Monday, August 19, 2013

Syracuse Poster Project
Onondaga County Central Library

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

16 poster prints from the 2013 Syracuse Poster Project will be on exhibit. The Poster Project brings together community p'ets and Syracuse University student artists to create an annual series of posters for the citys poster panels. Each of the 16 posters features an illustrated poem about downtown, the city, or the surrounding countryside.

Trois Soeurs d'Été (Three Sisters of Summer)
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Daphné Verley: ceramics
M Bénédicte Verley: photographs
Thérèse Verley Strodel: paintings

Mentors: 4 Influential Women Artists
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

Artist-in-Residence and Curator at The Tech Garden, Maria Rizzo is proud to present a group show that celebrates the art of four professional female artists who have greatly influenced Rizzo's young art career: Maria Grazia Facchinetti, Marianne Smith Dalton, Angela Arrey-Wastavino and Linda Bigness. All four of these women share a passion for the arts, strong talent and unyielding professionalism in reaching their goals. They each have a story to share and advice to give for other artists who want to dedicate their lives to the arts.

Ray Trudell Photography
The Art Store Gallery

Price: Free
The Art Store/Commercial Art Supply
935 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Ray is a lifelong local resident whom describes himself as a disgruntled union thug... a better description might be a man who thinks for himself, lives life to his own beat and in his own unique skewed style shows us the way he sees life, through the lens of his camera. He finds those peaceful refuges that are tucked in between the chaos and the hectic. Those bites of peace and nature that make living in Central New York worth all the rain, shoveling and construction!

i think i know you the best when I sleep
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

A collection of dreams and the people who made them matter, by Erin Fassinger.

Simple Pleasures: Watercolor and Acrylic Paintings by Kathleen Schneider
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Although some paintings are bold and others subtle, they all convey images pleasing to the soul.

The Craft of Wood
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

"The Craft of Wood" features one-of-a-kind dressers, tables, mirrors, jewelry boxes and clocks by Charlie and Deb DeMinck, of Vineyard View Woodworking.

The DeMincks work with such diverse woods as tiger maple, cherry, black walnut, quarter sawn oak, curly cherry, ambrosia maple, sycamore and ash, and use only environmentally friendly waterborne finishes. They recently took first-place honors in woodworking at the Corn Hill Arts Festival.

40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to announce its 40th Anniversary with the opening of the exhibition 40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection, featuring Carrie Mae Weems, Cindy Sherman, John Gossage, James Casebere, Jim Goldberg, Dawoud Bey, Fazal Sheikh, and Hank Willis Thomas, to name just a few.

Read a review!

Mixed Media Works by Don Meyer
Maxwell Memorial Library

Price: Free
Maxwell Memorial Library
14 Genesee St., Camillus

Line, color, and compositional experimentation are key words in painter Don Meyer's artist statement. A self-described gardener and "sometimes painter," the artist fills his canvases with mesmerizing shapes and colors. Meyer is a graduate of West Genesee High School and Emporia State and Kansas State universities

Mixed Media Works is a collection of small abstract works, mostly studies, in gouache with various media. As Meyer prefers that his viewers come to their own conclusions about the subjects represented, he displays no titles on the paintings.

The Art of Nicora Gangi
Dalton's

Dalton's American Decorative Arts
1931 James St., Syracuse

Nicora Gangi's work will resonate with those who appreciate her link to European art and her aesthetic kinship with the Hudson River School painters. Yet her oil paintings have a fresh, modern sensibility to which lovers of contemporary realism will surely respond.

The Other Guise
Liverpool is the Place

Price: Free
Johnson Park
Corner of Vine and Oswego Streets, Liverpool

Classic rock

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Syracuse Poster Project
Onondaga County Central Library

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

16 poster prints from the 2013 Syracuse Poster Project will be on exhibit. The Poster Project brings together community p'ets and Syracuse University student artists to create an annual series of posters for the citys poster panels. Each of the 16 posters features an illustrated poem about downtown, the city, or the surrounding countryside.

Trois Soeurs d'Été (Three Sisters of Summer)
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Daphné Verley: ceramics
M Bénédicte Verley: photographs
Thérèse Verley Strodel: paintings

Mentors: 4 Influential Women Artists
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

Artist-in-Residence and Curator at The Tech Garden, Maria Rizzo is proud to present a group show that celebrates the art of four professional female artists who have greatly influenced Rizzo's young art career: Maria Grazia Facchinetti, Marianne Smith Dalton, Angela Arrey-Wastavino and Linda Bigness. All four of these women share a passion for the arts, strong talent and unyielding professionalism in reaching their goals. They each have a story to share and advice to give for other artists who want to dedicate their lives to the arts.

Ray Trudell Photography
The Art Store Gallery

Price: Free
The Art Store/Commercial Art Supply
935 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Ray is a lifelong local resident whom describes himself as a disgruntled union thug... a better description might be a man who thinks for himself, lives life to his own beat and in his own unique skewed style shows us the way he sees life, through the lens of his camera. He finds those peaceful refuges that are tucked in between the chaos and the hectic. Those bites of peace and nature that make living in Central New York worth all the rain, shoveling and construction!

i think i know you the best when I sleep
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

A collection of dreams and the people who made them matter, by Erin Fassinger.

Convergence: Where Line Meets Form
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

R. Jason Howard: internationally recognized glass artist using both traditional Italian techniques and self-invented processes

Marilyn Forth: uses the ancient art process of batik in a contemporary fashion--painting dye onto silk

DeeAnn von Hunke: new works in jewelry design exploring combinations of medium, materials, and methods in metalsmithing

Creative Crossings
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

For this exhibition, the artists have created works of mixed media that include landscapes, still-life, protraits, and abstracts. The group chose the title Creative Crossings because they felt that a crossing must be made in order to heal both mentally and spiritually. This exhibit provides a special opportunity to share their artistic achievements with the community.

Give & Take: The Currency of Culture
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

"Give & Take: The Currency of Culture" features new, site-specific installations and performance art by Aisha Cousins, Nzuji De Magalhaes and Nontsikelelo Mutiti. The exhibition explores the complex and symbiotic relationship between Africans and African Americans. The artists in this exhibit investigate a wide range of topics from Fela Kuti's Africa American lover, Sandra Smith, to misconceptions about Africa and Africans.

