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  • Sep 7

    The Burchfield Penney is closed for Labor Day.

    Monday, September 7, 2020

    The Burchfield Penney is closed for Labor Day.

  • Sep19

    Class / Workshop  |  Sounds of The Songbird

    Saturday, September 19, 2020, 10:30 am–1:30 pm

    In many of Charles E. Burchfield's paintings, sound inspired his use of brushstrokes, symbols and lines. 

  • Sep26

    Class / Workshop  |  Singing Trees in Willowy Wind

    Saturday, September 26, 2020, 10:30 am–1:30 pm

    In Charles E. Burchfield's, Bluebird and Cottonwood, trees dance in the wind. Capture the swaying of tree branches and the undulations of their trunks bending to the forest winds, 

Featured Western New York Artists View All WNY Artists

  • Amos W. Sangster

    Amos W. Sangster

    Amos Sangster was a  Buffalo-based 19th century landscape painter, printmaker, educator, and arts advocate best known for his monumental series of 153 etchings, Niagara River and Falls from … more

  • Florence Julia Bach

    Florence Julia Bach

    Florence Julia Bach (1887-1979) was a sculptor, painter and pastel artist. She was the president of the Buffalo Society of Artists from 1929 to 1930.

  • Martha Visser't Hooft

    Martha Visser't Hooft

    Martha Visser’t Hooft, an influential painter who travelled extensively, studied in Paris and New York, created  extraordinary work influenced by surrealism, abstraction, and the American … more

Latest Blog Entries View All

  • Welcome To That Forever Friday Feeling Don Metz

    Monday, June 29, 2020

    Burchfield Penney Associate Director retires after a 25-year renowned journey of supporting the museum’s mission and the artists of Western New York.

  • A Tribute to Susan Rothenberg (1945-2020)

    Tuesday, June 16, 2020

    Susan Rothenberg earned international acclaim as a courageous artist strong enough to pursue her vision when it defiantly rejected the status quo. Extensive numbers of exhibition essays, articles, and other texts explore her life and accomplishments, from her roots in Buffalo, New York to her later … more

  • Remembering Sheldon Berlyn (1929-2020)

    Thursday, June 11, 2020

    Sheldon Berlyn was a dynamic abstract expressionist artist and influential educator.His works created with brilliant colors, confident squeegee strokes, and flamboyant gesture truly reflect his passionate personality.