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Events for Tuesday, January 29, 2019

9:00 AM-4:00 PM Uncommon Views: Photography by Jack Kurz Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

9:00 AM-5:00 PM We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103 Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

9:30 AM-6:00 PM Nature of Things Edgewood Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-5:00 PM in the clearing. Community Folk Art Center

10:00 AM-9:00 PM Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-9:00 PM 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

11:00 AM-4:00 PM Ken Ragsdale: Facts, Reality, and Truth Onondaga Community College

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-7:00 PM Gallery Reception: A Stirring Song Sung Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619 to 1865 Syracuse University Art Museum (Read a review!)

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Seeing the Light of Day: Selections by the Registrar Syracuse University Art Museum

2:15 PM Artist Talk: William Earle Williams Syracuse University Art Museum

8:00 PM Baker Guest Artist Concert: Quinteto da Paraíba Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

Events for Wednesday, January 30, 2019

9:00 AM-4:00 PM Uncommon Views: Photography by Jack Kurz Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

9:00 AM-7:00 PM We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103 Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

9:30 AM-6:00 PM Nature of Things Edgewood Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-5:00 PM in the clearing. Community Folk Art Center

10:00 AM-9:00 PM 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-9:00 PM Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type Light Work Gallery

11:00 AM-4:00 PM Ken Ragsdale: Facts, Reality, and Truth Onondaga Community College

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Seeing the Light of Day: Selections by the Registrar Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-4:30 PM A Stirring Song Sung Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619 to 1865 Syracuse University Art Museum (Read a review!)

12:00 PM-2:00 PM Jazz at the Plaza: Dave Solazzo Duo CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Highlights from the Permanent Collection Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Recent Acquisitions, 2015–2018 Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972 Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)

12:00 PM-5:00 PM From the Archives: Video in America Everson Museum of Art

5:30 PM-8:30 PM Jazz at the Cavalier: Nancy Kelly CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

5:30 PM Christopher Kennedy Raymond Carver Reading Series

7:00 PM Quinteto da Paraíba Concert Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

Events for Thursday, January 31, 2019

9:00 AM-4:00 PM Uncommon Views: Photography by Jack Kurz Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

9:00 AM-5:00 PM We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103 Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

9:30 AM-6:00 PM Nature of Things Edgewood Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-5:00 PM in the clearing. Community Folk Art Center

10:00 AM-9:00 PM Opening Reception: 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-9:00 PM Opening Reception and Artist Talk Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type Light Work Gallery

11:00 AM-4:00 PM Ken Ragsdale: Facts, Reality, and Truth Onondaga Community College

11:00 AM-8:00 PM Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-8:00 PM A Stirring Song Sung Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619 to 1865 Syracuse University Art Museum (Read a review!)

11:00 AM-8:00 PM Seeing the Light of Day: Selections by the Registrar Syracuse University Art Museum

12:00 PM-8:00 PM Highlights from the Permanent Collection Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-8:00 PM Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-8:00 PM From the Archives: Video in America Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-8:00 PM Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972 Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)

12:00 PM-8:00 PM Recent Acquisitions, 2015–2018 Everson Museum of Art

6:00 PM-9:00 PM Jazz at the Magnolia: Parlour Games CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

6:45 PM No Time for Death Acme Mystery Company

7:00 PM *SOLD OUT* Almost, Maine Redhouse (Read a review!)

Events for Friday, February 1, 2019

9:00 AM-4:00 PM Uncommon Views: Photography by Jack Kurz Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

9:00 AM-5:00 PM We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103 Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

9:30 AM-6:00 PM Nature of Things Edgewood Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-6:00 PM Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-6:00 PM 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Seeing the Light of Day: Selections by the Registrar Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-4:30 PM A Stirring Song Sung Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619 to 1865 Syracuse University Art Museum (Read a review!)

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint Syracuse University Art Museum

12:00 PM-9:00 PM Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-9:00 PM Highlights from the Permanent Collection Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-9:00 PM Recent Acquisitions, 2015–2018 Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-9:00 PM Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972 Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)

12:00 PM-9:00 PM From the Archives: Video in America Everson Museum of Art

7:00 PM Poets Rainie Oet and Devon Moore Downtown Writer's Center

8:00 PM The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Baldwinsville Theatre Guild (Read a review!)

8:00 PM Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert Folkus Project

8:00 PM *SOLD OUT* Almost, Maine Redhouse (Read a review!)

8:00 PM Mozart's Don Giovanni Syracuse Opera (Read a review!)

8:00 PM JCM Exposed: Quinteto da Paraíba with Morton Schiff Jazz Ensemble and Samba Laranja Brazilian Ensemble Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

Events for Saturday, February 2, 2019

9:00 AM-4:30 PM Spring is on the Way: Works by Judith Hand LeMoyne College (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-4:00 PM Uncommon Views: Photography by Jack Kurz Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

10:00 AM-2:00 PM Nature of Things Edgewood Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Recent Acquisitions, 2015–2018 Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-5:00 PM From the Archives: Video in America Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972 Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Highlights from the Permanent Collection Everson Museum of Art

10:00 AM-5:00 PM Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club Everson Museum of Art

11:00 AM Moongobble Series: The Naughty Nork Open Hand Theater

11:00 AM-4:00 PM Kokom Lena of the First Nation Algonquin: Photographs of Michael Greenlar Ska-nonh Great Law of Peace Center (Read a review!)

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-4:30 PM A Stirring Song Sung Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619 to 1865 Syracuse University Art Museum (Read a review!)

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Seeing the Light of Day: Selections by the Registrar Syracuse University Art Museum

1:00 PM-9:00 PM Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type Light Work Gallery

1:00 PM-9:00 PM 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

2:00 PM Almost, Maine Redhouse (Read a review!)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM Opening: Kokom Lena of the First Nation Algonquin: Photographs of Michael Greenlar ArtRage Gallery (Read a review!)

7:00 PM-10:00 PM Gallery Night Baldwinsville Center for the Arts

7:30 PM Three Cheers for the Woodwinds and Brass! Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music

8:00 PM The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Baldwinsville Theatre Guild (Read a review!)

8:00 PM *SOLD OUT* Almost, Maine Redhouse (Read a review!)

8:00 PM Student Recital Series: Hannah Cox, cello Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

Events for Sunday, February 3, 2019

9:00 AM-4:30 PM Spring is on the Way: Works by Judith Hand LeMoyne College (Read a review!)

11:00 AM-5:00 PM Opening: Kokom Lena of the First Nation Algonquin: Photographs of Michael Greenlar Ska-nonh Great Law of Peace Center (Read a review!)

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Seeing the Light of Day: Selections by the Registrar Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-4:30 PM A Stirring Song Sung Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619 to 1865 Syracuse University Art Museum (Read a review!)

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint Syracuse University Art Museum

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Recent Acquisitions, 2015–2018 Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972 Everson Museum of Art (Read a review!)

12:00 PM-5:00 PM From the Archives: Video in America Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club Everson Museum of Art

12:00 PM-5:00 PM Highlights from the Permanent Collection Everson Museum of Art

1:00 PM-9:00 PM Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type Light Work Gallery

1:00 PM-9:00 PM 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

1:00 PM Beneath the Surface: The Storied History of Onondaga Lake Onondaga Historical Association

2:00 PM-5:00 PM Jazz on Tap: Ronnie Leigh Duo CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

2:00 PM Moongobble Series: The Naughty Nork Open Hand Theater

2:00 PM *SOLD OUT* Almost, Maine Redhouse (Read a review!)

2:00 PM Mozart's Don Giovanni Syracuse Opera (Read a review!)

Events for Monday, February 4, 2019

8:00 AM-9:00 PM Spring is on the Way: Works by Judith Hand LeMoyne College (Read a review!)

9:00 AM-4:00 PM Uncommon Views: Photography by Jack Kurz Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

9:00 AM-5:00 PM We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103 Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

10:00 AM-9:00 PM 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-9:00 PM Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type Light Work Gallery

11:00 AM-4:00 PM Ken Ragsdale: Facts, Reality, and Truth Onondaga Community College

Events for Tuesday, February 5, 2019

8:00 AM-9:00 PM Spring is on the Way: Works by Judith Hand LeMoyne College (Read a review!)