Read a review!

Simple Pleasures: Watercolor and Acrylic Paintings by Kathleen Schneider
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Although some paintings are bold and others subtle, they all convey images pleasing to the soul.

The Craft of Wood
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

"The Craft of Wood" features one-of-a-kind dressers, tables, mirrors, jewelry boxes and clocks by Charlie and Deb DeMinck, of Vineyard View Woodworking.

The DeMincks work with such diverse woods as tiger maple, cherry, black walnut, quarter sawn oak, curly cherry, ambrosia maple, sycamore and ash, and use only environmentally friendly waterborne finishes. They recently took first-place honors in woodworking at the Corn Hill Arts Festival.

40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to announce its 40th Anniversary with the opening of the exhibition 40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection, featuring Carrie Mae Weems, Cindy Sherman, John Gossage, James Casebere, Jim Goldberg, Dawoud Bey, Fazal Sheikh, and Hank Willis Thomas, to name just a few.

Read a review!

Mixed Media Works by Don Meyer
Maxwell Memorial Library

Price: Free
Maxwell Memorial Library
14 Genesee St., Camillus

Line, color, and compositional experimentation are key words in painter Don Meyer's artist statement. A self-described gardener and "sometimes painter," the artist fills his canvases with mesmerizing shapes and colors. Meyer is a graduate of West Genesee High School and Emporia State and Kansas State universities

Mixed Media Works is a collection of small abstract works, mostly studies, in gouache with various media. As Meyer prefers that his viewers come to their own conclusions about the subjects represented, he displays no titles on the paintings.

The Art of Nicora Gangi
Dalton's

Dalton's American Decorative Arts
1931 James St., Syracuse

Nicora Gangi's work will resonate with those who appreciate her link to European art and her aesthetic kinship with the Hudson River School painters. Yet her oil paintings have a fresh, modern sensibility to which lovers of contemporary realism will surely respond.

An American Look: Fashion, Decorative Arts and Gustav Stickley
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 students/seniors/military, $5 Everson members, $30 family (up to 2 adults & 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"An American Look" is a unique exhibition that, for the first time, examines the influence of an Arts & Crafts aesthetic in American fashion during the early 20th century. Color, texture and motif were all adapted from the Arts & Crafts elements of furniture, ceramics and other furnishings of the period for upper-class fashion. Clothing styles of 1910-1914 are particularly representative of the elegant simplicity of Arts and Crafts objects popular in the preceding decade.

"An American Look" includes 34 examples from the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection housed at Syracuse University, along with ceramics, Stickley furniture, and other decorative art examples from the Everson's permanent collection. The exhibition is co-curated by Jeffrey Mayer, curator of the Genet Costume Collection and associate professor of fashion design and history at Syracuse University, and Everson Museum Senior Curator Debora Ryan.

Read a review!

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Syracuse Poster Project
Onondaga County Central Library

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

16 poster prints from the 2013 Syracuse Poster Project will be on exhibit. The Poster Project brings together community p'ets and Syracuse University student artists to create an annual series of posters for the citys poster panels. Each of the 16 posters features an illustrated poem about downtown, the city, or the surrounding countryside.

Trois Soeurs d'Été (Three Sisters of Summer)
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Daphné Verley: ceramics
M Bénédicte Verley: photographs
Thérèse Verley Strodel: paintings

Mentors: 4 Influential Women Artists
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

Artist-in-Residence and Curator at The Tech Garden, Maria Rizzo is proud to present a group show that celebrates the art of four professional female artists who have greatly influenced Rizzo's young art career: Maria Grazia Facchinetti, Marianne Smith Dalton, Angela Arrey-Wastavino and Linda Bigness. All four of these women share a passion for the arts, strong talent and unyielding professionalism in reaching their goals. They each have a story to share and advice to give for other artists who want to dedicate their lives to the arts.

Ray Trudell Photography
The Art Store Gallery

Price: Free
The Art Store/Commercial Art Supply
935 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Ray is a lifelong local resident whom describes himself as a disgruntled union thug... a better description might be a man who thinks for himself, lives life to his own beat and in his own unique skewed style shows us the way he sees life, through the lens of his camera. He finds those peaceful refuges that are tucked in between the chaos and the hectic. Those bites of peace and nature that make living in Central New York worth all the rain, shoveling and construction!

i think i know you the best when I sleep
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

A collection of dreams and the people who made them matter, by Erin Fassinger.

Convergence: Where Line Meets Form
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

R. Jason Howard: internationally recognized glass artist using both traditional Italian techniques and self-invented processes

Marilyn Forth: uses the ancient art process of batik in a contemporary fashion--painting dye onto silk

DeeAnn von Hunke: new works in jewelry design exploring combinations of medium, materials, and methods in metalsmithing

Creative Crossings
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

For this exhibition, the artists have created works of mixed media that include landscapes, still-life, protraits, and abstracts. The group chose the title Creative Crossings because they felt that a crossing must be made in order to heal both mentally and spiritually. This exhibit provides a special opportunity to share their artistic achievements with the community.

Give & Take: The Currency of Culture
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

"Give & Take: The Currency of Culture" features new, site-specific installations and performance art by Aisha Cousins, Nzuji De Magalhaes and Nontsikelelo Mutiti. The exhibition explores the complex and symbiotic relationship between Africans and African Americans. The artists in this exhibit investigate a wide range of topics from Fela Kuti's Africa American lover, Sandra Smith, to misconceptions about Africa and Africans.

Read a review!

Simple Pleasures: Watercolor and Acrylic Paintings by Kathleen Schneider
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Although some paintings are bold and others subtle, they all convey images pleasing to the soul.

The Craft of Wood
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

"The Craft of Wood" features one-of-a-kind dressers, tables, mirrors, jewelry boxes and clocks by Charlie and Deb DeMinck, of Vineyard View Woodworking.

The DeMincks work with such diverse woods as tiger maple, cherry, black walnut, quarter sawn oak, curly cherry, ambrosia maple, sycamore and ash, and use only environmentally friendly waterborne finishes. They recently took first-place honors in woodworking at the Corn Hill Arts Festival.

