April 6th: Lines
• April 20th: Earth Day
• May 4th: Spring
• May 18th: Burchfield Doodles
• June 1st: Working from Home 
• June 15th: Self Portrait 
• June 29th: Organizing Your Thoughts (Click here for event page)
• July 13th: Zen (Click here for event page)

At-Home Art Activities

• Burchfield Bugs or Burchfield Bugs How-To Printable Guide
• Collagraph Prints or  Collagraph Prints How-To Printable Guide
• Leaf Design (Based on Lesson Plan The Constant Leaf)
• Moth Watercolor (Based on Lesson Plan Spider and Grasshoppers)
• Flower Field Painting (Based on Charles Burchfield, Wind-Blown Asters)
• Learning the Four Seasons
• Who Works in a Museum? (Card Game)
• Learning About Color
• Learning About Abstract Art
• Pictographic Portrait
• New Year's Resolutions and Reflections Worksheet
• Op Art Coloring Project
• Cubist Art Activity 
• Cherry Blossom Art Activity
• Looking Out Your Window | Paper Window Frame Guide (coming soon)

Intro to Watercolor Illustration Classes

In search of watercolor painting classes for beginners? Join Art Center Educator, Michaela Worosz, in her creative and relaxing beginner watercolor painting lesson. Share your painting with us by tagging @burchfieldpenneyartcenter or using the hashtag #burchfieldconnects

Intro to Watercolor Class Video

Fall Watercolor Class

Winter Watercolor Class

Littered Landscape Lessons (Part 1 and Part 2)

PDF Templates:

• Woodland Animals
• Flowers and Leaves

Coloring Pages

Download and print these Burchfield coloring book pages! Share your coloring pages by tagging @burchfieldpenneyartcenter or using the hashtag #burchfieldconnects

• Burchfield Coloring Pages
• Click Here for Buffalo Artist Coloring Pages

Look, Think, Find

How closely do you look at art? Here are five questions about artworks in our collection. LOOK at the painting carefully, THINK about the questions, FIND the answers in the painting. Share your answers with us by tagging @burchfieldpenneyartcenter or using the hashtag #burchfieldconnects

• Mid-June by Charles Burchfield
• Six O'Clock
• Bill Stewart Exhibition Activity Guides (1, 2, 3)

Sketch Together!

Get lost in your creativity with Sketch Together, thoughtful and inspiring art posts to help you carve out moments of self-expression. Burchfield Penney shows you that drawing does not have to be scary – it can be done with any materials, in any color, in any style, and can be done anywhere. Share your sketch with us by tagging @burchfieldpenneyartcenter or using the hashtag #burchfieldconnects

• What's in Your Fridge?
• What Did You Have for Breakfast?
• What is Under Your Bed?
• What is Outside Your Window?
• What is Your Favorite Animal Up To?
• Where is Your Favorite Place at Home?
• If You Could Live in a Tree House What Would it Look Like?
• What do You See in the Mirror?
• What's the Silliest Outfit You Wear at Home?
• What do Your Want to Discover in the Ocean?
• What Signs do You See in Your Neighborhood?
• What Flowers do You Find in Your Backyard?
• What Shadows Can You Draw?
• What Can You Find by the Water’s Edge?
• Where is Your Nook to Curl Up with a Book?
• What in Nature is Vast, Gigantic, and Goes On and On?
• What Mood Does Your Street Convey?
• What Do You Do When Waiting in the Woods
• What Happens When You Turn Your World Inside-Out and Upside Down?
• What Atmospheric Background Will You Create for a Tree?
• What Technology Do You Use to Communicate?

Virtual Community Programs

Emerging out of the museum’s temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Virtual Community Programs are a slate of virtual programming where artists, families, and community members come together to create their own home museums tours, collaborate with other artists, and interact with our community to share common interests and ideas. These videos are published across Burchfield Penney’s website and social media platforms.

Home Museum Tours

Join these families as they guide you through their special Home Museum Tour.

