Saturday, February 2, 2013

Agents of Expression
LeMoyne College

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

The sculptures and assemblages of Sharon BuMann and Gail V. Hoffman.

CNY Scholastic Arts Awards Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

A mixed media exhibit featuring award-winning work from high school students across Central New York.
The Scholastic Art Awards recognize nearly 30,000 teen artists and writers. One thousand of these artists receive national awards. Each piece is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Sacred Paradox: Photography by Willson Cummer
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Photographs by local artist Willson Cummer focus on exploring humanity's place in the environment. This group of photographs depicts images of Onondaga Lake and its tributaries, taken from a canoe and from the shore. The exhibit title, Sacred Paradox, refers to the conflicting reality of Onondaga Lake -- it is both a Superfund cleanup site and a holy lake for the nearby Onondaga Indian Nation.

Collage/Assemblage
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Collage works of Michael Sickler and Roy Simmons Jr.
Assemblage 3D pieces and jewelry of Linda Esterley

Strange Tongue
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In her first solo exhibition at the Everson, Yvonne Buchanan presents a sound installation entitled Strange Tongue, a contemporary altered version of a well-known American gospel song by Mahalia Jackson. All associations to the lyrics have been excised, leaving a wordless voice, emphasizing the expression of sorrow and hope. The audio track can be accessed by dialing (315) 703-3063 and pressing 13.

Within: Cast Resin Sculpture by Arlene Abend
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Artist statement: "The cast resin works of 'Within' represent both mystery and metaphor. The use of clear resin and lost wax surfaces allows me to capture, reflect and diffract light to create a constantly changing vision. The surfaces of the sculpture act as a mirror or prism and offer the contrast of surprise yet familiarity. I find a strong connection between the material and myself. Time disappears. There is a kind of magic that takes place during the act of creating art."

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Nick Todisco: A Life's Work
Szozda Gallery

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

There will be a closing celebration this evening 5:00-8:00 pm.

A retrospective and celebration of the life of art teacher and mentor Nick Todisco, who passed away in October.

Mix & Match
Szozda Gallery

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

A salon-style exhibit, bursting walls with well over 50 pieces by a variety of artists. The show features some 20 artists and multiple works of art in different sizes, shapes and media, all hung tightly next to and atop one another.

In this show, look for glass by Carmel Nicoletti; paintings by Fred and Laura J. Wellner, Bob Niedzwiecki, Diana Godfrey, Phil Parsons, Roscha Folger, CJ Hodge III, Diane Menzies, Rob Glisson, Amy E. Bartell, Stephen Perrone and C. Wilkinson; photography by Ray Trudell and Barbara Conte-Gaugel; ceramics by Carol Osborne-Ackles, B. Thomas and Sue Canizares; and much, much more.

Stone Canoe Exhibit
Community Folk Art Center

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

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

The Stone Canoe annual exhibition, in tandem with the launch of the 2013 issue of Stone Canoe Journal, will feature the work of 29 artists, some emerging and some well-established, with connections to the Upstate New York region. The show is curated by Amy Cheng, professor of art at SUNY New Paltz and visual arts editor for Stone Canoe 7. Stone Canoe, an award-winning journal of arts, literature and social commentary, is published each January by University College of Syracuse University.

The Connective Thread: Wearable to Sculptural Fibers
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"The Connective Thread" aims to bring together wearable and sculptural fiber artists who incorporate a range of different techniques into their artwork. Ultimately, goal of the exhibition is to allow the audience to appreciate the almost limitless possibilities of the medium. Participating artists include Kathy Barry, Sharon Bottle-Souva, Lauren Bristol, Mary Giehl, Jean Henry, Maggy Rozycki Hiltner, Nancy Kramer, Laurel Moranz, Rebecca Mushtare, Jen Pepper, Sarah Saulson, Kim Waale, and Davana Wilkins.

Sight Unseen: Stereographs from the OHA Collection, 1850-1930
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Since OHA's inception, it has amassed a collection of over 2,000 stereographs, or stereo views, of Onondaga County and beyond. Archived in the research holdings, these 3-D photographs have never before been exhibited. Guest curator Colleen Woolpert offers an overview of the collection, providing insight into the little known history of stereo photography while taking us back into the past with the aid of exhibition stereoscopes. The exhibit includes Syracuse views taken by local photographers as well as nationally-marketed views, historic stereoscopes, books, and related 3-D ephemera. It also looks at the combined industries of photography, publishing, manufacturing and marketing that contributed to the enormous popularity of the stereograph.

Neil Welliver Prints
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Neil Welliver Prints is an exhibition of over 60 examples of the artist's woodcuts, etchings, lithographs, and screen prints. Welliver was regarded as one of the preeminent American landscape painters of the 20th century and from the late 1970s to his death in 2005 he considered printmaking an integral part of his artistic activity. Neil Welliver Prints provides an overview of the artist's prolific graphic career, assembling signature wildlife and landscape impressions from over 30 years. Welliver's compelling, larger-than-life paintings of Maine's natural landscape often became series of intimate woodcuts using traditional Japanese methods in collaboration with the noted printmaker Shigemitsu Tsukaguchi. All of the works are on loan from the Alexandre Gallery, New York City, which represented Welliver for years.

Nouveau Risqué: A Perspective on Women and Progress
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Nouveau Risqué: A Perspective on Women and Progress" is an exhibition that investigates the impact that work, recreational activities, and independent living had on women during the turn of the 19th to 20th century. The exhibition will feature more than 70 original objects, including color lithography posters from the Arts and Crafts movement, accompanied by examples of furniture, lamps, vases, clothing and other accessories.

The guest curators for this exhibition are graduate students enrolled in the Syracuse University Museum Studies Advanced Curatorship class, under the guidance of Professor Edward Aiken. The works in the exhibition are drawn from a variety of Central New York lenders, including the SU Art Collection, The Stickley Museum, Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection and Research Center, Dalton's American Decorative Arts, the Cortland County Historical Society, and Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center.

Significant Souls: Paintings by Patrick Fiore
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Utica-native Patrick Fiore has created a series of 34 paintings inspired by Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States 1492-Present, which will be on exhibit.

Patrick does not conceal his intention. He wants, by putting the people and events of the People's History into graphic, startling form, to draw attention to the history of our nation, to the stories omitted, the heroes of dissent missing from the pages of the textbooks. He wants to reach people by his paintings and to inspire them to think for themselves about our society, to tell them about the way people through the centuries have behaved with compassion and kindness, against all odds, have thought for themselves, have organized and agitated, and refused obedience to laws and practices that offend common decency.

This exhibition is presented in partnership with the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation.

ecoarttech: wilderness 24/7
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"ecoarttech: wilderness 24/7" is the first solo exhibition in New York by Rochester-based artist duo Leila Nadir and Cary Peppermint. The exhibition, which will be presented in the Main Gallery as well as the Windows Project, explores the context of an urban campsite that is also a participatory lab for Central New York hikers exploring Syracuse's immediate neighborhood. Curated by Anja Chávez, Curator of Contemporary Art, the exhibition expands traditional gallery practice by focusing on today's environmental issues and the arts, inviting the spectators to participate and incorporating their feedback into the artwork.

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Synchronized Mélange
XL Projects

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

"Synchronized Mélange" features a variety of works from international graduate students from across the Departments of Art and Transmedia. The show is co-organized by Stephen Zaima, VPA associate dean of global academic programs and initiatives and a professor of painting in the Department of Art, and Alex Mendez, assistant professor in the Department of Transmedia.

For more information, contact Andrew Havenhand.

Adam Magyar: Stainless
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Stainless" is part of Hungarian artist Adam Magyar's larger project of using sophisticated recording technologies to explore the flow of time and life through urban landscapes and the people that inhabit them. Shot in black and white using a high speed camera, "Stainless" stretches the 12 seconds it takes a subway train to arrive into 8 minutes, showing us a world of slowed down motion and candid portraiture: people waiting on a subway platform, caught in a liminal zone between the A and B of everyday life, their small gestures and facial expressions by turns bored, tired, engrossed in thought and expectant. The title refers to the stainless steel from which subway train cars are made, a material that is resistant to corrosion but not altogether impervious. Like the material, these portraits convey both the strength and vulnerability of the subjects.

This exhibition is presented in collaboration with Light Work, which is showing Magyar's work in the exhibition "Kontinuum" from Jan. 14 to Mar. 15.

Improv Comedy Night
Don't Feed the Actors

Price: $20 dinner and show, $10 show only
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

The performance will be preceded by dinner at 6:30 pm.

DFtA specializes in audience interactive improv and is one of the longest-running improv troupes in Central New York. Having toured all over the area, their large stable of theatrically trained actors rotate in and out of each show, ensuring a unique experience each time. Come enjoy an evening of improv in the style of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" and Drew Carey's "Improvaganza."

Groundhog Day Show
Salt City Improv Theater

Price: $5
Salt City Improv Theatre
Shoppingtown Mall, Sears Wing, Dewitt

Today we observe Groundhog Day (as opposed to Ground Hog Day, which is a celebration of all things sausage). Groundhog Day has come to mean two things: a furry critter who predicts the weather; and, thanks to Bill Murray, a sense of Déjà Vu. Perhaps here in Central New York--the Land of the Seemingly Never-ending Winter--it's a bit of both. Let's just hope the little fuzz-ball (the groundhog, not Bill Murray) doesn't see his shadow and our "early Spring" might get here by June.

Join us as the SCiT house team, Pork Pie Hat, thinks warm thoughts and offers up some hilarious short-form improv comedy, in the style of the hit TV show, "Whose Line Is It, Anyway."

Erin Brockovich
ArtRage Gallery

Price: $5 suggested donation
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Hiring on as a legal assistant, Erin Brockovich, a twice-divorced mother of three, takes on the bad guys at a treacherous power company -- and wins. Brashly appealing legal drama, and an Academy-Award-winning performance by Julia Roberts. Directed by Steven Soderbergh, 131 minutes.

Toys From the Collection
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Featured in this eclectic display are the bookshelf, counter, calliope, and international doll collection from The Magic Toy Shop, Syracuse's local children's TV show from the 1950s through 1980s. Visitors to the exhibit will also see hand-carved trains and boats, Punch & Judy marionettes, Victorian dolls, 1950s board games, and many other vintage toys, some made in central New York. The exhibit also includes historic photos of downtown Syracuse, and boxes from bygone stores such as Chappell's, Dey Bros., Flah's, Madame Netter, and E. W. Edwards.

