News

An instrumental career journey helping make the Burchfield Penney what it is today

The Pappy Martin Legacy Jazz Collective and Burchfield Penney Art Center at SUNY Buffalo State celebrate the birthday of one of the greatest saxophone players of all time at its annual collaborative John Coltrane festival from September 24 – 25, 2021.

The Burchfield Penney announced the recent acquisition of two extraordinary works by accomplished sibling artists, Diane Bush and Jerry Ross.

Create your own whimsical, fantastical creature based on the wacky imaginative designs of Bill Stewart. 

Learn wonderful watercolor techniques based on the artwork Wearing My Heart on Your Sleeve. 

Check out this new at-home activity based on our newest exhibition, Bill Stewart: A Shaman's World.

Check out this new at-home activity to do outside!

Your little artist can stretch their creative muscles with this mess-free at-home painting activity!

The Burchfield Penney Art Center is pleased to announce the completion of the 403-page finding aid for the Artpark Archival Collection donated by the Earl W. Brydges Artpark State Park in 2013. 

Easy at-home art activities to get your little artists to see things from a different perspective.