40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to announce its 40th Anniversary with the opening of the exhibition 40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection, featuring Carrie Mae Weems, Cindy Sherman, John Gossage, James Casebere, Jim Goldberg, Dawoud Bey, Fazal Sheikh, and Hank Willis Thomas, to name just a few.

Read a review!

Mixed Media Works by Don Meyer
Maxwell Memorial Library

Price: Free
Maxwell Memorial Library
14 Genesee St., Camillus

Line, color, and compositional experimentation are key words in painter Don Meyer's artist statement. A self-described gardener and "sometimes painter," the artist fills his canvases with mesmerizing shapes and colors. Meyer is a graduate of West Genesee High School and Emporia State and Kansas State universities

Mixed Media Works is a collection of small abstract works, mostly studies, in gouache with various media. As Meyer prefers that his viewers come to their own conclusions about the subjects represented, he displays no titles on the paintings.

The Art of Nicora Gangi
Dalton's

Dalton's American Decorative Arts
1931 James St., Syracuse

Nicora Gangi's work will resonate with those who appreciate her link to European art and her aesthetic kinship with the Hudson River School painters. Yet her oil paintings have a fresh, modern sensibility to which lovers of contemporary realism will surely respond.

An American Look: Fashion, Decorative Arts and Gustav Stickley
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 students/seniors/military, $5 Everson members, $30 family (up to 2 adults & 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"An American Look" is a unique exhibition that, for the first time, examines the influence of an Arts & Crafts aesthetic in American fashion during the early 20th century. Color, texture and motif were all adapted from the Arts & Crafts elements of furniture, ceramics and other furnishings of the period for upper-class fashion. Clothing styles of 1910-1914 are particularly representative of the elegant simplicity of Arts and Crafts objects popular in the preceding decade.

"An American Look" includes 34 examples from the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection housed at Syracuse University, along with ceramics, Stickley furniture, and other decorative art examples from the Everson's permanent collection. The exhibition is co-curated by Jeffrey Mayer, curator of the Genet Costume Collection and associate professor of fashion design and history at Syracuse University, and Everson Museum Senior Curator Debora Ryan.

Read a review!

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

Flicks on the Crick: Pitch Perfect

Price: Free
Sound Garden
310 W. Jefferson St., Syracuse

Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the film projected on the side of Sound Garden's building, beginning at dusk. Rated PG-13.

The Ties that Bind: The Heritage of Onondaga County's Bridges
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free (donation accepted)
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Onondaga County is a community that has been shaped by a legacy of bridges. In the context of the public discussion about what to do with the elevated section of I-81 in downtown Syracuse, it is important for the public to understand the history of the community's decision-making regarding its transportation infrastructure. The exhibit features photos, diagrams, and models of bridges and takes viewers through the rich heritage of turnpikes, canals, and railroads of Onondaga County. It also examines the post-World War II intersection of two great interstate highways, I-81 and the NYS Thruway. Sponsorship of the exhibit is through the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council's I-81 Challenge.

Family Fest
Skaneateles Festival

Price: Free
First Presbyterian Church of Skaneateles
97 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Who likes to stay up late and hear the sounds of the night? Who likes listening to the sounds of birds chirping? What does fire sound like? Have you ever closed your eyes and listened to the sound of the wind? If you like thinking about these questions, this concert is for you! You'll hear festival performers play wonderful music that sounds like nature.

Rebecca Albers, viola; Bart Feller, flute; Elinor Freer, piano; June Han, harp; David Ying, cello

Alan Taylor & Two Feet Short
Liverpool is the Place

Price: Free
Johnson Park
Corner of Vine and Oswego Streets, Liverpool

Folk. Annual John Denver Memorial food drive.

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Syracuse Poster Project
Onondaga County Central Library

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

16 poster prints from the 2013 Syracuse Poster Project will be on exhibit. The Poster Project brings together community p'ets and Syracuse University student artists to create an annual series of posters for the citys poster panels. Each of the 16 posters features an illustrated poem about downtown, the city, or the surrounding countryside.

Trois Soeurs d'Été (Three Sisters of Summer)
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Daphné Verley: ceramics
M Bénédicte Verley: photographs
Thérèse Verley Strodel: paintings

Mentors: 4 Influential Women Artists
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

Artist-in-Residence and Curator at The Tech Garden, Maria Rizzo is proud to present a group show that celebrates the art of four professional female artists who have greatly influenced Rizzo's young art career: Maria Grazia Facchinetti, Marianne Smith Dalton, Angela Arrey-Wastavino and Linda Bigness. All four of these women share a passion for the arts, strong talent and unyielding professionalism in reaching their goals. They each have a story to share and advice to give for other artists who want to dedicate their lives to the arts.

Ray Trudell Photography
The Art Store Gallery

Price: Free
The Art Store/Commercial Art Supply
935 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Ray is a lifelong local resident whom describes himself as a disgruntled union thug... a better description might be a man who thinks for himself, lives life to his own beat and in his own unique skewed style shows us the way he sees life, through the lens of his camera. He finds those peaceful refuges that are tucked in between the chaos and the hectic. Those bites of peace and nature that make living in Central New York worth all the rain, shoveling and construction!

i think i know you the best when I sleep
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

A collection of dreams and the people who made them matter, by Erin Fassinger.

Convergence: Where Line Meets Form
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

R. Jason Howard: internationally recognized glass artist using both traditional Italian techniques and self-invented processes

Marilyn Forth: uses the ancient art process of batik in a contemporary fashion--painting dye onto silk

DeeAnn von Hunke: new works in jewelry design exploring combinations of medium, materials, and methods in metalsmithing

Creative Crossings
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

For this exhibition, the artists have created works of mixed media that include landscapes, still-life, protraits, and abstracts. The group chose the title Creative Crossings because they felt that a crossing must be made in order to heal both mentally and spiritually. This exhibit provides a special opportunity to share their artistic achievements with the community.

Give & Take: The Currency of Culture
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

"Give & Take: The Currency of Culture" features new, site-specific installations and performance art by Aisha Cousins, Nzuji De Magalhaes and Nontsikelelo Mutiti. The exhibition explores the complex and symbiotic relationship between Africans and African Americans. The artists in this exhibit investigate a wide range of topics from Fela Kuti's Africa American lover, Sandra Smith, to misconceptions about Africa and Africans.

