Burchfield-Penney Announces Exhibition Schedule for July - September 2004

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The Burchfield-Penney Art Center's summer 2004 exhibition schedule is as follows:

New Exhibitions

NY Collects Buffalo State

July 9 – October 3, 2004

Opening Reception: Friday, July 9 from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. (in front of Rockwell Hall)

Presenting works of art created by former students of Buffalo State College, NY Collects Buffalo State will examine the impact that Buffalo State College has had on the art world in general and specifically, the state of the arts in New York. The exhibition will feature artists whose works are in museum, corporate and private collections in New York State.

Buffalo State Collects Charles E. Burchfield

June 26 -October 17, 2004

As a complement to New York Collects Buffalo State, this exhibition illustrates the generosity of those affiliated with Buffalo State College and the museum’s advisory council in helping to build the Burchfield-Penney’s signature Charles E. Burchfield collection.

Seeing (and Reading) between the Lines: A Kenmore West Collaboration

Education Corridor

June 5 – August 28, 2004

Student works from Kenmore West High School are the result of an Art-in-Education collaboration between the Burchfield-Penney and Kenmore West that focused on the ways that artists incorporate text into their artwork and the relationship between the two disciplines. The resources for the project included an exhibition of work from the Burchfield-Penney’s collection and two visiting artists in the school including printmaker Barbara Rowe and collage artist Russell Ram.

Offsite Exhibitions

Celebrating E. B. Green

Buffalo Architecture Center, Market Arcade, Buffalo, N.Y.

November 18, 2003 – June 25, 2004

This exhibition features photo-enlargements of several civic buildings, clubhouses and residences that were designed by noted Buffalo architect E. B. Green (1855-1950) including the Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo Savings Bank, Buffalo Central YMCA and the Garret Club. The images are from an exhibition of Green’s architecture presented at the Burchfield-Penney in 1997. The display is co-sponsored by the Landmark Society of the Niagara Frontier.

Poetic Fashions

Joy Gallery, New Mt. Ararat Temple of Prayer

971-983 Jefferson Avenue, Buffalo, N.Y.

May 1 – October 1, 2004

Poetic Fashions is an exhibition of wearable artworks by 8th grade students of English teacher Suzanne Diffine from Frederick Law Olmsted School #56. Assisted by poet Sherry Robbins from Just Buffalo Literary Center and textile artist Ginny Lohr, the students created a wide range of colorful garments displaying the students’ poems based on issues of disguise, change and fear. Poetry-garments created by the children at Mt. Ararat will be added to the display over the summer. The Joy Gallery is open to the public Monday through Friday from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Call (716) 885-7756 for information.

Burchfield-Penney Collects Buffalo State

The M&T Center, One Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, NY

May 11 - November 9, 2004

Burchfield-Penney Collects Buffalo State is an extension of the exhibition New York Collects Buffalo State at the Burchfield-Penney. The exhibition at the M&T Center includes work by current and retired Buffalo State faculty artists whose works are in the Burchfield-Penney’s collection. The M&T Center is open to the public. Guided tours of the exhibition are offered every Tuesday at noon; call (716)878-6020 to confirm.

Frank Lloyd Wright: (Not) Forgotten Views

Mayor’s Conference Room, Room 209, Buffalo City Hall

June 11 - December 10, 2004

These photographs of Wright's Martin House in Buffalo, taken in 1959 by Victor Shanchuk Jr., are rare documentthe complex. They were exhibited with the Burchfield-Penney’s exhibition Frank Lloyd Wright: Windows of the Darwin D. Martin House. Shanchuk, a graduate of Buffalo State College and member of the Burchfield-Penney’s Council, has photographed Buffalo architecture for over 40 years.

Burchfield Reproductions at Roswell Park

Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Elm & Carton Streets, Buffalo, N.Y.

Members of the Roswell Park Alliance Art Committee made possible the permanent installation of seven reproductions of Charles E. Burchfield paintings. Watercolors of the four seasons from all periods in Burchfield’s career now fill the lobby in front of the radiology department which is adjacent to elevators.

