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The Burchfield Penney Art Center: The First Green Art Museum in New York State
The Grosvenor Room, the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library’s Special Collections Department, will present a speaker series with Explore Buffalo in 2025.
This free speaker series will take place in the Ring of Knowledge in the Central Library in downtown Buffalo at 1 Lafayette Square. Admission is free and no registration is required. All presentations will begin at 1 PM and be approximately one hour in length, including time for Questions & Answers.
The BPAC for over 50 years has been known as the Museum for Western New York Arts. In this talk we will briefly review the history of this art center, then discuss the building design by Gwathmey Siegel and Associates. We'll illustrate how the architectural structure has distinctive features reflecting artist Charles E. Burchfield's love of nature. We'll also explore how the building design serves the BPAC's diverse programming to provide artists, students, scholars, collectors, and the general public with opportunities to learn and exchange ideas about the cultural legacy of the region.
Speaker: Eleanor Ash
Eleanor Ash is a longtime educator in Western New York and continues to be a lifelong learner, both professionally and personally. In addition to earning five college degrees, she was awarded two National Endowment for the Humanities grants for summer study in New York City and in Italy. As a volunteer for the AKG Art Gallery, the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Explore Buffalo, and other organizations, she hopes her tour takers and program participants will, along with her, mutually enjoy increased knowledge, deepened understanding, and a renewed enthusiasm for life.
- Date:
- Saturday, May 3, 2025
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 2:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Library Name:
- Central Library
- Audience:
- Adult Senior Teen Young Adult
- Categories:
- Education History Lectures, Talks & Panels Public Program