Monday, April 1, 2013

Windows Project: Rebecca Soderholm: Crescendoe
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Photographer Rebecca Soderholm focuses on Upstate New York, its people and landscape, while capturing a collective human spirit in today's world.

For the Window Projects, "Crescendoe," is titled after one of the many tanneries that produced leather gloves in Johnston, NY, during the first half of the 20th century, nearby where the work for this exhibition was created. Developed as three panels that fit the large Warehouse Gallery windows, Soderholm accentuates the three-dimensionality of a fence, underlines the painterly qualities of a photographed landscape, and reveals her own fascination with the beauty of often forgotten landscapes.

Born in Syracuse, Soderholm received her B.F.A. in Photojournalism from the Rochester Institute of Technology and her M.F.A. in Photography from Yale University, School of Art where she studied with Todd Papageorge and Gregory Crewdson. An Assistant Professor of Photography at Drew University (Madison, New Jersey), Soderholm's most recent exhibition, "Upstate," was shown at 511 Gallery in New York City in the Spring of 2012. She currently lives in Upstate New York and Madison, NJ. This is her first solo museum show.

Tamil Pasanga (The Local Kids)
601 Tully

Price: Free
601 Tully St.
Syracuse

Krithika Sathyamurthy's art practice has been shaped by her South Indian heritage and experiences of growing up as a 21st century immigrant in the United States. As she adapted to Western culture, Sathyamurthy parted with many of the Indian values and traditions she held onto when she was younger. In her work, she addresses the internal conflicts of being an immigrant and also focuses on how Western culture has influenced the way she views important issues of 21st century India. As Sathyamurthy re-investigates her roots, her paintings reflect how her thoughts on India's political, social, and educational agenda is deeply influenced by her experiences as an immigrant and a female citizen of America.

"Tamil Pasanga" (The Local Kids) is a series of paintings that reveal several points of rupture as she reflects on the flawed Indian educational system. Having studied in the U.S., she understands that the existing education system in India poses a threat to its goals of achieving inclusive growth. In "Tamil Pasanga," elements of surface, repetition of ghosted figures, and haunting atmosphere, help create moments of hostility, as well as moments of vulnerability through the viscosity of the paint.

Art Exhibit by Tom Hussey

Onondaga County Central Library
The Galleries of Syracuse, 447 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Auburn, NY, artist Tom Hussey will include in his exhibit landscape and figurative renderings in oil, acrylic and pastel.

Natural Vistas, Intimate Views
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Paintings by Karen Burns and photography by David LoParco depict local landscapes.

Past Abstractions: Works by Diana Godfrey

St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

"Past Abstractions" highlights some of the abstract pastel/collages and mixed-media paintings of Diana Godfrey. The artist's colorful, nonrepresentational art has been shown in many galleries and venues in Central New York and the Northeast.

Note that the venue is closed daily 12:00-1:00 pm.

Gallery Exhibit: Vessels Ceremonial and Mundane: Works by David MacDonald
Onondaga Community College

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

This gallery exhibit by celebrated sculptor David MacDonald features several vessel forms of varying sizes, including both intimate and large scale pieces.

Drawn Digital
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

Price: Free
Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St., Syracuse

Drawn Digital, featuring graphic designers who illustrate, is a celebration of creating images, under direct manipulation of the artist, through the use of pen and ink as well as digital tools and applications.

Graphic designer/illustrators included are Jim Brenneman, Nick Machia, Jeff Madison, John Paone, and Mitzie Testani. These artists, not only share an expertise in the use of graphic tablets and of bitmap and vector-based applications ("painting" and "drawing" programs), but a love for drawing and a unique sensibility over their subject matters. Renaissance Architecture, imagination, and everyday life in central New York are some of their forms of inspiration.

Strange Victories: Grove Press, 1951-1985
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

Strange Victories: Grove Press, 1951-1985 is the first major exhibition on the notorious American publisher Grove Press. Founded by Barney Rosset in 1951, Grove Press became one of the 20th-century's great avant-garde publishing houses. What began as a small independent publisher on Grove Street in New York City's Greenwich Village grew into a multimillion dollar publishing company that has been credited with introducing important authors from around the world to American readers during the postwar period.

Taking its cue from the 1948 film Strange Victory, which Rosset produced in collaboration with left-wing documentary filmmaker Leo Hurwitz after WWII, the exhibition traces the history and evolution of Grove Press, from its role at the center of national censorship trials over the first American editions of Lady Chatterley's Lover and Tropic of Cancer, to its publication of politically-engaged works including The Wretched of the Earth, Red Star over China, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, to its scandalous and very profitable Victorian Library. Each book published by Grove, the exhibition reveals, was in its own way, a "strange victory." For while Grove altered the American literary landscape and its relationship to social mores, equality, and freedom of expression, Grove also aggressively deployed savvy marketing strategies, became embroiled in labor union battles, floundered in its own success, and offended the sensibilities of not only "squares," but feminists, Marxists, academics, and many others. Strange Victories tells the complicated story of Grove's many literary and political achievements, whose profound influence on American culture endures today.

Crossings
Point of Contact Gallery

Price: Free
Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Crossings" is a multi-faceted outcome of how the work of two artists, Nayda Collazo-Lloréns and Patricia Villalobos Echeverría, relates to each other in terms of location, mapping, identity, memory and multiplicity. "Crossings" is a first-time collaboration, convergence, and juxtaposition of these two artistic practices. The show will present a series of 13 works on paper, and a two-channel video installation titled PLEXUS13NP.

Nayda Collazo-Lloréns: Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, she is a New York City based artist engaged in a multi-disciplinary practice that includes drawing, print, installation, video, text-based works and public interventions. Through her practice, she examines the way in which we perceive and process information, dealing with concepts of navigation, language and hyper-connectivity.

Patricia Villalobos Echeverría Born in Tennessee to Salvadoran parents and raised in Managua, Nicaragua, Villalobos describes her work as a hybrid. Her print, video and installation work explores how reproducible forms of representation can alter our notions of singularity and the various states of flux that we enter: some physical, others virtual. She a Professor of Art at Western Michigan University.

2013 Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

2013 Student Invitational
Light Work Gallery

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

Messages of Sisterhood: Works by Favianna Rodríguez
La Casita Cultural Center

Price: Free
La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

A native of Oakland, CA, Favianna Rodriguez is renowned for her vibrant posters about issues of war, immigration, globalization, workers' rights, racism, homophobia, sexism and other contemporary issues. "Messages of Sisterhood" commemorates Women's History Month, focusing on the role of women in the struggles for social justice.

Rodriguez has lectured widely on the use of art in civic engagement and on the work of artists who are bridging the community and museum. Her works appear in collections at Bellas Artes (Mexico City), The Glasgow Print Studio (Glasgow, Scotland) and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Wonder Man (1945)
Syracuse Cinephile Society

Price: $3.50 non-members, $3 members
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Director: H. Bruce Humberstone. Cast: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Steve Cochran, Donald Woods, S.Z. Sakall, Allen Jenkins, Otto Kruger.
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Danny Kaye's birth, we open our season with this classic Kaye musical-comedy from the Goldwyn studio. Danny plays a dual role as twin brothers&.one a brash nightclub comic and the other a shy and serious bookworm. When the comic is murdered, his spirit returns and guides the shy brother in capturing the killer. Kaye's in top form and the film has great Oscar-winning special effects. In color!

Lisa See
Friends of the Central Library Author Series

Price: $25
Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Lisa See is often referred to as a "book club favorite" but her writing and work about her Chinese heritage go far beyond that realm. She has done extensive civic work winning her the honor of National Woman of the Year by the Organization of Chinese American Women in 2001, and was the recipient of the Chinese American Museum's History Maker Award in 2003. Her first book, On Gold Mountain (1995) was a national bestseller and a New York Times Notable Book. It traced the journey of her great-grandfather Fong See, who overcame obstacles to become the 100-year-old godfather of Los Angeles' Chinatown and patriarch of his sprawling family. From her international bestseller Snow Flower and the Secret Fan to her bestseller Shanghai Girls, See's novels are heavily influenced by her Chinese heritage and fascination with what she refers to as "forgotten history." She has served as guest curator for an exhibit on the Chinese-American experience for the Autry Museum of Western Heritage and the Smithsonian. She also helped to develop an interactive space for children at the Autry Museum that focuses on her biracial, bicultural family as seen through the eyes of her father as a 7-year-old child. She developed a walking tour of L.A.'s Chinatown and helped to create the inaugural exhibition for the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Windows Project: Rebecca Soderholm: Crescendoe
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Photographer Rebecca Soderholm focuses on Upstate New York, its people and landscape, while capturing a collective human spirit in today's world.

For the Window Projects, "Crescendoe," is titled after one of the many tanneries that produced leather gloves in Johnston, NY, during the first half of the 20th century, nearby where the work for this exhibition was created. Developed as three panels that fit the large Warehouse Gallery windows, Soderholm accentuates the three-dimensionality of a fence, underlines the painterly qualities of a photographed landscape, and reveals her own fascination with the beauty of often forgotten landscapes.

Born in Syracuse, Soderholm received her B.F.A. in Photojournalism from the Rochester Institute of Technology and her M.F.A. in Photography from Yale University, School of Art where she studied with Todd Papageorge and Gregory Crewdson. An Assistant Professor of Photography at Drew University (Madison, New Jersey), Soderholm's most recent exhibition, "Upstate," was shown at 511 Gallery in New York City in the Spring of 2012. She currently lives in Upstate New York and Madison, NJ. This is her first solo museum show.

Tamil Pasanga (The Local Kids)
601 Tully

Price: Free
601 Tully St.
Syracuse

Krithika Sathyamurthy's art practice has been shaped by her South Indian heritage and experiences of growing up as a 21st century immigrant in the United States. As she adapted to Western culture, Sathyamurthy parted with many of the Indian values and traditions she held onto when she was younger. In her work, she addresses the internal conflicts of being an immigrant and also focuses on how Western culture has influenced the way she views important issues of 21st century India. As Sathyamurthy re-investigates her roots, her paintings reflect how her thoughts on India's political, social, and educational agenda is deeply influenced by her experiences as an immigrant and a female citizen of America.

"Tamil Pasanga" (The Local Kids) is a series of paintings that reveal several points of rupture as she reflects on the flawed Indian educational system. Having studied in the U.S., she understands that the existing education system in India poses a threat to its goals of achieving inclusive growth. In "Tamil Pasanga," elements of surface, repetition of ghosted figures, and haunting atmosphere, help create moments of hostility, as well as moments of vulnerability through the viscosity of the paint.

Art Exhibit by Tom Hussey

Onondaga County Central Library
The Galleries of Syracuse, 447 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Auburn, NY, artist Tom Hussey will include in his exhibit landscape and figurative renderings in oil, acrylic and pastel.

Natural Vistas, Intimate Views
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Paintings by Karen Burns and photography by David LoParco depict local landscapes.

Past Abstractions: Works by Diana Godfrey

St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

"Past Abstractions" highlights some of the abstract pastel/collages and mixed-media paintings of Diana Godfrey. The artist's colorful, nonrepresentational art has been shown in many galleries and venues in Central New York and the Northeast.

Note that the venue is closed daily 12:00-1:00 pm.

Gallery Exhibit: Vessels Ceremonial and Mundane: Works by David MacDonald
Onondaga Community College

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

This gallery exhibit by celebrated sculptor David MacDonald features several vessel forms of varying sizes, including both intimate and large scale pieces.

Drawn Digital
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

Price: Free
Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St., Syracuse

Drawn Digital, featuring graphic designers who illustrate, is a celebration of creating images, under direct manipulation of the artist, through the use of pen and ink as well as digital tools and applications.

Graphic designer/illustrators included are Jim Brenneman, Nick Machia, Jeff Madison, John Paone, and Mitzie Testani. These artists, not only share an expertise in the use of graphic tablets and of bitmap and vector-based applications ("painting" and "drawing" programs), but a love for drawing and a unique sensibility over their subject matters. Renaissance Architecture, imagination, and everyday life in central New York are some of their forms of inspiration.

Strange Victories: Grove Press, 1951-1985
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

Strange Victories: Grove Press, 1951-1985 is the first major exhibition on the notorious American publisher Grove Press. Founded by Barney Rosset in 1951, Grove Press became one of the 20th-century's great avant-garde publishing houses. What began as a small independent publisher on Grove Street in New York City's Greenwich Village grew into a multimillion dollar publishing company that has been credited with introducing important authors from around the world to American readers during the postwar period.

Taking its cue from the 1948 film Strange Victory, which Rosset produced in collaboration with left-wing documentary filmmaker Leo Hurwitz after WWII, the exhibition traces the history and evolution of Grove Press, from its role at the center of national censorship trials over the first American editions of Lady Chatterley's Lover and Tropic of Cancer, to its publication of politically-engaged works including The Wretched of the Earth, Red Star over China, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, to its scandalous and very profitable Victorian Library. Each book published by Grove, the exhibition reveals, was in its own way, a "strange victory." For while Grove altered the American literary landscape and its relationship to social mores, equality, and freedom of expression, Grove also aggressively deployed savvy marketing strategies, became embroiled in labor union battles, floundered in its own success, and offended the sensibilities of not only "squares," but feminists, Marxists, academics, and many others. Strange Victories tells the complicated story of Grove's many literary and political achievements, whose profound influence on American culture endures today.