Let the Children Sing!
Syracuse Children's Chorus
Featuring Jim Papoulis, composer and guest conductor

Price: $22, $18 regular; $20, $15 students/seniors ($3 advance purchase discount)
Inspiration Hall (formerly St. Peter's Church)
709 James St., Syracuse

A fun-filled, day long festival event for guest school choirs and SCC ensembles to perform under the direction of renowned New York City composer Jim Papoulis. In addition to preparing several pieces by Papoulis, the singers will engage in a special songwriting workshop with the composer. To conclude the day, singers will perform in a concert for friends, families and the community.

Graduate Trumpet Recital
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music
Featuring Tom Mika, trumpet

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

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.

Project Weather Machine, with Aqueous, Lucid
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Symphony 3
Open Hand Theater
Theatre Figuren

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

Michele Costa's astonishing puppets create visual fantasy in this her newest show.

Aaron Copland's Symphony No. 3 is the musical backdrop for this whimsical story about an imaginary man and his dog. They've been living in a cozy, hand-dug hole. Now they emerge to rediscover their world and all that life has to offer.

"Symphony" will entrance children aged 6 and older with its colorful scenery, mesmerizing music and a very animated, charming dog on wheels!

Beauty and the Beast
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

Price: $5
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Interactive retelling of the children's classic.

Blue Man Group
Broadway in Syracuse

Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Experience the Phenomenon. Blue Man Group is best known for its wildly popular theatrical shows and concerts which combine comedy, music, and technology to produce a totally unique form of entertainment. The New York Times heralds the show as "One of the most delightful performance pieces ever staged." E! Entertainment News exclaims, "Blue Man Group is what every live performance aspires to be." The Baltimore Sun raves, "Blue Man Group packs a wallop. It's a big, loud, funny, silly, visually arresting production!"

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W;t
Redhouse

Price: $25 regular, $15 members
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

A brilliant and brutally demanding professor, specializing in the life-and-death themes of John Donnes Holy Sonnets, suddenly finds herself the subject of a cancer research study designed to save her from ovarian cancer. Written by Margaret Edsen.

There will be a 20-30 minute talkback session following each performance. Panels comprised of physicians, nurses, teachers, social workers, bereavement councilors, non-profit support and advocacy groups, and patients and their families will discuss the underlying issues brought up by the play.

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Two Trains Running
Syracuse Stage
Timothy Bond, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

"Glorious storytelling...a penetrating revelation of a world hidden from view to those outside it." -- The New York Times

Timothy Bond's previous Syracuse productions from August Wilson's 20th-Century Cycle (Radio Golf, Fences, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) prove that this two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright is indeed the voice of a century. His dialogue soars with the music and power of operatic arias and his characters inspire great performances. In Two Trains Running, an optimistic ex-con enters the insular confines of Memphis Lee's diner and awakens a cast of older and skeptical characters to the possibilities of a new era. Set in the turbulence of 1969, a time much like today, Two Trains Running is one of the most humorous and politically potent of Wilson's plays.

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Blue Man Group
Broadway in Syracuse

Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Experience the Phenomenon. Blue Man Group is best known for its wildly popular theatrical shows and concerts which combine comedy, music, and technology to produce a totally unique form of entertainment. The New York Times heralds the show as "One of the most delightful performance pieces ever staged." E! Entertainment News exclaims, "Blue Man Group is what every live performance aspires to be." The Baltimore Sun raves, "Blue Man Group packs a wallop. It's a big, loud, funny, silly, visually arresting production!"

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The Drowsy Chaperone
Baldwinsville Theatre Guild
Stephfond Brunson, director

Price: $20 adults, $18 students
First Presbyterian Church of Baldwinsville
64 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

This uproarious and rarely-performed musical comedy (music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar) won the 2006 Tony Award for Best Book and Best Score. The Drowsy Chaperone pays tribute to the Jazz-Age shows of the 1920s and their power to transport us into a dazzling fantasy and lift our spirits in hard times.

It all begins when a die-hard musical-theater fan plays his favorite cast album on his turntable, and the musical literally bursts to life in his living room. We are swept into the glamorous and hilarious tale of a reluctant stage star bride, a groom on skates, a tap-dancing best man, a womanizing gigolo, gangsters posing as pastry chefs, and an intoxicated chaperone! You'll still be smiling long after the final bow. Finally, a musical about people who adore musicals!

The show's producer is Heather Jensen, choreographer is Stephfond Brunson, and musical director is Abel Searor.

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Baltimore Waltz
Redhouse

Price: $25 regular; $15 members
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Baltimore Waltz follows a brother and sister who flee a frightening medical diagnosis by embarking on a fantastical trip across Europe. A third actor plays the quirky characters they encounter, including the Little Dutch Boy (at age 50) and Harry Lime, from the classic movie The Third Man. This is a play about processing grief; about the love between brothers and sisters. Written by Paula Vogel.

There will be a 20-30 minute talkback session following each performance. Panels comprised of physicians, nurses, teachers, social workers, bereavement councilors, non-profit support and advocacy groups, and patients and their families will discuss the underlying issues brought up by the play.

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Two Trains Running
Syracuse Stage
Timothy Bond, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

"Glorious storytelling...a penetrating revelation of a world hidden from view to those outside it." -- The New York Times

Timothy Bond's previous Syracuse productions from August Wilson's 20th-Century Cycle (Radio Golf, Fences, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) prove that this two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright is indeed the voice of a century. His dialogue soars with the music and power of operatic arias and his characters inspire great performances. In Two Trains Running, an optimistic ex-con enters the insular confines of Memphis Lee's diner and awakens a cast of older and skeptical characters to the possibilities of a new era. Set in the turbulence of 1969, a time much like today, Two Trains Running is one of the most humorous and politically potent of Wilson's plays.

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Sunday, February 3, 2013

CNY Scholastic Arts Awards Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

A mixed media exhibit featuring award-winning work from high school students across Central New York.
The Scholastic Art Awards recognize nearly 30,000 teen artists and writers. One thousand of these artists receive national awards. Each piece is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

2012 Light Work Grants Exhibit
Light Work Gallery

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

Featuring works by Dennis Krukowski, Tice Lerner, and Sayler/Morris.

Adam Magyar: Kontinuum
Light Work Gallery

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

Hungarian artist Adam Magyar has been receiving international attention with art that explore concept of urban life. Magyar depicts the synergies of people, the cities they inhabit, and the technological support structures created to facilitate urban life. He explores the flow of time and life through multiple photography and video-based series, three of which will be presented in Syracuse.

Magyar uses unconventional devices, like an industrial machine-vision camera that relies on scanning technology. Utilizing software and drivers which he programs himself, Magyar creates constructed images that capture moments in time and place that can neither be seen with the bare eye nor conventional optical cameras. The beautiful images combine the aesthetics of classic photography with a technology that redefines our understanding of linear time and singular space in a perfect blend of science and art. In his works, Magyar scrutinizes the transience of life and man's inherent urge to leave some trace behind.

Mix & Match
Szozda Gallery

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

A salon-style exhibit, bursting walls with well over 50 pieces by a variety of artists. The show features some 20 artists and multiple works of art in different sizes, shapes and media, all hung tightly next to and atop one another.

In this show, look for glass by Carmel Nicoletti; paintings by Fred and Laura J. Wellner, Bob Niedzwiecki, Diana Godfrey, Phil Parsons, Roscha Folger, CJ Hodge III, Diane Menzies, Rob Glisson, Amy E. Bartell, Stephen Perrone and C. Wilkinson; photography by Ray Trudell and Barbara Conte-Gaugel; ceramics by Carol Osborne-Ackles, B. Thomas and Sue Canizares; and much, much more.

The Connective Thread: Wearable to Sculptural Fibers
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"The Connective Thread" aims to bring together wearable and sculptural fiber artists who incorporate a range of different techniques into their artwork. Ultimately, goal of the exhibition is to allow the audience to appreciate the almost limitless possibilities of the medium. Participating artists include Kathy Barry, Sharon Bottle-Souva, Lauren Bristol, Mary Giehl, Jean Henry, Maggy Rozycki Hiltner, Nancy Kramer, Laurel Moranz, Rebecca Mushtare, Jen Pepper, Sarah Saulson, Kim Waale, and Davana Wilkins.

Sight Unseen: Stereographs from the OHA Collection, 1850-1930
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Since OHA's inception, it has amassed a collection of over 2,000 stereographs, or stereo views, of Onondaga County and beyond. Archived in the research holdings, these 3-D photographs have never before been exhibited. Guest curator Colleen Woolpert offers an overview of the collection, providing insight into the little known history of stereo photography while taking us back into the past with the aid of exhibition stereoscopes. The exhibit includes Syracuse views taken by local photographers as well as nationally-marketed views, historic stereoscopes, books, and related 3-D ephemera. It also looks at the combined industries of photography, publishing, manufacturing and marketing that contributed to the enormous popularity of the stereograph.

Nouveau Risqué: A Perspective on Women and Progress
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Nouveau Risqué: A Perspective on Women and Progress" is an exhibition that investigates the impact that work, recreational activities, and independent living had on women during the turn of the 19th to 20th century. The exhibition will feature more than 70 original objects, including color lithography posters from the Arts and Crafts movement, accompanied by examples of furniture, lamps, vases, clothing and other accessories.

The guest curators for this exhibition are graduate students enrolled in the Syracuse University Museum Studies Advanced Curatorship class, under the guidance of Professor Edward Aiken. The works in the exhibition are drawn from a variety of Central New York lenders, including the SU Art Collection, The Stickley Museum, Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection and Research Center, Dalton's American Decorative Arts, the Cortland County Historical Society, and Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center.

Neil Welliver Prints
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Neil Welliver Prints is an exhibition of over 60 examples of the artist's woodcuts, etchings, lithographs, and screen prints. Welliver was regarded as one of the preeminent American landscape painters of the 20th century and from the late 1970s to his death in 2005 he considered printmaking an integral part of his artistic activity. Neil Welliver Prints provides an overview of the artist's prolific graphic career, assembling signature wildlife and landscape impressions from over 30 years. Welliver's compelling, larger-than-life paintings of Maine's natural landscape often became series of intimate woodcuts using traditional Japanese methods in collaboration with the noted printmaker Shigemitsu Tsukaguchi. All of the works are on loan from the Alexandre Gallery, New York City, which represented Welliver for years.