Read a review!

Simple Pleasures: Watercolor and Acrylic Paintings by Kathleen Schneider
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Although some paintings are bold and others subtle, they all convey images pleasing to the soul.

The Craft of Wood
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

"The Craft of Wood" features one-of-a-kind dressers, tables, mirrors, jewelry boxes and clocks by Charlie and Deb DeMinck, of Vineyard View Woodworking.

The DeMincks work with such diverse woods as tiger maple, cherry, black walnut, quarter sawn oak, curly cherry, ambrosia maple, sycamore and ash, and use only environmentally friendly waterborne finishes. They recently took first-place honors in woodworking at the Corn Hill Arts Festival.

40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to announce its 40th Anniversary with the opening of the exhibition 40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection, featuring Carrie Mae Weems, Cindy Sherman, John Gossage, James Casebere, Jim Goldberg, Dawoud Bey, Fazal Sheikh, and Hank Willis Thomas, to name just a few.

Read a review!

Mixed Media Works by Don Meyer
Maxwell Memorial Library

Price: Free
Maxwell Memorial Library
14 Genesee St., Camillus

Line, color, and compositional experimentation are key words in painter Don Meyer's artist statement. A self-described gardener and "sometimes painter," the artist fills his canvases with mesmerizing shapes and colors. Meyer is a graduate of West Genesee High School and Emporia State and Kansas State universities

Mixed Media Works is a collection of small abstract works, mostly studies, in gouache with various media. As Meyer prefers that his viewers come to their own conclusions about the subjects represented, he displays no titles on the paintings.

The Art of Nicora Gangi
Dalton's

Dalton's American Decorative Arts
1931 James St., Syracuse

Nicora Gangi's work will resonate with those who appreciate her link to European art and her aesthetic kinship with the Hudson River School painters. Yet her oil paintings have a fresh, modern sensibility to which lovers of contemporary realism will surely respond.

An American Look: Fashion, Decorative Arts and Gustav Stickley
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 students/seniors/military, $5 Everson members, $30 family (up to 2 adults & 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"An American Look" is a unique exhibition that, for the first time, examines the influence of an Arts & Crafts aesthetic in American fashion during the early 20th century. Color, texture and motif were all adapted from the Arts & Crafts elements of furniture, ceramics and other furnishings of the period for upper-class fashion. Clothing styles of 1910-1914 are particularly representative of the elegant simplicity of Arts and Crafts objects popular in the preceding decade.

"An American Look" includes 34 examples from the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection housed at Syracuse University, along with ceramics, Stickley furniture, and other decorative art examples from the Everson's permanent collection. The exhibition is co-curated by Jeffrey Mayer, curator of the Genet Costume Collection and associate professor of fashion design and history at Syracuse University, and Everson Museum Senior Curator Debora Ryan.

Read a review!

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

UVP Annual Summer Review: Psychic Geographies group show
Urban Video Project

Price: Free
Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

A group show of new video work in which forces of desire both personal and political and forces of nature traverse the land with a heavy tread, describing the borders of contested territories and propagating strange ecologies. Pieces include:
"Gouwane" by Sayler/Morris with Evan Paschke for the Canary Project
"Landscape Studies: New Mexico" by Mariam Ghani
"We Began by Measuring Distance" by Basma Alsharif
"Circle in the Sand" by Michael Robinson
"There There Square" by Jacqueline Goss

The Ties that Bind: The Heritage of Onondaga County's Bridges
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free (donation accepted)
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Onondaga County is a community that has been shaped by a legacy of bridges. In the context of the public discussion about what to do with the elevated section of I-81 in downtown Syracuse, it is important for the public to understand the history of the community's decision-making regarding its transportation infrastructure. The exhibit features photos, diagrams, and models of bridges and takes viewers through the rich heritage of turnpikes, canals, and railroads of Onondaga County. It also examines the post-World War II intersection of two great interstate highways, I-81 and the NYS Thruway. Sponsorship of the exhibit is through the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council's I-81 Challenge.

Not Your Mother'’s Chamber Music Concert!
Skaneateles Festival

Price: $28, 24 regular; $26, $22 students/seniors; free for children under 13 (B seating only)
First Presbyterian Church of Skaneateles
97 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Arthur Foote At Dusk, for flute, viola, and harp
Arnold Bax Legend, for viola and piano
Debussy Syrinx for solo flute
Louise Talma The Ambient Air
DeFalla Ritual Fire Dance
Debussy (arr. Heitetz) Beau Soir
Medtner (arr.Heifetz) Fairy Tale, Op. 20, No. 1
Prokofiev (arr.Heifetz) March from Love for 3 Oranges
Gershwin Summertime
Saraste Spanish Dance Op. 21, No. 2, "Zapateado"

Performers include Rebecca Albers, viola; Bart Feller, flute; Elinor Freer, piano; June Han, harp; Bella Hristova, violin; David Ying, cello.

Skism, with Kayo, Peeps, Dasiii, T-Wrexx
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Death Joins the Club
Acme Mystery Company

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

Noses up, everyone. You and the other members of the posh Pfieffer Hills Country Club are gathering to consider applications for membership and you want to look your snobby best. Members of the wealthy elite are dying to get in, or rather, are waiting for you to die so they can get in. A word to the wise, dear member: some applicants are less patient than others.

Unwrap Your Candy
Central New York Playhouse

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

An evening to give opportunities for not often produced pieces and novice directors. Directors Heather Roach, Justin Polly, and Christopher Best will each take a one-act of this unique collection of plays.

Read a Review!

Friday, August 23, 2013

Syracuse Poster Project
Onondaga County Central Library

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

16 poster prints from the 2013 Syracuse Poster Project will be on exhibit. The Poster Project brings together community p'ets and Syracuse University student artists to create an annual series of posters for the citys poster panels. Each of the 16 posters features an illustrated poem about downtown, the city, or the surrounding countryside.