Keep the Rumors Alive
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Jeff Robinson: metal and glass sculpture
Charles Golden: mixed media wall hangings
Sharon Alama: mixed media jewelry

Crossings
Point of Contact Gallery

Price: Free
Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Crossings" is a multi-faceted outcome of how the work of two artists, Nayda Collazo-Lloréns and Patricia Villalobos Echeverría, relates to each other in terms of location, mapping, identity, memory and multiplicity. "Crossings" is a first-time collaboration, convergence, and juxtaposition of these two artistic practices. The show will present a series of 13 works on paper, and a two-channel video installation titled PLEXUS13NP.

Nayda Collazo-Lloréns: Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, she is a New York City based artist engaged in a multi-disciplinary practice that includes drawing, print, installation, video, text-based works and public interventions. Through her practice, she examines the way in which we perceive and process information, dealing with concepts of navigation, language and hyper-connectivity.

Patricia Villalobos Echeverría Born in Tennessee to Salvadoran parents and raised in Managua, Nicaragua, Villalobos describes her work as a hybrid. Her print, video and installation work explores how reproducible forms of representation can alter our notions of singularity and the various states of flux that we enter: some physical, others virtual. She a Professor of Art at Western Michigan University.

Corporeal Contours
Community Folk Art Center

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

"Corporeal Contours" features the work of two distinguished artists, Firelei Baez and Andrea Chung, each displaying their personal ideas of identity in relation to the world around them. A large part of the exhibition also seeks to expose the hyper-exoticism of tourism companies, while also confronting issues of racial identity in Caribbean and American societies.

The artists each use very personal experiences to create an array of compelling silhouetted forms and prints. For her on-going series Can I Pass (2010), Baez incorporates aspects from her transcultural background to examine the United States' "brown paper bag test" and the Dominican Republic's "fan test." She uses art as a medium to challenge these tests, tracing her outline and painting her skin tone for each day within the form over the course of an entire month. Within her works, Baez is able to explore idealized body types, race, and skin tones within the greater social scheme across both countries.

For her series, Chung analyzes post colonial culture by using old logos and slogans from tourist advertisements, and archival photographs to create her thought-provoking prints. She focuses on race, class, and contemporary society in Jamaica and Trinidad, as well as the exotic identity assumed by tourist companies. Chung is also able to address the increasingly popular skin bleaching practices in Jamaica, exposing a deeper dimension of self image and controversy in her work.

When We Just Existed
Community Folk Art Center

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

In her exhibit "When We Just Existed," artist Deborah Roberts investigates children's innocence, and how their sense of self is shaped by their environments, as well as the residual effects this may have on adults. In many of her paintings, Roberts uses her prepubescent self as the subject, adding a personal dimension to her pieces that will help you think of your own childhood. In her work, she makes references to the lynching in African American history and the racial tensions that children may experience.

2013 Student Invitational
Light Work Gallery

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

2013 Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

American Moderns 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Organized by the Brooklyn Museum, "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell" explores a wide variety of American art from the first half of the 20th century. The exhibition consists of 53 paintings and four sculptures by such prominent artists as Georgia O'Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, Milton Avery, Stuart Davis, and Arthur Dove. Drastic social, political and economical changes during this time period challenged artists to define what could be considered "modern" from a wide variety of definitions. From abstraction and cityscapes to realism and nature, these works selected from the Brooklyn Museum's permanent collection offer a new perspective on American modern art.

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20th-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To complement "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell," the Everson highlights works by American modern artists from the permanent collection. This exhibition presents paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Milton Avery, Charles Burchfield, Eldzier Cortor, Reginald Marsh, Grandma Moses, and John Marin, among others.

Messages of Sisterhood: Works by Favianna Rodríguez
La Casita Cultural Center

Price: Free
La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

A native of Oakland, CA, Favianna Rodriguez is renowned for her vibrant posters about issues of war, immigration, globalization, workers' rights, racism, homophobia, sexism and other contemporary issues. "Messages of Sisterhood" commemorates Women's History Month, focusing on the role of women in the struggles for social justice.

Rodriguez has lectured widely on the use of art in civic engagement and on the work of artists who are bridging the community and museum. Her works appear in collections at Bellas Artes (Mexico City), The Glasgow Print Studio (Glasgow, Scotland) and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Benjamin Faga: Authentic Syracuse
The Warehouse Gallery

Price: Free
The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Emerging artist Benjamin Faga addresses the influence of globalization, technology, and its impact on our global society. Faga often uses a variety of media (photography, installation art, sculpture, public art, video, performance art, writing, and design) while collaborating with local communities. For his installation "Authentic Syracuse," Faga focuses on food as an indicator of cultural diversity and identity. In the vault, Faga will create a market atmosphere with international spices on display, while the main gallery will be made to look and operate like a tourism office center where visitors can read, see, and learn about Syracuse's many offerings as a diverse city that is home to immigrants from around the world.

Wisconsin-born and London-based, Faga studied at the University of Minnesota and received his MA in Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art in London, UK. His work was included in national and international group exhibitions, such as "Talk to Me" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and "Pork" at Bermondsey Project Space in London. This is his first solo museum show in the United States.

"What If...?" Film Series: Fixing the Future
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

In Fixing the Future, host David Brancaccio, of public radio's Marketplace and NOW on PBS, visits people and organizations across America that are attempting a revolution: the reinvention of the American economy. By featuring communities using sustainable and innovative approaches to create jobs and build prosperity, Fixing the Future inspires hope and renewal in a people overwhelmed by economic collapse. The film highlights effective, local practices such as local business alliances, community banking, time banking/hour exchange, worker cooperatives and local currencies. (2012, 72 minutes, directed by Ellen Spiro)

The "What If...?" Film Series, presented in collaboration with the Rosamond Gifford Foundation, screens films depicting community efforts to improve their communities and the world.

SU Wind Ensemble
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

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

Under the direction of Bradley P. Ethington and Justin J. Mertz, the Wind Ensemble will perform works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Alessandro Stradella, Frank Ticheli, Michael Gandolfi, Samual Hazo, and Percy Aldringe Grainger. Samantha S. Baldwin and John C. Hylkema will appear as graduate conducting associates. For further information, please contact the University Band office at 315-443-2194 or fmmoore@syr.edu.

For most events, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot, located behind Crouse College. Additional parking is available in Irving Garage. Campus parking availability is subject to change, so please call 315-443-2191 for current information.

The Revival Tour, with Chuck Ragan, Dave Hause, Jenny Owens Young, Rocky Votolato, Toh Kay
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Windows Project: Rebecca Soderholm: Crescendoe
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Photographer Rebecca Soderholm focuses on Upstate New York, its people and landscape, while capturing a collective human spirit in today's world.

For the Window Projects, "Crescendoe," is titled after one of the many tanneries that produced leather gloves in Johnston, NY, during the first half of the 20th century, nearby where the work for this exhibition was created. Developed as three panels that fit the large Warehouse Gallery windows, Soderholm accentuates the three-dimensionality of a fence, underlines the painterly qualities of a photographed landscape, and reveals her own fascination with the beauty of often forgotten landscapes.

Born in Syracuse, Soderholm received her B.F.A. in Photojournalism from the Rochester Institute of Technology and her M.F.A. in Photography from Yale University, School of Art where she studied with Todd Papageorge and Gregory Crewdson. An Assistant Professor of Photography at Drew University (Madison, New Jersey), Soderholm's most recent exhibition, "Upstate," was shown at 511 Gallery in New York City in the Spring of 2012. She currently lives in Upstate New York and Madison, NJ. This is her first solo museum show.

Tamil Pasanga (The Local Kids)
601 Tully

Price: Free
601 Tully St.
Syracuse

Krithika Sathyamurthy's art practice has been shaped by her South Indian heritage and experiences of growing up as a 21st century immigrant in the United States. As she adapted to Western culture, Sathyamurthy parted with many of the Indian values and traditions she held onto when she was younger. In her work, she addresses the internal conflicts of being an immigrant and also focuses on how Western culture has influenced the way she views important issues of 21st century India. As Sathyamurthy re-investigates her roots, her paintings reflect how her thoughts on India's political, social, and educational agenda is deeply influenced by her experiences as an immigrant and a female citizen of America.

"Tamil Pasanga" (The Local Kids) is a series of paintings that reveal several points of rupture as she reflects on the flawed Indian educational system. Having studied in the U.S., she understands that the existing education system in India poses a threat to its goals of achieving inclusive growth. In "Tamil Pasanga," elements of surface, repetition of ghosted figures, and haunting atmosphere, help create moments of hostility, as well as moments of vulnerability through the viscosity of the paint.

Art Exhibit by Tom Hussey

Onondaga County Central Library
The Galleries of Syracuse, 447 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Auburn, NY, artist Tom Hussey will include in his exhibit landscape and figurative renderings in oil, acrylic and pastel.

Natural Vistas, Intimate Views
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Paintings by Karen Burns and photography by David LoParco depict local landscapes.

Past Abstractions: Works by Diana Godfrey

St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

"Past Abstractions" highlights some of the abstract pastel/collages and mixed-media paintings of Diana Godfrey. The artist's colorful, nonrepresentational art has been shown in many galleries and venues in Central New York and the Northeast.

Note that the venue is closed daily 12:00-1:00 pm.

Gallery Exhibit: Vessels Ceremonial and Mundane: Works by David MacDonald
Onondaga Community College

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

This gallery exhibit by celebrated sculptor David MacDonald features several vessel forms of varying sizes, including both intimate and large scale pieces.

Drawn Digital
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

Price: Free
Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St., Syracuse

Drawn Digital, featuring graphic designers who illustrate, is a celebration of creating images, under direct manipulation of the artist, through the use of pen and ink as well as digital tools and applications.

Graphic designer/illustrators included are Jim Brenneman, Nick Machia, Jeff Madison, John Paone, and Mitzie Testani. These artists, not only share an expertise in the use of graphic tablets and of bitmap and vector-based applications ("painting" and "drawing" programs), but a love for drawing and a unique sensibility over their subject matters. Renaissance Architecture, imagination, and everyday life in central New York are some of their forms of inspiration.

Strange Victories: Grove Press, 1951-1985
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

Strange Victories: Grove Press, 1951-1985 is the first major exhibition on the notorious American publisher Grove Press. Founded by Barney Rosset in 1951, Grove Press became one of the 20th-century's great avant-garde publishing houses. What began as a small independent publisher on Grove Street in New York City's Greenwich Village grew into a multimillion dollar publishing company that has been credited with introducing important authors from around the world to American readers during the postwar period.

Taking its cue from the 1948 film Strange Victory, which Rosset produced in collaboration with left-wing documentary filmmaker Leo Hurwitz after WWII, the exhibition traces the history and evolution of Grove Press, from its role at the center of national censorship trials over the first American editions of Lady Chatterley's Lover and Tropic of Cancer, to its publication of politically-engaged works including The Wretched of the Earth, Red Star over China, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, to its scandalous and very profitable Victorian Library. Each book published by Grove, the exhibition reveals, was in its own way, a "strange victory." For while Grove altered the American literary landscape and its relationship to social mores, equality, and freedom of expression, Grove also aggressively deployed savvy marketing strategies, became embroiled in labor union battles, floundered in its own success, and offended the sensibilities of not only "squares," but feminists, Marxists, academics, and many others. Strange Victories tells the complicated story of Grove's many literary and political achievements, whose profound influence on American culture endures today.

Keep the Rumors Alive
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Jeff Robinson: metal and glass sculpture
Charles Golden: mixed media wall hangings
Sharon Alama: mixed media jewelry

Crossings
Point of Contact Gallery

Price: Free
Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Crossings" is a multi-faceted outcome of how the work of two artists, Nayda Collazo-Lloréns and Patricia Villalobos Echeverría, relates to each other in terms of location, mapping, identity, memory and multiplicity. "Crossings" is a first-time collaboration, convergence, and juxtaposition of these two artistic practices. The show will present a series of 13 works on paper, and a two-channel video installation titled PLEXUS13NP.

Nayda Collazo-Lloréns: Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, she is a New York City based artist engaged in a multi-disciplinary practice that includes drawing, print, installation, video, text-based works and public interventions. Through her practice, she examines the way in which we perceive and process information, dealing with concepts of navigation, language and hyper-connectivity.

Patricia Villalobos Echeverría Born in Tennessee to Salvadoran parents and raised in Managua, Nicaragua, Villalobos describes her work as a hybrid. Her print, video and installation work explores how reproducible forms of representation can alter our notions of singularity and the various states of flux that we enter: some physical, others virtual. She a Professor of Art at Western Michigan University.

When We Just Existed
Community Folk Art Center

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

In her exhibit "When We Just Existed," artist Deborah Roberts investigates children's innocence, and how their sense of self is shaped by their environments, as well as the residual effects this may have on adults. In many of her paintings, Roberts uses her prepubescent self as the subject, adding a personal dimension to her pieces that will help you think of your own childhood. In her work, she makes references to the lynching in African American history and the racial tensions that children may experience.

Corporeal Contours
Community Folk Art Center

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

"Corporeal Contours" features the work of two distinguished artists, Firelei Baez and Andrea Chung, each displaying their personal ideas of identity in relation to the world around them. A large part of the exhibition also seeks to expose the hyper-exoticism of tourism companies, while also confronting issues of racial identity in Caribbean and American societies.

The artists each use very personal experiences to create an array of compelling silhouetted forms and prints. For her on-going series Can I Pass (2010), Baez incorporates aspects from her transcultural background to examine the United States' "brown paper bag test" and the Dominican Republic's "fan test." She uses art as a medium to challenge these tests, tracing her outline and painting her skin tone for each day within the form over the course of an entire month. Within her works, Baez is able to explore idealized body types, race, and skin tones within the greater social scheme across both countries.

