Davana Robedee Named 2025 Sylvia L. Rosen Craft Art Biennial Juror

 
Buffalo, NY — The Burchfield Penney Art Center is delighted to announce outstanding artist, curator, and educator Davana Robedee as the juror for The Sylvia L. Rosen Craft Art Biennial 2025, presented by the Sylvia L. Rosen Endowment for Fine Art in Craft Media. The biennial exhibition, now in its 18th iteration, will be on view at the Burchfield Penney from November 14, 2025 through March 29, 2026, and will feature exemplary work in craft media by Western New York artists. 
 
Davana Robedee brings a rich background in fiber art, community engagement, and curatorial practice to the jury process. Robedee is the Director of the Tyler Art Gallery at SUNY Oswego and the former director of Quilting by the Lake, one of the nation’s oldest art quilt conferences. She was recently selected for the American Craft Emerging Artist Cohort 2024 and is a NYSCA 2025 Artist Awardee. Robedee holds an M.F.A. from Syracuse University and a B.A. from Southeastern Louisiana University. 
 
The call for entries for the Sylvia L. Rosen Craft Art Biennial 2025 is currently open. Artists working in glass, fiber, wood, clay, metal, or other craft forms are invited to apply by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 13, 2025. To be eligible, artists must be current or past residents of Western New York. Submissions are accepted through ArtCall at sylviarosenbiennial.artcall.org, with no entry fee.  
The Sylvia L. Rosen Craft Art Biennial celebrates the vitality and innovation of the region's craft artists, continuing a tradition established by beloved ceramic artist and arts patron Sylvia L. Rosen. 

ABOUT THE BURCHFIELD PENNEY ART CENTER  
Established in 1966 on the campus of SUNY Buffalo State University, the Burchfield Penney Art Center is dedicated to the art and vision of renowned American artist Charles E. Burchfield (1893–1967) and the art and artists of Buffalo and our region. 
 
The Burchfield Penney Art Center at SUNY Buffalo State receives public support from SUNY Buffalo State University, Erie County, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the City of Buffalo. Private support is provided by The Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation, the Cullen Foundation, the Charles E. Burchfield Foundation, M&T Bank, The Margaret L. Wendt Foundation, the Joy Family Foundation, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York, Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Designated Inclusive Arts and Culture Organizations Endowment Fund, a component fund of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, Inc., and many additional individuals, corporations, foundations, and Burchfield Penney members.

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Contact: Julia Norris 
Director of Communications 
Burchfield Penney Art Center 
norrisjl[at]buffalostate.edu