Strange Tongue
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In her first solo exhibition at the Everson, Yvonne Buchanan presents a sound installation entitled Strange Tongue, a contemporary altered version of a well-known American gospel song by Mahalia Jackson. All associations to the lyrics have been excised, leaving a wordless voice, emphasizing the expression of sorrow and hope. The audio track can be accessed by dialing (315) 703-3063 and pressing 13.

Agents of Expression
LeMoyne College

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

The sculptures and assemblages of Sharon BuMann and Gail V. Hoffman.

Synchronized Mélange
XL Projects

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

"Synchronized Mélange" features a variety of works from international graduate students from across the Departments of Art and Transmedia. The show is co-organized by Stephen Zaima, VPA associate dean of global academic programs and initiatives and a professor of painting in the Department of Art, and Alex Mendez, assistant professor in the Department of Transmedia.

For more information, contact Andrew Havenhand.

Film Series: The Desert of Forbidden Art, 2010
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

The incredible story of how a treasure trove of banned Soviet art worth millions of dollars stashed in a far-off desert of Uzbekistan develops into a larger exploration of how art survives in times of oppression.

During the Soviet regime, a small group of artists remain true to their vision despite threats of torture, imprisonment and death. Their plight inspires a frustrated young painter Igor Savitsky. Pretending to buy State-approved art, Savitsky instead daringly rescues 40,000 forbidden fellow artist's works and creates a museum in the desert of Uzbekistan, far from the watchful eyes of the KGB. Though a penniless artist himself, he cajoles the cash to pay for the art from the same authorities who are banning it. He amasses an eclectic mix of Russian avant-garde art. But his greatest discovery is an unknown school of artists who settle in Uzbekistan after the Russian revolution of 1917, encountering a unique Islamic culture, as exotic to them as Tahiti was for Gauguin. They develop a startlingly original style, fusing European modernism with centuries-old Eastern traditions.

Ben Kingsley, Sally Field and Ed Asner voice the diaries and letters of Savitsky and the artists. Intercut with recollections of the artists' children and rare archival footage, the film takes us on a dramatic journey of sacrifice for the sake of creative freedom. Directed by Tchavdar Georgiev and Amanda Pope.

Toys From the Collection
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Featured in this eclectic display are the bookshelf, counter, calliope, and international doll collection from The Magic Toy Shop, Syracuse's local children's TV show from the 1950s through 1980s. Visitors to the exhibit will also see hand-carved trains and boats, Punch & Judy marionettes, Victorian dolls, 1950s board games, and many other vintage toys, some made in central New York. The exhibit also includes historic photos of downtown Syracuse, and boxes from bygone stores such as Chappell's, Dey Bros., Flah's, Madame Netter, and E. W. Edwards.

Sunday Musicale: Sinatra Sunday starring Tom Anzalone
Fayetteville Free Library

Price: $5 suggested donation
Fayetteville Free Library
300 Orchard St., Fayetteville

Rachel Dentinger's Uncommon Action

Price: Free
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

Syracuse University Music Education Senior Rachel Dentinger has enlisted 16 student musicians and a team of production assistants to produce an interdisciplinary program about bullying and ally involvement that is over a year and a half in the making.

Dentinger's production is a unique artistic effort where the classical musicians will also perform as dancers while playing. The musical piece, commissioned from Eric Maine, tells the story of a student who suffers the effects of being bullied in school, and the ally who steps in; Maine based his work on a poem written by Dentinger.

Different instruments will represent different "characters" in this 4-movement original classical piece, with a single cello playing the role of the victim of bullying, and the alto saxophone as the ally.

The first half of the performance will have the performers seated, playing in traditional concert dress. However, the second half will see the entire ensemble come alive with movement, lights and colorful costumes. For the larger instruments such as cello, bassoon, and tuba, special harnesses had to be engineered to make dance possible.

Les Sirènes Baroque Chamber Ensemble
Malmgren Concert Series

Price: Free
Hendricks Chapel
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Founded in 2009, Les Sirènes is composed of acclaimed sopranos Kathryn Mueller and Kristen Watson, joined by Michael Sponseller on harpsichord and Cora Swenson on baroque cello. Les Sirènes are finalists in Early Music America's 2012 Baroque Performance Competition. Their 2012-2013 engagements include the San Francisco Early Music Society, Arizona Early Music Society and Museum Concerts in Providence, RI. For their Syracuse performance, they will present "Virtuosi Italiani: The florid style of Monteverdi and Handel."

Rachel Dentinger's Uncommon Action

Price: Free
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

Syracuse University Music Education Senior Rachel Dentinger has enlisted 16 student musicians and a team of production assistants to produce an interdisciplinary program about bullying and ally involvement that is over a year and a half in the making.

Dentinger's production is a unique artistic effort where the classical musicians will also perform as dancers while playing. The musical piece, commissioned from Eric Maine, tells the story of a student who suffers the effects of being bullied in school, and the ally who steps in; Maine based his work on a poem written by Dentinger.

Different instruments will represent different "characters" in this 4-movement original classical piece, with a single cello playing the role of the victim of bullying, and the alto saxophone as the ally.

The first half of the performance will have the performers seated, playing in traditional concert dress. However, the second half will see the entire ensemble come alive with movement, lights and colorful costumes. For the larger instruments such as cello, bassoon, and tuba, special harnesses had to be engineered to make dance possible.

Blue Man Group
Broadway in Syracuse

Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St., Syracuse

Experience the Phenomenon. Blue Man Group is best known for its wildly popular theatrical shows and concerts which combine comedy, music, and technology to produce a totally unique form of entertainment. The New York Times heralds the show as "One of the most delightful performance pieces ever staged." E! Entertainment News exclaims, "Blue Man Group is what every live performance aspires to be." The Baltimore Sun raves, "Blue Man Group packs a wallop. It's a big, loud, funny, silly, visually arresting production!"

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Two Trains Running
Syracuse Stage
Timothy Bond, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

"Glorious storytelling...a penetrating revelation of a world hidden from view to those outside it." -- The New York Times

Timothy Bond's previous Syracuse productions from August Wilson's 20th-Century Cycle (Radio Golf, Fences, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) prove that this two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright is indeed the voice of a century. His dialogue soars with the music and power of operatic arias and his characters inspire great performances. In Two Trains Running, an optimistic ex-con enters the insular confines of Memphis Lee's diner and awakens a cast of older and skeptical characters to the possibilities of a new era. Set in the turbulence of 1969, a time much like today, Two Trains Running is one of the most humorous and politically potent of Wilson's plays.

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Monday, February 4, 2013

Agents of Expression
LeMoyne College

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

The sculptures and assemblages of Sharon BuMann and Gail V. Hoffman.

Sacred Paradox: Photography by Willson Cummer
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Photographs by local artist Willson Cummer focus on exploring humanity's place in the environment. This group of photographs depicts images of Onondaga Lake and its tributaries, taken from a canoe and from the shore. The exhibit title, Sacred Paradox, refers to the conflicting reality of Onondaga Lake -- it is both a Superfund cleanup site and a holy lake for the nearby Onondaga Indian Nation.

CNY Scholastic Arts Awards Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

A mixed media exhibit featuring award-winning work from high school students across Central New York.
The Scholastic Art Awards recognize nearly 30,000 teen artists and writers. One thousand of these artists receive national awards. Each piece is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Neil Chowdhury Gallery Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Artist Neil Chowdhury will showcase two photographic series exploring Indian heritage and culture. Chowdhury's body of work depicts laborers and vendors eking out a living on the street of India's biggest city.

Skin Contention: Works by Olivia Morrow
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Olivia Morrow presents her first solo show, a series of sculptural forms accompanied by video, reflecting on issues of femininity and sexuality. The artist is a recent SU graduate in sculpture from VPA's Department of Art.

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.

Falling Back to Find the Future
Westcott Community Art Gallery

Price: Free
Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

Works by Kathryn Burke Petrillo.

2012 Light Work Grants Exhibit
Light Work Gallery

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

Featuring works by Dennis Krukowski, Tice Lerner, and Sayler/Morris.

Adam Magyar: Kontinuum
Light Work Gallery

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

Hungarian artist Adam Magyar has been receiving international attention with art that explore concept of urban life. Magyar depicts the synergies of people, the cities they inhabit, and the technological support structures created to facilitate urban life. He explores the flow of time and life through multiple photography and video-based series, three of which will be presented in Syracuse.

Magyar uses unconventional devices, like an industrial machine-vision camera that relies on scanning technology. Utilizing software and drivers which he programs himself, Magyar creates constructed images that capture moments in time and place that can neither be seen with the bare eye nor conventional optical cameras. The beautiful images combine the aesthetics of classic photography with a technology that redefines our understanding of linear time and singular space in a perfect blend of science and art. In his works, Magyar scrutinizes the transience of life and man's inherent urge to leave some trace behind.

Within: Cast Resin Sculpture by Arlene Abend
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Artist statement: "The cast resin works of 'Within' represent both mystery and metaphor. The use of clear resin and lost wax surfaces allows me to capture, reflect and diffract light to create a constantly changing vision. The surfaces of the sculpture act as a mirror or prism and offer the contrast of surprise yet familiarity. I find a strong connection between the material and myself. Time disappears. There is a kind of magic that takes place during the act of creating art."

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Angels on the Border
La Casita Cultural Center

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

"Angels on the Border" is an exhibition of religious paintings commissioned by Mexican immigrants from 1912 to 1996.

Retablos are Mexican folk paintings, usually created on small pieces of tin, offered as votives to the Christ and the Virgin Mary in gratitude for a miracle granted or a favor received. Made by professional retablo artists, immigrant relatives or the immigrants themselves, the artwork is posted on walls inside Catholic churches in Mexico.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Agents of Expression
LeMoyne College

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

The sculptures and assemblages of Sharon BuMann and Gail V. Hoffman.

Sacred Paradox: Photography by Willson Cummer
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Photographs by local artist Willson Cummer focus on exploring humanity's place in the environment. This group of photographs depicts images of Onondaga Lake and its tributaries, taken from a canoe and from the shore. The exhibit title, Sacred Paradox, refers to the conflicting reality of Onondaga Lake -- it is both a Superfund cleanup site and a holy lake for the nearby Onondaga Indian Nation.