Trois Soeurs d'Été (Three Sisters of Summer)
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Daphné Verley: ceramics
M Bénédicte Verley: photographs
Thérèse Verley Strodel: paintings

Ray Trudell Photography
The Art Store Gallery

Price: Free
The Art Store/Commercial Art Supply
935 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Ray is a lifelong local resident whom describes himself as a disgruntled union thug... a better description might be a man who thinks for himself, lives life to his own beat and in his own unique skewed style shows us the way he sees life, through the lens of his camera. He finds those peaceful refuges that are tucked in between the chaos and the hectic. Those bites of peace and nature that make living in Central New York worth all the rain, shoveling and construction!

i think i know you the best when I sleep
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

A collection of dreams and the people who made them matter, by Erin Fassinger.

Convergence: Where Line Meets Form
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

R. Jason Howard: internationally recognized glass artist using both traditional Italian techniques and self-invented processes

Marilyn Forth: uses the ancient art process of batik in a contemporary fashion--painting dye onto silk

DeeAnn von Hunke: new works in jewelry design exploring combinations of medium, materials, and methods in metalsmithing

Creative Crossings
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

For this exhibition, the artists have created works of mixed media that include landscapes, still-life, protraits, and abstracts. The group chose the title Creative Crossings because they felt that a crossing must be made in order to heal both mentally and spiritually. This exhibit provides a special opportunity to share their artistic achievements with the community.

Give & Take: The Currency of Culture
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

"Give & Take: The Currency of Culture" features new, site-specific installations and performance art by Aisha Cousins, Nzuji De Magalhaes and Nontsikelelo Mutiti. The exhibition explores the complex and symbiotic relationship between Africans and African Americans. The artists in this exhibit investigate a wide range of topics from Fela Kuti's Africa American lover, Sandra Smith, to misconceptions about Africa and Africans.

Read a review!

Simple Pleasures: Watercolor and Acrylic Paintings by Kathleen Schneider
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Although some paintings are bold and others subtle, they all convey images pleasing to the soul.

The Craft of Wood
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

"The Craft of Wood" features one-of-a-kind dressers, tables, mirrors, jewelry boxes and clocks by Charlie and Deb DeMinck, of Vineyard View Woodworking.

The DeMincks work with such diverse woods as tiger maple, cherry, black walnut, quarter sawn oak, curly cherry, ambrosia maple, sycamore and ash, and use only environmentally friendly waterborne finishes. They recently took first-place honors in woodworking at the Corn Hill Arts Festival.

40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to announce its 40th Anniversary with the opening of the exhibition 40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection, featuring Carrie Mae Weems, Cindy Sherman, John Gossage, James Casebere, Jim Goldberg, Dawoud Bey, Fazal Sheikh, and Hank Willis Thomas, to name just a few.

Read a review!

Mixed Media Works by Don Meyer
Maxwell Memorial Library

Price: Free
Maxwell Memorial Library
14 Genesee St., Camillus

Line, color, and compositional experimentation are key words in painter Don Meyer's artist statement. A self-described gardener and "sometimes painter," the artist fills his canvases with mesmerizing shapes and colors. Meyer is a graduate of West Genesee High School and Emporia State and Kansas State universities

Mixed Media Works is a collection of small abstract works, mostly studies, in gouache with various media. As Meyer prefers that his viewers come to their own conclusions about the subjects represented, he displays no titles on the paintings.

The Art of Nicora Gangi
Dalton's

Dalton's American Decorative Arts
1931 James St., Syracuse

Nicora Gangi's work will resonate with those who appreciate her link to European art and her aesthetic kinship with the Hudson River School painters. Yet her oil paintings have a fresh, modern sensibility to which lovers of contemporary realism will surely respond.

An American Look: Fashion, Decorative Arts and Gustav Stickley
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 students/seniors/military, $5 Everson members, $30 family (up to 2 adults & 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"An American Look" is a unique exhibition that, for the first time, examines the influence of an Arts & Crafts aesthetic in American fashion during the early 20th century. Color, texture and motif were all adapted from the Arts & Crafts elements of furniture, ceramics and other furnishings of the period for upper-class fashion. Clothing styles of 1910-1914 are particularly representative of the elegant simplicity of Arts and Crafts objects popular in the preceding decade.

"An American Look" includes 34 examples from the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection housed at Syracuse University, along with ceramics, Stickley furniture, and other decorative art examples from the Everson's permanent collection. The exhibition is co-curated by Jeffrey Mayer, curator of the Genet Costume Collection and associate professor of fashion design and history at Syracuse University, and Everson Museum Senior Curator Debora Ryan.

Read a review!

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

UVP Annual Summer Review: Psychic Geographies group show
Urban Video Project

Price: Free
Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

A group show of new video work in which forces of desire both personal and political and forces of nature traverse the land with a heavy tread, describing the borders of contested territories and propagating strange ecologies. Pieces include:
"Gouwane" by Sayler/Morris with Evan Paschke for the Canary Project
"Landscape Studies: New Mexico" by Mariam Ghani
"We Began by Measuring Distance" by Basma Alsharif
"Circle in the Sand" by Michael Robinson
"There There Square" by Jacqueline Goss

The Ties that Bind: The Heritage of Onondaga County's Bridges
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free (donation accepted)
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Onondaga County is a community that has been shaped by a legacy of bridges. In the context of the public discussion about what to do with the elevated section of I-81 in downtown Syracuse, it is important for the public to understand the history of the community's decision-making regarding its transportation infrastructure. The exhibit features photos, diagrams, and models of bridges and takes viewers through the rich heritage of turnpikes, canals, and railroads of Onondaga County. It also examines the post-World War II intersection of two great interstate highways, I-81 and the NYS Thruway. Sponsorship of the exhibit is through the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council's I-81 Challenge.

Noye's Fludde (Noah's Flood)
Enlighten -- CNY Center for the Arts

Price: Free (donations accepted)
St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

Flood Warning! This community production of Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde will be performed by young and old local singers who have been rehearsing waves of songs in anticipation of this exciting event. Come experience the wonderment of Noye's Fludde, a community opera written by Britten particularly for children. The production also features several main characters which will be filled by local aspiring singers, creating an ocean of entertainment and fascination. The children and adults will transform themselves into rabbits, birds and other wild things.

Don't miss the boat! Get on board with Noah and all of his musical creatures.

