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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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Common Currents
Contemporary Art from Buffalo and Cleveland
Cleveland and Buffalo have much in common, and not just their addresses on Lake Erie. These two once-thriving industrial cities are both engaged in a 21st-century reboot with the visual arts playing a key role in this renewal. The Artists Archives of the Western Reserve and the Burchfield Penney Art Center are collaborating to develop a joint exhibition of work by Western New York and Northeast Ohio artists that will be exhibited in Cleveland April 10 – June 21, 2025, and in Buffalo July 11, 2025 – November 2, 2025...
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Roux
Soup Bar & Café
The café for the soup-obsessed located in the Burchfield Penney Art Center.
CAFÉ HOURS:
Sunday — Tuesday: closed
Wednesday: 11:00AM - 3:00PM
Thursday: 11:00AM - 3:00PM
Friday: 11:00AM - 3:00PM
Saturday: 11:00AM - 3:00PM
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Summer Exhibitions Explore Poetry & Nature, African American Heritage, & Works from the Collection
Buffalo NY, Tuesday, July 2, 2024 — On July M&T Second Friday, the Burchfield Penney Art Center will debut three distinct and thought-provoking exhibitions celebrating artistic expressions related to our region: Embracing Earth: Burchfield & Whitman, William Y. Cooper: Beyond Imagination, and The Unseen: Works from the Collection.
Common Currents: Call for Entries
A Joint Exhibition of Work by Visual Artists from Northeast Ohio & Western New York
Celebrating the Life of Gail V. Wells
The Burchfield Penney would like to extend our deepest condolences to the family, friends, loved ones, and community members mourning the loss of Gail V. Wells. Known affectionately as Mama Gail or Auntie Gail, Wells was a beloved community pillar, advocate, and leader. Born and raised in Harlem, NY, Wells moved to Buffalo to attend UB in 1967, where she was a founding member of the Black Student Union. She would accomplish a host of major achievements throughout her lifetime...
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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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