Blog
Diverse perspectives
The Center blog features writing by the museum staff, volunteers, students and guest writers. If you are interested in contributing to our blog, please send a bio and short statement about your topic to burchfld@buffalostate.edu.You can also participate with the Burchfield Penney on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.
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Burchfield Penney Announces Summer Hours
Wednesday, July 5, 2017
The Center will close at 7 pm on Thursdays. Late opening until 9 pm will resume in September.
**Buffalo Marathon Traffic Update**
Friday, May 26, 2017
Please note that the Buffalo Marathon is Sunday, and access to the Burchfield Penney via Elmwood Ave. may be limited. Please access The Center via Grant Street.
Bil Donovan: The ‘Prolific and Esteemed Fashion and Lifestyle Illustrator’
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Whether it’s drawing straight from the runway to drawing a catalogue of illustrations for Vogue Italia, Bil Donovan is always in style with his fashion and lifestyle illustrations.
The Nature of Watercolor Painting: Francesco Clemente
Monday, May 15, 2017
This watercolor painting makes no attempt to represent the natural world in a realistic fashion.
Read Elizabeth Cunningham on Mabel Dodge Luhan and Buffalo
Monday, April 24, 2017
Liz Cunningham is the executive director of the Mabel Dodge Luhan House in Taos, NM.
Heather Gring remembers Lee Oprea
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Emily Roderick Oprea has been one of the great constant forces of my adult life.
The International Intern Experience: Mengyan Tang
Friday, April 14, 2017
My name is Mengyan Tang, a student at Buffalo State. I had an internship at Burchfield Penney art Center from November 2016 to April 2017.
Scott Propeack remembers Vi Burchfield
Friday, February 24, 2017
What Charles Burchfield wrote in his journals in 1953, when he first met Violet, could be said by anyone lucky enough to have known her, “We liked her at once.”
On The Horizon
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
“People allowed to be left in parked cars only in case of installation or performance.”
Musing on an Aesthete’s Life: Annette M. Cravens (1923-2017)
Monday, February 6, 2017
Annette McGuire Cravens touched a lot of lives. Count her among the greatest philanthropists of the arts and sciences in Western New York.