CNY Scholastic Arts Awards Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

A mixed media exhibit featuring award-winning work from high school students across Central New York.
The Scholastic Art Awards recognize nearly 30,000 teen artists and writers. One thousand of these artists receive national awards. Each piece is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Neil Chowdhury Gallery Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Artist Neil Chowdhury will showcase two photographic series exploring Indian heritage and culture. Chowdhury's body of work depicts laborers and vendors eking out a living on the street of India's biggest city.

Skin Contention: Works by Olivia Morrow
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Olivia Morrow presents her first solo show, a series of sculptural forms accompanied by video, reflecting on issues of femininity and sexuality. The artist is a recent SU graduate in sculpture from VPA's Department of Art.

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.

Falling Back to Find the Future
Westcott Community Art Gallery

Price: Free
Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

Works by Kathryn Burke Petrillo.

Collage/Assemblage
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Collage works of Michael Sickler and Roy Simmons Jr.
Assemblage 3D pieces and jewelry of Linda Esterley

Stone Canoe Exhibit
Community Folk Art Center

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

The Stone Canoe annual exhibition, in tandem with the launch of the 2013 issue of Stone Canoe Journal, will feature the work of 29 artists, some emerging and some well-established, with connections to the Upstate New York region. The show is curated by Amy Cheng, professor of art at SUNY New Paltz and visual arts editor for Stone Canoe 7. Stone Canoe, an award-winning journal of arts, literature and social commentary, is published each January by University College of Syracuse University.

2012 Light Work Grants Exhibit
Light Work Gallery

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

Featuring works by Dennis Krukowski, Tice Lerner, and Sayler/Morris.

Adam Magyar: Kontinuum
Light Work Gallery

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

Hungarian artist Adam Magyar has been receiving international attention with art that explore concept of urban life. Magyar depicts the synergies of people, the cities they inhabit, and the technological support structures created to facilitate urban life. He explores the flow of time and life through multiple photography and video-based series, three of which will be presented in Syracuse.

Magyar uses unconventional devices, like an industrial machine-vision camera that relies on scanning technology. Utilizing software and drivers which he programs himself, Magyar creates constructed images that capture moments in time and place that can neither be seen with the bare eye nor conventional optical cameras. The beautiful images combine the aesthetics of classic photography with a technology that redefines our understanding of linear time and singular space in a perfect blend of science and art. In his works, Magyar scrutinizes the transience of life and man's inherent urge to leave some trace behind.

Within: Cast Resin Sculpture by Arlene Abend
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Artist statement: "The cast resin works of 'Within' represent both mystery and metaphor. The use of clear resin and lost wax surfaces allows me to capture, reflect and diffract light to create a constantly changing vision. The surfaces of the sculpture act as a mirror or prism and offer the contrast of surprise yet familiarity. I find a strong connection between the material and myself. Time disappears. There is a kind of magic that takes place during the act of creating art."

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Neil Welliver Prints
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Neil Welliver Prints is an exhibition of over 60 examples of the artist's woodcuts, etchings, lithographs, and screen prints. Welliver was regarded as one of the preeminent American landscape painters of the 20th century and from the late 1970s to his death in 2005 he considered printmaking an integral part of his artistic activity. Neil Welliver Prints provides an overview of the artist's prolific graphic career, assembling signature wildlife and landscape impressions from over 30 years. Welliver's compelling, larger-than-life paintings of Maine's natural landscape often became series of intimate woodcuts using traditional Japanese methods in collaboration with the noted printmaker Shigemitsu Tsukaguchi. All of the works are on loan from the Alexandre Gallery, New York City, which represented Welliver for years.

Nouveau Risqué: A Perspective on Women and Progress
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Nouveau Risqué: A Perspective on Women and Progress" is an exhibition that investigates the impact that work, recreational activities, and independent living had on women during the turn of the 19th to 20th century. The exhibition will feature more than 70 original objects, including color lithography posters from the Arts and Crafts movement, accompanied by examples of furniture, lamps, vases, clothing and other accessories.

The guest curators for this exhibition are graduate students enrolled in the Syracuse University Museum Studies Advanced Curatorship class, under the guidance of Professor Edward Aiken. The works in the exhibition are drawn from a variety of Central New York lenders, including the SU Art Collection, The Stickley Museum, Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection and Research Center, Dalton's American Decorative Arts, the Cortland County Historical Society, and Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center.

Strange Tongue
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In her first solo exhibition at the Everson, Yvonne Buchanan presents a sound installation entitled Strange Tongue, a contemporary altered version of a well-known American gospel song by Mahalia Jackson. All associations to the lyrics have been excised, leaving a wordless voice, emphasizing the expression of sorrow and hope. The audio track can be accessed by dialing (315) 703-3063 and pressing 13.

Angels on the Border
La Casita Cultural Center

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

"Angels on the Border" is an exhibition of religious paintings commissioned by Mexican immigrants from 1912 to 1996.

Retablos are Mexican folk paintings, usually created on small pieces of tin, offered as votives to the Christ and the Virgin Mary in gratitude for a miracle granted or a favor received. Made by professional retablo artists, immigrant relatives or the immigrants themselves, the artwork is posted on walls inside Catholic churches in Mexico.

ecoarttech: wilderness 24/7
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"ecoarttech: wilderness 24/7" is the first solo exhibition in New York by Rochester-based artist duo Leila Nadir and Cary Peppermint. The exhibition, which will be presented in the Main Gallery as well as the Windows Project, explores the context of an urban campsite that is also a participatory lab for Central New York hikers exploring Syracuse's immediate neighborhood. Curated by Anja Chávez, Curator of Contemporary Art, the exhibition expands traditional gallery practice by focusing on today's environmental issues and the arts, inviting the spectators to participate and incorporating their feedback into the artwork.

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Design and Dialog
Syracuse University School of Architecture
Featuring Wowo Ding, Dean of Nanjing University School of Architecture

Price: Free
Slocum Hall Auditorium
Syracuse University campus, Syracuse

Musical Impressions
Temple Society of Concord
Silverwood Clarinet Choir

Temple Society of Concord
910 Madison St., Syracuse

World premiere of Silverwood by English composer Luke Whitlock, plus Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso, Op.3 No. 11 (1711), "Jupiter" from The Planets (1916) by Gustav Holst, Sextet for Clarinets (1974) by internationally-known New York composer Dick Hyman, Blue, Sweet & Swing (1998) by Belgian composer Roland Cardon, and many other well-known favorites.

40 Fingers (Piano)
LeMoyne College

Price: $20 regular, $15 seniors, $5 students
Panasci Family Chapel
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Join pianists Kathleen Haddock, Amy Heyman, Steve Heyman, and Ida Trebicka for an evening featuring the works of Bach, Sousa, Smetena and a premiere by Le Moyne College faculty member Edward Ruchalski.

For more information, call 315-445-4523.

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Agents of Expression
LeMoyne College

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

The sculptures and assemblages of Sharon BuMann and Gail V. Hoffman.

Sacred Paradox: Photography by Willson Cummer
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Photographs by local artist Willson Cummer focus on exploring humanity's place in the environment. This group of photographs depicts images of Onondaga Lake and its tributaries, taken from a canoe and from the shore. The exhibit title, Sacred Paradox, refers to the conflicting reality of Onondaga Lake -- it is both a Superfund cleanup site and a holy lake for the nearby Onondaga Indian Nation.

CNY Scholastic Arts Awards Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

A mixed media exhibit featuring award-winning work from high school students across Central New York.
The Scholastic Art Awards recognize nearly 30,000 teen artists and writers. One thousand of these artists receive national awards. Each piece is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Neil Chowdhury Gallery Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Artist Neil Chowdhury will showcase two photographic series exploring Indian heritage and culture. Chowdhury's body of work depicts laborers and vendors eking out a living on the street of India's biggest city.

Skin Contention: Works by Olivia Morrow
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Olivia Morrow presents her first solo show, a series of sculptural forms accompanied by video, reflecting on issues of femininity and sexuality. The artist is a recent SU graduate in sculpture from VPA's Department of Art.

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.

Falling Back to Find the Future
Westcott Community Art Gallery

Price: Free
Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

Works by Kathryn Burke Petrillo.

Collage/Assemblage
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Collage works of Michael Sickler and Roy Simmons Jr.
Assemblage 3D pieces and jewelry of Linda Esterley

Stone Canoe Exhibit
Community Folk Art Center

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

The Stone Canoe annual exhibition, in tandem with the launch of the 2013 issue of Stone Canoe Journal, will feature the work of 29 artists, some emerging and some well-established, with connections to the Upstate New York region. The show is curated by Amy Cheng, professor of art at SUNY New Paltz and visual arts editor for Stone Canoe 7. Stone Canoe, an award-winning journal of arts, literature and social commentary, is published each January by University College of Syracuse University.

2012 Light Work Grants Exhibit
Light Work Gallery

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

Featuring works by Dennis Krukowski, Tice Lerner, and Sayler/Morris.

Adam Magyar: Kontinuum
Light Work Gallery

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

Hungarian artist Adam Magyar has been receiving international attention with art that explore concept of urban life. Magyar depicts the synergies of people, the cities they inhabit, and the technological support structures created to facilitate urban life. He explores the flow of time and life through multiple photography and video-based series, three of which will be presented in Syracuse.

Magyar uses unconventional devices, like an industrial machine-vision camera that relies on scanning technology. Utilizing software and drivers which he programs himself, Magyar creates constructed images that capture moments in time and place that can neither be seen with the bare eye nor conventional optical cameras. The beautiful images combine the aesthetics of classic photography with a technology that redefines our understanding of linear time and singular space in a perfect blend of science and art. In his works, Magyar scrutinizes the transience of life and man's inherent urge to leave some trace behind.

Sight Unseen: Stereographs from the OHA Collection, 1850-1930
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Since OHA's inception, it has amassed a collection of over 2,000 stereographs, or stereo views, of Onondaga County and beyond. Archived in the research holdings, these 3-D photographs have never before been exhibited. Guest curator Colleen Woolpert offers an overview of the collection, providing insight into the little known history of stereo photography while taking us back into the past with the aid of exhibition stereoscopes. The exhibit includes Syracuse views taken by local photographers as well as nationally-marketed views, historic stereoscopes, books, and related 3-D ephemera. It also looks at the combined industries of photography, publishing, manufacturing and marketing that contributed to the enormous popularity of the stereograph.

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.

