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  • Apr25

    Tour  |  DOCENT-LED TOUR OF THE BURCHFIELD PENNEY

    Thursday, April 25, 2019, 2 pm

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

  • Apr26

    Special Event  |  Spring Art Sale

    Friday, April 26, 2019, 12–8 pm

    Art is in bloom at the Burchfield Penney’s Spring Art Sale. Join The Center and more than 50 regional artists for this seasonal event. This event is Friday, April 26 from noon-8pm and Saturday, April 27 from 10am-5pm.

  • Apr27

    Special Event  |  Spring Art Sale

    Saturday, April 27, 2019, 10 am–5 pm

    Art is in bloom at the Burchfield Penney’s Spring Art Sale. Join The Center and more than 50 regional artists for this seasonal event. This event is Friday, April 26 from noon-8pm and Saturday, April 27 from 10am-5pm.

Featured Western New York Artists View All WNY Artists

  • Gary L. Wolfe

    Gary L. Wolfe

    Gary L. Wolfe works in painting, drawing, monotypes, video, and mixed media. He was born in Buffalo, N.Y. and is based in the town of Tonawanda, N.Y.

  • Charles E. Burchfield

    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

  • Jack Edson

    Jack Edson

    Jack Edson, a native of Buffalo, NY and a retired librarian of 46 years, has been quilting since 1976.

Latest Blog Entries View All

  • ART IS A GIFT at the Burchfield Penney

    Monday, April 15, 2019

    Our Annual Spring  Art Sale  is Friday, April 26 from noon-8pm and Saturday, April 27 from 10am-5pm.

  • Poem for John Kociela

    Wednesday, March 27, 2019

    e.e. cummings, “in time of daffodils(who know” from 95 poems (1958) read by Nancy Weekly in remembrance of John Kociela, March 17, 2019 

  • Smithtown Bull by Charles Cary Rumsey Eligible for Historic Register

    Wednesday, March 20, 2019

    Last year, Independent Scholar Corey Victoria Geske contacted the Burchfield Penney Art Center for information about Charles Cary Rumsey’s Smithtown Bull, the model for which is part of our collection.