Charles E. Burchfield’s journals and record album collection reveal the monumental significance that music, as well as sounds from nature and industry, had on his aesthetic. Music often conjured fantastic visions and evocative memories.
One of the best things about my serving as the Artist In Residence at the Burchfield Penney Art Center for this year is the opportunity to go and paint from some of the same areas Charles Burchfield used for his sources. I was up in Buffalo for the Residency last week.
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After lunch, spend some time viewing the art of watercolorist Charles Burchfield and other regional artists.
Recipients include the Arts Services Initiative of Western New York, $10,000; the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, $20,000; Squeaky Wheel, $25,000; the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, $12,500; Burchfield Penney Art Center, $20,000; and White Pine Press, $15,000.
Burchfield used the houses from this location as the backdrop for a comical episode he had witnessed on Delaware Avenue. A woman in a purple coat who was walking her small dog on a leash, would turn and stamp her feet to no avail at the free group of assorted dogs who followed them.
The Public is featuring the artists of Artists Seen!
The Burchfield Penney Art Center lost a dear friend today. Composer and musician Mike Colquhoun lost his battle with cancer. His music lives on.
Remembering Jeanette A Blair (September 21, 1922-January 6, 2016)
Listen to Sydnie Perkins's interview with Christine Parker.