9:00 AM-4:00 PM Uncommon Views: Photography by Jack Kurz Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

9:00 AM-5:00 PM We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103 Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

9:30 AM-6:00 PM Nature of Things Edgewood Gallery (Read a review!)

10:00 AM-9:00 PM 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual Light Work Gallery

10:00 AM-9:00 PM Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type Light Work Gallery

11:00 AM-4:00 PM Ken Ragsdale: Facts, Reality, and Truth Onondaga Community College

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint Syracuse University Art Museum

11:00 AM-4:30 PM A Stirring Song Sung Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619 to 1865 Syracuse University Art Museum (Read a review!)

11:00 AM-4:30 PM Seeing the Light of Day: Selections by the Registrar Syracuse University Art Museum

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Tuesday, January 29, 2019


Art
 

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, January 29



Uncommon Views: Photography by Jack Kurz
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

For this exhibit, Jack Kurz has captured moments in his photographs that we often miss, perhaps because we are distracted, we don't know where to look, or the subject of our observation is too elusive. Who among us has not had the experience of observing the activity of a butterfly, only to have it fly away before we can fully appreciate its color and pattern? And don't we feel disappointment when we realize that a bird has moved so quickly that we missed its capture of prey? How then do wildlife photographers manage to produce their amazing photos? "You just have to be patient," is the answer that Kurz will give you. Those who see Jack Kurz's photographs will enjoy the sharp focus in his images, the beautiful color, and the stories of our natural world that each image conveys.


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, January 29



We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, January 29



Nature of Things
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Rob Glisson: landscape oil paintings
Karen Jean Smith: nature-based trompe l'oeil ceramics
Adriana Meiss: landscape oil paintings

Read a review!


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, January 29



in the clearing.
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

"in the clearing.", curated by Evan Starling-Davis, is a multidisciplinary art installation exploring the emotional ripple effects of individuals residing within systemic gun violence of America's Rust Belt region. Interrogating the extremities of a community, the ensemble of work combines elements of literature, video art, collage, painting, and audio clippings to framework a sensoria of storytelling— or the sum of one's perception to interpret environment via staged narrative.


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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, January 29



Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Rodrigo Valenzuela's work boldly addresses themes of labor, power, and representation. For a Chilean artist living in America at a moment in which the president of the United States continues pressing for a border wall, the underlying narrative of Valenzuela's work — of immigration and the struggles of the working class — is as charged as ever.

The title of the exhibition, American Type, refers to a 1955 essay in which art critic Clement Greenberg frames the work of abstract expressionist painters such as Pollock, Kline, Motherwell, and Rothko as distinctly American. Greenberg proposed that post-war American painting was more about the act of painting itself than about any complex idea of representation. Valenzuela finds it interesting to challenge this concept and, as he puts it, to contemplate "how much the absence of content has become the American gold." He doesn't argue that abstraction is necessarily without subject or emotion, but Valenzuela questions Greenberg and art world elitism more generally by making his own subversive abstractions that he imbues with social-political meaning.

Valenzuela's approach to representation in his work draws our attention to the extensive labor of his artistic process. Every aspect of his work shows a trace of his own labor, from the building of studio assemblages, to the photographic steps that lead to the final prints. Even the wooden frames that hold the work have been cut, assembled, and painted by his hand. Labor is inherent in the making of all art, but for Valenzuela it becomes a compelling central subject.


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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, January 29



2019 Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

The 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual is a juried exhibition of work by seniors from the Art Photography program in the Department of Transmedia within the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.

Exhibiting students include Pat Boland, Chloe Conklin Woodrow, Mollie M. Crandell, Catherine E. Doherty, Nicolo Orson Gilmore, Charlotte Lester, Nick Polyzoides, Tyanna Asia Seton, Siyaka Taylor-Lewis, and Junxiu Wang.


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, January 29



Ken Ragsdale: Facts, Reality, and Truth
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Ken Ragsdale designs and makes models, then photographs them to create believable fantastic tableaux.


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, January 29



Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint" brings together numerous examples of the experimental process by Thrash and other colleagues working in the Fine Print Workshop.


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11:00 AM - 7:00 PM, January 29



Gallery Reception: A Stirring Song Sung Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619 to 1865
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

There will be a gallery reception this evening 5:00-7:00 pm.

This critically acclaimed exhibition features over 80 contemporary photographic works by artist and curator William Earle Williams, presented alongside related historical objects that together depict the often invisible journey from slavery to freedom in the United States.

Read a review!


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, January 29



Seeing the Light of Day: Selections by the Registrar
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Seeing the Light of Day" is an exhibition curated from the perspective of the Registrar, Laura J. Wellner, that brings together an eclectic and whimsical sampling of artwork that have never been on display in our galleries.


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Lecture
 

2:15 PM, January 29



Artist Talk: William Earle Williams
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Artist, curator, and educator William Earle Williams has been the subject of numerous solo and group exhibitions worldwide, and his curatorial work includes the organization of over 90 exhibitions. Among his many honors are being named a 1997 Pew Fellow in the Arts, and receiving a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship for 2003–04.

Parking is available on a first come, first serve basis in the Quad 4 lot. Please visit parking.syr.edu for more information.


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Music
 

8:00 PM, January 29



Baker Guest Artist Concert: Quinteto da Paraíba
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

Price: Free
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The Quinteto da Paraíba originated in the Music Department of the CCTA/UFPB, and has been in residence there for nearly three decades. Today, it one of the most renowned chamber music groups of Brazil. Traveling with versatility between concert music and popular music, Quinteto da Paraíba has recorded a number of CDs, and has appeared on DVDs, movie soundtracks, shows, concerts and tours in Brazil and abroad. They are avid ambassadors of the music of Brazilian composers.

For most concert events in Setnor Auditorium, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot. When parking for concert events, please inform parking attendants that you are attending an event at Setnor Auditorium in Crouse College so they may direct you.


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Wednesday, January 30, 2019


Art
 

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, January 30



Uncommon Views: Photography by Jack Kurz
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

For this exhibit, Jack Kurz has captured moments in his photographs that we often miss, perhaps because we are distracted, we don't know where to look, or the subject of our observation is too elusive. Who among us has not had the experience of observing the activity of a butterfly, only to have it fly away before we can fully appreciate its color and pattern? And don't we feel disappointment when we realize that a bird has moved so quickly that we missed its capture of prey? How then do wildlife photographers manage to produce their amazing photos? "You just have to be patient," is the answer that Kurz will give you. Those who see Jack Kurz's photographs will enjoy the sharp focus in his images, the beautiful color, and the stories of our natural world that each image conveys.


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9:00 AM - 7:00 PM, January 30



We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, January 30



Nature of Things
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Rob Glisson: landscape oil paintings
Karen Jean Smith: nature-based trompe l'oeil ceramics
Adriana Meiss: landscape oil paintings

Read a review!


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, January 30



in the clearing.
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

"in the clearing.", curated by Evan Starling-Davis, is a multidisciplinary art installation exploring the emotional ripple effects of individuals residing within systemic gun violence of America's Rust Belt region. Interrogating the extremities of a community, the ensemble of work combines elements of literature, video art, collage, painting, and audio clippings to framework a sensoria of storytelling— or the sum of one's perception to interpret environment via staged narrative.


Back to list
 

 

10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, January 30



2019 Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

The 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual is a juried exhibition of work by seniors from the Art Photography program in the Department of Transmedia within the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.

Exhibiting students include Pat Boland, Chloe Conklin Woodrow, Mollie M. Crandell, Catherine E. Doherty, Nicolo Orson Gilmore, Charlotte Lester, Nick Polyzoides, Tyanna Asia Seton, Siyaka Taylor-Lewis, and Junxiu Wang.


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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, January 30



Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Rodrigo Valenzuela's work boldly addresses themes of labor, power, and representation. For a Chilean artist living in America at a moment in which the president of the United States continues pressing for a border wall, the underlying narrative of Valenzuela's work — of immigration and the struggles of the working class — is as charged as ever.