Within: Cast Resin Sculpture by Arlene Abend
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Artist statement: "The cast resin works of 'Within' represent both mystery and metaphor. The use of clear resin and lost wax surfaces allows me to capture, reflect and diffract light to create a constantly changing vision. The surfaces of the sculpture act as a mirror or prism and offer the contrast of surprise yet familiarity. I find a strong connection between the material and myself. Time disappears. There is a kind of magic that takes place during the act of creating art."

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Salon Style 2
Szozda Gallery

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

In a continuing "mix & match" mode, walls at Szozda Gallery in February will be enveloped in a salon-style exhibit of diverse works by a number of artists; however, this second rendering differs from the last in that works shown are mostly all new pieces created by those artists.

Among the works included in "Salon Style 2" are figurative oil paintings by Phil Parsons, Stephen Perrone, Cayetano Valenzuela, and John Fitzsimmons; pastel and mixed media paintings by Roscha Folger, media by Laura J. Wellner and Linda Esterley; works of societal commentaries expressed by Fred Wellner in his acrylic surrealistic series; archival fiber print photography by Barbara Conte-Gaugel; and more beautiful renderings of Central New York landscapes created by Rob Glisson's plein air painting and Bob Niedzwiecki's oils.

Nouveau Risqué: A Perspective on Women and Progress
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Nouveau Risqué: A Perspective on Women and Progress" is an exhibition that investigates the impact that work, recreational activities, and independent living had on women during the turn of the 19th to 20th century. The exhibition will feature more than 70 original objects, including color lithography posters from the Arts and Crafts movement, accompanied by examples of furniture, lamps, vases, clothing and other accessories.

The guest curators for this exhibition are graduate students enrolled in the Syracuse University Museum Studies Advanced Curatorship class, under the guidance of Professor Edward Aiken. The works in the exhibition are drawn from a variety of Central New York lenders, including the SU Art Collection, The Stickley Museum, Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection and Research Center, Dalton's American Decorative Arts, the Cortland County Historical Society, and Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center.

Neil Welliver Prints
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Neil Welliver Prints is an exhibition of over 60 examples of the artist's woodcuts, etchings, lithographs, and screen prints. Welliver was regarded as one of the preeminent American landscape painters of the 20th century and from the late 1970s to his death in 2005 he considered printmaking an integral part of his artistic activity. Neil Welliver Prints provides an overview of the artist's prolific graphic career, assembling signature wildlife and landscape impressions from over 30 years. Welliver's compelling, larger-than-life paintings of Maine's natural landscape often became series of intimate woodcuts using traditional Japanese methods in collaboration with the noted printmaker Shigemitsu Tsukaguchi. All of the works are on loan from the Alexandre Gallery, New York City, which represented Welliver for years.

Strange Tongue
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In her first solo exhibition at the Everson, Yvonne Buchanan presents a sound installation entitled Strange Tongue, a contemporary altered version of a well-known American gospel song by Mahalia Jackson. All associations to the lyrics have been excised, leaving a wordless voice, emphasizing the expression of sorrow and hope. The audio track can be accessed by dialing (315) 703-3063 and pressing 13.

Angels on the Border
La Casita Cultural Center

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

"Angels on the Border" is an exhibition of religious paintings commissioned by Mexican immigrants from 1912 to 1996.

Retablos are Mexican folk paintings, usually created on small pieces of tin, offered as votives to the Christ and the Virgin Mary in gratitude for a miracle granted or a favor received. Made by professional retablo artists, immigrant relatives or the immigrants themselves, the artwork is posted on walls inside Catholic churches in Mexico.

ecoarttech: wilderness 24/7
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"ecoarttech: wilderness 24/7" is the first solo exhibition in New York by Rochester-based artist duo Leila Nadir and Cary Peppermint. The exhibition, which will be presented in the Main Gallery as well as the Windows Project, explores the context of an urban campsite that is also a participatory lab for Central New York hikers exploring Syracuse's immediate neighborhood. Curated by Anja Chávez, Curator of Contemporary Art, the exhibition expands traditional gallery practice by focusing on today's environmental issues and the arts, inviting the spectators to participate and incorporating their feedback into the artwork.

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Synchronized Mélange
XL Projects

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

"Synchronized Mélange" features a variety of works from international graduate students from across the Departments of Art and Transmedia. The show is co-organized by Stephen Zaima, VPA associate dean of global academic programs and initiatives and a professor of painting in the Department of Art, and Alex Mendez, assistant professor in the Department of Transmedia.

For more information, contact Andrew Havenhand.

Significant Souls: Paintings by Patrick Fiore
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Utica-native Patrick Fiore has created a series of 34 paintings inspired by Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States 1492-Present, which will be on exhibit.

Patrick does not conceal his intention. He wants, by putting the people and events of the People's History into graphic, startling form, to draw attention to the history of our nation, to the stories omitted, the heroes of dissent missing from the pages of the textbooks. He wants to reach people by his paintings and to inspire them to think for themselves about our society, to tell them about the way people through the centuries have behaved with compassion and kindness, against all odds, have thought for themselves, have organized and agitated, and refused obedience to laws and practices that offend common decency.

This exhibition is presented in partnership with the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation.

Caribbean Cinematic Festival: What My Mother Told Me
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free (donations accepted)
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

What My Mother Told Me is a dramatic journey towards self discovery. The story focuses on Jesse, a young woman from England, who goes to Trinidad to bury her father. Reluctantly, she agrees to meet her mother, whom she thought had abandoned her when she was a child. Her mother tells her stories, revealing a troubled and violent marriage, and Jesse is forced to face the truth about her past. Director by Frances-Anne Solomon. (England, 1995, drama, 57 minutes)

The film will be preceded at 6:00 pm by a table talk session with Director and Producer Frances-Anne Solomon, led by Prof. Cecilia Green. A reception will follow the screening.

Toys From the Collection
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Featured in this eclectic display are the bookshelf, counter, calliope, and international doll collection from The Magic Toy Shop, Syracuse's local children's TV show from the 1950s through 1980s. Visitors to the exhibit will also see hand-carved trains and boats, Punch & Judy marionettes, Victorian dolls, 1950s board games, and many other vintage toys, some made in central New York. The exhibit also includes historic photos of downtown Syracuse, and boxes from bygone stores such as Chappell's, Dey Bros., Flah's, Madame Netter, and E. W. Edwards.

Lunchtime Lecture: Neil Welliver Prints
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

SUArt Galleries Assistant Director Andrew Saluti will give a gallery tour of the current exhibition Neil Welliver Prints.

Andrew Zaplatynsky, violin; Timothy Schmidt, guitar
Civic Morning Musicals

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

Program of 17th- and 18th-century duos for violin and guitar.

SU Wind Ensemble
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music
Featuring Liverpool High School Symphonic Band

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

The SU Wind Ensemble, Bradley Ethington and Justin Mertz, conductors, opens the 2013 season with a joint concert with the Liverpool High School Symphonic Band, Joseph Filio, conductor.

Liverpool High School Symphonic Band
Ron Nelson Resonances I
Larry Daehn With Quiet Courage
Adam F. Brennan Tenebrae

Syracuse University Wind Ensemble
Richard Strauss Feierlicher Einzug
David Dzubay Ra!
Frank Ticheli Rest
Mendelssohn Concerto
Percy Grainger Shepherd's Hey

Combined Bands
Tchaikovsky Dance of the Jesters

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.

Two Trains Running
Syracuse Stage
Timothy Bond, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

"Glorious storytelling...a penetrating revelation of a world hidden from view to those outside it." -- The New York Times

Timothy Bond's previous Syracuse productions from August Wilson's 20th-Century Cycle (Radio Golf, Fences, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) prove that this two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright is indeed the voice of a century. His dialogue soars with the music and power of operatic arias and his characters inspire great performances. In Two Trains Running, an optimistic ex-con enters the insular confines of Memphis Lee's diner and awakens a cast of older and skeptical characters to the possibilities of a new era. Set in the turbulence of 1969, a time much like today, Two Trains Running is one of the most humorous and politically potent of Wilson's plays.

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Two Trains Running
Syracuse Stage
Timothy Bond, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

"Glorious storytelling...a penetrating revelation of a world hidden from view to those outside it." -- The New York Times

Timothy Bond's previous Syracuse productions from August Wilson's 20th-Century Cycle (Radio Golf, Fences, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) prove that this two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright is indeed the voice of a century. His dialogue soars with the music and power of operatic arias and his characters inspire great performances. In Two Trains Running, an optimistic ex-con enters the insular confines of Memphis Lee's diner and awakens a cast of older and skeptical characters to the possibilities of a new era. Set in the turbulence of 1969, a time much like today, Two Trains Running is one of the most humorous and politically potent of Wilson's plays.

Read a Review!

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Important Persons Project
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

There will be an artists' reception this evening 6:00-8:00 pm, with food and entertainment from student musicians Chelsea Hemming & Shaughnessy Jones.

Students from Henniger High School are exhibiting their own "Significant Souls" artwork in our gallery windows. The work was done by the art students of Ms. Lizzio in a workshop conducted by visiting artist Gail Hoffman. The work will be on view throughout the Significant Souls exhibition.

Juan A. Cruz Mini Retrospective
601 Tully

601 Tully St.
Syracuse

Juan A. Cruz's "Mini Retrospective of the '80s, '90s and '00s," takes a look at the artist's journeys to Spain, Mexico, Central America and Cuba. The works reflect his search for his past and an understanding of where tribal and modern worlds meet.

Cruz is the artist-in-residence of the Near West Side Initiative, an urban revitalization program in the Near Westside neighborhood in Syracuse. Cruz lives and works in his "Patch-Up Studio" hoping to provide a community place for children and adults to learn art.

Cruz's work has shown extensively in Upstate New York, California, and Puerto Rico and some are now in the collections of the Everson Museum of Art, the Gifford Foundation, and the Cayuga Museum of History and Art in Upstate New York.

Agents of Expression
LeMoyne College

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

The sculptures and assemblages of Sharon BuMann and Gail V. Hoffman.

Sacred Paradox: Photography by Willson Cummer
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Photographs by local artist Willson Cummer focus on exploring humanity's place in the environment. This group of photographs depicts images of Onondaga Lake and its tributaries, taken from a canoe and from the shore. The exhibit title, Sacred Paradox, refers to the conflicting reality of Onondaga Lake -- it is both a Superfund cleanup site and a holy lake for the nearby Onondaga Indian Nation.

