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The Burchfield Penney Art Center is the museum dedicated to the art and vision of Charles E. Burchfield and the art and artists of Buffalo, NY, and our region.
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The Sylvia L. Rosen Craft Art Biennial
The call for entries for The Sylvia L. Rosen Craft Art Biennial 2025 is now open! Presented by the Sylvia L. Rosen Endowment for Fine Art in Craft Media, the 18th juried biennial exhibition celebrates the work of Western New York artists working in glass, fiber, wood, clay, metal, and other craft forms. The exhibition will be on view November 14, 2025 – March 29, 2026 at the Burchfield Penney Art Center.
To be eligible, artists must be current or past residents of Western New York State (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming, and Monroe Counties).
Artworks in glass, fiber, wood, clay, metal, and other works rooted in craft skill, form, or tradition that have been completed in the past two years will be considered. The deadline for entries is 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 13th, 2025.
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Burchfield and Beyond!
Buffalo, NY (April 8, 2025) – April brings a vibrant lineup of new exhibitions to the Burchfield Penney, from rarely seen masterpieces by Charles Burchfield on loan from Munson Museum of Art, to a mesmerizing multimedia installation—plus works by more than 80 Western New York artists on view in the 2025 Art Auction & Gala Exhibition.
Burchfield Penney Announces New Name for Prestigious Craft Art Biennial & Call for Submissions
Buffalo, NY – March 17, 2025 – The Burchfield Penney Art Center is proud to announce the renaming of its esteemed biennial craft art exhibition to The Sylvia L. Rosen Craft Art Biennial, formerly known as Art in Craft Media. The new name celebrates the legacy of Sylvia L. Rosen whose patronage championed the work of fellow craft artists and has made this exhibition possible.
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Gift Makes Burchfield Penney Art Center Admission Free for K-12 Students
Buffalo, NY (March 5, 2025) – The Burchfield Penney Art Center is thrilled to announce that thanks to a generous grant from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, admission is now free for all K-12 students through December of 2025, including for students visiting as part of school tours.
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Soup Bar & Café
The café for the soup-obsessed located in the Burchfield Penney Art Center.
CAFÉ HOURS:
Monday + Tuesday: closed
Wednesday — Sunday: 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
View ROUX Soup Bar & Café menu online.
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Visit the Center and explore the work of an American master.
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.
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