Permanent Exhibitions

The Roycroft Legacy

The Roycroft Legacy is a fascinating exhibition of late 19th and early 20th century furniture, domestic objects, and publications by Roycroft artisans, primarily donated by Charles Rand Penney.

Charles E. Burchfield's Studio

This authentic recreation of a corner of Burchfield's Gardenville, New York, studio presents many of the artist's tools and favorite inspirational objects, as well as the unpretentious furniture that equipped his comfortable work site. Reflecting the studio's appearance in the mid-1960s, this vignette reveals the humble environment in which the artist worked.

The Metcalfe Rooms

Second Floor, Rockwell Hall

The Metcalfe House, designed in 1882 by the well-known New York City firm McKim, Mead & White, stood on the corner of North Street and Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, NY until 1980. Preservationists were able to only save parts of the structure from demolition. The dining room and library are now housed in Rockwell Hall. Please call (716) 878-6120 for an appointment to view the rooms.

Upcoming Exhibitions

Craft Art Western New York 2004

October 16, 2004 – January 2, 2005

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 16 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Made possible by the Sylvia L. Rosen Endowment, Craft Art Western New York 2004 is the Burchfield-Penney Art Center’s ninth biennial exhibition devoted to the celebration of works in clay, fiber, glass, metal and wood by past or current residents of Western New York State (Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, Genesee, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming counties). This year’s juror is Mark Leach, deputy director of the Mint Museums and founding director of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, both in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Art on the Hyphen: Cuban-American Artists of Western New York State

January 15 - April 10, 2005

Opening Reception: Friday, January 14, 2005 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Art on the Hyphen: Cuban-American Artists of Western New York State is a presentation of works by Cuban-American artists currently working in Western New York. As "hyphenated" Americans, these artists explore, simultaneously, both Cuban and American culture. The exhibition will provide an artistic context for them within the history of the art of Cuba and the United States in the 21st century. Featured artists include Alberto Rey, Nestor Zarragoitia, George Campos, Christian Campos, Jorge Guitart, Errol Daniels, Agustin Rolando Rojas and Alonso (Fidel Hernandez).

Beyond/In Western New York 2005

April 22 - June 15, 2005

The Burchfield-Penney Art Center joins the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo Arts Studio, Carnegie Art Center, Castellani Art Museum, CEPA Gallery, El Museo Francisco Oller y Diego Rivera, Hallwalls Center for Contemporary Art, Langston Hughes Institute, Squeaky Wheel and UB Anderson Gallery in presenting Beyond/In Western New York 2005, an expansion of the Albright-Knox's biennial In Western New York exhiber Programs

For more information, please call 716-878-6011 or visit out Web site at www.burchfield-penney.org.

Monday, July 12, 2004 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Teachers' In-Service

Registration and fee required. Call (716) 878-6020 for more information.

Sunday, August 1, 2004

FREE DAY at the Burchfield-Penney

1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Family Day ( in front of Rockwell Hall)

Tuesday, August 3, 2004 at 7:00 p.m.

Lecture by Dorothy Alessi and Jay Carrier (free)

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Teachers' In-Service

Registration and fee required. Call (716) 878-6020 for more information.

Saturday, September 18, 2004 at 1:00 p.m.

Symposium: A Lifetime in the Arts (free with museum admission)

Tuesday, September 21, 2004 at 7:00 p.m.

Lecture by Robert Kaupelis (free)

About the Burchfield-Penney Art Center

The Burchfield-Penney Art Center is a museum dedicated to the art and vision of Charles E. Burchfield and distinguished artists of Buffalo Niagara and Western New York State. Through its affiliation with Buffalo State College, the museum encourages learning and celebrates our richly creative and diverse community. For more information, call (716) 878-6011 or visit www.burchfield-penney.org.

The Burchfield-Penney Art Center is accredited by the American Association of Museums and is supported in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts and Erie County. Additional operating support is provided by the Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Trust, the Mary A. H. Rumsey Foundation and the Burchfield-Penney's members.
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