Purchased with funds from members of its board of trustees, the large-scale painting depicts social activist Blackburn (1901-1982) accompanied by members of the League of Negro Women Voters taking bold legislative steps seeking the right to vote.
We continue to meet and make new friends with so many people coming for the first-time, many of whom became new members of the Center! Visitors were surprised and inspired to see the Center bustling with little ones having a great time.
I would not be here in Buffalo if not for grant funding like IMLS, the NEA, and NEH--three federal funding sources that President Trump is proposing to eliminate in the FY 2021 budget.
Read what Washington Post art and architecture critic Philip Kennicott writes about Charles Burchfield.
The 3-day event is Friday, 12-8 pm, Saturday, 10 am-5 pm, & Sunday, 11 am - 4 pm
NOTE THAT THE DATE OF THIS EVENT HAS CHANGED TO NOVEMBER 20.
Artist Shasti O’Leary-Soudant commissioned to create sculpture as an homage to women everywhere
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 three-day John Coltrane festival from September 19 – 21, 2019.
An exhibition looks at the painter’s passion for creating single artworks that would show the passage of time, with its transformations in nature, sound and light effects.