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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(716) Art: An Auction to Benefit the Burchfield Penney
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
Online bidding will open on October 11 and continue through 12:00 pm on October 29.
Coltrane Celebration tickets are on sale now!
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
The Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Collective and Burchfield Penney Art Center at SUNY Buffalo State celebrate the birthday of one of the greatest saxophone players of all time at its annual collaborative three-day John Coltrane festival from September 19 – 21, 2019.
"Six O'Clock in the archives," by Rosario Pitti
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Even more exciting would be to recognize the sketch as tied to a Burchfield work and recently I had the joy of that happening.
Alexa Templeton: Working with the Artpark Archives
Monday, August 12, 2019
I feel proud of the work that I was able to accomplish and hope that it leads to future progress on the Artpark Archives. Working with the other interns showed me the power of team work because everyone put a great deal of effort into the work that we were assigned.
Jacob Tynan: Burchfield Penney Art Center Internship Final Summer Essay
Monday, August 12, 2019
Such a positive experience was only possible due to the open, positive, yet challenging attitude of the staff at the Burchfield...
In Remembrance of Christine Ann Castro Parker
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
**CALL FOR DOCENTS!**
Monday, May 13, 2019
Applications are being accepted for the 2019 Burchfield Penney Docent Class
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.
