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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.

 I feel proud of the work that I was able to accomplish and hope that it leads to future progress on the Artpark Archives. Working with the other interns showed me the power of team work because everyone put a great deal of effort into the work that we were assigned.

Such a positive experience was only possible due to the open, positive, yet challenging attitude of the staff at the Burchfield... 

$30,000 grant from The John R. Oishei Foundation to fund the second year in a two-year pilot project

$15,000 awarded from the Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy Funds administered by the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo 

Applications are being accepted for the 2019 Burchfield Penney Docent Class