Experience Brilliance: The Stanford Lipsey Art Glass Collection, opening on M&T Second Friday, May 12, 2023, from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.

View 50 stunning works of art glass by 45 artists from 11 countries, including works by internationally celebrated glass artists Harvey Littleton, Greg Fidler, John Healey, Lino Tagliapietra, Michael Taylor, and many of the most prominent artists in the field.

Collected over three decades, The Stanford Lipsey Art Glass Collection is a gift from Judith C. Lipsey and her late husband, Stan, the former publisher of The Buffalo News...

Presented by the Sylvia L. Rosen Endowment for Fine Art in Craft Media, the 15th juried biennial exhibition celebrates the work of artists of the region working in glass, fiber, wood, clay, metal, and other craft media.

The exhibition will be on view November 10, 2023 – March 31, 2024 at the Burchfield Penney Art Center.

To be eligible, artists must be current or past residents of Western New York state. Works in glass, fiber, wood, clay, metal, and other craft media that have been completed in the past two years will be considered.

One or more works will be selected for the permanent collection of the Burchfield Penney Art Center—and up to $3,000 in purchase awards will be made. One artist will be awarded the Langley Kenzie Prize, which includes a solo exhibition in the Sylvia L. Rosen Gallery at the Burchfield Penney.

The deadline for entries is 5 pm, June 16th, 2023.

The Burchfield Penney Art Center holds the largest public collection of works by Charles E. Burchfield (1893–1967), as well as an archive of more than 10,000 pages of handwritten journals, 25,000 drawings, and other ephemera, including a scale re-creation of the artist’s studio.