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  • Sep29

    Tour  |  DOCENT-LED TOUR OF THE BURCHFIELD PENNEY

    Thursday, September 29, 2016, 2–3 pm

    Docent-led tours of the Burchfield Penney are offered every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at 2 pm, and are free with gallery admission.

  • Sep29

    Tour  |  GOLDEN walk-through (for artists submitting a proposal)

    Thursday, September 29, 2016, 6–7:30 pm

    Artists interested in submitting a proposal for GOLDEN, the Burchfield Penney Art Center's 50th anniversary event, should join this brief guided tour of the museum to identify spaces available for visual art and performance art.

  • Sep29

    Screening  |  riverrun Global Film Series: Iran: Classics

    Thursday, September 29, 2016, 7–10 pm

    The "Country in Focus" segment investigates a dynamic location in the history of world cinema, with an emphasis on recent globalizing transformations rather than national concerns.

Featured Western New York Artists View All WNY Artists

  • Virginia Cuthbert

    Virginia Cuthbert (1908-2001) was one of Buffalo’s revered artists and a painting instructor at the Albright School.

  • Charles E. Burchfield

    Watercolorist Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893-1967) is one of America's most original artists. Best known for his romantic, often fantastic depictions of nature, Burchfield developed a unique style … more

  • Frank Lloyd Wright

    Frank Lloyd Wright, born in 1867 near Spring Green, Wisconsin, started his architectural career in Chicago at the age of 19 in the firm of J. Lyman Silsbee, working there for just one year … more

Latest Blog Entries View All

  • Burchfield Family Visit

    Wednesday, September 21, 2016

    On Saturday, September 17, 2016, I had the distinct pleasure of touring Charles Burchfield’s granddaughter Peggy Richter Haug, her daughter Kirsten Haug, and Peggy’s brother David Richter through the museum. 

  • Paintings from My Burchfield Residency by Philip Koch

    Monday, September 5, 2016

    Here are ten of my oil paintings that I've finished so far from my time as the Artist in Residence at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY. 

  • Mary Langille's Burchfield Penney Archives Internship experience

    Monday, August 22, 2016

    When I got older I realized the inner workings of a museum are much more complicated than just putting artifacts on shelves! But learning about the hard work that goes into each and every museum made me appreciate them and want to work in a museum even more!