For her series, Chung analyzes post colonial culture by using old logos and slogans from tourist advertisements, and archival photographs to create her thought-provoking prints. She focuses on race, class, and contemporary society in Jamaica and Trinidad, as well as the exotic identity assumed by tourist companies. Chung is also able to address the increasingly popular skin bleaching practices in Jamaica, exposing a deeper dimension of self image and controversy in her work.

2013 Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

2013 Student Invitational
Light Work Gallery

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

Love and Marriage
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This exhibition, mounted in conjunction with Syracuse Opera's April performances of The Marriage of Figaro, will feature items of a wedding nature from OHA's collection, including wedding dresses, invitations, and even a piece of anniversary cake from 1896.

Onondaga County at Gettysburg: A Sesquicentennial Remembrance
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Onondaga Historical Association presents a new exhibit with a focus on paintings, photos, diary entries and quotes to illustrate the experience of eight veterans who served at Gettysburg in one of the following locally-based regiments. Also included in the exhibit is a three-part framed battlefield map that shows the military maneuvering that took place over the course of three days of fighting, July 1-3, 1863.

Oh My! Works by Ken Nichols and Steve Nyland
Szozda Gallery

Szozda Gallery
Delavan Center, 501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Zombies and colors and mugs, oh my!"

The March show displays the colorful works of two diversely different styled artists who are new to this space. Ken Nichols' visceral paintings and Steve Nyland's audacious ones contrast intricately to produce "Oh My!"

Of the two artists in this show, Nichols has been at his craft for a much longer time than Nyland, but both share common ground in that they each found renewed voice in painting again after time away. However, in doing so, it is the personal motivation that compels the difference between the two along with their startling unusual styles that are being paired in the same exhibit.

Nyland, the younger artist, took up the palette again after working in various internet related ventures. He says that after "misplacing painting" for awhile, his return to it is like "the science fiction fantasy of a young boy with purple blue hair who just learned to paint again."

Nichols also began painting again after a somewhat long hiatus. And also like Nyland, the return brought with it some form of freed expression, but the similarity between the two ends there. Nichols, being a graphic designer for the last 35 years, calls himself a "Decorative Expressionist" and "paints for the fun of it, not to unburden my soul," he says.

Syracuse VA's Creative Arts Festival
Szozda Gallery

Szozda Gallery
Delavan Center, 501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Delavan Center and Szozda Gallery are pleased to present a portion of the Syracuse VA's Creative Arts Festival. The key purpose of the Veterans Creative Arts competition and Festival is to recognize Veterans for their creative accomplishments and to educate and demonstrate to communities throughout the country the therapeutic benefits of the arts.

Nationwide, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities use the creative arts as one form of rehabilitative treatment to help Veterans recover from and cope with physical and emotional disabilities. Across the country each year, Veterans treated at VA facilities compete in a local creative arts competition. The competition includes 53 categories in the visual arts division this year that range from oil painting to leatherwork to paint-by-number kits. In addition, there are 120 categories in the performing arts pertaining to all aspects of music, dance, drama and creative writing. A national selection committee chooses first, second and third place winners among all of the entries. Select winners are invited to attend the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival each year.

Join us in honoring the hard work and creativity of some of our area vets!

American Moderns 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Organized by the Brooklyn Museum, "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell" explores a wide variety of American art from the first half of the 20th century. The exhibition consists of 53 paintings and four sculptures by such prominent artists as Georgia O'Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, Milton Avery, Stuart Davis, and Arthur Dove. Drastic social, political and economical changes during this time period challenged artists to define what could be considered "modern" from a wide variety of definitions. From abstraction and cityscapes to realism and nature, these works selected from the Brooklyn Museum's permanent collection offer a new perspective on American modern art.

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20th-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To complement "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell," the Everson highlights works by American modern artists from the permanent collection. This exhibition presents paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Milton Avery, Charles Burchfield, Eldzier Cortor, Reginald Marsh, Grandma Moses, and John Marin, among others.

Messages of Sisterhood: Works by Favianna Rodríguez
La Casita Cultural Center

Price: Free
La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

A native of Oakland, CA, Favianna Rodriguez is renowned for her vibrant posters about issues of war, immigration, globalization, workers' rights, racism, homophobia, sexism and other contemporary issues. "Messages of Sisterhood" commemorates Women's History Month, focusing on the role of women in the struggles for social justice.

Rodriguez has lectured widely on the use of art in civic engagement and on the work of artists who are bridging the community and museum. Her works appear in collections at Bellas Artes (Mexico City), The Glasgow Print Studio (Glasgow, Scotland) and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Benjamin Faga: Authentic Syracuse
The Warehouse Gallery

Price: Free
The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Emerging artist Benjamin Faga addresses the influence of globalization, technology, and its impact on our global society. Faga often uses a variety of media (photography, installation art, sculpture, public art, video, performance art, writing, and design) while collaborating with local communities. For his installation "Authentic Syracuse," Faga focuses on food as an indicator of cultural diversity and identity. In the vault, Faga will create a market atmosphere with international spices on display, while the main gallery will be made to look and operate like a tourism office center where visitors can read, see, and learn about Syracuse's many offerings as a diverse city that is home to immigrants from around the world.

Wisconsin-born and London-based, Faga studied at the University of Minnesota and received his MA in Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art in London, UK. His work was included in national and international group exhibitions, such as "Talk to Me" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and "Pork" at Bermondsey Project Space in London. This is his first solo museum show in the United States.

FND 0098: Ten Years Out
XL Projects

Price: Free
XL Projects
307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

A group of alumni from the Class of 2002 from SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts will present "FND 0098: Ten Years Out," an exhibition that investigates the first-year art and design foundation experience and its role in shaping young artists' work and life.

VPA's foundation curriculum is designed to provide the most rigorous introductory courses necessary for a complete education in art and design. Foundation and its effectiveness is a major topic of conversation at many colleges and universities; "FND 0098" was formed in response to these discussions. In the exhibition, fledgling foundation projects appear alongside participants' current work, juxtaposing then and now. The exhibition will also feature original work dedicated to the foundation experience.

"FND 0098" is also a reunion celebration that honors 10 years of contact and community between its participants since their graduation from Syracuse University. The artists include Erin Borja, Andrew Camp, Jessie Anne Clark, Holly Faurot, Cameron Norbert, Sarah Paulson, Hoang Pham, and Alicia Traveria. Clark is the exhibition curator.

For more information about the exhibition, contact Clark at 315-278-2339 or jessie@thejessicaclarkshow.com. XL Projects may be contacted at 315-442-2542 during gallery hours or contact Andrew Havenhand at ahavenhand@yahoo.com.

Rationalize & Perpetuate: Video Installation by Sandra Stephens
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Sandra Stephens' work takes an in-depth look at how culture and those around us contribute to our construction of identities. Pieces will look at race, class, gender and sexuality. She will explore the influence of war on simplifying the view of the "other", visual culture and its effects on identity, and how these both affect the lives and identities of children. Her work will also touch on stereotyping, with newer and older work that takes different approaches. She is interested in how and why we stereotype, and in how stereotyping contributes to historic and current-day events. Employing technologies of interactivity and projection, the pieces will pull the viewer in and play with perceptions of the projected image and its blurred relationship to reality. Although the work will touch on disturbing themes, hope will also be expressed through the innocence of children, who are shown to be in many ways much more enlightened than adults.

"The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks" lecture and book signing
Syracuse University School of Education
Featuring Jeanne Theoharis, author

Price: Free
Miron Room, Newhouse I
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Jeanne Theoharis is professor of political science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and the author of the new biography The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks, which is currently on the NY Times bestseller list. Professor Theoharis is author or co-author of six other books and numerous articles on the black freedom struggle and the contemporary politics of race in the United States. Copies of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks will be for sale after the talk.

Reflections Upon Those Golden Years of Life
Civic Morning Musicals

Price: Free
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Norma Tippett, soprano; Jean Loftus, mezzo-soprano; Ken Pease, tenor; Phil Eisenman, basso cantante, Nancy Pease, piano.

Junior Voice Recital: Dominque Forbes, soprano
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

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

Handel "Lascia ch'io pianga" from Rinaldo
Henri Duparc Chanson Triste
Debussy Apparition
Richard Strauss em>Heimkehr: Op. 15 No.5, Heimliche Aufforderung: Op. 27 No.3
Bizet "Ouvre ton coeur" from Ivan IV
Britten Embroidery Aria from Peter Grimes
Puccini Chi il bel sogno di Doretta from La Rondine
H. Leslie Adams For You There is No Song
William Grant Still Grief
Undine Smith Moore Love Let the Wind Cry

For most events, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot, located behind Crouse College. Additional parking is available in Irving Garage. Campus parking availability is subject to change, so please call 315-443-2191 for current information.

Dean Young
Raymond Carver Reading Series

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

Recognized as one of the most energetic and influential contemporary poets, Dean Young has published 14 books of poetry, the latest of which is Bender: New and Selected Poems (Copper Canyon Press 2012). His collection Elegy on Toy Piano(2005) was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.

The reading will be preceded by a question and answer session 3:45-4:30 pm. Parking is available in SU's paid lots.

Noises Off
Redhouse
Stephen Svoboda, director

Price: $20 regular, $15 members
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Noises Off, 1982 play by English playwright Michael Frayn, is a play-within-a-play about an ambitious director and his troupe of mediocre actors. The cast and crew are putting together a silly sex comedy titled "Nothing On"--a single-set farce in which lovers frolic, doors slam, clothes are tossed away, and embarrassing hijinks ensue. Written by Michael Frayn.

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Thursday, April 4, 2013

Windows Project: Rebecca Soderholm: Crescendoe
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Photographer Rebecca Soderholm focuses on Upstate New York, its people and landscape, while capturing a collective human spirit in today's world.

For the Window Projects, "Crescendoe," is titled after one of the many tanneries that produced leather gloves in Johnston, NY, during the first half of the 20th century, nearby where the work for this exhibition was created. Developed as three panels that fit the large Warehouse Gallery windows, Soderholm accentuates the three-dimensionality of a fence, underlines the painterly qualities of a photographed landscape, and reveals her own fascination with the beauty of often forgotten landscapes.

Born in Syracuse, Soderholm received her B.F.A. in Photojournalism from the Rochester Institute of Technology and her M.F.A. in Photography from Yale University, School of Art where she studied with Todd Papageorge and Gregory Crewdson. An Assistant Professor of Photography at Drew University (Madison, New Jersey), Soderholm's most recent exhibition, "Upstate," was shown at 511 Gallery in New York City in the Spring of 2012. She currently lives in Upstate New York and Madison, NJ. This is her first solo museum show.

Tamil Pasanga (The Local Kids)
601 Tully

Price: Free
601 Tully St.
Syracuse

Krithika Sathyamurthy's art practice has been shaped by her South Indian heritage and experiences of growing up as a 21st century immigrant in the United States. As she adapted to Western culture, Sathyamurthy parted with many of the Indian values and traditions she held onto when she was younger. In her work, she addresses the internal conflicts of being an immigrant and also focuses on how Western culture has influenced the way she views important issues of 21st century India. As Sathyamurthy re-investigates her roots, her paintings reflect how her thoughts on India's political, social, and educational agenda is deeply influenced by her experiences as an immigrant and a female citizen of America.

"Tamil Pasanga" (The Local Kids) is a series of paintings that reveal several points of rupture as she reflects on the flawed Indian educational system. Having studied in the U.S., she understands that the existing education system in India poses a threat to its goals of achieving inclusive growth. In "Tamil Pasanga," elements of surface, repetition of ghosted figures, and haunting atmosphere, help create moments of hostility, as well as moments of vulnerability through the viscosity of the paint.

Art Exhibit by Tom Hussey

Onondaga County Central Library
The Galleries of Syracuse, 447 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Auburn, NY, artist Tom Hussey will include in his exhibit landscape and figurative renderings in oil, acrylic and pastel.

Natural Vistas, Intimate Views
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Paintings by Karen Burns and photography by David LoParco depict local landscapes.

Past Abstractions: Works by Diana Godfrey

St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

"Past Abstractions" highlights some of the abstract pastel/collages and mixed-media paintings of Diana Godfrey. The artist's colorful, nonrepresentational art has been shown in many galleries and venues in Central New York and the Northeast.

Note that the venue is closed daily 12:00-1:00 pm.

Gallery Exhibit: Vessels Ceremonial and Mundane: Works by David MacDonald
Onondaga Community College

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

This gallery exhibit by celebrated sculptor David MacDonald features several vessel forms of varying sizes, including both intimate and large scale pieces.

Drawn Digital
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

Price: Free
Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St., Syracuse

Drawn Digital, featuring graphic designers who illustrate, is a celebration of creating images, under direct manipulation of the artist, through the use of pen and ink as well as digital tools and applications.

Graphic designer/illustrators included are Jim Brenneman, Nick Machia, Jeff Madison, John Paone, and Mitzie Testani. These artists, not only share an expertise in the use of graphic tablets and of bitmap and vector-based applications ("painting" and "drawing" programs), but a love for drawing and a unique sensibility over their subject matters. Renaissance Architecture, imagination, and everyday life in central New York are some of their forms of inspiration.

Strange Victories: Grove Press, 1951-1985
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

Strange Victories: Grove Press, 1951-1985 is the first major exhibition on the notorious American publisher Grove Press. Founded by Barney Rosset in 1951, Grove Press became one of the 20th-century's great avant-garde publishing houses. What began as a small independent publisher on Grove Street in New York City's Greenwich Village grew into a multimillion dollar publishing company that has been credited with introducing important authors from around the world to American readers during the postwar period.

