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The Burchfield Penney is proud to be a Blue Star Museum - one of 1,800 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families.

“Watercolor is such a hard medium”. I hear this so many times from students and other artists. I think it is not the medium, it is the mindset.

Throughout her year as Burchfield artist-in-residence, Janelle Lynch will share her thoughts and impressions with us as we share her journey into the spirit and work of Charles Burchfield.

Throughout her year as Burchfield artist-in-residence, Janelle Lynch will share her thoughts and impressions with us as we share her journey into the spirit and work of Charles Burchfield.

With a provocative tweak, Jackson declares that prisons, like universities, are among our nation’s major social institutions.

Throughout her year as Burchfield artist-in-residence, Janelle Lynch will share her thoughts and impressions with us as we share her journey into the spirit and work of Charles Burchfield.

Read Asian Lacquer Symposium 2013 by Geoff Kelly in Artvoice.

Watercolor.
Using water to carry the intent as well as the pigment.
I’ve always lived near large bodies of water; I am made primarily of water.

Colin Dabkowski previews the Asian laquerware exhibition in The Buffalo News.

Upon entering the lobby at the Burchfield Penney Art Center right now, the visitor finds the lobby dominated by a huge installation on the wall above the visitor’s desk.