The title of the exhibition, American Type, refers to a 1955 essay in which art critic Clement Greenberg frames the work of abstract expressionist painters such as Pollock, Kline, Motherwell, and Rothko as distinctly American. Greenberg proposed that post-war American painting was more about the act of painting itself than about any complex idea of representation. Valenzuela finds it interesting to challenge this concept and, as he puts it, to contemplate "how much the absence of content has become the American gold." He doesn't argue that abstraction is necessarily without subject or emotion, but Valenzuela questions Greenberg and art world elitism more generally by making his own subversive abstractions that he imbues with social-political meaning.

Valenzuela's approach to representation in his work draws our attention to the extensive labor of his artistic process. Every aspect of his work shows a trace of his own labor, from the building of studio assemblages, to the photographic steps that lead to the final prints. Even the wooden frames that hold the work have been cut, assembled, and painted by his hand. Labor is inherent in the making of all art, but for Valenzuela it becomes a compelling central subject.


Back to list
 

 

11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, January 30



Ken Ragsdale: Facts, Reality, and Truth
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Ken Ragsdale designs and makes models, then photographs them to create believable fantastic tableaux.


Back to list
 

 

11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, January 30



Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint" brings together numerous examples of the experimental process by Thrash and other colleagues working in the Fine Print Workshop.


Back to list
 

 

11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, January 30



Seeing the Light of Day: Selections by the Registrar
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Seeing the Light of Day" is an exhibition curated from the perspective of the Registrar, Laura J. Wellner, that brings together an eclectic and whimsical sampling of artwork that have never been on display in our galleries.


Back to list
 

 

11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, January 30



A Stirring Song Sung Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619 to 1865
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

This critically acclaimed exhibition features over 80 contemporary photographic works by artist and curator William Earle Williams, presented alongside related historical objects that together depict the often invisible journey from slavery to freedom in the United States.

Read a review!


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, January 30



Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Founded in 1875, the Social Art Club is a women's club dedicated to the study of art in a group setting. The Club has an extensive history of supporting the Everson, including financial support for the acquisition of some of the Museum's most iconic pieces, such as Adrian Saxe's Untitled vessel from 1980, which graces the cover of the Museum's American Ceramics catalog. Over the past decade, the Social Art Club's gifts have strengthened the Everson's connections to Central New York through donations of work by indigenous and regional artists.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, January 30



Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Showcasing the depth of the Everson's collection, Highlights from the Permanent Collection presents 150 years of American art, from early 19th-century portraiture to the Pop Art of the 1960s. This exhibition features many visitor favorites, including work by Albert Bierstadt, Eastman Johnson, Lee Krasner, Grandma Moses, Jackson Pollock, and Gilbert Stuart.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, January 30



Recent Acquisitions, 2015–2018
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Since 2015, the Everson has acquired nearly 400 works for its collection, ranging from monumental installation pieces to small ceramic sculptures. This exhibition features a selection of these recent acquisitions, including work that has never before been on view. Acquired through generous gifts from donors and artists or purchased using the Museum's acquisition funds, these works represent the Everson's long-standing commitment to collecting and exhibiting the best of modern and contemporary art.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, January 30



Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Dating back to the Ceramic National exhibitions, which began in 1932, the Everson has a rich history of supporting artists who explore the figure. Artists like Viktor Schreckengost, Edris Eckhardt, and Waylande Gregory routinely received awards and critical acclaim for their work. "Key Figures" examines the larger-than-life artists who shaped an art movement, and features select works from a new generation of artists who are building on this legacy by using the figure to explore identity, narrative, and allegory.

Read a review!


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, January 30



From the Archives: Video in America
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson's commitment to video art began in 1971 with the launch of one of the first exhibition programs in the country to feature the work of video artists, and today the Everson's historic video art collection contains over 400 tapes. Over the last several years, the Museum has worked to conserve and digitize a significant portion of the collection and this exhibition features a number of the newly digitized works.


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Music
 

12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, January 30



Jazz at the Plaza: Dave Solazzo Duo
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: No cover
LeMoyne Plaza
1135 Salt Springs Rd., Syracuse


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5:30 PM - 8:30 PM, January 30



Jazz at the Cavalier: Nancy Kelly
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: No cover
Marriott Hotel Syracuse Cavalier Room
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse


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7:00 PM, January 30



Quinteto da Paraíba Concert
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

Price: Free
Inspiration Hall (formerly St. Peter's Church)
709 James St., Syracuse

The Quinteto da Paraíba originated in the Music Department of the CCTA/UFPB, and has been in residence there for nearly three decades. Today, it one of the most renowned chamber music groups of Brazil. Traveling with versatility between concert music and popular music, Quinteto da Paraíba has recorded a number of CDs, and has appeared on DVDs, movie soundtracks, shows, concerts and tours in Brazil and abroad. They are avid ambassadors of the music of Brazilian composers.


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Poetry/Reading
 

5:30 PM, January 30



Christopher Kennedy
Raymond Carver Reading Series

Price: Free
Gifford Auditorium, Huntington Beard Crouse Hall
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Christopher Kennedy is the author of five poetry collections, Clues from the Animal Kingdom (BOA Editions, Ltd.), Ennui Prophet (BOA Editions, Ltd.), Encouragement for a Man Falling to His Death (BOA Editions, Ltd.), which received the Isabella Gardner Poetry Award in 2007, Trouble with the Machine (Low Fidelity Press), and Nietzsche's Horse (Mitki/Mitki Press). He is also one of the translators of Light and Heavy Things: Selected Poems of Zeeshan Sahil (BOA Editions, Ltd.), published in 2013 as part of The Lannan Translation Series.

His work has appeared in numerous print and on-line journals and magazines, including Ploughshares, The Threepenny Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Mississippi Review, Ninth Letter, and New York Tyrant. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts, and a grant from the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts. He is a professor of English at Syracuse University where he directs the MFA Program in Creative Writing.

The reading will be preceded by a question and answer session from 3:45-4:30 pm.


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Thursday, January 31, 2019


Art
 

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, January 31



Uncommon Views: Photography by Jack Kurz
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

For this exhibit, Jack Kurz has captured moments in his photographs that we often miss, perhaps because we are distracted, we don't know where to look, or the subject of our observation is too elusive. Who among us has not had the experience of observing the activity of a butterfly, only to have it fly away before we can fully appreciate its color and pattern? And don't we feel disappointment when we realize that a bird has moved so quickly that we missed its capture of prey? How then do wildlife photographers manage to produce their amazing photos? "You just have to be patient," is the answer that Kurz will give you. Those who see Jack Kurz's photographs will enjoy the sharp focus in his images, the beautiful color, and the stories of our natural world that each image conveys.


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, January 31



We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, January 31



Nature of Things
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Rob Glisson: landscape oil paintings
Karen Jean Smith: nature-based trompe l'oeil ceramics
Adriana Meiss: landscape oil paintings

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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, January 31



in the clearing.
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

"in the clearing.", curated by Evan Starling-Davis, is a multidisciplinary art installation exploring the emotional ripple effects of individuals residing within systemic gun violence of America's Rust Belt region. Interrogating the extremities of a community, the ensemble of work combines elements of literature, video art, collage, painting, and audio clippings to framework a sensoria of storytelling— or the sum of one's perception to interpret environment via staged narrative.


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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, January 31



Opening Reception: 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

There will be an opening reception with the artists this evening 5:00-7:00 pm.

The 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual is a juried exhibition of work by seniors from the Art Photography program in the Department of Transmedia within the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.

Exhibiting students include Pat Boland, Chloe Conklin Woodrow, Mollie M. Crandell, Catherine E. Doherty, Nicolo Orson Gilmore, Charlotte Lester, Nick Polyzoides, Tyanna Asia Seton, Siyaka Taylor-Lewis, and Junxiu Wang.

Free 2-hour parking is available directly across the street from the gallery on Waverly Avenue. Paid parking is available in the Booth Garage at the intersection of Comstock and Waverly Avenues.


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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, January 31



Opening Reception and Artist Talk Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

There will be an opening reception this evening 5:00-7:00 pm, with an artist talk and Q&A with Rodrigo Valenzuela at 6:00 pm.

Rodrigo Valenzuela's work boldly addresses themes of labor, power, and representation. For a Chilean artist living in America at a moment in which the president of the United States continues pressing for a border wall, the underlying narrative of Valenzuela's work — of immigration and the struggles of the working class — is as charged as ever.