Taking its cue from the 1948 film Strange Victory, which Rosset produced in collaboration with left-wing documentary filmmaker Leo Hurwitz after WWII, the exhibition traces the history and evolution of Grove Press, from its role at the center of national censorship trials over the first American editions of Lady Chatterley's Lover and Tropic of Cancer, to its publication of politically-engaged works including The Wretched of the Earth, Red Star over China, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, to its scandalous and very profitable Victorian Library. Each book published by Grove, the exhibition reveals, was in its own way, a "strange victory." For while Grove altered the American literary landscape and its relationship to social mores, equality, and freedom of expression, Grove also aggressively deployed savvy marketing strategies, became embroiled in labor union battles, floundered in its own success, and offended the sensibilities of not only "squares," but feminists, Marxists, academics, and many others. Strange Victories tells the complicated story of Grove's many literary and political achievements, whose profound influence on American culture endures today.

Keep the Rumors Alive
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Jeff Robinson: metal and glass sculpture
Charles Golden: mixed media wall hangings
Sharon Alama: mixed media jewelry

Crossings
Point of Contact Gallery

Price: Free
Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Crossings" is a multi-faceted outcome of how the work of two artists, Nayda Collazo-Lloréns and Patricia Villalobos Echeverría, relates to each other in terms of location, mapping, identity, memory and multiplicity. "Crossings" is a first-time collaboration, convergence, and juxtaposition of these two artistic practices. The show will present a series of 13 works on paper, and a two-channel video installation titled PLEXUS13NP.

Nayda Collazo-Lloréns: Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, she is a New York City based artist engaged in a multi-disciplinary practice that includes drawing, print, installation, video, text-based works and public interventions. Through her practice, she examines the way in which we perceive and process information, dealing with concepts of navigation, language and hyper-connectivity.

Patricia Villalobos Echeverría Born in Tennessee to Salvadoran parents and raised in Managua, Nicaragua, Villalobos describes her work as a hybrid. Her print, video and installation work explores how reproducible forms of representation can alter our notions of singularity and the various states of flux that we enter: some physical, others virtual. She a Professor of Art at Western Michigan University.

Corporeal Contours
Community Folk Art Center

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

"Corporeal Contours" features the work of two distinguished artists, Firelei Baez and Andrea Chung, each displaying their personal ideas of identity in relation to the world around them. A large part of the exhibition also seeks to expose the hyper-exoticism of tourism companies, while also confronting issues of racial identity in Caribbean and American societies.

The artists each use very personal experiences to create an array of compelling silhouetted forms and prints. For her on-going series Can I Pass (2010), Baez incorporates aspects from her transcultural background to examine the United States' "brown paper bag test" and the Dominican Republic's "fan test." She uses art as a medium to challenge these tests, tracing her outline and painting her skin tone for each day within the form over the course of an entire month. Within her works, Baez is able to explore idealized body types, race, and skin tones within the greater social scheme across both countries.

For her series, Chung analyzes post colonial culture by using old logos and slogans from tourist advertisements, and archival photographs to create her thought-provoking prints. She focuses on race, class, and contemporary society in Jamaica and Trinidad, as well as the exotic identity assumed by tourist companies. Chung is also able to address the increasingly popular skin bleaching practices in Jamaica, exposing a deeper dimension of self image and controversy in her work.

When We Just Existed
Community Folk Art Center

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

In her exhibit "When We Just Existed," artist Deborah Roberts investigates children's innocence, and how their sense of self is shaped by their environments, as well as the residual effects this may have on adults. In many of her paintings, Roberts uses her prepubescent self as the subject, adding a personal dimension to her pieces that will help you think of your own childhood. In her work, she makes references to the lynching in African American history and the racial tensions that children may experience.

Jason Lazarus: Too Hard to Keep (Syracuse)
Light Work Gallery

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

In 2010, Chicago-based artist Jason Lazarus initiated a growing archive of photos deemed "too hard to keep." "Too Hard to Keep" is a place for photographs, photo-objects, and even digital files to exist when they are too difficult to hold on to, yet too meaningful to destroy. Participants have dictated whether the photographs submitted to the archive may be shown freely with other pieces of the archive, or if they are only to be displayed face down, adding to the charged significance of each object. Out of this expanding collection site-specific installations occur. With "Too Hard to Keep" in Syracuse, Lazarus shares a slice of the larger archive alongside anonymous local submissions in a carefully considered installation.

Interested in submitting to the T.H.T.K. archive? Drop off your print anonymously in the drop box located at Light Work during the length of the exhibition.

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Joe Lingeman: Habitus
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work and Community Darkrooms are pleased to present the photographic work of Syracuse University MFA student Joe Lingeman. Lingeman combines varying modes of photography -- still life, commercial portraiture, and street photography. Taken as a whole, his images deal with absurdity, spiritual longing, and a tension between authenticity and artifice in contemporary life in the developed world.

Joe Lingeman's work has been shown at Art Chicago 2010, Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, and Craft Chemistry in Syracuse. His images have been published in the pages of Next American City, and Facebook's internal 'zine, Zeitgeist. Lingeman was born in Toldeo, OH, and grew up in Bloomington, IN. He holds a BA in Sociology and a BFA in photography from Indiana University. He is scheduled to complete his MFA at Syracuse University in May of 2013.

2013 Student Invitational
Light Work Gallery

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

2013 Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

Onondaga County at Gettysburg: A Sesquicentennial Remembrance
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Onondaga Historical Association presents a new exhibit with a focus on paintings, photos, diary entries and quotes to illustrate the experience of eight veterans who served at Gettysburg in one of the following locally-based regiments. Also included in the exhibit is a three-part framed battlefield map that shows the military maneuvering that took place over the course of three days of fighting, July 1-3, 1863.

Love and Marriage
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This exhibition, mounted in conjunction with Syracuse Opera's April performances of The Marriage of Figaro, will feature items of a wedding nature from OHA's collection, including wedding dresses, invitations, and even a piece of anniversary cake from 1896.

Syracuse VA's Creative Arts Festival
Szozda Gallery

Szozda Gallery
Delavan Center, 501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Delavan Center and Szozda Gallery are pleased to present a portion of the Syracuse VA's Creative Arts Festival. The key purpose of the Veterans Creative Arts competition and Festival is to recognize Veterans for their creative accomplishments and to educate and demonstrate to communities throughout the country the therapeutic benefits of the arts.

Nationwide, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities use the creative arts as one form of rehabilitative treatment to help Veterans recover from and cope with physical and emotional disabilities. Across the country each year, Veterans treated at VA facilities compete in a local creative arts competition. The competition includes 53 categories in the visual arts division this year that range from oil painting to leatherwork to paint-by-number kits. In addition, there are 120 categories in the performing arts pertaining to all aspects of music, dance, drama and creative writing. A national selection committee chooses first, second and third place winners among all of the entries. Select winners are invited to attend the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival each year.

Join us in honoring the hard work and creativity of some of our area vets!

Oh My! Works by Ken Nichols and Steve Nyland
Szozda Gallery

Szozda Gallery
Delavan Center, 501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Zombies and colors and mugs, oh my!"

The March show displays the colorful works of two diversely different styled artists who are new to this space. Ken Nichols' visceral paintings and Steve Nyland's audacious ones contrast intricately to produce "Oh My!"

Of the two artists in this show, Nichols has been at his craft for a much longer time than Nyland, but both share common ground in that they each found renewed voice in painting again after time away. However, in doing so, it is the personal motivation that compels the difference between the two along with their startling unusual styles that are being paired in the same exhibit.

Nyland, the younger artist, took up the palette again after working in various internet related ventures. He says that after "misplacing painting" for awhile, his return to it is like "the science fiction fantasy of a young boy with purple blue hair who just learned to paint again."

Nichols also began painting again after a somewhat long hiatus. And also like Nyland, the return brought with it some form of freed expression, but the similarity between the two ends there. Nichols, being a graphic designer for the last 35 years, calls himself a "Decorative Expressionist" and "paints for the fun of it, not to unburden my soul," he says.

Tea Bowls: A Contemporary Approach
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

The tea bowl, with its seemingly inexhaustible form, is beloved by potters and collectors alike. Its intimate scale encourages spontaneity and experimentation. Today's ceramic artists connect to the ancient Japanese tradition of the Tea Ceremony and the countless unknown potters from the past while maintaining their unique aesthetic voice though the creation of the tea bowl. This exhibition represents contemporary voices in clay--from wood-fire to earthenware, traditional to unconventional. "Tea Bowls: A Contemporary Approach," is co-curated by John Jessiman and Jen Gandee.

Opening: The eNth Degree: MFA 2013
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

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

The Mobile Sauna will be operating in front of the SU Art Galleries from 6:00-9:00 pm as part of the exhibit. Come enjoy the sauna -- bring a towel and wear as little or as much as you please! The Mobile Sauna by the DS Institute provides an open and comfortable environment for warmth, rejuvenation, and conversation. The DS Institute is an artistic collaboration that includes Fulbright sculptor Maximilian Bauer, steam expert ceramicist Zach Dunn, artist/social engineer Caitlin Foley, and interactive installation artist Misha Rabinovich. To learn more about the mobile Sauna and the DS Institute visit dsinstitute.com.

"The eNth Degree: MFA 2013" is the thesis exhibition for the Masters of Fine Arts candidates in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at SU, uniting a group of artists working exponentially beyond the confines of their studied fields, taking their work to a new level art making. The 19 included in this year's exhibition work in a variety of media including painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, film, site-specific installation, and performance.

The participating artists are Daniel Aguilera, Siqiao Ao, Jennifer Chan, Ryan Crotty, Caitlin Foley, Andrew Frost, Meyer Giordano, Su San Na Kim, Lori Klopp, Jee Eun Lee, Joseph Lingeman, Misha Rabinovich, Samantha Raut, Becky Reiser, Tanya Schiller, Tonja Torgerson, Joel Weissman, Sarah Camille Wilson, Matthew Williamson.

American Moderns 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Organized by the Brooklyn Museum, "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell" explores a wide variety of American art from the first half of the 20th century. The exhibition consists of 53 paintings and four sculptures by such prominent artists as Georgia O'Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, Milton Avery, Stuart Davis, and Arthur Dove. Drastic social, political and economical changes during this time period challenged artists to define what could be considered "modern" from a wide variety of definitions. From abstraction and cityscapes to realism and nature, these works selected from the Brooklyn Museum's permanent collection offer a new perspective on American modern art.

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20th-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To complement "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell," the Everson highlights works by American modern artists from the permanent collection. This exhibition presents paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Milton Avery, Charles Burchfield, Eldzier Cortor, Reginald Marsh, Grandma Moses, and John Marin, among others.

Messages of Sisterhood: Works by Favianna Rodríguez
La Casita Cultural Center

Price: Free
La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

A native of Oakland, CA, Favianna Rodriguez is renowned for her vibrant posters about issues of war, immigration, globalization, workers' rights, racism, homophobia, sexism and other contemporary issues. "Messages of Sisterhood" commemorates Women's History Month, focusing on the role of women in the struggles for social justice.

Rodriguez has lectured widely on the use of art in civic engagement and on the work of artists who are bridging the community and museum. Her works appear in collections at Bellas Artes (Mexico City), The Glasgow Print Studio (Glasgow, Scotland) and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Benjamin Faga: Authentic Syracuse
The Warehouse Gallery

Price: Free
The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Emerging artist Benjamin Faga addresses the influence of globalization, technology, and its impact on our global society. Faga often uses a variety of media (photography, installation art, sculpture, public art, video, performance art, writing, and design) while collaborating with local communities. For his installation "Authentic Syracuse," Faga focuses on food as an indicator of cultural diversity and identity. In the vault, Faga will create a market atmosphere with international spices on display, while the main gallery will be made to look and operate like a tourism office center where visitors can read, see, and learn about Syracuse's many offerings as a diverse city that is home to immigrants from around the world.

Wisconsin-born and London-based, Faga studied at the University of Minnesota and received his MA in Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art in London, UK. His work was included in national and international group exhibitions, such as "Talk to Me" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and "Pork" at Bermondsey Project Space in London. This is his first solo museum show in the United States.

FND 0098: Ten Years Out
XL Projects

Price: Free
XL Projects
307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

A group of alumni from the Class of 2002 from SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts will present "FND 0098: Ten Years Out," an exhibition that investigates the first-year art and design foundation experience and its role in shaping young artists' work and life.

VPA's foundation curriculum is designed to provide the most rigorous introductory courses necessary for a complete education in art and design. Foundation and its effectiveness is a major topic of conversation at many colleges and universities; "FND 0098" was formed in response to these discussions. In the exhibition, fledgling foundation projects appear alongside participants' current work, juxtaposing then and now. The exhibition will also feature original work dedicated to the foundation experience.

"FND 0098" is also a reunion celebration that honors 10 years of contact and community between its participants since their graduation from Syracuse University. The artists include Erin Borja, Andrew Camp, Jessie Anne Clark, Holly Faurot, Cameron Norbert, Sarah Paulson, Hoang Pham, and Alicia Traveria. Clark is the exhibition curator.

For more information about the exhibition, contact Clark at 315-278-2339 or jessie@thejessicaclarkshow.com. XL Projects may be contacted at 315-442-2542 during gallery hours or contact Andrew Havenhand at ahavenhand@yahoo.com.

