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Posted: Wednesday, October 17, 2018

This Week at the Burchfield Penney Art Center

Join us this week at the Burchfield Penney Art Center. General admission to the Burchfield Penney is always free for Buffalo State students, faculty, and staff.

Thursday, October 18

10 Years In Artists' Tour
7:00 p.m.
Join Rose Popper, Fontini Galanes, Bob Budin, John Opera, Kyle Butler, Patti Ambrogi, AJ Fries, Meg Knowles, Dorothea Braemer, and Janelle Lynch for a tour of 10 Years In. This tour is free with gallery admission. Free for Buffalo State students, faculty, and staff.

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Saturday, October 20
2:00 p.m.

Screening and Conversation: Witch's Night Out, followed by a Conversation with Gary Wolfe, and Johnathan Rogers
This afternoon event begins with a screening of Jonathan Rogers's classic Witch's Night Out followed by a conversation with artists Gary Wolfe and Johnathan Rogers. Witch's Night Out is a Canadian animated television Halloween special that premiered on NBC October 27, 1978. Produced in a Toronto studio, it was the sequel to the 1974 special The Gift of Winter, with vocal talents from Dan Aykroyd and Vlari Bromfield. It featured the voices of Fiona Reid as Nicely and Catherine O'Hara as Malicious, with Gilda Radner as the titular witch. Like the earlier special, Witch's Night Out was produced by John Leach and Jean Rankin for CBC Television. It later aired on the Disney Channel every year from 1983 to the late 1990s. This cartoon film was released on videotape August 5, 1995, by Family Home Entertainment.

The current exhibition Jonathan Rogers: The Complexity of Life focuses on work by an artist that many may not be aware of. To understand the motivation and methods of an artist, there is great value in learning how another artist sees the work. Although museums frequently rely on curators to lead investigations into the work of artists, rarely does this address what it means to be an artist. The artist Gary Wolfe is a friend and fellow Niagara Arts and Cultural Center resident with Jonathan Rogers. This, in addition to their shared concerns for spiritual life, gives Gary a unique insight to Jonathan’s art.

This event is free with gallery admission. Free for Buffalo State students, faculty, and staff.

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Sunday, October 21

Still Life Sunday: Dreams in Captivity
1:00–3:30 p.m.
Still life designed by Alexa Wajed, artist, and Sufana Wajed, designer.*

On select Saturdays and Sundays at the Burchfield Penney Art Center, participants may drop in and create artwork in their own media, influenced by a unique still life designed by creative community members.* Participants will bring their own supplies to sketch, draw, paint, write poetry, or photograph the still life. No instructors will be present. This is a creative platform designed to inspire.

Still life workshops are two and a half hours in length and are intended for youth ages 12 and older, families, college students, and creative individuals. The still lifes will be on display only during the workshop hours. These workshops are free for Buffalo State students, staff, and faculty and Burchfield Penney members. Not-yet members will be admitted free with museum admission fee.

For more information, please contact Kathy Gaye Shiroki, curatorial associate, 878-3549.

* The Burchfield Penney invited a creative individual to design a still life and, in turn, to invite another person to join them in the creative process.

Submitted by: Kathleen M Heyworth
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