CNY Scholastic Arts Awards Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

A mixed media exhibit featuring award-winning work from high school students across Central New York.
The Scholastic Art Awards recognize nearly 30,000 teen artists and writers. One thousand of these artists receive national awards. Each piece is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Neil Chowdhury Gallery Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Artist Neil Chowdhury will showcase two photographic series exploring Indian heritage and culture. Chowdhury's body of work depicts laborers and vendors eking out a living on the street of India's biggest city.

Skin Contention: Works by Olivia Morrow
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Olivia Morrow presents her first solo show, a series of sculptural forms accompanied by video, reflecting on issues of femininity and sexuality. The artist is a recent SU graduate in sculpture from VPA's Department of Art.

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.

Falling Back to Find the Future
Westcott Community Art Gallery

Price: Free
Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

Works by Kathryn Burke Petrillo.

Collage/Assemblage
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Collage works of Michael Sickler and Roy Simmons Jr.
Assemblage 3D pieces and jewelry of Linda Esterley

Stone Canoe Exhibit
Community Folk Art Center

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

The Stone Canoe annual exhibition, in tandem with the launch of the 2013 issue of Stone Canoe Journal, will feature the work of 29 artists, some emerging and some well-established, with connections to the Upstate New York region. The show is curated by Amy Cheng, professor of art at SUNY New Paltz and visual arts editor for Stone Canoe 7. Stone Canoe, an award-winning journal of arts, literature and social commentary, is published each January by University College of Syracuse University.

2012 Light Work Grants Exhibit
Light Work Gallery

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

Featuring works by Dennis Krukowski, Tice Lerner, and Sayler/Morris.

Adam Magyar: Kontinuum
Light Work Gallery

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

Hungarian artist Adam Magyar has been receiving international attention with art that explore concept of urban life. Magyar depicts the synergies of people, the cities they inhabit, and the technological support structures created to facilitate urban life. He explores the flow of time and life through multiple photography and video-based series, three of which will be presented in Syracuse.

Magyar uses unconventional devices, like an industrial machine-vision camera that relies on scanning technology. Utilizing software and drivers which he programs himself, Magyar creates constructed images that capture moments in time and place that can neither be seen with the bare eye nor conventional optical cameras. The beautiful images combine the aesthetics of classic photography with a technology that redefines our understanding of linear time and singular space in a perfect blend of science and art. In his works, Magyar scrutinizes the transience of life and man's inherent urge to leave some trace behind.

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.

Sight Unseen: Stereographs from the OHA Collection, 1850-1930
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Since OHA's inception, it has amassed a collection of over 2,000 stereographs, or stereo views, of Onondaga County and beyond. Archived in the research holdings, these 3-D photographs have never before been exhibited. Guest curator Colleen Woolpert offers an overview of the collection, providing insight into the little known history of stereo photography while taking us back into the past with the aid of exhibition stereoscopes. The exhibit includes Syracuse views taken by local photographers as well as nationally-marketed views, historic stereoscopes, books, and related 3-D ephemera. It also looks at the combined industries of photography, publishing, manufacturing and marketing that contributed to the enormous popularity of the stereograph.

Within: Cast Resin Sculpture by Arlene Abend
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Artist statement: "The cast resin works of 'Within' represent both mystery and metaphor. The use of clear resin and lost wax surfaces allows me to capture, reflect and diffract light to create a constantly changing vision. The surfaces of the sculpture act as a mirror or prism and offer the contrast of surprise yet familiarity. I find a strong connection between the material and myself. Time disappears. There is a kind of magic that takes place during the act of creating art."

Read a review!

Salon Style 2
Szozda Gallery

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

In a continuing "mix & match" mode, walls at Szozda Gallery in February will be enveloped in a salon-style exhibit of diverse works by a number of artists; however, this second rendering differs from the last in that works shown are mostly all new pieces created by those artists.

Among the works included in "Salon Style 2" are figurative oil paintings by Phil Parsons, Stephen Perrone, Cayetano Valenzuela, and John Fitzsimmons; pastel and mixed media paintings by Roscha Folger, media by Laura J. Wellner and Linda Esterley; works of societal commentaries expressed by Fred Wellner in his acrylic surrealistic series; archival fiber print photography by Barbara Conte-Gaugel; and more beautiful renderings of Central New York landscapes created by Rob Glisson's plein air painting and Bob Niedzwiecki's oils.

The Connective Thread: Wearable to Sculptural Fibers
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"The Connective Thread" aims to bring together wearable and sculptural fiber artists who incorporate a range of different techniques into their artwork. Ultimately, goal of the exhibition is to allow the audience to appreciate the almost limitless possibilities of the medium. Participating artists include Kathy Barry, Sharon Bottle-Souva, Lauren Bristol, Mary Giehl, Jean Henry, Maggy Rozycki Hiltner, Nancy Kramer, Laurel Moranz, Rebecca Mushtare, Jen Pepper, Sarah Saulson, Kim Waale, and Davana Wilkins.

Neil Welliver Prints
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Neil Welliver Prints is an exhibition of over 60 examples of the artist's woodcuts, etchings, lithographs, and screen prints. Welliver was regarded as one of the preeminent American landscape painters of the 20th century and from the late 1970s to his death in 2005 he considered printmaking an integral part of his artistic activity. Neil Welliver Prints provides an overview of the artist's prolific graphic career, assembling signature wildlife and landscape impressions from over 30 years. Welliver's compelling, larger-than-life paintings of Maine's natural landscape often became series of intimate woodcuts using traditional Japanese methods in collaboration with the noted printmaker Shigemitsu Tsukaguchi. All of the works are on loan from the Alexandre Gallery, New York City, which represented Welliver for years.

Nouveau Risqué: A Perspective on Women and Progress
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Nouveau Risqué: A Perspective on Women and Progress" is an exhibition that investigates the impact that work, recreational activities, and independent living had on women during the turn of the 19th to 20th century. The exhibition will feature more than 70 original objects, including color lithography posters from the Arts and Crafts movement, accompanied by examples of furniture, lamps, vases, clothing and other accessories.

The guest curators for this exhibition are graduate students enrolled in the Syracuse University Museum Studies Advanced Curatorship class, under the guidance of Professor Edward Aiken. The works in the exhibition are drawn from a variety of Central New York lenders, including the SU Art Collection, The Stickley Museum, Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection and Research Center, Dalton's American Decorative Arts, the Cortland County Historical Society, and Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center.

Strange Tongue
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In her first solo exhibition at the Everson, Yvonne Buchanan presents a sound installation entitled Strange Tongue, a contemporary altered version of a well-known American gospel song by Mahalia Jackson. All associations to the lyrics have been excised, leaving a wordless voice, emphasizing the expression of sorrow and hope. The audio track can be accessed by dialing (315) 703-3063 and pressing 13.

Angels on the Border
La Casita Cultural Center

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

"Angels on the Border" is an exhibition of religious paintings commissioned by Mexican immigrants from 1912 to 1996.

Retablos are Mexican folk paintings, usually created on small pieces of tin, offered as votives to the Christ and the Virgin Mary in gratitude for a miracle granted or a favor received. Made by professional retablo artists, immigrant relatives or the immigrants themselves, the artwork is posted on walls inside Catholic churches in Mexico.

ecoarttech: wilderness 24/7
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"ecoarttech: wilderness 24/7" is the first solo exhibition in New York by Rochester-based artist duo Leila Nadir and Cary Peppermint. The exhibition, which will be presented in the Main Gallery as well as the Windows Project, explores the context of an urban campsite that is also a participatory lab for Central New York hikers exploring Syracuse's immediate neighborhood. Curated by Anja Chávez, Curator of Contemporary Art, the exhibition expands traditional gallery practice by focusing on today's environmental issues and the arts, inviting the spectators to participate and incorporating their feedback into the artwork.

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Synchronized Mélange
XL Projects

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

"Synchronized Mélange" features a variety of works from international graduate students from across the Departments of Art and Transmedia. The show is co-organized by Stephen Zaima, VPA associate dean of global academic programs and initiatives and a professor of painting in the Department of Art, and Alex Mendez, assistant professor in the Department of Transmedia.

For more information, contact Andrew Havenhand.

Significant Souls: Paintings by Patrick Fiore
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Utica-native Patrick Fiore has created a series of 34 paintings inspired by Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States 1492-Present, which will be on exhibit.

Patrick does not conceal his intention. He wants, by putting the people and events of the People's History into graphic, startling form, to draw attention to the history of our nation, to the stories omitted, the heroes of dissent missing from the pages of the textbooks. He wants to reach people by his paintings and to inspire them to think for themselves about our society, to tell them about the way people through the centuries have behaved with compassion and kindness, against all odds, have thought for themselves, have organized and agitated, and refused obedience to laws and practices that offend common decency.

This exhibition is presented in partnership with the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation.

Caribbean Cinematic Festival: Photovoice Exhibition, "Our Community, Our Vision, Our Voices"
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free (donations accepted)
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Exhibition followed by talk and book signing of A Place We Call Home: Gender, Race, and Justice in Syracuse (Syracuse University Press, Fall 2012) by Prof. Kishi Animashaun Ducre

Toys From the Collection
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Featured in this eclectic display are the bookshelf, counter, calliope, and international doll collection from The Magic Toy Shop, Syracuse's local children's TV show from the 1950s through 1980s. Visitors to the exhibit will also see hand-carved trains and boats, Punch & Judy marionettes, Victorian dolls, 1950s board games, and many other vintage toys, some made in central New York. The exhibit also includes historic photos of downtown Syracuse, and boxes from bygone stores such as Chappell's, Dey Bros., Flah's, Madame Netter, and E. W. Edwards.

Montana Smith and the Curse of the Golden Crocodile
Acme Mystery Company

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

Montana Smith has snatched the Golden Crocodile of the Amazon from its South American home. Now it's about to be unveiled at the Municipal Museum of Natural History, but everyone's been acting rather strangely. Could it be the dreaded Curse of the Golden Crocodile? Hmm? Join us for the gala event of the season to find out (but don't turn your back on the museum staff).

Two Trains Running
Syracuse Stage
Timothy Bond, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

"Glorious storytelling...a penetrating revelation of a world hidden from view to those outside it." -- The New York Times

Timothy Bond's previous Syracuse productions from August Wilson's 20th-Century Cycle (Radio Golf, Fences, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) prove that this two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright is indeed the voice of a century. His dialogue soars with the music and power of operatic arias and his characters inspire great performances. In Two Trains Running, an optimistic ex-con enters the insular confines of Memphis Lee's diner and awakens a cast of older and skeptical characters to the possibilities of a new era. Set in the turbulence of 1969, a time much like today, Two Trains Running is one of the most humorous and politically potent of Wilson's plays.