The title of the exhibition, American Type, refers to a 1955 essay in which art critic Clement Greenberg frames the work of abstract expressionist painters such as Pollock, Kline, Motherwell, and Rothko as distinctly American. Greenberg proposed that post-war American painting was more about the act of painting itself than about any complex idea of representation. Valenzuela finds it interesting to challenge this concept and, as he puts it, to contemplate "how much the absence of content has become the American gold." He doesn't argue that abstraction is necessarily without subject or emotion, but Valenzuela questions Greenberg and art world elitism more generally by making his own subversive abstractions that he imbues with social-political meaning.

Valenzuela's approach to representation in his work draws our attention to the extensive labor of his artistic process. Every aspect of his work shows a trace of his own labor, from the building of studio assemblages, to the photographic steps that lead to the final prints. Even the wooden frames that hold the work have been cut, assembled, and painted by his hand. Labor is inherent in the making of all art, but for Valenzuela it becomes a compelling central subject.

Free 2-hour parking is available directly across the street from the gallery on Waverly Avenue. Paid parking is available in the Booth Garage at the intersection of Comstock and Waverly Avenues.


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, January 31



Ken Ragsdale: Facts, Reality, and Truth
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Ken Ragsdale designs and makes models, then photographs them to create believable fantastic tableaux.


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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, January 31



Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint" brings together numerous examples of the experimental process by Thrash and other colleagues working in the Fine Print Workshop.


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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, January 31



A Stirring Song Sung Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619 to 1865
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

This critically acclaimed exhibition features over 80 contemporary photographic works by artist and curator William Earle Williams, presented alongside related historical objects that together depict the often invisible journey from slavery to freedom in the United States.

Read a review!


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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, January 31



Seeing the Light of Day: Selections by the Registrar
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Seeing the Light of Day" is an exhibition curated from the perspective of the Registrar, Laura J. Wellner, that brings together an eclectic and whimsical sampling of artwork that have never been on display in our galleries.


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12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, January 31



Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Showcasing the depth of the Everson's collection, Highlights from the Permanent Collection presents 150 years of American art, from early 19th-century portraiture to the Pop Art of the 1960s. This exhibition features many visitor favorites, including work by Albert Bierstadt, Eastman Johnson, Lee Krasner, Grandma Moses, Jackson Pollock, and Gilbert Stuart.


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12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, January 31



Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Founded in 1875, the Social Art Club is a women's club dedicated to the study of art in a group setting. The Club has an extensive history of supporting the Everson, including financial support for the acquisition of some of the Museum's most iconic pieces, such as Adrian Saxe's Untitled vessel from 1980, which graces the cover of the Museum's American Ceramics catalog. Over the past decade, the Social Art Club's gifts have strengthened the Everson's connections to Central New York through donations of work by indigenous and regional artists.


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12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, January 31



From the Archives: Video in America
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson's commitment to video art began in 1971 with the launch of one of the first exhibition programs in the country to feature the work of video artists, and today the Everson's historic video art collection contains over 400 tapes. Over the last several years, the Museum has worked to conserve and digitize a significant portion of the collection and this exhibition features a number of the newly digitized works.


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12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, January 31



Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Dating back to the Ceramic National exhibitions, which began in 1932, the Everson has a rich history of supporting artists who explore the figure. Artists like Viktor Schreckengost, Edris Eckhardt, and Waylande Gregory routinely received awards and critical acclaim for their work. "Key Figures" examines the larger-than-life artists who shaped an art movement, and features select works from a new generation of artists who are building on this legacy by using the figure to explore identity, narrative, and allegory.

Read a review!


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12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, January 31



Recent Acquisitions, 2015–2018
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Since 2015, the Everson has acquired nearly 400 works for its collection, ranging from monumental installation pieces to small ceramic sculptures. This exhibition features a selection of these recent acquisitions, including work that has never before been on view. Acquired through generous gifts from donors and artists or purchased using the Museum's acquisition funds, these works represent the Everson's long-standing commitment to collecting and exhibiting the best of modern and contemporary art.


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Music
 

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, January 31



Jazz at the Magnolia: Parlour Games
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: No cover
Sugar Magnolia Bistro
316 S. Clinton St., Syracuse


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Theater
 

6:45 PM, January 31



No Time for Death
Acme Mystery Company

Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Shirley Maxwell has gathered the media together to announce that her company, Wonder Labs, is back on the map with the unveiling of an incredible new invention: a time machine! Insiders say it was invented by lab assistant Nick Van Castle. Or was it really invented by has-been inventor Nathan Brandmark? Or was it stolen by Nathan who used it to go back in time and claim he invented it? Or the other way around? Whatever happened, one thing's for sure: the clock is ticking down on someone.


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7:00 PM, January 31



*SOLD OUT* Almost, Maine
Redhouse
Steve Hayes, director

Price: $32
Redhouse at City Center Small Theater
400 S. Salina St., Syracuse

As the northern lights flicker above them, the residents of Almost, Maine find themselves falling in and out of love in the most unexpected ways. Join this group of delightfully quirky friends, lovers, and strangers, played by six versatile actors, as they encounter a magical Midwinter's dream. This cozy comedy is sure to warm your heart even during a cold Syracuse winter!

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Friday, February 1, 2019


Art
 

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, February 1



Uncommon Views: Photography by Jack Kurz
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

For this exhibit, Jack Kurz has captured moments in his photographs that we often miss, perhaps because we are distracted, we don't know where to look, or the subject of our observation is too elusive. Who among us has not had the experience of observing the activity of a butterfly, only to have it fly away before we can fully appreciate its color and pattern? And don't we feel disappointment when we realize that a bird has moved so quickly that we missed its capture of prey? How then do wildlife photographers manage to produce their amazing photos? "You just have to be patient," is the answer that Kurz will give you. Those who see Jack Kurz's photographs will enjoy the sharp focus in his images, the beautiful color, and the stories of our natural world that each image conveys.


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, February 1



We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, February 1



Nature of Things
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Rob Glisson: landscape oil paintings
Karen Jean Smith: nature-based trompe l'oeil ceramics
Adriana Meiss: landscape oil paintings

Read a review!


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, February 1



Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Rodrigo Valenzuela's work boldly addresses themes of labor, power, and representation. For a Chilean artist living in America at a moment in which the president of the United States continues pressing for a border wall, the underlying narrative of Valenzuela's work — of immigration and the struggles of the working class — is as charged as ever.

The title of the exhibition, American Type, refers to a 1955 essay in which art critic Clement Greenberg frames the work of abstract expressionist painters such as Pollock, Kline, Motherwell, and Rothko as distinctly American. Greenberg proposed that post-war American painting was more about the act of painting itself than about any complex idea of representation. Valenzuela finds it interesting to challenge this concept and, as he puts it, to contemplate "how much the absence of content has become the American gold." He doesn't argue that abstraction is necessarily without subject or emotion, but Valenzuela questions Greenberg and art world elitism more generally by making his own subversive abstractions that he imbues with social-political meaning.

Valenzuela's approach to representation in his work draws our attention to the extensive labor of his artistic process. Every aspect of his work shows a trace of his own labor, from the building of studio assemblages, to the photographic steps that lead to the final prints. Even the wooden frames that hold the work have been cut, assembled, and painted by his hand. Labor is inherent in the making of all art, but for Valenzuela it becomes a compelling central subject.


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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, February 1



2019 Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

The 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual is a juried exhibition of work by seniors from the Art Photography program in the Department of Transmedia within the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.

Exhibiting students include Pat Boland, Chloe Conklin Woodrow, Mollie M. Crandell, Catherine E. Doherty, Nicolo Orson Gilmore, Charlotte Lester, Nick Polyzoides, Tyanna Asia Seton, Siyaka Taylor-Lewis, and Junxiu Wang.


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, February 1



Seeing the Light of Day: Selections by the Registrar
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Seeing the Light of Day" is an exhibition curated from the perspective of the Registrar, Laura J. Wellner, that brings together an eclectic and whimsical sampling of artwork that have never been on display in our galleries.