Based on the story of Noah's Ark and The Great Flood, this production of Noye's Fludde adds to the worldwide celebration of 100th anniversary of Britten's birth. This production is dedicated to the memory of Richard McKee (1942-2013), an accomplished opera singer, director, and former artistic director of the Syracuse Opera, who performed the part of Noye in the SO's production of this work in 1998.

For more information, call 315-256-8528 or visit www.enlightencny.com.

Skaneateles Community Band

Price: Free
Clift Park
Genesee St., Skaneateles

The music ranges from pops to marches to show tunes to light classical. Bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating.

Earth, Winds, and Fire, Part I
Skaneateles Festival

Price: $28, 24 regular; $26, $22 students/seniors; free for children under 13 (B seating only)
First Presbyterian Church of Skaneateles
97 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Boccherini Quintet in D Major, Op. 11, "Bird Sanctuary"
David Bruce Eye of Night for flute, viola, and harp
Schubert Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Major, D. 667, "The Trout"

Performers include Rebecca Albers, viola; Bart Feller, flute; Elinor Freer, piano; June Han, harp; Bella Hristova, violin; Jeremy Mastrangelo, violin; Kurt Muroki, double bass; David Ying, cello.

Unwrap Your Candy
Central New York Playhouse

Price: $15
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

An evening to give opportunities for not often produced pieces and novice directors. Directors Heather Roach, Justin Polly, and Christopher Best will each take a one-act of this unique collection of plays.

Read a Review!

Saturday, August 24, 2013

Syracuse Poster Project
Onondaga County Central Library

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

16 poster prints from the 2013 Syracuse Poster Project will be on exhibit. The Poster Project brings together community p'ets and Syracuse University student artists to create an annual series of posters for the citys poster panels. Each of the 16 posters features an illustrated poem about downtown, the city, or the surrounding countryside.

Convergence: Where Line Meets Form
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

R. Jason Howard: internationally recognized glass artist using both traditional Italian techniques and self-invented processes

Marilyn Forth: uses the ancient art process of batik in a contemporary fashion--painting dye onto silk

DeeAnn von Hunke: new works in jewelry design exploring combinations of medium, materials, and methods in metalsmithing

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

An American Look: Fashion, Decorative Arts and Gustav Stickley
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 students/seniors/military, $5 Everson members, $30 family (up to 2 adults & 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"An American Look" is a unique exhibition that, for the first time, examines the influence of an Arts & Crafts aesthetic in American fashion during the early 20th century. Color, texture and motif were all adapted from the Arts & Crafts elements of furniture, ceramics and other furnishings of the period for upper-class fashion. Clothing styles of 1910-1914 are particularly representative of the elegant simplicity of Arts and Crafts objects popular in the preceding decade.

"An American Look" includes 34 examples from the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection housed at Syracuse University, along with ceramics, Stickley furniture, and other decorative art examples from the Everson's permanent collection. The exhibition is co-curated by Jeffrey Mayer, curator of the Genet Costume Collection and associate professor of fashion design and history at Syracuse University, and Everson Museum Senior Curator Debora Ryan.

Read a review!

Simple Pleasures: Watercolor and Acrylic Paintings by Kathleen Schneider
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Although some paintings are bold and others subtle, they all convey images pleasing to the soul.

The Craft of Wood
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

"The Craft of Wood" features one-of-a-kind dressers, tables, mirrors, jewelry boxes and clocks by Charlie and Deb DeMinck, of Vineyard View Woodworking.

The DeMincks work with such diverse woods as tiger maple, cherry, black walnut, quarter sawn oak, curly cherry, ambrosia maple, sycamore and ash, and use only environmentally friendly waterborne finishes. They recently took first-place honors in woodworking at the Corn Hill Arts Festival.

Mixed Media Works by Don Meyer
Maxwell Memorial Library

Price: Free
Maxwell Memorial Library
14 Genesee St., Camillus

Line, color, and compositional experimentation are key words in painter Don Meyer's artist statement. A self-described gardener and "sometimes painter," the artist fills his canvases with mesmerizing shapes and colors. Meyer is a graduate of West Genesee High School and Emporia State and Kansas State universities

Mixed Media Works is a collection of small abstract works, mostly studies, in gouache with various media. As Meyer prefers that his viewers come to their own conclusions about the subjects represented, he displays no titles on the paintings.

The Art of Nicora Gangi
Dalton's

Dalton's American Decorative Arts
1931 James St., Syracuse

Nicora Gangi's work will resonate with those who appreciate her link to European art and her aesthetic kinship with the Hudson River School painters. Yet her oil paintings have a fresh, modern sensibility to which lovers of contemporary realism will surely respond.

Ray Trudell Photography
The Art Store Gallery

Price: Free
The Art Store/Commercial Art Supply
935 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Ray is a lifelong local resident whom describes himself as a disgruntled union thug... a better description might be a man who thinks for himself, lives life to his own beat and in his own unique skewed style shows us the way he sees life, through the lens of his camera. He finds those peaceful refuges that are tucked in between the chaos and the hectic. Those bites of peace and nature that make living in Central New York worth all the rain, shoveling and construction!

Creative Crossings
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

For this exhibition, the artists have created works of mixed media that include landscapes, still-life, protraits, and abstracts. The group chose the title Creative Crossings because they felt that a crossing must be made in order to heal both mentally and spiritually. This exhibit provides a special opportunity to share their artistic achievements with the community.

Give & Take: The Currency of Culture
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

"Give & Take: The Currency of Culture" features new, site-specific installations and performance art by Aisha Cousins, Nzuji De Magalhaes and Nontsikelelo Mutiti. The exhibition explores the complex and symbiotic relationship between Africans and African Americans. The artists in this exhibit investigate a wide range of topics from Fela Kuti's Africa American lover, Sandra Smith, to misconceptions about Africa and Africans.

Read a review!

