Please join the Burchfield Penney Art Center for “Under the Midnight Moon: Shades of Blue and White,” the next workshop in the International Center for Watercolor Summer Series with artist and instructor Jennifer Koury, on Thursday, June 28, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The summer workshop series is inspired by the current exhibition Suddenly I Awoke: The Dream Journals of Charles E. Burchfield.

Save the whites and paint the depths of constellations. Using intense blues contrasted against the white of the paper, participants will create an ethereal painting of the moon, stars, and illuminating light on a landscape. Choose a landscape of mountains or a field of flowers. Bring as many shades of blue as you have—even if they are leaning toward purple or green—and drawings and photos you have for inspiration of a landscape.

The cost of the workshop is $42 for members and $52 for not-yet members.

For more information on watercolor workshops, please visit the Burchfield Penney website.

Please join the Burchfield Penney Art Center for next workshop in the International Center for Watercolor Summer Series with artist and instructor Jennifer Koury on Thursday, June 21, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The summer workshop series is inspired by the current exhibition Suddenly I Awoke: The Dream Journals of Charles E. Burchfield.

Inspired by Charles Burchfield’s Sunburst, paint a luminous watercolor of light bursting forth from clouds and across the landscape. Bring your imagination and photos of the moonlight or sunlight emanating around and on the edges of clouds, fields, trees, or flowers.

The cost of the workshop is $42 for members and $52 for not-yet members.

For more information on watercolor workshops, please visit the Burchfield Penney website.

Please join the Burchfield Penney Art Center for the watercolor workshop A Room with a View, part of the International Center for Watercolor Summer Series with artist and instructor Jennifer Koury, on Thursday, June 14, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The summer workshop series is inspired by the current exhibition Suddenly I Awoke: The Dream Journals of Charles E. Burchfield.

Windows are gateways to another world. Is your favorite view luminous and ethereal? Taking inspiration from Burchfield’s Flower Pot in Window (1919), create two different worlds, inside and out. Inside might be calm and outside a torrential storm, or one might be based in reality and the other a dream world. Bring your ideas, your imagination, and photos of what your window gateway looks like and the worlds you wish to express for the interior and exterior.

The cost of the workshop is $42 for members and $52 for not-yet members.

For more information on watercolor workshops, please visit the Burchfield Penney website.

Please join the Burchfield Penney Art Center for the watercolor workshop Field of Dreams, the first event in the International Center for Watercolor Summer Series, with artist and instructor Jennifer Koury on Thursday, June 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This workshop is inspired by the current exhibition Suddenly I Awoke: The Dream Journals of Charles E. Burchfield.

Paint a whimsical watercolor of bursting trees and a field of flowers. As Burchfield depicted spring wildflowers bursting forth from snow, your painting might also depict two overlapping seasons. Bring your imagination and photos of fields of your favorite flowers and trees. 

The cost of the workshop is $42 for members and $52 for not-yet members.

For more information on watercolor workshops, please visit the Burchfield Penney website.

Please join the Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State for the opening celebration of A New Beginning: Art & Design Faculty Exhibition on Friday, May 11, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., part of this month's M&T Second Friday events. The exhibition is on view in the Burchfield Penney’s Charles Cary Rumsey and Sylvia L. Rosen galleries through Sunday, September 23.

Buffalo State’s recently created Art and Design Department merged the educational and creative activities of the former departments of Art Education, Design, Fine Arts, and Interior Design. The Burchfield Penney Art Center and its partners at the college see this convergence as a tremendous opportunity for a holistic approach to educating and creating in the arts.

A New Beginning explores this new creative force. Selected work representing the full-time faculty will provide greater insight to their contemporary approaches in the field. A wide range of works illustrates the diverse, culturally aware, and socially relevant orientation of their practice. The exhibition includes a beautifully illustrated art history book, ceramics, illustrations, interior design, jewelry, lacquerware, mixed media collage and assemblage, paintings, pastel drawing, photography, sculptures, textiles, and video.