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, February 1



A Stirring Song Sung Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619 to 1865
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

This critically acclaimed exhibition features over 80 contemporary photographic works by artist and curator William Earle Williams, presented alongside related historical objects that together depict the often invisible journey from slavery to freedom in the United States.

Read a review!


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, February 1



Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint" brings together numerous examples of the experimental process by Thrash and other colleagues working in the Fine Print Workshop.


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12:00 PM - 9:00 PM, February 1



Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Founded in 1875, the Social Art Club is a women's club dedicated to the study of art in a group setting. The Club has an extensive history of supporting the Everson, including financial support for the acquisition of some of the Museum's most iconic pieces, such as Adrian Saxe's Untitled vessel from 1980, which graces the cover of the Museum's American Ceramics catalog. Over the past decade, the Social Art Club's gifts have strengthened the Everson's connections to Central New York through donations of work by indigenous and regional artists.


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12:00 PM - 9:00 PM, February 1



Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Showcasing the depth of the Everson's collection, Highlights from the Permanent Collection presents 150 years of American art, from early 19th-century portraiture to the Pop Art of the 1960s. This exhibition features many visitor favorites, including work by Albert Bierstadt, Eastman Johnson, Lee Krasner, Grandma Moses, Jackson Pollock, and Gilbert Stuart.


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12:00 PM - 9:00 PM, February 1



Recent Acquisitions, 2015–2018
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Since 2015, the Everson has acquired nearly 400 works for its collection, ranging from monumental installation pieces to small ceramic sculptures. This exhibition features a selection of these recent acquisitions, including work that has never before been on view. Acquired through generous gifts from donors and artists or purchased using the Museum's acquisition funds, these works represent the Everson's long-standing commitment to collecting and exhibiting the best of modern and contemporary art.


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12:00 PM - 9:00 PM, February 1



Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Dating back to the Ceramic National exhibitions, which began in 1932, the Everson has a rich history of supporting artists who explore the figure. Artists like Viktor Schreckengost, Edris Eckhardt, and Waylande Gregory routinely received awards and critical acclaim for their work. "Key Figures" examines the larger-than-life artists who shaped an art movement, and features select works from a new generation of artists who are building on this legacy by using the figure to explore identity, narrative, and allegory.

Read a review!


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12:00 PM - 9:00 PM, February 1



From the Archives: Video in America
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson's commitment to video art began in 1971 with the launch of one of the first exhibition programs in the country to feature the work of video artists, and today the Everson's historic video art collection contains over 400 tapes. Over the last several years, the Museum has worked to conserve and digitize a significant portion of the collection and this exhibition features a number of the newly digitized works.


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Music
 

8:00 PM, February 1



Kieran Kane and Rayna Gellert
Folkus Project

Price: $18 regular, $15 members
May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Kieran Kane has been referred to as "the godfather of Americana music" for good reason. His seminal work in The O'Kanes and Kane Welch Kaplin laid the foundation for the contemporary world of Americana music. A successful solo artist, collaborator, and songwriter (with songs recorded by Alan Jackson, John Prine, Emmylou Harris, and many more), Kieran is a musician's musician: his playing is always understated, always groove-oriented, and always serving the song.

If Rayna Gellert seems a preternaturally gifted songwriter, it's because she's seen farther into the old songs than most. Growing up in a musical family, she turned to Appalachian old-time music at a young age, becoming a prodigious fiddler and leading a new revival of American string band music through her work with the acclaimed roots band Uncle Earl. An in-demand collaborator, she has toured and recorded with artists such as Scott Miller, Abigail Washburn, and Robyn Hitchcock.

Kieran and Rayna first met, fittingly, at San Francisco's celebrated Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, which led to their co-writing songs for Kieran's recent album, Unguarded Moments. They joined forces again for Rayna's 2017 release, Workin's Too Hard, which they also co-produced. Fans of either artist will recognize the musical kindred-spiritedness in their restrained and roots-oriented approach to both songs and arrangements.


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8:00 PM, February 1



JCM Exposed: Quinteto da Paraíba with Morton Schiff Jazz Ensemble and Samba Laranja Brazilian Ensemble
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

Price: Free
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The Quinteto da Paraíba originated in the Music Department of the CCTA/UFPB, and has been in residence there for nearly three decades. Today, it one of the most renowned chamber music groups of Brazil. Traveling with versatility between concert music and popular music, Quinteto da Paraíba has recorded a number of CDs, and has appeared on DVDs, movie soundtracks, shows, concerts and tours in Brazil and abroad. They are avid ambassadors of the music of Brazilian composers.

For most concert events in Setnor Auditorium, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot. When parking for concert events, please inform parking attendants that you are attending an event at Setnor Auditorium in Crouse College so they may direct you.


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Opera
 

8:00 PM, February 1



Mozart's Don Giovanni
Syracuse Opera

Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

What price should be paid for arrogance, brutality, and disrespect?

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Poetry/Reading
 

7:00 PM, February 1



Poets Rainie Oet and Devon Moore
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
YMCA
340 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Rainie Oet is a nonbinary writer, poetry editor at Salt Hill, and the author of No Mark Spiral (CutBank Books, 2018). Their work appears in The Yale Review, jubilat, The Adroit Journal, Colorado Review, and The Poetry Review, among other publications. They won the inaugural Press 53 Flash Fiction Contest in 2018.

Devon Moore currently lives, writes, and teaches in Syracuse. A former Syracuse University Fellow, she is the author of the books All Throats Sound Animal (Cider Press Review, 2018), which won the 2017 Cider Press Review Editors' Prize, and Apology of a Girl Who Is Told She Is Going to Hell (Mayapple Press, 2015), which was a finalist for the Binghamton University Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Gulf Coast, Meridian, The Cortland Review, New Ohio Review, Juked, The Sun Magazine, and elsewhere.


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Theater
 

8:00 PM, February 1



The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild
Colin Keating, director

Price: $28 regular, $24 students/seniors ($5 discount for members)
First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

Audience members are captivated as an eclectic group of sixth-graders arrives at the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, each eager to win for very different reasons. Sweet and shy Olive brings only her best friend (the dictionary) with her to the bee; bold and hyperallergic speller William Barfee uses his "magic foot" to propel him to greatness; former champion Chip is struggling with his burgeoning puberty; easily distracted Leaf is unconvinced that he's smart enough to be a challenger; overachiever Marcy is disappointed by her consistent success; and politically aware Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre only wants to impress her gay dads. In hilarious, touching, and catchy songs, each speller reveals his/her hopes, struggles, and passions as they make their way through the competition.

?The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will have the audience falling in love, both with the show itself and its "perspicacious," "jocular," and "effervescent" spellers.

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8:00 PM, February 1



*SOLD OUT* Almost, Maine
Redhouse
Steve Hayes, director

Price: $32
Redhouse at City Center Small Theater
400 S. Salina St., Syracuse

As the northern lights flicker above them, the residents of Almost, Maine find themselves falling in and out of love in the most unexpected ways. Join this group of delightfully quirky friends, lovers, and strangers, played by six versatile actors, as they encounter a magical Midwinter's dream. This cozy comedy is sure to warm your heart even during a cold Syracuse winter!

Read a Review!


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Saturday, February 2, 2019


Art
 

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM, February 2



Spring is on the Way: Works by Judith Hand
LeMoyne College

Price: Free
Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

An exhibit of watercolors and drawings by artist Judith Hand, whose aim is for her work to be a "feast for the eye."

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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, February 2



Uncommon Views: Photography by Jack Kurz
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

For this exhibit, Jack Kurz has captured moments in his photographs that we often miss, perhaps because we are distracted, we don't know where to look, or the subject of our observation is too elusive. Who among us has not had the experience of observing the activity of a butterfly, only to have it fly away before we can fully appreciate its color and pattern? And don't we feel disappointment when we realize that a bird has moved so quickly that we missed its capture of prey? How then do wildlife photographers manage to produce their amazing photos? "You just have to be patient," is the answer that Kurz will give you. Those who see Jack Kurz's photographs will enjoy the sharp focus in his images, the beautiful color, and the stories of our natural world that each image conveys.


