Although the Burchfield Penney is closed to onsite visitors, we're excited to bring you online programs. They include 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. Thank you for staying in touch while staying at home. And until we can all be together again, stay safe.
Activities
Burchfield Bugs
Transform your written name into colorful art work, and share your buggy names with us, using the tag #burchfieldconnects or tag us @burchfieldpenneyartcenter
Burchfield Coloring Book Pages
Download and print these Burchfield coloring book pages! Share your colored pages by tagging @burchfieldpenneyartcenter or using the hashtag #burchfieldconnects
Collagraph Prints
Collagraph’s are a great, budget friendly way to introduce kids to printmaking!
Share your prints by tagging @burchfieldpenneyartcenter or using the hashtag #burchfieldconnects
How closely do you look at art? Here are five questions about an artwork 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
#BPACsketch
Join us for weekly sketching prompts announced every Tuesday at 11:30am. Share your sketch with us by tagging @burchfieldpenneyartcenter or using the hashtag #burchfieldconnects
- March 31st: What’s in your Fridge?
- April 7th: What did you have for Breakfast?
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
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
Watch Ron Ehmke talk about being a performance artist. To learn more about him click here.
Virtual Tours
A Magical Rebirth Tour with Nancy Weekly, Part 1 Part2 Part 3
Featured Artwork
Martha Visser't Hooft (1906-1994), Tumblers and Pigeons, 1950; oil on canvas, 33 3/4 x 47 7/8 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Mrs. Joshua B. Cahn, in memory of Robert B. Meech, 1986
Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Tree and Pool and Passing Train, a.k.a. Flooded Field or Flooded Landscape, 1920; watercolor and gouache over pencil on paper, 11 x 19 1/8 inches (Sight: 10 3/8 x 18 5/8 inches); Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Dr. Edna M. Lindemann in honor of John and Winifred Clancy, 1986
Wilhelmina Godfrey (1914-1994), City Playground, 1949-50; wax emulsion and oil on board, 44 x 38 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of Carol Wing, 1994
Wendell Castle (1932-2018), Spooning Chairs, 2002; Maple, Jelutong, 20 x 43 x 40 inches; Burchfield Penney Art Center, Gift of HSBC Bank and the artist, by exchange, 2008
Virginia Cuthbert (1908-2001), Mental Hospital, 1942; oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches (frame: 43 1/4 x 33 inches); Gift of Robert D. Eldred, 2015
Mark Dellas (b. 1959), Milton Rogovin, c. 2000; digital print; Courtesy of the artist
Florence Julia Bach (1887-1979), Still Life with Magnolias, Undated; oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches; Collection of Jeffrey Their and Grant Paulsen
Howard D. Beach (1867-1954), Holly Hocks, 1920; oil on canvas, 34 3/4 x 45 inches; Private Collection
Raphael Beck (1858-1947), Horseshoe Falls and Niagara Gorge, undated; oil on canvas, 47 ½ x 72 inches; Collection of The Buffalo History Museum
Claire Shuttleworth (1867-1930), The Center of the Horse Falls, ca. 1915; oil on canvas, 29 1/8 x 24 1/8 inches; Private Collection
Valentino Dixon, Hirono Golf Club, 2016, Japan's most distinguished golf club, located near the port city of Kobe; Colored pencil on board; Courtesy of the artist
Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Song of the Telegraph, 1917-1952; watercolor on paper, 34 x 53 in. (86.4 x 134.6 cm); Collection of William and Rose-Marie Shanahan
Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Moonlight in June, 1961; watercolor on paper, 45 x 33 inches; Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, Bequest of Mary Louise Whittemore in memory of Eugene B. Whittermore (Class of 1924)
Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967), Wild Sweet Peas in a Summer Rain, 1961-65; Watercolor on paper, 48 x 31 inches; Collection of Rose-Marie and William S. Shanahan
News
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Burchfield Penney in the Buffalo News: $1.2 million to help Burchfield Penney ramp up arts education
Thursday, March 12, 2020
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WBFO Radio: $1.2M gifts to help Burchfield Penney better deliver arts education to diverse communities
Thursday, March 12, 2020
