Kindred Opening Celebration

at K Art, 808 Main Street, Buffalo, NY

The Burchfield Penney Art Center proudly announces the opening of Kindred: Works from the Burchfield Penney Art Center and Seneca-Iroquois National Museum Collections. This collaborative exhibition marks the debut of Burchfield Penney Off Center at K Art, the first site of the museum’s new Off Center initiative.

The public is invited to a free Opening Celebration on December 13, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. in the reimagined space at 808 Main Street in Buffalo.

Burchfield Penney Off Center is a new initiative designed to build cultural partnerships and bring collaboratively designed exhibitions directly into Western New York communities. Following the opening celebration, the first Off Center exhibition at K Art will be open Thursdays through Saturdays from 1 PM to 5 PM, with free admission for all. Kindred will remain on view through July 26, 2026.

About the Exhibition

Kindred highlights storytelling and the transfer of traditions across generations — foundational elements of Indigenous culture. Featuring selected works from both the Burchfield Penney and the Seneca-Iroquois National Museum (SINM) collections, the exhibition explores how artists preserve, reinterpret, and evolve cultural practices through their creative work.

About Burchfield Penney Off Center

Burchfield Penney Off Center is a new initiative that brings artwork from community partners and the Burchfield Penney Collection into spaces across Western New York — expanding the museum’s presence beyond its Elmwood Avenue home and into the places where people live, gather, and create.

Each new Off Center location will serve as a site for co-created exhibitions and public programs developed alongside community partners, with the aim of developing Off Center spaces in all eight counties of the region.

This initiative is made possible with generous support from the City of Buffalo, M&T Bank, and David Kimelberg.