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10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, February 2



Nature of Things
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Rob Glisson: landscape oil paintings
Karen Jean Smith: nature-based trompe l'oeil ceramics
Adriana Meiss: landscape oil paintings

Read a review!


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, February 2



Recent Acquisitions, 2015–2018
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Since 2015, the Everson has acquired nearly 400 works for its collection, ranging from monumental installation pieces to small ceramic sculptures. This exhibition features a selection of these recent acquisitions, including work that has never before been on view. Acquired through generous gifts from donors and artists or purchased using the Museum's acquisition funds, these works represent the Everson's long-standing commitment to collecting and exhibiting the best of modern and contemporary art.


Back to list
 

 

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, February 2



From the Archives: Video in America
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson's commitment to video art began in 1971 with the launch of one of the first exhibition programs in the country to feature the work of video artists, and today the Everson's historic video art collection contains over 400 tapes. Over the last several years, the Museum has worked to conserve and digitize a significant portion of the collection and this exhibition features a number of the newly digitized works.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, February 2



Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Dating back to the Ceramic National exhibitions, which began in 1932, the Everson has a rich history of supporting artists who explore the figure. Artists like Viktor Schreckengost, Edris Eckhardt, and Waylande Gregory routinely received awards and critical acclaim for their work. "Key Figures" examines the larger-than-life artists who shaped an art movement, and features select works from a new generation of artists who are building on this legacy by using the figure to explore identity, narrative, and allegory.

Read a review!


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, February 2



Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Showcasing the depth of the Everson's collection, Highlights from the Permanent Collection presents 150 years of American art, from early 19th-century portraiture to the Pop Art of the 1960s. This exhibition features many visitor favorites, including work by Albert Bierstadt, Eastman Johnson, Lee Krasner, Grandma Moses, Jackson Pollock, and Gilbert Stuart.


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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, February 2



Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Founded in 1875, the Social Art Club is a women's club dedicated to the study of art in a group setting. The Club has an extensive history of supporting the Everson, including financial support for the acquisition of some of the Museum's most iconic pieces, such as Adrian Saxe's Untitled vessel from 1980, which graces the cover of the Museum's American Ceramics catalog. Over the past decade, the Social Art Club's gifts have strengthened the Everson's connections to Central New York through donations of work by indigenous and regional artists.


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, February 2



Kokom Lena of the First Nation Algonquin: Photographs of Michael Greenlar
Ska-nonh Great Law of Peace Center

Ska-nonh Great Law of Peace Center
6680 Onondaga Lake Parkway, Liverpool

For 20 years, Syracuse photographer Michael Greenlar documented four generations of Algonquins in the bush of Quebec, Canada. His work focuses on the matriarch, Lena Nottaway, and the knowledge she passed on through her 15 children. Lena taught Kokomville how to utilize every element of the environment to become a self-sustaining community. The series of photographs is a testament to the cultural survival of the Algonquin people of Barrier Lake, La Vérendrye Park, Quebec, Canada. Despite broken treaties and clear-cut logging, these First Nation people continue to use the land as their traditions dictate.

The exhibition is presented in partnership with ArtRage Gallery. Please plan on visiting both venues to enjoy the complete experience of this photography series. You'll see different images at each gallery.

Read a review!


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, February 2



Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint" brings together numerous examples of the experimental process by Thrash and other colleagues working in the Fine Print Workshop.


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, February 2



A Stirring Song Sung Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619 to 1865
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

This critically acclaimed exhibition features over 80 contemporary photographic works by artist and curator William Earle Williams, presented alongside related historical objects that together depict the often invisible journey from slavery to freedom in the United States.

Read a review!


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, February 2



Seeing the Light of Day: Selections by the Registrar
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Seeing the Light of Day" is an exhibition curated from the perspective of the Registrar, Laura J. Wellner, that brings together an eclectic and whimsical sampling of artwork that have never been on display in our galleries.


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1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, February 2



Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Rodrigo Valenzuela's work boldly addresses themes of labor, power, and representation. For a Chilean artist living in America at a moment in which the president of the United States continues pressing for a border wall, the underlying narrative of Valenzuela's work — of immigration and the struggles of the working class — is as charged as ever.

The title of the exhibition, American Type, refers to a 1955 essay in which art critic Clement Greenberg frames the work of abstract expressionist painters such as Pollock, Kline, Motherwell, and Rothko as distinctly American. Greenberg proposed that post-war American painting was more about the act of painting itself than about any complex idea of representation. Valenzuela finds it interesting to challenge this concept and, as he puts it, to contemplate "how much the absence of content has become the American gold." He doesn't argue that abstraction is necessarily without subject or emotion, but Valenzuela questions Greenberg and art world elitism more generally by making his own subversive abstractions that he imbues with social-political meaning.

Valenzuela's approach to representation in his work draws our attention to the extensive labor of his artistic process. Every aspect of his work shows a trace of his own labor, from the building of studio assemblages, to the photographic steps that lead to the final prints. Even the wooden frames that hold the work have been cut, assembled, and painted by his hand. Labor is inherent in the making of all art, but for Valenzuela it becomes a compelling central subject.


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1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, February 2



2019 Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

The 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual is a juried exhibition of work by seniors from the Art Photography program in the Department of Transmedia within the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.

Exhibiting students include Pat Boland, Chloe Conklin Woodrow, Mollie M. Crandell, Catherine E. Doherty, Nicolo Orson Gilmore, Charlotte Lester, Nick Polyzoides, Tyanna Asia Seton, Siyaka Taylor-Lewis, and Junxiu Wang.


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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, February 2



Opening: Kokom Lena of the First Nation Algonquin: Photographs of Michael Greenlar
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

There will be an opening reception this evening 7:00-9:00 pm.

Syracuse photographer Michael Greenlar documented four generations of Algonquins in the bush of Quebec, Canada, for almost 20 years. The work focuses on the matriarch Lena Nottaway and the knowledge she passed on through her 15 children. Lena taught Kokomville how to utilize every element of the environment to become a self-sustaining community. The series is a testament to the cultural survival of the Algonquin people of Barrier Lake, La Vérendrye Park, Quebec, Canada. Despite broken treaties and clear-cut logging, these First Nation people continue to use the land as their traditions dictate.

The exhibition is presented in partnership with Skä•noñh – Great Law of Peace Center. Please plan on visiting both venues to enjoy the complete experience of this photography series. You'll see different images at each gallery.

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7:00 PM - 10:00 PM, February 2



Gallery Night
Baldwinsville Center for the Arts

Price: $10 (includes dessert)
Baldwinsville Bed & Breakfast
70 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

An open house featuring work by three local artists: photographer Enrique Rosario, painter Stacey Pope, and ceramist Paula Burke.

Cash bar available.


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Music
 

7:30 PM, February 2



Three Cheers for the Woodwinds and Brass!
Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music

Price: $25 regular, $20 seniors, $15 ages 30 and under, free for full-time students with ID
H. W. Smith School Auditorium
1130 Salt Springs Rd., Syracuse

Nielsen Wind Quintet, op. 43
Poulenc Sextet for Piano and Winds
Samuel Scheidt Canzona Bergamasca
Gabrieli Canzona per Sonare No 4
Handel Suite from Water Music
Bach Contrapunctus 1 from The Art of the Fugue BWV:1043 in D Minor
Bach Little Fugue in G minor
Bizet Carmen Fantasy
Calixa Lavallee La Rose Nuptiale


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8:00 PM, February 2



Student Recital Series: Hannah Cox, cello
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

Price: Free
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
Syracuse University, Syracuse

For most concert events in Setnor Auditorium, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot. When parking for concert events, please inform parking attendants that you are attending an event at Setnor Auditorium in Crouse College so they may direct you.


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Theater
 

11:00 AM, February 2



Moongobble Series: The Naughty Nork
Open Hand Theater

Open Hand Theater
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 1 (formerly Dick's entrance), Dewitt

Edward and Moongobble are on a quest. They're out break the curse of the Oggledy Nork because Moongobble is convinced every curse can be broken. But when it comes to magic, things are never that easy.


