Art at the UDC!
UDC conference attendees will have daily opportunities to enjoy world class art exhibits while at the conference.
The first opportunity presents itself Thursday evening when the conference officially opens with a reception at Buffalo’s Burchfield Penny Art Center. The Burchfield, as Buffalonians call it, is a spanking new 80,000 square foot stand alone state of the art museum located on the Buffalo State College campus in Buffalo’s museum district. The Burchfield is named for its comprehensive Charles Burchfield (1893-1967) collection and archive. It also houses the works of over 600 other artists spanning a two century period. It’s 7,500 piece collection contains work by include Elbert Hubbard, Gustav Stickley, Cindy Sherman, Robert Mangold, Les Krims, Frank Lloyd Wright, Wendle Castle, Al Paley, Bruce Kurland, Edwin Dickinson, Susan Rothenberg, Joseph Piccillo, Robert Longo, Alberto Rey and Paul Sharits, among others. The new $33 million state of the art gallery, which also houses Buffalo State College’s art conservation laboratories, opened this past fall and is itself a notable architectural achievement and one of the Buffalo Toronto region’s “greenest” buildings. UDC Conference attendees are welcome to peruse the Burchfield’s collection for free as guests of Buffalo State College.
On Friday, UDC attendees, along with the rest of Buffalo, can enjoy free admission to the permanent exhibits at the Albright Knox Art Gallery from 3 PM through 10 PM as part of the Albright’s Gusto at the Gallery program sponsored by the Buffalo News and the John R. Oishei Foundation. The Albright Knox is one of the country’s oldest major art museums with a focus on modern and contemporary art and a strong international reputation. The collection includes pieces by Gauguin, van Gogh, Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Derain,Mondrain, Pollock and Warhol.
Our Saturday Night Banquet will be hosted by Niagara University’s Castellani Art Museum. The Castellani is a regional arts museum with a focus on contemporary visual arts as well as a 3,700+ piece collection of prints, drawings, photos, paintings and sculpture dating back to the 1850s.