Free Day at the Burchfield-Penney Art Center on February 8, 2004
The Burchfield-Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College is pleased to announce the first of two free days to be held this semester on Sunday, February 8, 2004. In addition to the exhibitions on view, visitors to the museum have the opportunity to enjoy a poetry reading by Loss Glazier at 2:00 p.m. and a family workshop for children 8 years of age (reservations required; call (716)878-6020).
Poetry Reading by Loss Glazier at 2:00 p.m.
Loss Glazier is director of the Electronic Poetry Center (http://epc.buffalo.edu), an extensive resource for innovative and digital poetry, at the University at Buffalo. He is the author of Digital Poetics, Small Press: An Annotated Guide, and the collections Leaving Loss Glazier, The Parts and other books, as well as numerous published poems, essays, kinetic works, and online projects including sound files, hypertexts and CD-ROM publications.
Family Workshop: A Brush with Burchfield from 1:00 3:00 p.m.
After examining Charles Burchfield's watercolors in the exhibition, American Land, American Life, participants will explore how different paint brushes, how much water you use and how the choice of paper creates various wet and dry effects. This workshop will be conducted by art teacher Nicole Chernega. Children 8 years and older are welcome with an accompanying adult. Please call (716) 878-6020 to register (required). Space is limited.
Exhibitions on view:
Art as Revelation: Sculptures and Altars by Wes Olmsted
January 17 - March 21, 2004
The Burchfield-Penney is presenting the first comprehensive survey of sculptures, altarpieces and prints by Wes Olmsted. The works announce the demands of the passionate, spiritual life contending with the broken parts of the mechanical world, informing them with beauty and with pain, direct, and often, violent confrontation and affirming the welcome chance of the artist to provoke and to proclaim.
Buffalo Seminary's Colby Art Program 20th Anniversary Exhibition
February 7 May 23, 2004
The Colby Art Program at Buffalo Seminary is celebrating its 20th anniversary with an exhibition of the complete Colby Collection at the Burchfield-Penney. The Colby Collection includes works from prominent Western New York artists, including Patricia Layman Bazelon, Nancy Belfer, Catherine Catanzaro Koenig, Barbara Rowe, Christina Rupp and Ellen Steinfeld.
Fluxus/Realization
February 7 March 21, 2004
An exhibition of Fluxus Works and Music Realizations will be held in conjunction with two performances by Buffalo-based ensembles BuffFluxus and Augenmusik on February 15 and 22, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. The exhibition features works by Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles, Jackson Mac Low, Yoko Ono, Michael Basinkski, John Cage and LaMonte Young.
American Land, American Life
November 15, 2003 February 8, 2004
Selections from the Burchfield-Penney's collection demonstrate Burchfield's ethos through paintings, drawings, prints and wallpapers. Notably, the exhibition includes the museum's most recent acquisition, Roadside Stream.
Recent Acquisitions of Craft Art
Through June 15, 2004
Nancy Valle's terra cotta sculpture, Taeyoul Ryu's rocking chair made of bent plywood with ash veneer, Carol Townsend's stoneware vessel, all acquired with funds from the Collectors' Club, are featured in this exhibition of acquisitions made during the past two years.
Roycroft Legacy
Permanent Exhibition
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 Burchfield's Studio
Permanent Exhibition
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
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 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; the Metcalfe House staircase is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Please call (716) 878-6120 for an appointment to view the rooms.
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 County of Erie. Additional operating support is provided by the Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Trust, the Mary A. H. Rumsey Foundation and the Burchfield-Penney's members.
Poetry Reading by Loss Glazier at 2:00 p.m.
Loss Glazier is director of the Electronic Poetry Center (http://epc.buffalo.edu), an extensive resource for innovative and digital poetry, at the University at Buffalo. He is the author of Digital Poetics, Small Press: An Annotated Guide, and the collections Leaving Loss Glazier, The Parts and other books, as well as numerous published poems, essays, kinetic works, and online projects including sound files, hypertexts and CD-ROM publications.
Family Workshop: A Brush with Burchfield from 1:00 3:00 p.m.
After examining Charles Burchfield's watercolors in the exhibition, American Land, American Life, participants will explore how different paint brushes, how much water you use and how the choice of paper creates various wet and dry effects. This workshop will be conducted by art teacher Nicole Chernega. Children 8 years and older are welcome with an accompanying adult. Please call (716) 878-6020 to register (required). Space is limited.
Exhibitions on view:
Art as Revelation: Sculptures and Altars by Wes Olmsted
January 17 - March 21, 2004
The Burchfield-Penney is presenting the first comprehensive survey of sculptures, altarpieces and prints by Wes Olmsted. The works announce the demands of the passionate, spiritual life contending with the broken parts of the mechanical world, informing them with beauty and with pain, direct, and often, violent confrontation and affirming the welcome chance of the artist to provoke and to proclaim.
Buffalo Seminary's Colby Art Program 20th Anniversary Exhibition
February 7 May 23, 2004
The Colby Art Program at Buffalo Seminary is celebrating its 20th anniversary with an exhibition of the complete Colby Collection at the Burchfield-Penney. The Colby Collection includes works from prominent Western New York artists, including Patricia Layman Bazelon, Nancy Belfer, Catherine Catanzaro Koenig, Barbara Rowe, Christina Rupp and Ellen Steinfeld.
Fluxus/Realization
February 7 March 21, 2004
An exhibition of Fluxus Works and Music Realizations will be held in conjunction with two performances by Buffalo-based ensembles BuffFluxus and Augenmusik on February 15 and 22, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. The exhibition features works by Dick Higgins, Alison Knowles, Jackson Mac Low, Yoko Ono, Michael Basinkski, John Cage and LaMonte Young.
American Land, American Life
November 15, 2003 February 8, 2004
Selections from the Burchfield-Penney's collection demonstrate Burchfield's ethos through paintings, drawings, prints and wallpapers. Notably, the exhibition includes the museum's most recent acquisition, Roadside Stream.
Recent Acquisitions of Craft Art
Through June 15, 2004
Nancy Valle's terra cotta sculpture, Taeyoul Ryu's rocking chair made of bent plywood with ash veneer, Carol Townsend's stoneware vessel, all acquired with funds from the Collectors' Club, are featured in this exhibition of acquisitions made during the past two years.
Roycroft Legacy
Permanent Exhibition
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 Burchfield's Studio
Permanent Exhibition
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
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 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; the Metcalfe House staircase is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Please call (716) 878-6120 for an appointment to view the rooms.
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 County of Erie. Additional operating support is provided by the Elizabeth Elser Doolittle Trust, the Mary A. H. Rumsey Foundation and the Burchfield-Penney's members.
Media Contact:
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