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2:00 PM, February 2



Almost, Maine
Redhouse
Steve Hayes, director

Price: $32
Redhouse at City Center Small Theater
400 S. Salina St., Syracuse

As the northern lights flicker above them, the residents of Almost, Maine find themselves falling in and out of love in the most unexpected ways. Join this group of delightfully quirky friends, lovers, and strangers, played by six versatile actors, as they encounter a magical Midwinter's dream. This cozy comedy is sure to warm your heart even during a cold Syracuse winter!

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8:00 PM, February 2



The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild
Colin Keating, director

Price: $28 regular, $24 students/seniors ($5 discount for members)
First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

Audience members are captivated as an eclectic group of sixth-graders arrives at the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, each eager to win for very different reasons. Sweet and shy Olive brings only her best friend (the dictionary) with her to the bee; bold and hyperallergic speller William Barfee uses his "magic foot" to propel him to greatness; former champion Chip is struggling with his burgeoning puberty; easily distracted Leaf is unconvinced that he's smart enough to be a challenger; overachiever Marcy is disappointed by her consistent success; and politically aware Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre only wants to impress her gay dads. In hilarious, touching, and catchy songs, each speller reveals his/her hopes, struggles, and passions as they make their way through the competition.

?The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee will have the audience falling in love, both with the show itself and its "perspicacious," "jocular," and "effervescent" spellers.

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8:00 PM, February 2



*SOLD OUT* Almost, Maine
Redhouse
Steve Hayes, director

Price: $32
Redhouse at City Center Small Theater
400 S. Salina St., Syracuse

As the northern lights flicker above them, the residents of Almost, Maine find themselves falling in and out of love in the most unexpected ways. Join this group of delightfully quirky friends, lovers, and strangers, played by six versatile actors, as they encounter a magical Midwinter's dream. This cozy comedy is sure to warm your heart even during a cold Syracuse winter!

Read a Review!


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Sunday, February 3, 2019


Art
 

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM, February 3



Spring is on the Way: Works by Judith Hand
LeMoyne College

Price: Free
Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

An exhibit of watercolors and drawings by artist Judith Hand, whose aim is for her work to be a "feast for the eye."

Read a review!


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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, February 3



Opening: Kokom Lena of the First Nation Algonquin: Photographs of Michael Greenlar
Ska-nonh Great Law of Peace Center

Ska-nonh Great Law of Peace Center
6680 Onondaga Lake Parkway, Liverpool

There will be an opening reception this afternoon 3:00-5:00 pm.

For 20 years, Syracuse photographer Michael Greenlar documented four generations of Algonquins in the bush of Quebec, Canada. His work focuses on the matriarch, Lena Nottaway, and the knowledge she passed on through her 15 children. Lena taught Kokomville how to utilize every element of the environment to become a self-sustaining community. The series of photographs is a testament to the cultural survival of the Algonquin people of Barrier Lake, La Vérendrye Park, Quebec, Canada. Despite broken treaties and clear-cut logging, these First Nation people continue to use the land as their traditions dictate.

The exhibition is presented in partnership with ArtRage Gallery. Please plan on visiting both venues to enjoy the complete experience of this photography series. You'll see different images at each gallery.

Read a review!


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, February 3



Seeing the Light of Day: Selections by the Registrar
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Seeing the Light of Day" is an exhibition curated from the perspective of the Registrar, Laura J. Wellner, that brings together an eclectic and whimsical sampling of artwork that have never been on display in our galleries.


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, February 3



A Stirring Song Sung Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619 to 1865
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

This critically acclaimed exhibition features over 80 contemporary photographic works by artist and curator William Earle Williams, presented alongside related historical objects that together depict the often invisible journey from slavery to freedom in the United States.

Read a review!


Back to list
 

 

11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, February 3



Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint" brings together numerous examples of the experimental process by Thrash and other colleagues working in the Fine Print Workshop.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, February 3



Recent Acquisitions, 2015–2018
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Since 2015, the Everson has acquired nearly 400 works for its collection, ranging from monumental installation pieces to small ceramic sculptures. This exhibition features a selection of these recent acquisitions, including work that has never before been on view. Acquired through generous gifts from donors and artists or purchased using the Museum's acquisition funds, these works represent the Everson's long-standing commitment to collecting and exhibiting the best of modern and contemporary art.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, February 3



Key Figures: Representational Ceramics 1932-1972
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Dating back to the Ceramic National exhibitions, which began in 1932, the Everson has a rich history of supporting artists who explore the figure. Artists like Viktor Schreckengost, Edris Eckhardt, and Waylande Gregory routinely received awards and critical acclaim for their work. "Key Figures" examines the larger-than-life artists who shaped an art movement, and features select works from a new generation of artists who are building on this legacy by using the figure to explore identity, narrative, and allegory.

Read a review!


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, February 3



From the Archives: Video in America
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson's commitment to video art began in 1971 with the launch of one of the first exhibition programs in the country to feature the work of video artists, and today the Everson's historic video art collection contains over 400 tapes. Over the last several years, the Museum has worked to conserve and digitize a significant portion of the collection and this exhibition features a number of the newly digitized works.


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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, February 3



Socially Gifted: 75 Years of Gifts from the Social Art Club
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Founded in 1875, the Social Art Club is a women's club dedicated to the study of art in a group setting. The Club has an extensive history of supporting the Everson, including financial support for the acquisition of some of the Museum's most iconic pieces, such as Adrian Saxe's Untitled vessel from 1980, which graces the cover of the Museum's American Ceramics catalog. Over the past decade, the Social Art Club's gifts have strengthened the Everson's connections to Central New York through donations of work by indigenous and regional artists.


Back to list
 

 

12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, February 3



Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Showcasing the depth of the Everson's collection, Highlights from the Permanent Collection presents 150 years of American art, from early 19th-century portraiture to the Pop Art of the 1960s. This exhibition features many visitor favorites, including work by Albert Bierstadt, Eastman Johnson, Lee Krasner, Grandma Moses, Jackson Pollock, and Gilbert Stuart.


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1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, February 3



Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Rodrigo Valenzuela's work boldly addresses themes of labor, power, and representation. For a Chilean artist living in America at a moment in which the president of the United States continues pressing for a border wall, the underlying narrative of Valenzuela's work — of immigration and the struggles of the working class — is as charged as ever.

The title of the exhibition, American Type, refers to a 1955 essay in which art critic Clement Greenberg frames the work of abstract expressionist painters such as Pollock, Kline, Motherwell, and Rothko as distinctly American. Greenberg proposed that post-war American painting was more about the act of painting itself than about any complex idea of representation. Valenzuela finds it interesting to challenge this concept and, as he puts it, to contemplate "how much the absence of content has become the American gold." He doesn't argue that abstraction is necessarily without subject or emotion, but Valenzuela questions Greenberg and art world elitism more generally by making his own subversive abstractions that he imbues with social-political meaning.

Valenzuela's approach to representation in his work draws our attention to the extensive labor of his artistic process. Every aspect of his work shows a trace of his own labor, from the building of studio assemblages, to the photographic steps that lead to the final prints. Even the wooden frames that hold the work have been cut, assembled, and painted by his hand. Labor is inherent in the making of all art, but for Valenzuela it becomes a compelling central subject.


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1:00 PM - 9:00 PM, February 3



2019 Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

The 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual is a juried exhibition of work by seniors from the Art Photography program in the Department of Transmedia within the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.

Exhibiting students include Pat Boland, Chloe Conklin Woodrow, Mollie M. Crandell, Catherine E. Doherty, Nicolo Orson Gilmore, Charlotte Lester, Nick Polyzoides, Tyanna Asia Seton, Siyaka Taylor-Lewis, and Junxiu Wang.


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Film
 

1:00 PM, February 3



Beneath the Surface: The Storied History of Onondaga Lake
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: $7 regular, $5 OHA members
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Beneath the Surface: The Storied History of Onondaga Lake covers the amazing history of the lake and the remarkable impact it has had on our American way of life over the past six centuries.

Tickets are available at the door only. First come, first served.


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Music
 

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM, February 3



Jazz on Tap: Ronnie Leigh Duo
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: No cover
Finger Lakes On Tap
35 Fennell St., Skaneateles


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Opera
 

2:00 PM, February 3



Mozart's Don Giovanni
Syracuse Opera

Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

What price should be paid for arrogance, brutality, and disrespect?