Rationalize & Perpetuate: Video Installation by Sandra Stephens
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Sandra Stephens' work takes an in-depth look at how culture and those around us contribute to our construction of identities. Pieces will look at race, class, gender and sexuality. She will explore the influence of war on simplifying the view of the "other", visual culture and its effects on identity, and how these both affect the lives and identities of children. Her work will also touch on stereotyping, with newer and older work that takes different approaches. She is interested in how and why we stereotype, and in how stereotyping contributes to historic and current-day events. Employing technologies of interactivity and projection, the pieces will pull the viewer in and play with perceptions of the projected image and its blurred relationship to reality. Although the work will touch on disturbing themes, hope will also be expressed through the innocence of children, who are shown to be in many ways much more enlightened than adults.

Stand Up Showcase: Thumbs UPstate Improv Festival

Price: $5 per session; $10 festival pass
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

Stand Up Showcase, featuring Kevin Salisbury, Kevin Ricotta, Uncle Trent, Corey Smithson, Erin Judge.

For more information, visit www.thumbsupstate.com.

The Fluidity of Identity: Theatre and the Search for Self
University Lectures
Featuring David Henry Hwang

Price: Free
Hendricks Chapel
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Throughout his career, playwright David Henry Hwang has explored the complexities of forging Eastern and Western cultures in a contemporary America. Hwang will talk about how theatre effects race perception and activism and can help change stereotypes. He is best known as the author of M. Butterfly, which ran for two years on Broadway, won the 1988 Tony, Drama Desk, John Gassner, and Outer Critics Circle Awards, and was also a finalist for the 1989 Pulitzer Prize.

Cruel April: Josefina Baez
Point of Contact Gallery

Price: Free
Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Poetry readings from the new "Corresponding Voices" collection every Thursday in April. Readings start at 6:00 pm, followed by a reception and dialogue with the poets.

Josefina Baez is a performer, writer, educator, and theater director. Born and raised in La Romana, Dominican Republic, Baez eventually moved to New York in the early 70s, which is where she currently resides. In April 1986, Baez founded Ay Ombe Theatre and is the present Director. Some of her published work through Latinarte Publisher include Dominicanish (2000) and Comrade, Bliss Ain't Playing (2013), Levente no. Yolayorkdominicanyork (2011), Dramaturgia Ay Ombe I & II (2011), and Como la una Como uma (2011). Her work is multidisciplinary in context and transcultural in scope. Baez is also the creator of Performance Autology, a practical and inclusive artist work methodology.

Deadly Inheritance
Acme Mystery Company

Price: $32.50 (includes meal, show, tax and gratuities)
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

The matriarch of a wealthy family is gravely ill and wishing to settle her estate. First, her long lost younger son must be declared officially dead. That's where the fun begins! Join in as you and the other intensely greedy relatives gather to memorialize "Little Dickie" and battle for position to receive the lion's share of the family's $13 billion fortune. Be careful at this gathering, however, the next memorial could be for you.

Reasons to be Pretty
Black Box Players
Amy Woschnik, director

Price: Free, but reservations required
Loft Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Neil LaBute's play centers on four young working-class friends and lovers who become increasingly dissatisfied with their dead-end lives and each other.

For tickets, phone 315-308-1227 or visit blackboxplayers.ticketleap.com/rtbp.

The Wedding Singer
First Year Players

Price: $7 general, $4 students with SU ID
Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Noises Off
Redhouse
Stephen Svoboda, director

Price: $20 regular, $15 members
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Noises Off, 1982 play by English playwright Michael Frayn, is a play-within-a-play about an ambitious director and his troupe of mediocre actors. The cast and crew are putting together a silly sex comedy titled "Nothing On"--a single-set farce in which lovers frolic, doors slam, clothes are tossed away, and embarrassing hijinks ensue. Written by Michael Frayn.

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Friday, April 5, 2013

Windows Project: Rebecca Soderholm: Crescendoe
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Photographer Rebecca Soderholm focuses on Upstate New York, its people and landscape, while capturing a collective human spirit in today's world.

For the Window Projects, "Crescendoe," is titled after one of the many tanneries that produced leather gloves in Johnston, NY, during the first half of the 20th century, nearby where the work for this exhibition was created. Developed as three panels that fit the large Warehouse Gallery windows, Soderholm accentuates the three-dimensionality of a fence, underlines the painterly qualities of a photographed landscape, and reveals her own fascination with the beauty of often forgotten landscapes.

Born in Syracuse, Soderholm received her B.F.A. in Photojournalism from the Rochester Institute of Technology and her M.F.A. in Photography from Yale University, School of Art where she studied with Todd Papageorge and Gregory Crewdson. An Assistant Professor of Photography at Drew University (Madison, New Jersey), Soderholm's most recent exhibition, "Upstate," was shown at 511 Gallery in New York City in the Spring of 2012. She currently lives in Upstate New York and Madison, NJ. This is her first solo museum show.

Tamil Pasanga (The Local Kids)
601 Tully

Price: Free
601 Tully St.
Syracuse

There is an artist reception this evening 5:00-7:00 pm.

Krithika Sathyamurthy's art practice has been shaped by her South Indian heritage and experiences of growing up as a 21st century immigrant in the United States. As she adapted to Western culture, Sathyamurthy parted with many of the Indian values and traditions she held onto when she was younger. In her work, she addresses the internal conflicts of being an immigrant and also focuses on how Western culture has influenced the way she views important issues of 21st century India. As Sathyamurthy re-investigates her roots, her paintings reflect how her thoughts on India's political, social, and educational agenda is deeply influenced by her experiences as an immigrant and a female citizen of America.

"Tamil Pasanga" (The Local Kids) is a series of paintings that reveal several points of rupture as she reflects on the flawed Indian educational system. Having studied in the U.S., she understands that the existing education system in India poses a threat to its goals of achieving inclusive growth. In "Tamil Pasanga," elements of surface, repetition of ghosted figures, and haunting atmosphere, help create moments of hostility, as well as moments of vulnerability through the viscosity of the paint.

Opening: Annual Student Art Show
LeMoyne College

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

There will be an opening reception this afternoon 4:00-6:00 pm.

The exhibit will be composed of a diverse collection of student art, including sculpture, painting and photography. Each reflects the variety of experiences and sources of inspiration of the individuals who created them.

Art Exhibit by Tom Hussey

Onondaga County Central Library
The Galleries of Syracuse, 447 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Auburn, NY, artist Tom Hussey will include in his exhibit landscape and figurative renderings in oil, acrylic and pastel.

Natural Vistas, Intimate Views
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Paintings by Karen Burns and photography by David LoParco depict local landscapes.

Past Abstractions: Works by Diana Godfrey

St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

"Past Abstractions" highlights some of the abstract pastel/collages and mixed-media paintings of Diana Godfrey. The artist's colorful, nonrepresentational art has been shown in many galleries and venues in Central New York and the Northeast.

Note that the venue is closed daily 12:00-1:00 pm.

Gallery Exhibit: Vessels Ceremonial and Mundane: Works by David MacDonald
Onondaga Community College

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

This gallery exhibit by celebrated sculptor David MacDonald features several vessel forms of varying sizes, including both intimate and large scale pieces.

To Begin a New Day/Recent Photography by Jenilee Ward
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

Price: Free
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

Drawn Digital
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

Price: Free
Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St., Syracuse

Drawn Digital, featuring graphic designers who illustrate, is a celebration of creating images, under direct manipulation of the artist, through the use of pen and ink as well as digital tools and applications.

Graphic designer/illustrators included are Jim Brenneman, Nick Machia, Jeff Madison, John Paone, and Mitzie Testani. These artists, not only share an expertise in the use of graphic tablets and of bitmap and vector-based applications ("painting" and "drawing" programs), but a love for drawing and a unique sensibility over their subject matters. Renaissance Architecture, imagination, and everyday life in central New York are some of their forms of inspiration.

Strange Victories: Grove Press, 1951-1985
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

Strange Victories: Grove Press, 1951-1985 is the first major exhibition on the notorious American publisher Grove Press. Founded by Barney Rosset in 1951, Grove Press became one of the 20th-century's great avant-garde publishing houses. What began as a small independent publisher on Grove Street in New York City's Greenwich Village grew into a multimillion dollar publishing company that has been credited with introducing important authors from around the world to American readers during the postwar period.

Taking its cue from the 1948 film Strange Victory, which Rosset produced in collaboration with left-wing documentary filmmaker Leo Hurwitz after WWII, the exhibition traces the history and evolution of Grove Press, from its role at the center of national censorship trials over the first American editions of Lady Chatterley's Lover and Tropic of Cancer, to its publication of politically-engaged works including The Wretched of the Earth, Red Star over China, and The Autobiography of Malcolm X, to its scandalous and very profitable Victorian Library. Each book published by Grove, the exhibition reveals, was in its own way, a "strange victory." For while Grove altered the American literary landscape and its relationship to social mores, equality, and freedom of expression, Grove also aggressively deployed savvy marketing strategies, became embroiled in labor union battles, floundered in its own success, and offended the sensibilities of not only "squares," but feminists, Marxists, academics, and many others. Strange Victories tells the complicated story of Grove's many literary and political achievements, whose profound influence on American culture endures today.

Keep the Rumors Alive
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Jeff Robinson: metal and glass sculpture
Charles Golden: mixed media wall hangings
Sharon Alama: mixed media jewelry

Crossings
Point of Contact Gallery

Price: Free
Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Crossings" is a multi-faceted outcome of how the work of two artists, Nayda Collazo-Lloréns and Patricia Villalobos Echeverría, relates to each other in terms of location, mapping, identity, memory and multiplicity. "Crossings" is a first-time collaboration, convergence, and juxtaposition of these two artistic practices. The show will present a series of 13 works on paper, and a two-channel video installation titled PLEXUS13NP.

Nayda Collazo-Lloréns: Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, she is a New York City based artist engaged in a multi-disciplinary practice that includes drawing, print, installation, video, text-based works and public interventions. Through her practice, she examines the way in which we perceive and process information, dealing with concepts of navigation, language and hyper-connectivity.

Patricia Villalobos Echeverría Born in Tennessee to Salvadoran parents and raised in Managua, Nicaragua, Villalobos describes her work as a hybrid. Her print, video and installation work explores how reproducible forms of representation can alter our notions of singularity and the various states of flux that we enter: some physical, others virtual. She a Professor of Art at Western Michigan University.

When We Just Existed
Community Folk Art Center

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

In her exhibit "When We Just Existed," artist Deborah Roberts investigates children's innocence, and how their sense of self is shaped by their environments, as well as the residual effects this may have on adults. In many of her paintings, Roberts uses her prepubescent self as the subject, adding a personal dimension to her pieces that will help you think of your own childhood. In her work, she makes references to the lynching in African American history and the racial tensions that children may experience.

Corporeal Contours
Community Folk Art Center

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

"Corporeal Contours" features the work of two distinguished artists, Firelei Baez and Andrea Chung, each displaying their personal ideas of identity in relation to the world around them. A large part of the exhibition also seeks to expose the hyper-exoticism of tourism companies, while also confronting issues of racial identity in Caribbean and American societies.

The artists each use very personal experiences to create an array of compelling silhouetted forms and prints. For her on-going series Can I Pass (2010), Baez incorporates aspects from her transcultural background to examine the United States' "brown paper bag test" and the Dominican Republic's "fan test." She uses art as a medium to challenge these tests, tracing her outline and painting her skin tone for each day within the form over the course of an entire month. Within her works, Baez is able to explore idealized body types, race, and skin tones within the greater social scheme across both countries.

For her series, Chung analyzes post colonial culture by using old logos and slogans from tourist advertisements, and archival photographs to create her thought-provoking prints. She focuses on race, class, and contemporary society in Jamaica and Trinidad, as well as the exotic identity assumed by tourist companies. Chung is also able to address the increasingly popular skin bleaching practices in Jamaica, exposing a deeper dimension of self image and controversy in her work.

Jason Lazarus: Too Hard to Keep (Syracuse)
Light Work Gallery

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

In 2010, Chicago-based artist Jason Lazarus initiated a growing archive of photos deemed "too hard to keep." "Too Hard to Keep" is a place for photographs, photo-objects, and even digital files to exist when they are too difficult to hold on to, yet too meaningful to destroy. Participants have dictated whether the photographs submitted to the archive may be shown freely with other pieces of the archive, or if they are only to be displayed face down, adding to the charged significance of each object. Out of this expanding collection site-specific installations occur. With "Too Hard to Keep" in Syracuse, Lazarus shares a slice of the larger archive alongside anonymous local submissions in a carefully considered installation.

Interested in submitting to the T.H.T.K. archive? Drop off your print anonymously in the drop box located at Light Work during the length of the exhibition.

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Joe Lingeman: Habitus
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work and Community Darkrooms are pleased to present the photographic work of Syracuse University MFA student Joe Lingeman. Lingeman combines varying modes of photography -- still life, commercial portraiture, and street photography. Taken as a whole, his images deal with absurdity, spiritual longing, and a tension between authenticity and artifice in contemporary life in the developed world.

Joe Lingeman's work has been shown at Art Chicago 2010, Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, and Craft Chemistry in Syracuse. His images have been published in the pages of Next American City, and Facebook's internal 'zine, Zeitgeist. Lingeman was born in Toldeo, OH, and grew up in Bloomington, IN. He holds a BA in Sociology and a BFA in photography from Indiana University. He is scheduled to complete his MFA at Syracuse University in May of 2013.

2013 Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

2013 Student Invitational
Light Work Gallery

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

Love and Marriage
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This exhibition, mounted in conjunction with Syracuse Opera's April performances of The Marriage of Figaro, will feature items of a wedding nature from OHA's collection, including wedding dresses, invitations, and even a piece of anniversary cake from 1896.