UVP Annual Summer Review: Psychic Geographies group show
Urban Video Project

Price: Free
Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

A group show of new video work in which forces of desire both personal and political and forces of nature traverse the land with a heavy tread, describing the borders of contested territories and propagating strange ecologies. Pieces include:
"Gouwane" by Sayler/Morris with Evan Paschke for the Canary Project
"Landscape Studies: New Mexico" by Mariam Ghani
"We Began by Measuring Distance" by Basma Alsharif
"Circle in the Sand" by Michael Robinson
"There There Square" by Jacqueline Goss

The Ties that Bind: The Heritage of Onondaga County's Bridges
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free (donation accepted)
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Onondaga County is a community that has been shaped by a legacy of bridges. In the context of the public discussion about what to do with the elevated section of I-81 in downtown Syracuse, it is important for the public to understand the history of the community's decision-making regarding its transportation infrastructure. The exhibit features photos, diagrams, and models of bridges and takes viewers through the rich heritage of turnpikes, canals, and railroads of Onondaga County. It also examines the post-World War II intersection of two great interstate highways, I-81 and the NYS Thruway. Sponsorship of the exhibit is through the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council's I-81 Challenge.

Musical Nature Walk
Skaneateles Festival

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

A Musical Nature Walk for all ages with guide John Weeks. John A. Weeks, one of Central New York's most widely known and admired naturalists and former host of the WRVO radio commentary, "On the Nature of Things," will lead a short guided walk on one of the nature center's trails. Along the way you'll not only hear (and see) the music of nature, but you'll also hear the live music of Festival performers David Ying, cello, and Bart Feller, flute!

Noye's Fludde (Noah's Flood)
Enlighten -- CNY Center for the Arts

Price: Free (donations accepted)
St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

Flood Warning! This community production of Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde will be performed by young and old local singers who have been rehearsing waves of songs in anticipation of this exciting event. Come experience the wonderment of Noye's Fludde, a community opera written by Britten particularly for children. The production also features several main characters which will be filled by local aspiring singers, creating an ocean of entertainment and fascination. The children and adults will transform themselves into rabbits, birds and other wild things.

Don't miss the boat! Get on board with Noah and all of his musical creatures.

Based on the story of Noah's Ark and The Great Flood, this production of Noye's Fludde adds to the worldwide celebration of 100th anniversary of Britten's birth. This production is dedicated to the memory of Richard McKee (1942-2013), an accomplished opera singer, director, and former artistic director of the Syracuse Opera, who performed the part of Noye in the SO's production of this work in 1998.

For more information, call 315-256-8528 or visit www.enlightencny.com.

Earth, WINDS, and Fire
Skaneateles Festival
Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor
Featuring Eastman Chamber Winds and June Han, harp

Price: $28, $22, free for children under 13 (B seating only)
Brook Farm
2.5 miles south of the village on Route 41A, Skaneateles

Carolyn Bremer Early Light
Debussy Sacred and Profane Dances
David Maslanka Mother Earth Fanfare
Copland Outdoor Overture/Down a Country Lane/Shaker Melody
Eric Whitacre Water Night
Vaughan Williams Sea Songs
Handel Music from the Royal Fireworks
Grainger Molly on the Shore/Shepherd's Hey

Rain location: Skaneateles High School

Aladdin
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

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

In this interactive version, children in the audience help Aladdin find the magic lamp.

Unwrap Your Candy
Central New York Playhouse

Price: $15
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

An evening to give opportunities for not often produced pieces and novice directors. Directors Heather Roach, Justin Polly, and Christopher Best will each take a one-act of this unique collection of plays.

Read a Review!

Sunday, August 25, 2013

2013 Light Work Grants: Laura Heyman, Jared Landberg, Janice Levy
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to announce that the recipients for the 39th annual Light Work Grants in Photography are Laura Heyman, Jared Landberg, and Janice Levy. The Light Work Grants in Photography program is a part of Light Work's ongoing effort to provide support and encouragement to artists working in photography. Established in 1975, it is one of the longest-running photography fellowship programs in the country. Each recipient receives a $2,000 award, has their work exhibited at Light Work, and published in Contact Sheet: The Light Work Annual.

40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to announce its 40th Anniversary with the opening of the exhibition 40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection, featuring Carrie Mae Weems, Cindy Sherman, John Gossage, James Casebere, Jim Goldberg, Dawoud Bey, Fazal Sheikh, and Hank Willis Thomas, to name just a few.

Read a review!

Marna Bell: Imperfect Memories
Light Work Gallery

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

With "Imperfect Memories" Marna Bell returns to some of the familiar themes of her Hudson Past/Perfect series. "In both projects," Bell explains, "my subjects are put into a motion blur, not only to allude to the passage of time, but more so, to the fading of memories. In addition, the motion gives the work a more painterly effect; the slow shutter speed creates a haunting quality."

While the windows of the train create the parameters in the Hudson series, in "Imperfect Memories," the camera is set up before a flickering screen. In both cases, the camera captures pieces of information sometimes unseen by the human eye. Like memory, these photographs document feelings more than actual events. The figures are familiar and foreboding — even nightmarish.

These images represent narratives that are both true and half true; some dimly recalled and some totally forgotten. Bell writes, "My work reminds us that memories morph and change over time and that we are limited in how much of the past we can retain, retrieve or understand."

Simple Pleasures: Watercolor and Acrylic Paintings by Kathleen Schneider
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Although some paintings are bold and others subtle, they all convey images pleasing to the soul.

The Craft of Wood
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

"The Craft of Wood" features one-of-a-kind dressers, tables, mirrors, jewelry boxes and clocks by Charlie and Deb DeMinck, of Vineyard View Woodworking.

The DeMincks work with such diverse woods as tiger maple, cherry, black walnut, quarter sawn oak, curly cherry, ambrosia maple, sycamore and ash, and use only environmentally friendly waterborne finishes. They recently took first-place honors in woodworking at the Corn Hill Arts Festival.

An American Look: Fashion, Decorative Arts and Gustav Stickley
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $10 regular, $8 students/seniors/military, $5 Everson members, $30 family (up to 2 adults & 4 children)
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"An American Look" is a unique exhibition that, for the first time, examines the influence of an Arts & Crafts aesthetic in American fashion during the early 20th century. Color, texture and motif were all adapted from the Arts & Crafts elements of furniture, ceramics and other furnishings of the period for upper-class fashion. Clothing styles of 1910-1914 are particularly representative of the elegant simplicity of Arts and Crafts objects popular in the preceding decade.