The following faculty members are participating in the exhibition:

Michelle S. Bae-Dimitriadis, Associate Professor, Art Education
Jozef Bajus, Associate Professor, Fibers
Eric R. Dolph, Assistant Professor, Interior Design
Frances M. Gage, Associate Professor, Art History
Lin Xia Jiang, Professor, Painting
Sunhwa Kim, Associate Professor, Wood/Furniture Design
Candace P. Keegan Masters, Associate Professor, Art Education/Painting
Joseph A. Miller, Associate Professor, Drawing and Painting
Tara J. Nahabetian, Associate Professor, Metals/Jewelry Design
Philip B. Ogle, Professor, Drawing, Mixed Media
Brent D. Patterson, Assistant Professor, Communication Design
Kenneth P. Payne, Professor, Sculpture
Alice C. Pennisi, Associate Professor, Art Education
Richard J. Ross, Associate Professor, Illustration
Stephen F. Saracino, Professor, Metals/Jewelry Design
Jörg E. Schnier, Chair and Associate Professor, Interior Design
Bhakti Sharma, Associate Professor, Interior Design
Yola L. Monakhov Stockton, Assistant Professor, Photography
Colleen Toledano, Associate Professor, Ceramics
Carol A. Townsend, Associate Professor, Design Foundations
Robert L. Wood, Professor, Ceramics

The Burchfield Penney’s curatorial team included Scott F. Propeack, associate director and chief curator; Nancy S. Weekly, Burchfield scholar and Burchfield Penney instructor of museum studies; and Kathy G. Shiroki, curatorial associate and lecturer, Art Education. They visited faculty members in their studios and offices and were treated to impressive histories of each talented artist, art historian, and designer.

"SUNY Buffalo State is so fortunate to have faculty with such profoundly accomplished careers filled with international travel and a sustained level of inquiry," Ms. Weekly said. "They get involved in both community activities and international research to bring a wealth of knowledge and experience, as well as fresh perspectives to their students. This exhibition provides a window on their art-making."

Each of the works on exhibition was selected in collaboration with its creator, from work created this year to proud accomplishments dating back as far as 1984. Each piece tells a story, which has been transcribed and shared on the exhibition’s posting on the Burchfield Penney website. There visitors can also see artist profiles to learn more about their fascinating achievements.

For more information on May M&T Second Friday events, please visit the Burchfield Penney website or Facebook page.

From the Chair of the Search Committee for the Vice President for Institutional Advancement
The search committee for the college's next vice president for institutional advancement invites the campus community to attend the following open forums with candidates for the position. Each candidate's name and vita will be published in the Daily Bulletin two days before the date of his or her presentation. At the open forums, candidates will offer a short opening statement and then take questions from the audience. An online survey will be made available to solicit feedback on each candidate. Please mark your calendars; we look forward to campus participation in the search process. Please direct questions about the process to me, Wendy Paterson, chair of the search committee.

Candidate 1
Monday, May 14
Noon–12:50 p.m.
Classroom Building C122*

Candidate 2
Friday, May 25
12:15–1:05 p.m.
Newman Lecture Hall (Bulger Communication Center North)

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* Correction appended: original venue was Newman Lecture Hall.

Blackboard Learn now has a tool that focuses on making digital course content such as Word, PowerPoint, and PDF more accessible right within your course. Blackboard Ally helps you understand and tackle accessibility in a way that benefits all students. Join us for one of the Blackboard Ally Demonstration workshops this month to explore this new tool within Blackboard Learn. Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

From the Dean of the School of Education
I am pleased to announce that the Elementary Education and Reading Department has officially changed its name to more accurately reflect the majors in the department. The new name is the Elementary Education, Literacy, and Educational Leadership Department (EELEL). The change will be effective in fall 2018 and should be reflected in official documents.

Each spring, campus personnel must decide when to begin cooling campus buildings. Unlike heating systems, air conditioning systems cannot be turned on and off on a daily or weekly basis. The initiation of campus cooling systems is a temperature-dependent activity performed when nighttime low temperatures are consistently predicted to be 50 degrees or higher.

Additionally, the New York State Department of Health requires that all cooling systems be inspected by an accredited external inspector before activation. Your patience is appreciated as we await warmer overnight forecasts and carry out the important inspection phase. Questions about air conditioning can be directed to Facilities Operations at 878-6111.

Chartwells is pleased to announce that Buffalo State now has an official Bengal Cookie. The chocolate chip cookie half-dipped in orange icing with Bengal Stripes is available for order through Buffalo State Catering (by the dozen). Also available as a Bengal sidekick is the Benji, a paw-shaped orange sugar cookie with black and white icing.

Bring the Bengal or the Benji to your next event! Place your order through Buffalo State Catertrax or call 878-4128. Please provide 24 hours' notice.