Onondaga County at Gettysburg: A Sesquicentennial Remembrance
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Onondaga Historical Association presents a new exhibit with a focus on paintings, photos, diary entries and quotes to illustrate the experience of eight veterans who served at Gettysburg in one of the following locally-based regiments. Also included in the exhibit is a three-part framed battlefield map that shows the military maneuvering that took place over the course of three days of fighting, July 1-3, 1863.

Oh My! Works by Ken Nichols and Steve Nyland
Szozda Gallery

Szozda Gallery
Delavan Center, 501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Zombies and colors and mugs, oh my!"

The March show displays the colorful works of two diversely different styled artists who are new to this space. Ken Nichols' visceral paintings and Steve Nyland's audacious ones contrast intricately to produce "Oh My!"

Of the two artists in this show, Nichols has been at his craft for a much longer time than Nyland, but both share common ground in that they each found renewed voice in painting again after time away. However, in doing so, it is the personal motivation that compels the difference between the two along with their startling unusual styles that are being paired in the same exhibit.

Nyland, the younger artist, took up the palette again after working in various internet related ventures. He says that after "misplacing painting" for awhile, his return to it is like "the science fiction fantasy of a young boy with purple blue hair who just learned to paint again."

Nichols also began painting again after a somewhat long hiatus. And also like Nyland, the return brought with it some form of freed expression, but the similarity between the two ends there. Nichols, being a graphic designer for the last 35 years, calls himself a "Decorative Expressionist" and "paints for the fun of it, not to unburden my soul," he says.

Syracuse VA's Creative Arts Festival
Szozda Gallery

Szozda Gallery
Delavan Center, 501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Delavan Center and Szozda Gallery are pleased to present a portion of the Syracuse VA's Creative Arts Festival. The key purpose of the Veterans Creative Arts competition and Festival is to recognize Veterans for their creative accomplishments and to educate and demonstrate to communities throughout the country the therapeutic benefits of the arts.

Nationwide, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities use the creative arts as one form of rehabilitative treatment to help Veterans recover from and cope with physical and emotional disabilities. Across the country each year, Veterans treated at VA facilities compete in a local creative arts competition. The competition includes 53 categories in the visual arts division this year that range from oil painting to leatherwork to paint-by-number kits. In addition, there are 120 categories in the performing arts pertaining to all aspects of music, dance, drama and creative writing. A national selection committee chooses first, second and third place winners among all of the entries. Select winners are invited to attend the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival each year.

Join us in honoring the hard work and creativity of some of our area vets!

Tea Bowls: A Contemporary Approach
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

The tea bowl, with its seemingly inexhaustible form, is beloved by potters and collectors alike. Its intimate scale encourages spontaneity and experimentation. Today's ceramic artists connect to the ancient Japanese tradition of the Tea Ceremony and the countless unknown potters from the past while maintaining their unique aesthetic voice though the creation of the tea bowl. This exhibition represents contemporary voices in clay--from wood-fire to earthenware, traditional to unconventional. "Tea Bowls: A Contemporary Approach," is co-curated by John Jessiman and Jen Gandee.

The eNth Degree: MFA 2013
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"The eNth Degree: MFA 2013" is the thesis exhibition for the Masters of Fine Arts candidates in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at SU, uniting a group of artists working exponentially beyond the confines of their studied fields, taking their work to a new level art making. The 19 included in this year's exhibition work in a variety of media including painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, film, site-specific installation, and performance.

The participating artists are Daniel Aguilera, Siqiao Ao, Jennifer Chan, Ryan Crotty, Caitlin Foley, Andrew Frost, Meyer Giordano, Su San Na Kim, Lori Klopp, Jee Eun Lee, Joseph Lingeman, Misha Rabinovich, Samantha Raut, Becky Reiser, Tanya Schiller, Tonja Torgerson, Joel Weissman, Sarah Camille Wilson, Matthew Williamson.

American Moderns 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Organized by the Brooklyn Museum, "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell" explores a wide variety of American art from the first half of the 20th century. The exhibition consists of 53 paintings and four sculptures by such prominent artists as Georgia O'Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, Milton Avery, Stuart Davis, and Arthur Dove. Drastic social, political and economical changes during this time period challenged artists to define what could be considered "modern" from a wide variety of definitions. From abstraction and cityscapes to realism and nature, these works selected from the Brooklyn Museum's permanent collection offer a new perspective on American modern art.

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20th-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To complement "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell," the Everson highlights works by American modern artists from the permanent collection. This exhibition presents paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Milton Avery, Charles Burchfield, Eldzier Cortor, Reginald Marsh, Grandma Moses, and John Marin, among others.

Messages of Sisterhood: Works by Favianna Rodríguez
La Casita Cultural Center

Price: Free
La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

A native of Oakland, CA, Favianna Rodriguez is renowned for her vibrant posters about issues of war, immigration, globalization, workers' rights, racism, homophobia, sexism and other contemporary issues. "Messages of Sisterhood" commemorates Women's History Month, focusing on the role of women in the struggles for social justice.

Rodriguez has lectured widely on the use of art in civic engagement and on the work of artists who are bridging the community and museum. Her works appear in collections at Bellas Artes (Mexico City), The Glasgow Print Studio (Glasgow, Scotland) and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Benjamin Faga: Authentic Syracuse
The Warehouse Gallery

Price: Free
The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Emerging artist Benjamin Faga addresses the influence of globalization, technology, and its impact on our global society. Faga often uses a variety of media (photography, installation art, sculpture, public art, video, performance art, writing, and design) while collaborating with local communities. For his installation "Authentic Syracuse," Faga focuses on food as an indicator of cultural diversity and identity. In the vault, Faga will create a market atmosphere with international spices on display, while the main gallery will be made to look and operate like a tourism office center where visitors can read, see, and learn about Syracuse's many offerings as a diverse city that is home to immigrants from around the world.

Wisconsin-born and London-based, Faga studied at the University of Minnesota and received his MA in Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art in London, UK. His work was included in national and international group exhibitions, such as "Talk to Me" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and "Pork" at Bermondsey Project Space in London. This is his first solo museum show in the United States.

FND 0098: Ten Years Out
XL Projects

Price: Free
XL Projects
307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

A group of alumni from the Class of 2002 from SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts will present "FND 0098: Ten Years Out," an exhibition that investigates the first-year art and design foundation experience and its role in shaping young artists' work and life.

VPA's foundation curriculum is designed to provide the most rigorous introductory courses necessary for a complete education in art and design. Foundation and its effectiveness is a major topic of conversation at many colleges and universities; "FND 0098" was formed in response to these discussions. In the exhibition, fledgling foundation projects appear alongside participants' current work, juxtaposing then and now. The exhibition will also feature original work dedicated to the foundation experience.

"FND 0098" is also a reunion celebration that honors 10 years of contact and community between its participants since their graduation from Syracuse University. The artists include Erin Borja, Andrew Camp, Jessie Anne Clark, Holly Faurot, Cameron Norbert, Sarah Paulson, Hoang Pham, and Alicia Traveria. Clark is the exhibition curator.

For more information about the exhibition, contact Clark at 315-278-2339 or jessie@thejessicaclarkshow.com. XL Projects may be contacted at 315-442-2542 during gallery hours or contact Andrew Havenhand at ahavenhand@yahoo.com.

Rationalize & Perpetuate: Video Installation by Sandra Stephens
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Sandra Stephens' work takes an in-depth look at how culture and those around us contribute to our construction of identities. Pieces will look at race, class, gender and sexuality. She will explore the influence of war on simplifying the view of the "other", visual culture and its effects on identity, and how these both affect the lives and identities of children. Her work will also touch on stereotyping, with newer and older work that takes different approaches. She is interested in how and why we stereotype, and in how stereotyping contributes to historic and current-day events. Employing technologies of interactivity and projection, the pieces will pull the viewer in and play with perceptions of the projected image and its blurred relationship to reality. Although the work will touch on disturbing themes, hope will also be expressed through the innocence of children, who are shown to be in many ways much more enlightened than adults.

Thumbs UPstate Improv Festival

Price: $5 per session; $10 festival pass
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

7:00-8:15 pm:
Left for Dead (Rochester)
Dumb Kids in the Back (West Orange, NJ)
Mary Tyler Mortality (Syracuse)

8:25-9:40 pm:
Sidewinders (Rochester)
Gentlemen, To Bed! (Syracuse)
1matchfire (Rochester)

9:50-11:05 pm:
Uncle Lina (Rochester)
Satan's Closet (Syracuse)
Search Engine Improv (Rochester)

For more information, visit www.thumbsupstate.com.

Brazilian Dance Performance
Syracuse University College of Arts and Sciences
The Dance Migration, with Samba Laranja

Price: Free
BeVard Room, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The Dance Migration is Toronto's leading Brazilian dance company. Company director Adrianna Yanuziello brings the culture of dance from Brazil to her home city of Toronto with exhilarating performances in Samba, Afro Brazilian dance, Capoeoira, and more. They will be joined onstage by Samba Laranja, an SU Brazilian ensemble that combines voice and percussion to perform several styles of Brazilian music.

Presented as part of "Moving Borders: The Culture and Politics of Displacement in and from Latin America and the Caribbean," a yearlong symposium.

Vieques: Worth Every Bit of Struggle
La Casita Cultural Center

Price: Free
La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

Come join us to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the cease of bombing practices by the US Navy in the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. We will present the documentary Vieques: Worth Every Bit of Struggle by filmmaker Mary Patierno followed by a discussion led by Syracuse University students:
Gabriela Ramirez-Vargas, international relations major and student intern at the Syracuse Peace Council.
Samadhi Moreno, public health major and a resident of Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Harly Rodriguez, psychology major and member of La LUCHA

We will be discussing the history; the fight and struggles against the Navy presence; the importance of social movements and what battles are still ahead for the people of Vieques.

Jazz@Sitrus
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation
Featuring Nancy Kelly

Price: Free
Sitrus on the Hill
Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel, Syracuse

Legends of Jazz Series: Jose Feliciano
Onondaga Community College

Price: $30
Storer Auditorium
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Jose Feliciano is an international presence who has influenced popular music for more than two generations and bridged musical styles in a way that has never been equaled. He is recognized as the first Latin artist to cross over into the English music market, opening the doors to others who now play an important part in the American music industry.

Tickets available at Sound Garden, 310 W. Jefferson St., Armory Square in downtown Syracuse. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis and must be purchased in pairs. There is a limit of two tickets per customer. Please note that the Sound Garden Box Office accepts cash only.

For more information on the Legends of Jazz series, visit the website.

Mustard's Retreat
Folkus Project

Price: $15 ($5 discount for MMUUS members)
May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Michael Hough and David Tamulevich, the Michigan-based duo known as Mustard's Retreat, have been making music together for almost 40 years. The key to their success is found in the loyal audiences who have made this group's music part of their everyday lives. Whether they're singing their own gentle love songs and powerful ballads, telling tall tales, or offering treasures from America's vast collection of traditional melodies, everything Mustard's Retreat does on stage is aimed at pleasing, moving, and engaging their audiences. Their music is community music. It comes from our common roots and traditions, pays tribute to them and expands on them. It is music that speaks to people's hearts and lives and binds them together as an audience.

Cantus Novus and Contemporary Music Ensemble
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

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

Cantus Novus is Setnor's student New Music group, led by Emma Logan, dedicated to performing the works of our student composers. This concert will feature works by seniors Michael David Carr and George Katehis and graduate student Emma Logan.

The Contemporary Music Ensemble champions chamber works of the 20th and 21st centuries. They are under the direction of Dr. James Tapia.

George Katehis Fragment (2010)
Michael David Carr Poem No. 1 for Dinçer (2010)
Improvisation
Emma Logan Holding Water (2013)
Benjamin Finley Evergreen (2010)
Emma Logan Duo for Vibraphone and Guitar (2013)
Improvisation
Luciano Berio "Manège I" from Linea

Performers include Paul Winchester, Tevi Eber, and Yuting Ji, piano; Steve Brew, guitar; Jared Grubow, Emma Logan, and William Anderson, percussion; James Tapia, conductor

For most events, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot, located behind Crouse College. Additional parking is available in Irving Garage. Campus parking availability is subject to change, so please call 315-443-2191 for current information.

GZA/Genius, with Rat King, The Goonies, Jay Foss, IRealz, DJ Afar
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Pirates of Penzance
LeMoyne College

Price: $15 regular, $10 seniors, $5 students
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Never have such musical riches been lavished upon such inspired silliness! Gilbert & Sullivan's classic comic opera, The Pirates of Penzance, is a hilariously irreverent adventure of fair maidens, swaggering pirates, bumbling policemen and true love that's perfect for the entire family. Featuring a glorious and recognizable score, this swashbuckling classic includes the most famous patter song ever written, "I am the very model of a modern Major General".

For more information, call 315-445-4523.

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Reading and Book Release Party with Poet Walt Shepperd
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
Delavan Studios
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Join us to celebrate a true Syracuse original. Walt Shepperd is a community treasure: a journalist, author, poet, activist, teacher, editor, essayist, artist, and mentor. He founded the Media Unit, and Rough Times Live, the award-winning teen-produced weekly television program; he himself has won many awards for his writing and activities. His newest book, Poems for Lorca, continues his life-long effort to truly see and record the life around him.

The Misanthrope
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park

Price: $12 regular, $10 seniors/students, $5 SU students/faculty/staff/alumni
The Warehouse, Main Auditorium
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Syracuse Shakespeare Festival gives you the spirit of 17th century Paris as it takes you on a social, satirical ride in Moliere's finest play, The Misanthrope. Moliere's previous two plays were banned by the French government so he had to figure a way to make fun of French society and its code of conduct without offending government officials. The result is a hilarious situation comedy that is long on verse and laughs.