"An American Look" includes 34 examples from the Sue Ann Genet Costume Collection housed at Syracuse University, along with ceramics, Stickley furniture, and other decorative art examples from the Everson's permanent collection. The exhibition is co-curated by Jeffrey Mayer, curator of the Genet Costume Collection and associate professor of fashion design and history at Syracuse University, and Everson Museum Senior Curator Debora Ryan.

Read a review!

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

The Ties that Bind: The Heritage of Onondaga County's Bridges
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free (donation accepted)
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Onondaga County is a community that has been shaped by a legacy of bridges. In the context of the public discussion about what to do with the elevated section of I-81 in downtown Syracuse, it is important for the public to understand the history of the community's decision-making regarding its transportation infrastructure. The exhibit features photos, diagrams, and models of bridges and takes viewers through the rich heritage of turnpikes, canals, and railroads of Onondaga County. It also examines the post-World War II intersection of two great interstate highways, I-81 and the NYS Thruway. Sponsorship of the exhibit is through the Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council's I-81 Challenge.

Noye's Fludde (Noah's Flood)
Enlighten -- CNY Center for the Arts

Price: Free (donations accepted)
St. David's Episcopal Church
13 Jamar Dr., Dewitt

Flood Warning! This community production of Benjamin Britten's Noye's Fludde will be performed by young and old local singers who have been rehearsing waves of songs in anticipation of this exciting event. Come experience the wonderment of Noye's Fludde, a community opera written by Britten particularly for children. The production also features several main characters which will be filled by local aspiring singers, creating an ocean of entertainment and fascination. The children and adults will transform themselves into rabbits, birds and other wild things.

Don't miss the boat! Get on board with Noah and all of his musical creatures.

Based on the story of Noah's Ark and The Great Flood, this production of Noye's Fludde adds to the worldwide celebration of 100th anniversary of Britten's birth. This production is dedicated to the memory of Richard McKee (1942-2013), an accomplished opera singer, director, and former artistic director of the Syracuse Opera, who performed the part of Noye in the SO's production of this work in 1998.

For more information, call 315-256-8528 or visit www.enlightencny.com.

Monday, August 26, 2013

Syracuse Poster Project
Onondaga County Central Library

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

16 poster prints from the 2013 Syracuse Poster Project will be on exhibit. The Poster Project brings together community p'ets and Syracuse University student artists to create an annual series of posters for the citys poster panels. Each of the 16 posters features an illustrated poem about downtown, the city, or the surrounding countryside.

Ray Trudell Photography
The Art Store Gallery

Price: Free
The Art Store/Commercial Art Supply
935 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

Ray is a lifelong local resident whom describes himself as a disgruntled union thug... a better description might be a man who thinks for himself, lives life to his own beat and in his own unique skewed style shows us the way he sees life, through the lens of his camera. He finds those peaceful refuges that are tucked in between the chaos and the hectic. Those bites of peace and nature that make living in Central New York worth all the rain, shoveling and construction!

i think i know you the best when I sleep
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

A collection of dreams and the people who made them matter, by Erin Fassinger.

Simple Pleasures: Watercolor and Acrylic Paintings by Kathleen Schneider
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Although some paintings are bold and others subtle, they all convey images pleasing to the soul.

The Craft of Wood
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

"The Craft of Wood" features one-of-a-kind dressers, tables, mirrors, jewelry boxes and clocks by Charlie and Deb DeMinck, of Vineyard View Woodworking.

The DeMincks work with such diverse woods as tiger maple, cherry, black walnut, quarter sawn oak, curly cherry, ambrosia maple, sycamore and ash, and use only environmentally friendly waterborne finishes. They recently took first-place honors in woodworking at the Corn Hill Arts Festival.

40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to announce its 40th Anniversary with the opening of the exhibition 40 Artists/40 Years: Selections from the Light Work Collection, featuring Carrie Mae Weems, Cindy Sherman, John Gossage, James Casebere, Jim Goldberg, Dawoud Bey, Fazal Sheikh, and Hank Willis Thomas, to name just a few.

Read a review!

2013 Light Work Grants: Laura Heyman, Jared Landberg, Janice Levy
Light Work Gallery

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

Light Work is pleased to announce that the recipients for the 39th annual Light Work Grants in Photography are Laura Heyman, Jared Landberg, and Janice Levy. The Light Work Grants in Photography program is a part of Light Work's ongoing effort to provide support and encouragement to artists working in photography. Established in 1975, it is one of the longest-running photography fellowship programs in the country. Each recipient receives a $2,000 award, has their work exhibited at Light Work, and published in Contact Sheet: The Light Work Annual.

Marna Bell: Imperfect Memories
Light Work Gallery

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

With "Imperfect Memories" Marna Bell returns to some of the familiar themes of her Hudson Past/Perfect series. "In both projects," Bell explains, "my subjects are put into a motion blur, not only to allude to the passage of time, but more so, to the fading of memories. In addition, the motion gives the work a more painterly effect; the slow shutter speed creates a haunting quality."

While the windows of the train create the parameters in the Hudson series, in "Imperfect Memories," the camera is set up before a flickering screen. In both cases, the camera captures pieces of information sometimes unseen by the human eye. Like memory, these photographs document feelings more than actual events. The figures are familiar and foreboding — even nightmarish.

These images represent narratives that are both true and half true; some dimly recalled and some totally forgotten. Bell writes, "My work reminds us that memories morph and change over time and that we are limited in how much of the past we can retain, retrieve or understand."

Mixed Media Works by Don Meyer
Maxwell Memorial Library

Price: Free
Maxwell Memorial Library
14 Genesee St., Camillus

Line, color, and compositional experimentation are key words in painter Don Meyer's artist statement. A self-described gardener and "sometimes painter," the artist fills his canvases with mesmerizing shapes and colors. Meyer is a graduate of West Genesee High School and Emporia State and Kansas State universities

Mixed Media Works is a collection of small abstract works, mostly studies, in gouache with various media. As Meyer prefers that his viewers come to their own conclusions about the subjects represented, he displays no titles on the paintings.

The Art of Nicora Gangi
Dalton's

Dalton's American Decorative Arts
1931 James St., Syracuse

Nicora Gangi's work will resonate with those who appreciate her link to European art and her aesthetic kinship with the Hudson River School painters. Yet her oil paintings have a fresh, modern sensibility to which lovers of contemporary realism will surely respond.