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The Buffalo State community is deeply saddened by the death of Elaine Polvinen, professor of fashion and textile technology, who died on October 12.

The Burchfield Penney Art Center sadly announces that artist and educator Elaine M. Polvinen died on October 13, 2015. As Professor in the Department of Fashion and Textile Technology at SUNY Buffalo State, she trained students in how to design, print, weave and use 3-D mapping software to produce textiles, as well as how to envision textiles as unique fashion.

From Philip Koch, the Burchfield Penney Art Center's artist-in-residence: "A new podcast interview with me produced by the Clark Hulings Fund.

Anthony Chase writes about the weekend of events in Artvoice.

FinnFest 2015 Comes to Buffalo Oct. 9-13 by Kristy Kibler in The Buffalo News.

Read artist in Residence Philip Koch's latest blog post!

Sessions run every third Thursday, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, October 15, 2015 through March 17, 2016. 

Chinese ink wash drawing can be regarded as a kind of watercolor.

Read at the Burchfield Penney Art Center on September 24 as part of  Pappy Martin Jazz Society: A Tribute To John Coltrane