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Theater
 

2:00 PM, February 3



Moongobble Series: The Naughty Nork
Open Hand Theater

Open Hand Theater
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 1 (formerly Dick's entrance), Dewitt

Edward and Moongobble are on a quest. They're out break the curse of the Oggledy Nork because Moongobble is convinced every curse can be broken. But when it comes to magic, things are never that easy.


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2:00 PM, February 3



*SOLD OUT* Almost, Maine
Redhouse
Steve Hayes, director

Price: $32
Redhouse at City Center Small Theater
400 S. Salina St., Syracuse

As the northern lights flicker above them, the residents of Almost, Maine find themselves falling in and out of love in the most unexpected ways. Join this group of delightfully quirky friends, lovers, and strangers, played by six versatile actors, as they encounter a magical Midwinter's dream. This cozy comedy is sure to warm your heart even during a cold Syracuse winter!

Read a Review!


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Monday, February 4, 2019


Art
 

8:00 AM - 9:00 PM, February 4



Spring is on the Way: Works by Judith Hand
LeMoyne College

Price: Free
Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

An exhibit of watercolors and drawings by artist Judith Hand, whose aim is for her work to be a "feast for the eye."

Read a review!


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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, February 4



Uncommon Views: Photography by Jack Kurz
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

For this exhibit, Jack Kurz has captured moments in his photographs that we often miss, perhaps because we are distracted, we don't know where to look, or the subject of our observation is too elusive. Who among us has not had the experience of observing the activity of a butterfly, only to have it fly away before we can fully appreciate its color and pattern? And don't we feel disappointment when we realize that a bird has moved so quickly that we missed its capture of prey? How then do wildlife photographers manage to produce their amazing photos? "You just have to be patient," is the answer that Kurz will give you. Those who see Jack Kurz's photographs will enjoy the sharp focus in his images, the beautiful color, and the stories of our natural world that each image conveys.


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, February 4



We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.


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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, February 4



2019 Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

The 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual is a juried exhibition of work by seniors from the Art Photography program in the Department of Transmedia within the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.

Exhibiting students include Pat Boland, Chloe Conklin Woodrow, Mollie M. Crandell, Catherine E. Doherty, Nicolo Orson Gilmore, Charlotte Lester, Nick Polyzoides, Tyanna Asia Seton, Siyaka Taylor-Lewis, and Junxiu Wang.


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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, February 4



Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Rodrigo Valenzuela's work boldly addresses themes of labor, power, and representation. For a Chilean artist living in America at a moment in which the president of the United States continues pressing for a border wall, the underlying narrative of Valenzuela's work — of immigration and the struggles of the working class — is as charged as ever.

The title of the exhibition, American Type, refers to a 1955 essay in which art critic Clement Greenberg frames the work of abstract expressionist painters such as Pollock, Kline, Motherwell, and Rothko as distinctly American. Greenberg proposed that post-war American painting was more about the act of painting itself than about any complex idea of representation. Valenzuela finds it interesting to challenge this concept and, as he puts it, to contemplate "how much the absence of content has become the American gold." He doesn't argue that abstraction is necessarily without subject or emotion, but Valenzuela questions Greenberg and art world elitism more generally by making his own subversive abstractions that he imbues with social-political meaning.

Valenzuela's approach to representation in his work draws our attention to the extensive labor of his artistic process. Every aspect of his work shows a trace of his own labor, from the building of studio assemblages, to the photographic steps that lead to the final prints. Even the wooden frames that hold the work have been cut, assembled, and painted by his hand. Labor is inherent in the making of all art, but for Valenzuela it becomes a compelling central subject.


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, February 4



Ken Ragsdale: Facts, Reality, and Truth
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Ken Ragsdale designs and makes models, then photographs them to create believable fantastic tableaux.


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Tuesday, February 5, 2019


Art
 

8:00 AM - 9:00 PM, February 5



Spring is on the Way: Works by Judith Hand
LeMoyne College

Price: Free
Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

An exhibit of watercolors and drawings by artist Judith Hand, whose aim is for her work to be a "feast for the eye."

Read a review!


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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, February 5



Uncommon Views: Photography by Jack Kurz
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

Price: Free
Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd., Marcellus

For this exhibit, Jack Kurz has captured moments in his photographs that we often miss, perhaps because we are distracted, we don't know where to look, or the subject of our observation is too elusive. Who among us has not had the experience of observing the activity of a butterfly, only to have it fly away before we can fully appreciate its color and pattern? And don't we feel disappointment when we realize that a bird has moved so quickly that we missed its capture of prey? How then do wildlife photographers manage to produce their amazing photos? "You just have to be patient," is the answer that Kurz will give you. Those who see Jack Kurz's photographs will enjoy the sharp focus in his images, the beautiful color, and the stories of our natural world that each image conveys.


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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, February 5



We Remember Them: The Legacy of Pan Am Flight 103
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988 claimed the lives of 270 individuals from 21 nations. Among those lost were 35 students returning home from a semester abroad through Syracuse University. This exhibition of materials donated to the Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster by the victims' families, friends, advocates, and affected communities commemorates the 30th anniversary of the tragedy through an exploration of the ways in which the lives of the victims have been remembered. Whether through scholarship, public advocacy, art, or physical memorials, we ensure their lives and the lessons learned from their deaths are not forgotten.


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9:30 AM - 6:00 PM, February 5



Nature of Things
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Rob Glisson: landscape oil paintings
Karen Jean Smith: nature-based trompe l'oeil ceramics
Adriana Meiss: landscape oil paintings

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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, February 5



2019 Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

The 2019 Transmedia Photography Annual is a juried exhibition of work by seniors from the Art Photography program in the Department of Transmedia within the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.

Exhibiting students include Pat Boland, Chloe Conklin Woodrow, Mollie M. Crandell, Catherine E. Doherty, Nicolo Orson Gilmore, Charlotte Lester, Nick Polyzoides, Tyanna Asia Seton, Siyaka Taylor-Lewis, and Junxiu Wang.


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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, February 5



Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Rodrigo Valenzuela's work boldly addresses themes of labor, power, and representation. For a Chilean artist living in America at a moment in which the president of the United States continues pressing for a border wall, the underlying narrative of Valenzuela's work — of immigration and the struggles of the working class — is as charged as ever.

The title of the exhibition, American Type, refers to a 1955 essay in which art critic Clement Greenberg frames the work of abstract expressionist painters such as Pollock, Kline, Motherwell, and Rothko as distinctly American. Greenberg proposed that post-war American painting was more about the act of painting itself than about any complex idea of representation. Valenzuela finds it interesting to challenge this concept and, as he puts it, to contemplate "how much the absence of content has become the American gold." He doesn't argue that abstraction is necessarily without subject or emotion, but Valenzuela questions Greenberg and art world elitism more generally by making his own subversive abstractions that he imbues with social-political meaning.

Valenzuela's approach to representation in his work draws our attention to the extensive labor of his artistic process. Every aspect of his work shows a trace of his own labor, from the building of studio assemblages, to the photographic steps that lead to the final prints. Even the wooden frames that hold the work have been cut, assembled, and painted by his hand. Labor is inherent in the making of all art, but for Valenzuela it becomes a compelling central subject.


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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, February 5



Ken Ragsdale: Facts, Reality, and Truth
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Ken Ragsdale designs and makes models, then photographs them to create believable fantastic tableaux.


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, February 5



Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint" brings together numerous examples of the experimental process by Thrash and other colleagues working in the Fine Print Workshop.


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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, February 5



A Stirring Song Sung Heroic: African Americans from Slavery to Freedom, 1619 to 1865
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

This critically acclaimed exhibition features over 80 contemporary photographic works by artist and curator William Earle Williams, presented alongside related historical objects that together depict the often invisible journey from slavery to freedom in the United States.

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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, February 5



Seeing the Light of Day: Selections by the Registrar
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Seeing the Light of Day" is an exhibition curated from the perspective of the Registrar, Laura J. Wellner, that brings together an eclectic and whimsical sampling of artwork that have never been on display in our galleries.


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