Read a Review!

Friday, February 8, 2013

Important Persons Project
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Students from Henniger High School are exhibiting their own "Significant Souls" artwork in our gallery windows. The work was done by the art students of Ms. Lizzio in a workshop conducted by visiting artist Gail Hoffman. The work will be on view throughout the Significant Souls exhibition.

Juan A. Cruz Mini Retrospective
601 Tully

601 Tully St.
Syracuse

Juan A. Cruz's "Mini Retrospective of the '80s, '90s and '00s," takes a look at the artist's journeys to Spain, Mexico, Central America and Cuba. The works reflect his search for his past and an understanding of where tribal and modern worlds meet.

Cruz is the artist-in-residence of the Near West Side Initiative, an urban revitalization program in the Near Westside neighborhood in Syracuse. Cruz lives and works in his "Patch-Up Studio" hoping to provide a community place for children and adults to learn art.

Cruz's work has shown extensively in Upstate New York, California, and Puerto Rico and some are now in the collections of the Everson Museum of Art, the Gifford Foundation, and the Cayuga Museum of History and Art in Upstate New York.

Agents of Expression
LeMoyne College

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

The sculptures and assemblages of Sharon BuMann and Gail V. Hoffman.

Sacred Paradox: Photography by Willson Cummer
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Photographs by local artist Willson Cummer focus on exploring humanity's place in the environment. This group of photographs depicts images of Onondaga Lake and its tributaries, taken from a canoe and from the shore. The exhibit title, Sacred Paradox, refers to the conflicting reality of Onondaga Lake -- it is both a Superfund cleanup site and a holy lake for the nearby Onondaga Indian Nation.

CNY Scholastic Arts Awards Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

A mixed media exhibit featuring award-winning work from high school students across Central New York.
The Scholastic Art Awards recognize nearly 30,000 teen artists and writers. One thousand of these artists receive national awards. Each piece is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Neil Chowdhury Gallery Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Artist Neil Chowdhury will showcase two photographic series exploring Indian heritage and culture. Chowdhury's body of work depicts laborers and vendors eking out a living on the street of India's biggest city.

Skin Contention: Works by Olivia Morrow
Point of Contact Gallery

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

Olivia Morrow presents her first solo show, a series of sculptural forms accompanied by video, reflecting on issues of femininity and sexuality. The artist is a recent SU graduate in sculpture from VPA's Department of Art.

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.

Falling Back to Find the Future
Westcott Community Art Gallery

Price: Free
Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

Works by Kathryn Burke Petrillo.

Collage/Assemblage
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Collage works of Michael Sickler and Roy Simmons Jr.
Assemblage 3D pieces and jewelry of Linda Esterley

Stone Canoe Exhibit
Community Folk Art Center

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

The Stone Canoe annual exhibition, in tandem with the launch of the 2013 issue of Stone Canoe Journal, will feature the work of 29 artists, some emerging and some well-established, with connections to the Upstate New York region. The show is curated by Amy Cheng, professor of art at SUNY New Paltz and visual arts editor for Stone Canoe 7. Stone Canoe, an award-winning journal of arts, literature and social commentary, is published each January by University College of Syracuse University.

2012 Light Work Grants Exhibit
Light Work Gallery

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

Featuring works by Dennis Krukowski, Tice Lerner, and Sayler/Morris.

Adam Magyar: Kontinuum
Light Work Gallery

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

Hungarian artist Adam Magyar has been receiving international attention with art that explore concept of urban life. Magyar depicts the synergies of people, the cities they inhabit, and the technological support structures created to facilitate urban life. He explores the flow of time and life through multiple photography and video-based series, three of which will be presented in Syracuse.

Magyar uses unconventional devices, like an industrial machine-vision camera that relies on scanning technology. Utilizing software and drivers which he programs himself, Magyar creates constructed images that capture moments in time and place that can neither be seen with the bare eye nor conventional optical cameras. The beautiful images combine the aesthetics of classic photography with a technology that redefines our understanding of linear time and singular space in a perfect blend of science and art. In his works, Magyar scrutinizes the transience of life and man's inherent urge to leave some trace behind.

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.

Sight Unseen: Stereographs from the OHA Collection, 1850-1930
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Since OHA's inception, it has amassed a collection of over 2,000 stereographs, or stereo views, of Onondaga County and beyond. Archived in the research holdings, these 3-D photographs have never before been exhibited. Guest curator Colleen Woolpert offers an overview of the collection, providing insight into the little known history of stereo photography while taking us back into the past with the aid of exhibition stereoscopes. The exhibit includes Syracuse views taken by local photographers as well as nationally-marketed views, historic stereoscopes, books, and related 3-D ephemera. It also looks at the combined industries of photography, publishing, manufacturing and marketing that contributed to the enormous popularity of the stereograph.

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.

Within: Cast Resin Sculpture by Arlene Abend
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Artist statement: "The cast resin works of 'Within' represent both mystery and metaphor. The use of clear resin and lost wax surfaces allows me to capture, reflect and diffract light to create a constantly changing vision. The surfaces of the sculpture act as a mirror or prism and offer the contrast of surprise yet familiarity. I find a strong connection between the material and myself. Time disappears. There is a kind of magic that takes place during the act of creating art."

Read a review!

Salon Style 2
Szozda Gallery

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

NOTE: Due to weather, tonight's opening reception has bee rescheduled to Friday, 2/22.

In a continuing "mix & match" mode, walls at Szozda Gallery in February will be enveloped in a salon-style exhibit of diverse works by a number of artists; however, this second rendering differs from the last in that works shown are mostly all new pieces created by those artists.

Among the works included in "Salon Style 2" are figurative oil paintings by Phil Parsons, Stephen Perrone, Cayetano Valenzuela, and John Fitzsimmons; pastel and mixed media paintings by Roscha Folger, media by Laura J. Wellner and Linda Esterley; works of societal commentaries expressed by Fred Wellner in his acrylic surrealistic series; archival fiber print photography by Barbara Conte-Gaugel; and more beautiful renderings of Central New York landscapes created by Rob Glisson's plein air painting and Bob Niedzwiecki's oils.

The Connective Thread: Wearable to Sculptural Fibers
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"The Connective Thread" aims to bring together wearable and sculptural fiber artists who incorporate a range of different techniques into their artwork. Ultimately, goal of the exhibition is to allow the audience to appreciate the almost limitless possibilities of the medium. Participating artists include Kathy Barry, Sharon Bottle-Souva, Lauren Bristol, Mary Giehl, Jean Henry, Maggy Rozycki Hiltner, Nancy Kramer, Laurel Moranz, Rebecca Mushtare, Jen Pepper, Sarah Saulson, Kim Waale, and Davana Wilkins.

Nouveau Risqué: A Perspective on Women and Progress
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Nouveau Risqué: A Perspective on Women and Progress" is an exhibition that investigates the impact that work, recreational activities, and independent living had on women during the turn of the 19th to 20th century. The exhibition will feature more than 70 original objects, including color lithography posters from the Arts and Crafts movement, accompanied by examples of furniture, lamps, vases, clothing and other accessories.

The guest curators for this exhibition are graduate students enrolled in the Syracuse University Museum Studies Advanced Curatorship class, under the guidance of Professor Edward Aiken. The works in the exhibition are drawn from a variety of Central New York lenders, including the SU Art Collection, The Stickley Museum, Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection and Research Center, Dalton's American Decorative Arts, the Cortland County Historical Society, and Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center.

Neil Welliver Prints
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Neil Welliver Prints is an exhibition of over 60 examples of the artist's woodcuts, etchings, lithographs, and screen prints. Welliver was regarded as one of the preeminent American landscape painters of the 20th century and from the late 1970s to his death in 2005 he considered printmaking an integral part of his artistic activity. Neil Welliver Prints provides an overview of the artist's prolific graphic career, assembling signature wildlife and landscape impressions from over 30 years. Welliver's compelling, larger-than-life paintings of Maine's natural landscape often became series of intimate woodcuts using traditional Japanese methods in collaboration with the noted printmaker Shigemitsu Tsukaguchi. All of the works are on loan from the Alexandre Gallery, New York City, which represented Welliver for years.

Strange Tongue
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In her first solo exhibition at the Everson, Yvonne Buchanan presents a sound installation entitled Strange Tongue, a contemporary altered version of a well-known American gospel song by Mahalia Jackson. All associations to the lyrics have been excised, leaving a wordless voice, emphasizing the expression of sorrow and hope. The audio track can be accessed by dialing (315) 703-3063 and pressing 13.

Angels on the Border
La Casita Cultural Center

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

"Angels on the Border" is an exhibition of religious paintings commissioned by Mexican immigrants from 1912 to 1996.

Retablos are Mexican folk paintings, usually created on small pieces of tin, offered as votives to the Christ and the Virgin Mary in gratitude for a miracle granted or a favor received. Made by professional retablo artists, immigrant relatives or the immigrants themselves, the artwork is posted on walls inside Catholic churches in Mexico.

ecoarttech: wilderness 24/7
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

"ecoarttech: wilderness 24/7" is the first solo exhibition in New York by Rochester-based artist duo Leila Nadir and Cary Peppermint. The exhibition, which will be presented in the Main Gallery as well as the Windows Project, explores the context of an urban campsite that is also a participatory lab for Central New York hikers exploring Syracuse's immediate neighborhood. Curated by Anja Chávez, Curator of Contemporary Art, the exhibition expands traditional gallery practice by focusing on today's environmental issues and the arts, inviting the spectators to participate and incorporating their feedback into the artwork.

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Synchronized Mélange
XL Projects

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

"Synchronized Mélange" features a variety of works from international graduate students from across the Departments of Art and Transmedia. The show is co-organized by Stephen Zaima, VPA associate dean of global academic programs and initiatives and a professor of painting in the Department of Art, and Alex Mendez, assistant professor in the Department of Transmedia.

For more information, contact Andrew Havenhand.

The Design Impact of Robert Blaich
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

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

An exhibition showcasing the distinguished career of Robert Blaich and the importance and impact of his 60 years in the design field.