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Reasons to be Pretty
Black Box Players
Amy Woschnik, director

Price: Free, but reservations required
Loft Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Neil LaBute's play centers on four young working-class friends and lovers who become increasingly dissatisfied with their dead-end lives and each other.

For tickets, phone 315-308-1227 or visit blackboxplayers.ticketleap.com/rtbp.

The Wedding Singer
First Year Players

Price: $7 general, $4 students with SU ID
Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Falsettoland
Rarely Done Productions
Dan Tursi, director

Price: $20
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

Falsettos is the story of a confused, bisexual man, Marvin, amidst a Jewish family in New York. Initially, Marvin seems blessed with the perfect family. He has a caring wife, Trina, and a young son, Jason. Nevertheless, the family is soon broken apart when Marvin leaves Trina for a man, Whizzer. Trina, meanwhile, ends up with the family psychiatrist, Mendel. All the while, Jason is stuck in the middle. Included in the mix are the lesbian couple composed of Dr. Charlotte and Cordelia. In the end, the various characters are forced to come together when Whizzer contracts AIDS and soon dies. The show features Peter Irwin, Katie Lemos Brown, Maxwell Zirkman, Dana Sovocool, Justin Bird, Shannon Tompkins, Sara Weiler, with Musical Director Jeff Unaitis. This production will benefit Friends of Dorothy.

* Note: While usually performed together, Falsettos is actually a trilogy consisting of three shows: In Trousers, March of the Falsettos, and Falsettoland.

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SOLD OUT: Noises Off
Redhouse
Stephen Svoboda, director

Price: $20 regular, $15 members
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Noises Off, 1982 play by English playwright Michael Frayn, is a play-within-a-play about an ambitious director and his troupe of mediocre actors. The cast and crew are putting together a silly sex comedy titled "Nothing On"--a single-set farce in which lovers frolic, doors slam, clothes are tossed away, and embarrassing hijinks ensue. Written by Michael Frayn.

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Saturday, April 6, 2013

Windows Project: Rebecca Soderholm: Crescendoe
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Photographer Rebecca Soderholm focuses on Upstate New York, its people and landscape, while capturing a collective human spirit in today's world.

For the Window Projects, "Crescendoe," is titled after one of the many tanneries that produced leather gloves in Johnston, NY, during the first half of the 20th century, nearby where the work for this exhibition was created. Developed as three panels that fit the large Warehouse Gallery windows, Soderholm accentuates the three-dimensionality of a fence, underlines the painterly qualities of a photographed landscape, and reveals her own fascination with the beauty of often forgotten landscapes.

Born in Syracuse, Soderholm received her B.F.A. in Photojournalism from the Rochester Institute of Technology and her M.F.A. in Photography from Yale University, School of Art where she studied with Todd Papageorge and Gregory Crewdson. An Assistant Professor of Photography at Drew University (Madison, New Jersey), Soderholm's most recent exhibition, "Upstate," was shown at 511 Gallery in New York City in the Spring of 2012. She currently lives in Upstate New York and Madison, NJ. This is her first solo museum show.

Tamil Pasanga (The Local Kids)
601 Tully

Price: Free
601 Tully St.
Syracuse

Krithika Sathyamurthy's art practice has been shaped by her South Indian heritage and experiences of growing up as a 21st century immigrant in the United States. As she adapted to Western culture, Sathyamurthy parted with many of the Indian values and traditions she held onto when she was younger. In her work, she addresses the internal conflicts of being an immigrant and also focuses on how Western culture has influenced the way she views important issues of 21st century India. As Sathyamurthy re-investigates her roots, her paintings reflect how her thoughts on India's political, social, and educational agenda is deeply influenced by her experiences as an immigrant and a female citizen of America.

"Tamil Pasanga" (The Local Kids) is a series of paintings that reveal several points of rupture as she reflects on the flawed Indian educational system. Having studied in the U.S., she understands that the existing education system in India poses a threat to its goals of achieving inclusive growth. In "Tamil Pasanga," elements of surface, repetition of ghosted figures, and haunting atmosphere, help create moments of hostility, as well as moments of vulnerability through the viscosity of the paint.

Annual Student Art Show
LeMoyne College

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

The exhibit will be composed of a diverse collection of student art, including sculpture, painting and photography. Each reflects the variety of experiences and sources of inspiration of the individuals who created them.

Art Exhibit by Tom Hussey

Onondaga County Central Library
The Galleries of Syracuse, 447 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Auburn, NY, artist Tom Hussey will include in his exhibit landscape and figurative renderings in oil, acrylic and pastel.

Natural Vistas, Intimate Views
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Paintings by Karen Burns and photography by David LoParco depict local landscapes.

American Moderns 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Organized by the Brooklyn Museum, "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell" explores a wide variety of American art from the first half of the 20th century. The exhibition consists of 53 paintings and four sculptures by such prominent artists as Georgia O'Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, Milton Avery, Stuart Davis, and Arthur Dove. Drastic social, political and economical changes during this time period challenged artists to define what could be considered "modern" from a wide variety of definitions. From abstraction and cityscapes to realism and nature, these works selected from the Brooklyn Museum's permanent collection offer a new perspective on American modern art.

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20th-Century American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

To complement "American Moderns, 1910-1960: From O'Keeffe to Rockwell," the Everson highlights works by American modern artists from the permanent collection. This exhibition presents paintings, works on paper and sculpture by Milton Avery, Charles Burchfield, Eldzier Cortor, Reginald Marsh, Grandma Moses, and John Marin, among others.

Syracuse VA's Creative Arts Festival
Szozda Gallery

Szozda Gallery
Delavan Center, 501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Delavan Center and Szozda Gallery are pleased to present a portion of the Syracuse VA's Creative Arts Festival. The key purpose of the Veterans Creative Arts competition and Festival is to recognize Veterans for their creative accomplishments and to educate and demonstrate to communities throughout the country the therapeutic benefits of the arts.

Nationwide, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities use the creative arts as one form of rehabilitative treatment to help Veterans recover from and cope with physical and emotional disabilities. Across the country each year, Veterans treated at VA facilities compete in a local creative arts competition. The competition includes 53 categories in the visual arts division this year that range from oil painting to leatherwork to paint-by-number kits. In addition, there are 120 categories in the performing arts pertaining to all aspects of music, dance, drama and creative writing. A national selection committee chooses first, second and third place winners among all of the entries. Select winners are invited to attend the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival each year.

Join us in honoring the hard work and creativity of some of our area vets!

Oh My! Works by Ken Nichols and Steve Nyland
Szozda Gallery

Szozda Gallery
Delavan Center, 501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Zombies and colors and mugs, oh my!"

The March show displays the colorful works of two diversely different styled artists who are new to this space. Ken Nichols' visceral paintings and Steve Nyland's audacious ones contrast intricately to produce "Oh My!"

Of the two artists in this show, Nichols has been at his craft for a much longer time than Nyland, but both share common ground in that they each found renewed voice in painting again after time away. However, in doing so, it is the personal motivation that compels the difference between the two along with their startling unusual styles that are being paired in the same exhibit.

Nyland, the younger artist, took up the palette again after working in various internet related ventures. He says that after "misplacing painting" for awhile, his return to it is like "the science fiction fantasy of a young boy with purple blue hair who just learned to paint again."

Nichols also began painting again after a somewhat long hiatus. And also like Nyland, the return brought with it some form of freed expression, but the similarity between the two ends there. Nichols, being a graphic designer for the last 35 years, calls himself a "Decorative Expressionist" and "paints for the fun of it, not to unburden my soul," he says.

Corporeal Contours
Community Folk Art Center

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

"Corporeal Contours" features the work of two distinguished artists, Firelei Baez and Andrea Chung, each displaying their personal ideas of identity in relation to the world around them. A large part of the exhibition also seeks to expose the hyper-exoticism of tourism companies, while also confronting issues of racial identity in Caribbean and American societies.

The artists each use very personal experiences to create an array of compelling silhouetted forms and prints. For her on-going series Can I Pass (2010), Baez incorporates aspects from her transcultural background to examine the United States' "brown paper bag test" and the Dominican Republic's "fan test." She uses art as a medium to challenge these tests, tracing her outline and painting her skin tone for each day within the form over the course of an entire month. Within her works, Baez is able to explore idealized body types, race, and skin tones within the greater social scheme across both countries.

For her series, Chung analyzes post colonial culture by using old logos and slogans from tourist advertisements, and archival photographs to create her thought-provoking prints. She focuses on race, class, and contemporary society in Jamaica and Trinidad, as well as the exotic identity assumed by tourist companies. Chung is also able to address the increasingly popular skin bleaching practices in Jamaica, exposing a deeper dimension of self image and controversy in her work.

When We Just Existed
Community Folk Art Center

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

In her exhibit "When We Just Existed," artist Deborah Roberts investigates children's innocence, and how their sense of self is shaped by their environments, as well as the residual effects this may have on adults. In many of her paintings, Roberts uses her prepubescent self as the subject, adding a personal dimension to her pieces that will help you think of your own childhood. In her work, she makes references to the lynching in African American history and the racial tensions that children may experience.

Tea Bowls: A Contemporary Approach
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

The tea bowl, with its seemingly inexhaustible form, is beloved by potters and collectors alike. Its intimate scale encourages spontaneity and experimentation. Today's ceramic artists connect to the ancient Japanese tradition of the Tea Ceremony and the countless unknown potters from the past while maintaining their unique aesthetic voice though the creation of the tea bowl. This exhibition represents contemporary voices in clay--from wood-fire to earthenware, traditional to unconventional. "Tea Bowls: A Contemporary Approach," is co-curated by John Jessiman and Jen Gandee.

Onondaga County at Gettysburg: A Sesquicentennial Remembrance
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, Onondaga Historical Association presents a new exhibit with a focus on paintings, photos, diary entries and quotes to illustrate the experience of eight veterans who served at Gettysburg in one of the following locally-based regiments. Also included in the exhibit is a three-part framed battlefield map that shows the military maneuvering that took place over the course of three days of fighting, July 1-3, 1863.

Love and Marriage
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

This exhibition, mounted in conjunction with Syracuse Opera's April performances of The Marriage of Figaro, will feature items of a wedding nature from OHA's collection, including wedding dresses, invitations, and even a piece of anniversary cake from 1896.

The eNth Degree: MFA 2013
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

"The eNth Degree: MFA 2013" is the thesis exhibition for the Masters of Fine Arts candidates in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at SU, uniting a group of artists working exponentially beyond the confines of their studied fields, taking their work to a new level art making. The 19 included in this year's exhibition work in a variety of media including painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, film, site-specific installation, and performance.

The participating artists are Daniel Aguilera, Siqiao Ao, Jennifer Chan, Ryan Crotty, Caitlin Foley, Andrew Frost, Meyer Giordano, Su San Na Kim, Lori Klopp, Jee Eun Lee, Joseph Lingeman, Misha Rabinovich, Samantha Raut, Becky Reiser, Tanya Schiller, Tonja Torgerson, Joel Weissman, Sarah Camille Wilson, Matthew Williamson.

Rationalize & Perpetuate: Video Installation by Sandra Stephens
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Sandra Stephens' work takes an in-depth look at how culture and those around us contribute to our construction of identities. Pieces will look at race, class, gender and sexuality. She will explore the influence of war on simplifying the view of the "other", visual culture and its effects on identity, and how these both affect the lives and identities of children. Her work will also touch on stereotyping, with newer and older work that takes different approaches. She is interested in how and why we stereotype, and in how stereotyping contributes to historic and current-day events. Employing technologies of interactivity and projection, the pieces will pull the viewer in and play with perceptions of the projected image and its blurred relationship to reality. Although the work will touch on disturbing themes, hope will also be expressed through the innocence of children, who are shown to be in many ways much more enlightened than adults.

Benjamin Faga: Authentic Syracuse
The Warehouse Gallery

Price: Free
The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Emerging artist Benjamin Faga addresses the influence of globalization, technology, and its impact on our global society. Faga often uses a variety of media (photography, installation art, sculpture, public art, video, performance art, writing, and design) while collaborating with local communities. For his installation "Authentic Syracuse," Faga focuses on food as an indicator of cultural diversity and identity. In the vault, Faga will create a market atmosphere with international spices on display, while the main gallery will be made to look and operate like a tourism office center where visitors can read, see, and learn about Syracuse's many offerings as a diverse city that is home to immigrants from around the world.

Wisconsin-born and London-based, Faga studied at the University of Minnesota and received his MA in Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art in London, UK. His work was included in national and international group exhibitions, such as "Talk to Me" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and "Pork" at Bermondsey Project Space in London. This is his first solo museum show in the United States.

FND 0098: Ten Years Out
XL Projects

Price: Free
XL Projects
307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

A group of alumni from the Class of 2002 from SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts will present "FND 0098: Ten Years Out," an exhibition that investigates the first-year art and design foundation experience and its role in shaping young artists' work and life.

VPA's foundation curriculum is designed to provide the most rigorous introductory courses necessary for a complete education in art and design. Foundation and its effectiveness is a major topic of conversation at many colleges and universities; "FND 0098" was formed in response to these discussions. In the exhibition, fledgling foundation projects appear alongside participants' current work, juxtaposing then and now. The exhibition will also feature original work dedicated to the foundation experience.

"FND 0098" is also a reunion celebration that honors 10 years of contact and community between its participants since their graduation from Syracuse University. The artists include Erin Borja, Andrew Camp, Jessie Anne Clark, Holly Faurot, Cameron Norbert, Sarah Paulson, Hoang Pham, and Alicia Traveria. Clark is the exhibition curator.

