Burchfield-Penney Art Center
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Buffalo State College
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and was founded in 1966. Dedicated to the art and vision of Charles E. Burchfield and distinguished artists of Buffalo, Niagara and Western New York. Through an affiliation with Buffalo State College, it encourages learning and celebration of a richly creative and diverse community.
The collection includes the world's largest holding of the artist Charles Burchfield in addition to this there is an archive of over 25,000 of his drawings and notes. It is also houses Burchfield's hand-written journal.
Other components of the collection range from traditional mid-nineteenth century work to contemporary media arts. Notable artists in the collection also include, Hallwalls
Hallwalls
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center is a non-profit organization in Buffalo, N.Y. that showcases artists of diverse backgrounds in film, video, literature, music, performance, media and visual arts. Since its inception, Hallwalls has been dedicated to promoting artists from multiple backgrounds and...
founders:Charles Clough
Charles Clough
Charles Sidney Clough is an American painter. His art has been exhibited in over 60 solo and over 150 group exhibitions throughout North America and Europe and is included in the permanent collections of over 70 museums.-Early life and education:Charles Clough was born and raised in Buffalo, New...
, Robert Longo
Robert Longo
Robert Longo is an American painter and sculptor. Longo became famous in the 1980s for his "Men in the Cities" series, which depicted sharply dressed businessmen writhing in contorted emotion.-Early life and education:...
, Diane Bertolo, Nancy Dwyer, Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman is an American photographer and film director, best known for her conceptual portraits. Sherman currently lives and works in New York City. In 1995, she was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship. She is represented by Sprüth Magers Berlin London in and Metro Pictures gallery in...
, and Michael Zwack. The collection also includes one of the worlds largest collections of the documentary photographer Milton Rogovin
Milton Rogovin
Milton Rogovin was a documentary photographer who has been compared to great social documentary photographers of the 19th and 20th centuries, such as Lewis Hine and Jacob Riis. His photographs are in the Library of Congress, the J...
and work by Arts and Craft artisans from Roycroft
Roycroft
Roycroft was a reformist community of craft workers and artists which formed part of the Arts and Crafts movement in the USA. Elbert Hubbard founded the community in 1895 in the village of East Aurora, Erie County, New York, near Buffalo. Participants were known as Roycrofters...
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The museum moved to a new home located on 4.9 acres (19,829.6 m²) of land at the corner of Elmwood Avenue and Rockwell Road in Buffalo, New York
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...
in November 2008. The Burchfield-Penney opened in its new location on November 22, 2008, with a 31-hour non-stop grand opening event. The new 84000 square feet (7,803.9 m²) museum is designed by Gwathmey Siegel and Associates Architects.