After earning a bachelor of fine arts degree in design from SU, Blaich worked for Herman Miller Inc., where he eventually became vice president of corporate design and communications. He went on to become senior managing director of design at Royal Philips Electronics in the Netherlands and established himself as an innovator in the industrial design field. In 1991, he founded his own company, Blaich Associates. He is a past member and chair of the board at Teague and a fellow of the Industrial Designers Society of America.

"The Design Impact of Robert Blaich" is curated, designed and installed by first-year graduate museum studies students in VPA. For more information, contact Bradley Hudson, exhibition facilitator, at bjhudson@syr.edu.

Significant Souls: Paintings by Patrick Fiore
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Utica-native Patrick Fiore has created a series of 34 paintings inspired by Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States 1492-Present, which will be on exhibit.

Patrick does not conceal his intention. He wants, by putting the people and events of the People's History into graphic, startling form, to draw attention to the history of our nation, to the stories omitted, the heroes of dissent missing from the pages of the textbooks. He wants to reach people by his paintings and to inspire them to think for themselves about our society, to tell them about the way people through the centuries have behaved with compassion and kindness, against all odds, have thought for themselves, have organized and agitated, and refused obedience to laws and practices that offend common decency.

This exhibition is presented in partnership with the Matilda Joslyn Gage Foundation.

*CANCELED* Caribbean Cinematic Festival: Calypso Rose: Lioness of the Jungle
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free (donations accepted)
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Due to weather, tonight's screening has been canceled.

This film chronicles the personal life journey of the uncontested diva of Calypso music, Calypso Rose. With more than 800 recorded songs, she continues to be a pioneer and champion of women's rights, as she travels the world making music. French-Cameroonian filmmaker Pascale Obolo spends four years with Calypso Rose as she travels to Paris, New York, Trinidad and Tobago, and to her ancestral home in Africa.

During the course of the film, we learn more about Calypso Rose in each place, and the many faces and facets of her life. The daughter of an illiterate Trinidadian fisherman, Calypso Rose was one of 10 children, who at the age of 9 was sent to live with relatives in Tobago. At 15 she wrote her first song and launched a career that took her to the top of the male-dominated calypso world. This creative film is not only about memory and the exchange and discovery of world cultures, but also about the journey of a remarkable woman, an Afro-Caribbean soul and an exemplary artist. Directed by Pascale Obolo (Trinidad & Tobago/France/US, 2011, 85 minutes, English, Subtitled (French))

Toys From the Collection
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Featured in this eclectic display are the bookshelf, counter, calliope, and international doll collection from The Magic Toy Shop, Syracuse's local children's TV show from the 1950s through 1980s. Visitors to the exhibit will also see hand-carved trains and boats, Punch & Judy marionettes, Victorian dolls, 1950s board games, and many other vintage toys, some made in central New York. The exhibit also includes historic photos of downtown Syracuse, and boxes from bygone stores such as Chappell's, Dey Bros., Flah's, Madame Netter, and E. W. Edwards.

Excelsior Cornet Band
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Storer Auditorium
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

*POSTPONED* Valentine Ball
Twist Cabaret Theatre

Price: $15 cover
Twist Ultra Lounge
252 W. Genesee St., Syracuse

Due to weather, this event has been rescheduled for Feb. 22.

Jazz, ballads, and swing. Come on out for some great vocal jazz and dancing with Josh Smith, Harry F. Lumb, Raymond Thielke, Josh Jones, Ceara Rose, Valerie McNickol-Aspinall, Erika Clement, and Melissa Gardiner.

*TAKING PLACE AS SCHEDULED* Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Syracuse Opera

Carrier Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

A tortured soul returns to London in search of the family he has lost. A master barber, he yields his sharpened razor with laudable precision as he surgically removes the obstacles in his way. Crafted by the brilliant Stephen Sondheim, your laughter will increase with every wince you make. The intimacy of our own Carrier Theater offers you the perfect seat for this touching fable. This night of musical drama will renew your faith in the human spirit -- and change your view of shepherd's pie -- for the rest of your life.

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*TAKING PLACE AS SCHEDULED* Caribbean Cinematic Festival: Spoken Word Theatrical Performance
Community Folk Art Center
Featuring Roger Bonair-Agard

Price: Free (donations accepted)
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Roger Bonair-Agard is a veteran spoken-word artist and two-time National Poetry Slam Champion.

*CANCELED* A Streetcar Named Desire
Central New York Playhouse
Patricia Catchouny, director

Price: $20
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

Due to weather, tonight's performance has been canceled.

The play reveals to the very depths the character of Blanche du Bois, a woman whose life has been undermined by her romantic illusions, which lead her to reject--so far as possible--the realities of life with which she is faced and which she consistently ignores. The pressure brought to bear upon her by her sister, with whom she goes to live in New Orleans, intensified by the earthy and extremely "normal" young husband of the latter, leads to a revelation of her tragic self-delusion and, in the end, to madness.

Starring Sara Caliva as Stella, Jordan Glaski as Stanley, and Jodie Baum as Blanche.

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*CANCELED* Two Trains Running
Syracuse Stage
Timothy Bond, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Tonight's performance is canceled due to weather.

"Glorious storytelling...a penetrating revelation of a world hidden from view to those outside it." -- The New York Times

Timothy Bond's previous Syracuse productions from August Wilson's 20th-Century Cycle (Radio Golf, Fences, and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom) prove that this two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright is indeed the voice of a century. His dialogue soars with the music and power of operatic arias and his characters inspire great performances. In Two Trains Running, an optimistic ex-con enters the insular confines of Memphis Lee's diner and awakens a cast of older and skeptical characters to the possibilities of a new era. Set in the turbulence of 1969, a time much like today, Two Trains Running is one of the most humorous and politically potent of Wilson's plays.

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Saturday, February 9, 2013

Important Persons Project
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Students from Henniger High School are exhibiting their own "Significant Souls" artwork in our gallery windows. The work was done by the art students of Ms. Lizzio in a workshop conducted by visiting artist Gail Hoffman. The work will be on view throughout the Significant Souls exhibition.

Juan A. Cruz Mini Retrospective
601 Tully

601 Tully St.
Syracuse

Juan A. Cruz's "Mini Retrospective of the '80s, '90s and '00s," takes a look at the artist's journeys to Spain, Mexico, Central America and Cuba. The works reflect his search for his past and an understanding of where tribal and modern worlds meet.

Cruz is the artist-in-residence of the Near West Side Initiative, an urban revitalization program in the Near Westside neighborhood in Syracuse. Cruz lives and works in his "Patch-Up Studio" hoping to provide a community place for children and adults to learn art.

Cruz's work has shown extensively in Upstate New York, California, and Puerto Rico and some are now in the collections of the Everson Museum of Art, the Gifford Foundation, and the Cayuga Museum of History and Art in Upstate New York.

Agents of Expression
LeMoyne College

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

The sculptures and assemblages of Sharon BuMann and Gail V. Hoffman.

CNY Scholastic Arts Awards Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

A mixed media exhibit featuring award-winning work from high school students across Central New York.
The Scholastic Art Awards recognize nearly 30,000 teen artists and writers. One thousand of these artists receive national awards. Each piece is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Sacred Paradox: Photography by Willson Cummer
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Photographs by local artist Willson Cummer focus on exploring humanity's place in the environment. This group of photographs depicts images of Onondaga Lake and its tributaries, taken from a canoe and from the shore. The exhibit title, Sacred Paradox, refers to the conflicting reality of Onondaga Lake -- it is both a Superfund cleanup site and a holy lake for the nearby Onondaga Indian Nation.

Collage/Assemblage
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Collage works of Michael Sickler and Roy Simmons Jr.
Assemblage 3D pieces and jewelry of Linda Esterley

Strange Tongue
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Suggested donation, $5, adults
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In her first solo exhibition at the Everson, Yvonne Buchanan presents a sound installation entitled Strange Tongue, a contemporary altered version of a well-known American gospel song by Mahalia Jackson. All associations to the lyrics have been excised, leaving a wordless voice, emphasizing the expression of sorrow and hope. The audio track can be accessed by dialing (315) 703-3063 and pressing 13.

Within: Cast Resin Sculpture by Arlene Abend
Redhouse

Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Artist statement: "The cast resin works of 'Within' represent both mystery and metaphor. The use of clear resin and lost wax surfaces allows me to capture, reflect and diffract light to create a constantly changing vision. The surfaces of the sculpture act as a mirror or prism and offer the contrast of surprise yet familiarity. I find a strong connection between the material and myself. Time disappears. There is a kind of magic that takes place during the act of creating art."

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Salon Style 2
Szozda Gallery

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

In a continuing "mix & match" mode, walls at Szozda Gallery in February will be enveloped in a salon-style exhibit of diverse works by a number of artists; however, this second rendering differs from the last in that works shown are mostly all new pieces created by those artists.

Among the works included in "Salon Style 2" are figurative oil paintings by Phil Parsons, Stephen Perrone, Cayetano Valenzuela, and John Fitzsimmons; pastel and mixed media paintings by Roscha Folger, media by Laura J. Wellner and Linda Esterley; works of societal commentaries expressed by Fred Wellner in his acrylic surrealistic series; archival fiber print photography by Barbara Conte-Gaugel; and more beautiful renderings of Central New York landscapes created by Rob Glisson's plein air painting and Bob Niedzwiecki's oils.

Stone Canoe Exhibit
Community Folk Art Center

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

The Stone Canoe annual exhibition, in tandem with the launch of the 2013 issue of Stone Canoe Journal, will feature the work of 29 artists, some emerging and some well-established, with connections to the Upstate New York region. The show is curated by Amy Cheng, professor of art at SUNY New Paltz and visual arts editor for Stone Canoe 7. Stone Canoe, an award-winning journal of arts, literature and social commentary, is published each January by University College of Syracuse University.

The Connective Thread: Wearable to Sculptural Fibers
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"The Connective Thread" aims to bring together wearable and sculptural fiber artists who incorporate a range of different techniques into their artwork. Ultimately, goal of the exhibition is to allow the audience to appreciate the almost limitless possibilities of the medium. Participating artists include Kathy Barry, Sharon Bottle-Souva, Lauren Bristol, Mary Giehl, Jean Henry, Maggy Rozycki Hiltner, Nancy Kramer, Laurel Moranz, Rebecca Mushtare, Jen Pepper, Sarah Saulson, Kim Waale, and Davana Wilkins.