• Amelia and Olivia
  
• Tracey
• Britt and Merrick
• Amina
• Leela
• Russell Ram (Docent Edition!)
• Jack Edson (Docent Edition!)

Want to Create Your Own Home Museum Tour? 

Our Education Team invites you to create your own Home Museum Virtual Tour! Can you make a sign and do a 3-minute video with your family walking up to an artwork in your home talking about it? 

Video: Needs to be short, no longer than three minutes, but you can send several short videos. The presentation will be posted on Burchfield Penney's social media. Ask open-ended questions:

• What do you see?
• What surprises you in this painting?
• If you could step into this artwork what would you smell? Feel? Touch?  Would you run or lay down? Jump or climb?
• What do you think the artist was looking at when they made this?
• If it’s your own daughter/son artwork, ask “tell me a story about your sculpture or painting, or drawing…”

One Art Many Voices

Looking Out My Window: Poetry Reading

For Educators

Art Inquiry Guides

The Burchfield Penney Art Center now has free lesson plans for students and teachers. The following art inquiry guide is based on works from BPAC's permanent collection. BPAC is committed to offering educators resources that introduce students to art and support classroom benchmarks, particularly in the visual arts and English Language Arts. Use this resource in your online classroom or as standalone lessons. 

• Focus On: Spider and Grasshoppers, Charles Burchfield
• Focus On: Dandelion Seed Heads and the Moon, Charles Burchfield
• Focus On: The Constant Leaf, Charles Burchfield
• Focus On: Birmingham, Elizabeth Tower (Grade 9)
• Focus On: Interior with Portraits, Thomas Le Clear 
• Focus On: Taking a Stand Exhibition
• Young Minds | Big Sky with Artist, George Campos (Mentes Jovenes | Cielo Grande)
• Focus On: What's Going On Exhibition
• Focus On: In the Fullness of Time
• Focus On: POWER
• Focus On: Cicadas and Charles Burchfield

More art inquiry guides coming soon!

Take a Look (Talks)

Take A LooK (TALK) are short videos created for Art Teachers that promote looking at a selected artwork in The Center’s collection. Students will observe an artwork, create a sketch, and use critical thinking skills throughout the video.

• Focus On: Change the Meaning of an Object, Robert Booth)
• Focus On: Dissecting Space, Dennis Maher)
• Focus On: The Cycle of Nature, Diane Bertolo
• Focus On: Listening to a Painting, James Pappas
• Focus On: The Identity of an Article of Clothing, Katharine Gaudy
• Focus On: Humor, Words, and Questioning the Truth, Nancy Dwyer
• Focus On: Powerful Messages, Nancy Dwyer
• Focus On: Powerful Statements, Robert Longo
• Focus On: Concealing, Patrick Robideau
• Focus On: Creating Order, Tina Vu
• Focus On: Hidden Compartments, Jane Stevenson
• Focus On: Powerful Messages, Paul Sharits
• Focus On: When a Painting is Finished, Amy Greenan
• Focus On: Healing, Kathi Roussel
• Focus On: Environmental Messages, Christy Rupp
• Focus On: Reading a Photograph, McCallum Terry
• Focus On: Playfulness, Bill Stewart
• Focus On: Egg Shells, Catherine Koenig)
• Focus On: Transforming a Common Object, Diane Baker
• Focus On: Doodling, Charles Burchfield
• Focus On: Composition and Distance, Virginia Cuthbert
• Focus On: Mirror and Reflection, Virginia E. Tillou
• Focus On: Deceiving the Eye, Wendell Castle
• Focus On: Several Meanings, Mahine Rattonsey
• Focus On: Three Houses on Bay Point, Gary Kyte
• Student Edition: Wind-Blown Asters, Charles Burchfield
• Student Edition: Backpack, Jason Seeley
• Student Edition: Structures and Passageways V, Nancy Belfer
• Student Edition: Morning Glories, Charles Burchfield
• Student Edition:  Export Crop, Christy Rupp
• Student Edition: A Dark Ravine, Charles Burchfield
• Student Edition: Sunflowers, Charles Burchfield

A Conversation with Art

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