For more information about the exhibition, contact Clark at 315-278-2339 or jessie@thejessicaclarkshow.com. XL Projects may be contacted at 315-442-2542 during gallery hours or contact Andrew Havenhand at ahavenhand@yahoo.com.

Thumbs UPstate Improv Festival

Price: $5 per session; $10 festival pass
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

6:00-7:15 pm:
Planned Pandahood (Geneseo)
Comedy FLOPS (Ithaca)
Balls Forever (Chicago, IL)

7:25-8:40 pm:
Nuts and Bolts Comedy Improv (Rochester)
Zamboni Revolution (Syracuse)
Don't Feed the Actors (Syracuse)

8:50-10:05 pm:
D & D (Rochester)
Sheer Idiocy (Troy)
John Mayer Bloomberg (New York)

10:15-11:05 pm:
Flower City Improv (Rochester)
RonDeLou (Syracuse)

For more information, visit www.thumbsupstate.com.

Graduate Lecture Recital: Geoffery Sheldon, trumpet
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

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

Sheldon presents a lecture recital featuring works by John Philip Sousa.

For most events, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot, located behind Crouse College. Additional parking is available in Irving Garage. Campus parking availability is subject to change, so please call 315-443-2191 for current information.

Junior Voice Recital: Carolyn Steinberg, soprano
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

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

Schubert "Frühlingstraum" from Winterreise
Mozart "Ach, ich fühls" from Die Zauberflöte
Adam Guettel "Migratory V" and "The Light in the Piazza"
Flor Peeters Mirror of Life (Speculum Vitae)
Mozart "Vedrai, carino" from Don Giovanni
Mozart "Dove sono I bei momenti" from Le Nozze di Figaro
Fauré Après un rêve
Reynaldo Hahn Paysage
Bill Russel & Henry Krieger "I Will Never Leave You" from Sideshow

For most events, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot, located behind Crouse College. Additional parking is available in Irving Garage. Campus parking availability is subject to change, so please call 315-443-2191 for current information.

Graduate Piano Recital: Yu Ting Ji, piano
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

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

Beethoven Sonata No.11 in B flat Major, Op.22
Gershwin Three Preludes
Bach French Suite in E Major BWV 817
Ravel Une barque sur l'océan
Rachmaninoff Etudes-Tableaux

For most events, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot, located behind Crouse College. Additional parking is available in Irving Garage. Campus parking availability is subject to change, so please call 315-443-2191 for current information.

The Machine Performs Pink Floyd
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Masterworks Series: Scheherazade
Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Featuring Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano

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

Nielsen Aladdin Suite
Ravel Scheherazade
Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

Tickets available at Ticketmaster.com, or with cash or check at the door.

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Andrew And Noah Band, with special guest Kimberly Schad

Price: $15
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

The Andrew & Noah Band is a unique group consisting of mandolin, fiddle, banjo, accordion, sax, electric guitar, bass, and drums. The A&N Band doesn't limit itself to just a few genres to blend. On the ensemble's self-titled long-player from earlier this year, they sound alternately like an indie folk pop group and a world-music-inspired jam band, tastefully adding Cajun spices, a pinch of Celtic, a dollop of newgrass, a teaspoon of trad country and numerous other ingredients along the way. Such eclectic efforts often result in either a complete mess or something rather corny and musical-touristy but the A&N Band manages to make it work seamlessly, as if the so-called "Americana Groove" genre had a century-long history, instead of just being created by the band members themselves.

Senior Saxophone Recital: David Carpenter, saxophone
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

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

Georg Philipp Telemann Trio Sonata in Bb major
Ronald Caravan Quiet Time
Erwin Dressel Partita
Robert Muczynski Sonata Op. 29
Omar Machá Pla Saxofonu
John C. Worley Sonata

For most events, free and accessible concert parking is available on campus in the Q-1 lot, located behind Crouse College. Additional parking is available in Irving Garage. Campus parking availability is subject to change, so please call 315-443-2191 for current information.

Pirates of Penzance
LeMoyne College

Price: $15 regular, $10 seniors, $5 students
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Never have such musical riches been lavished upon such inspired silliness! Gilbert & Sullivan's classic comic opera, The Pirates of Penzance, is a hilariously irreverent adventure of fair maidens, swaggering pirates, bumbling policemen and true love that's perfect for the entire family. Featuring a glorious and recognizable score, this swashbuckling classic includes the most famous patter song ever written, "I am the very model of a modern Major General".

For more information, call 315-445-4523.

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It's Animal but Merciful: A Poetry Book Launch and Open Mic
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

great weather for MEDIA's first poetry and short fiction anthology, It's Animal But Merciful, features 55 writers from across the United States, plus Botswana, the Philippines, Denmark, and Canada. Taken from open submission, the work explores personal and social identities of race, sexuality, age, gender, and freedom (with a good dose of humor, mud, insects, sunshine, and double-dares). Join New York editors Jane Ormerod, Thomas Fucaloro, and Russ Green for an exciting reading with local poets Michelle Bonczek, Robert Evory, and Mary McLaughlin Slechta.

For more information, visit www.greatweatherformedia.com.

Jack and the Beanstalk
Open Hand Theater
Puppets with Pizazz

Price: $10 adults, $8 children
International Mask and Puppet Museum
518 Prospect Ave., Syracuse

Nancy Sanders has everyone laughing along with the exploits of Jack in this tale of a magically growing twelve-foot beanstalk, Carelita the dancing cow, a dysfunctional giant and his wondrous wife. Nancy's "Puppets with Pizazz" always bring us favorite tales with whimsy and rollicking good fun.

Reasons to be Pretty
Black Box Players
Amy Woschnik, director

Price: Free, but reservations required
Loft Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Neil LaBute's play centers on four young working-class friends and lovers who become increasingly dissatisfied with their dead-end lives and each other.

For tickets, phone 315-308-1227 or visit blackboxplayers.ticketleap.com/rtbp.

Noises Off
Redhouse
Stephen Svoboda, director

Price: $20 regular, $15 members
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Noises Off, 1982 play by English playwright Michael Frayn, is a play-within-a-play about an ambitious director and his troupe of mediocre actors. The cast and crew are putting together a silly sex comedy titled "Nothing On"--a single-set farce in which lovers frolic, doors slam, clothes are tossed away, and embarrassing hijinks ensue. Written by Michael Frayn.

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The Misanthrope
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park

Price: $12 regular, $10 seniors/students, $5 SU students/faculty/staff/alumni
The Warehouse, Main Auditorium
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Syracuse Shakespeare Festival gives you the spirit of 17th century Paris as it takes you on a social, satirical ride in Moliere's finest play, The Misanthrope. Moliere's previous two plays were banned by the French government so he had to figure a way to make fun of French society and its code of conduct without offending government officials. The result is a hilarious situation comedy that is long on verse and laughs.

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Reasons to be Pretty
Black Box Players
Amy Woschnik, director

Price: Free, but reservations required
Loft Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Neil LaBute's play centers on four young working-class friends and lovers who become increasingly dissatisfied with their dead-end lives and each other.

For tickets, phone 315-308-1227 or visit blackboxplayers.ticketleap.com/rtbp.

The Wedding Singer
First Year Players

Price: $7 general, $4 students with SU ID
Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Falsettoland
Rarely Done Productions
Dan Tursi, director

Price: $20
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

Falsettos is the story of a confused, bisexual man, Marvin, amidst a Jewish family in New York. Initially, Marvin seems blessed with the perfect family. He has a caring wife, Trina, and a young son, Jason. Nevertheless, the family is soon broken apart when Marvin leaves Trina for a man, Whizzer. Trina, meanwhile, ends up with the family psychiatrist, Mendel. All the while, Jason is stuck in the middle. Included in the mix are the lesbian couple composed of Dr. Charlotte and Cordelia. In the end, the various characters are forced to come together when Whizzer contracts AIDS and soon dies. The show features Peter Irwin, Katie Lemos Brown, Maxwell Zirkman, Dana Sovocool, Justin Bird, Shannon Tompkins, Sara Weiler, with Musical Director Jeff Unaitis. This production will benefit Friends of Dorothy.

* Note: While usually performed together, Falsettos is actually a trilogy consisting of three shows: In Trousers, March of the Falsettos, and Falsettoland.

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SOLD OUT: Noises Off
Redhouse
Stephen Svoboda, director

Price: $20 regular, $15 members
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Noises Off, 1982 play by English playwright Michael Frayn, is a play-within-a-play about an ambitious director and his troupe of mediocre actors. The cast and crew are putting together a silly sex comedy titled "Nothing On"--a single-set farce in which lovers frolic, doors slam, clothes are tossed away, and embarrassing hijinks ensue. Written by Michael Frayn.

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Sunday, April 7, 2013

Windows Project: Rebecca Soderholm: Crescendoe
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Photographer Rebecca Soderholm focuses on Upstate New York, its people and landscape, while capturing a collective human spirit in today's world.

For the Window Projects, "Crescendoe," is titled after one of the many tanneries that produced leather gloves in Johnston, NY, during the first half of the 20th century, nearby where the work for this exhibition was created. Developed as three panels that fit the large Warehouse Gallery windows, Soderholm accentuates the three-dimensionality of a fence, underlines the painterly qualities of a photographed landscape, and reveals her own fascination with the beauty of often forgotten landscapes.

Born in Syracuse, Soderholm received her B.F.A. in Photojournalism from the Rochester Institute of Technology and her M.F.A. in Photography from Yale University, School of Art where she studied with Todd Papageorge and Gregory Crewdson. An Assistant Professor of Photography at Drew University (Madison, New Jersey), Soderholm's most recent exhibition, "Upstate," was shown at 511 Gallery in New York City in the Spring of 2012. She currently lives in Upstate New York and Madison, NJ. This is her first solo museum show.

Tamil Pasanga (The Local Kids)
601 Tully

Price: Free
601 Tully St.
Syracuse

Krithika Sathyamurthy's art practice has been shaped by her South Indian heritage and experiences of growing up as a 21st century immigrant in the United States. As she adapted to Western culture, Sathyamurthy parted with many of the Indian values and traditions she held onto when she was younger. In her work, she addresses the internal conflicts of being an immigrant and also focuses on how Western culture has influenced the way she views important issues of 21st century India. As Sathyamurthy re-investigates her roots, her paintings reflect how her thoughts on India's political, social, and educational agenda is deeply influenced by her experiences as an immigrant and a female citizen of America.

"Tamil Pasanga" (The Local Kids) is a series of paintings that reveal several points of rupture as she reflects on the flawed Indian educational system. Having studied in the U.S., she understands that the existing education system in India poses a threat to its goals of achieving inclusive growth. In "Tamil Pasanga," elements of surface, repetition of ghosted figures, and haunting atmosphere, help create moments of hostility, as well as moments of vulnerability through the viscosity of the paint.

Jason Lazarus: Too Hard to Keep (Syracuse)
Light Work Gallery

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

In 2010, Chicago-based artist Jason Lazarus initiated a growing archive of photos deemed "too hard to keep." "Too Hard to Keep" is a place for photographs, photo-objects, and even digital files to exist when they are too difficult to hold on to, yet too meaningful to destroy. Participants have dictated whether the photographs submitted to the archive may be shown freely with other pieces of the archive, or if they are only to be displayed face down, adding to the charged significance of each object. Out of this expanding collection site-specific installations occur. With "Too Hard to Keep" in Syracuse, Lazarus shares a slice of the larger archive alongside anonymous local submissions in a carefully considered installation.

Interested in submitting to the T.H.T.K. archive? Drop off your print anonymously in the drop box located at Light Work during the length of the exhibition.

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Joe Lingeman: Habitus
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work and Community Darkrooms are pleased to present the photographic work of Syracuse University MFA student Joe Lingeman. Lingeman combines varying modes of photography -- still life, commercial portraiture, and street photography. Taken as a whole, his images deal with absurdity, spiritual longing, and a tension between authenticity and artifice in contemporary life in the developed world.

Joe Lingeman's work has been shown at Art Chicago 2010, Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, and Craft Chemistry in Syracuse. His images have been published in the pages of Next American City, and Facebook's internal 'zine, Zeitgeist. Lingeman was born in Toldeo, OH, and grew up in Bloomington, IN. He holds a BA in Sociology and a BFA in photography from Indiana University. He is scheduled to complete his MFA at Syracuse University in May of 2013.

2013 Student Invitational
Light Work Gallery

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

2013 Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work Gallery

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

Oh My! Works by Ken Nichols and Steve Nyland
Szozda Gallery

Szozda Gallery
Delavan Center, 501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"Zombies and colors and mugs, oh my!"

The March show displays the colorful works of two diversely different styled artists who are new to this space. Ken Nichols' visceral paintings and Steve Nyland's audacious ones contrast intricately to produce "Oh My!"

Of the two artists in this show, Nichols has been at his craft for a much longer time than Nyland, but both share common ground in that they each found renewed voice in painting again after time away. However, in doing so, it is the personal motivation that compels the difference between the two along with their startling unusual styles that are being paired in the same exhibit.

Nyland, the younger artist, took up the palette again after working in various internet related ventures. He says that after "misplacing painting" for awhile, his return to it is like "the science fiction fantasy of a young boy with purple blue hair who just learned to paint again."

Nichols also began painting again after a somewhat long hiatus. And also like Nyland, the return brought with it some form of freed expression, but the similarity between the two ends there. Nichols, being a graphic designer for the last 35 years, calls himself a "Decorative Expressionist" and "paints for the fun of it, not to unburden my soul," he says.