Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Rust Belt: New Pants
Lipe Art Park

Price: Free
Lipe Art Park
W. Fayette St. between Armory Square and Tipp Hill, Syracuse

"Rust Belt: New Pants" is an outdoor art exhibit that examines the evolving identity of the city of Syracuse, starting with its industrial, manufacturing beginnings and going to its presence as a post-industrial and cultural hub. Seven local Syracuse artists will be showing their work in the exhibition. While these artists each approached the symbolization of the city's evolution differently in their work, they all recognized the effects post-industrial renewal is having on Syracuse's identity. Furthermore, they chose to represent the city's past by utilizing materials and creating structures that are reminiscent of Syracuse's industrial age. The works encompass a variety of mediums including mural, sculpture, and video.

In My Footsteps: Photography by Everet D. Regal

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

"In My Footsteps" is a varied collection of landscape, water, city and diverse subjects, largely comprised from local and Upstate New York areas.

Spring Discoveries en Plein Air
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Oil paintings and sketches by Skaneateles artist Hetty Easter and her Sketch Club students will be on display. Hetty and her students created all the artwork while outside. Easter's Sketch Club gives children the opportunity to enjoy being creative in a relaxed setting. She started the club last September. It meets approximately once a week after school, with a break during the coldest winter months. This exhibit will include work from more than 20 children, in grades 1-6, who have participated in the group since its inception.

They Left 150 Years Ago
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

"They Left 150 Years Ago," a solo photography exhibition by Jason DeBose, is a visual introduction to the Finnish city of Tampere and its local lifestyle, as well as a visual look at the Finnish influence on America's northeast cities and at Finnish-American heritage. The exhibition also aims to reenergize the dormant sister city relationship between the cities of Syracuse, NY, and Tampere, Finland. Official ties originally established over 20 years ago with the co-hosting of a boxing competition. This exhibit will be the first portion of a two-part engagement that focuses on the sister city relationship. The second portion, a premier screening of the Finnish black comedy film, Iron Sky will be announced shortly.

Jason DeBose is an acclaimed photographer from Pasadena, CA. Mr. DeBose's work has been showcased internationally, including in Ireland, Denmark, Portugal, Estonia, and United States.

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

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!

Splendor in the Glass: Rain Garden Art by Liz and Rich Micho
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

The June show features new stained glass garden art by Liz and Rich Micho. The Michos specialize in stained glass for your home and garden.

Saturation of Color
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Works by ceramist Jerry Randall of Tully and silkscreen artist Michael Foster of Marcellus will be featured.

Randall, whose works have appeared in more than 60 shows nationwide, exhibited this past year at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show and at shows in Atlanta, Boston, Northampton, MA, and Nashua, NH. Randall, recognized by Ceramics Monthly as an Emerging Artist for 2009, is digital imaging/web specialist and head of installations at Imagine, studio manager and visiting professor of art at Cazenovia College, and adjunct professor of ceramics at Syracuse University, his alma mater.

Foster, who graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in May with a bachelor's degree in architectural studies, was represented in Imagine's May show, "HWS Printmaking Workshop." In addition to Imagine, he has exhibited at HWS's Davis Gallery and at the Hobart and William Smith Library. During his junior year, he studied at Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, in Rome.

Earth Tones: Works by Carol Boyer
Maxwell Memorial Library

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

Earth Tones is an exhibit of the fabric art of Carol Boyer, a fiber artist who has been creating non-traditional quilts for almost 40 years.

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.

The Last Hurrah
Szozda Gallery

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

In a final tribute to the many Central New York artists who have shown at Szozda Gallery, owner Caroline Szozda-McGowan has chosen to do a salon-style multimedia show of their works to cover all walls throughout the entire Delavan Center display areas. Called "The Last Hurrah," the retrospective exhibit ends Sunday, June 30, with a closing reception that also marks the official closing of the gallery.

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!

Transfiguring Art: Contemporary Colombian Abstract Painting
La Casita Cultural Center

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

"Transfiguring Art: Contemporary Colombian Abstract Painting" is a collection of oil and acrylic pieces on canvas showcasing three contemporary Colombian artists exploring non-figurative art. The exhibit is conceived as a bridge-building opportunity and artistic exchange between artists residing at home and in the diaspora, in Colombia, Mexico, and the United States. It includes paintings by Fernando Manrique, Rafael Ordoñez, and Esperanza Tielbaard Pazmiño, all of whom explore the of textural and composition possibilities in abstract art.

The artistic proposals of Manrique, Ordoñez and Pazmiño share an interest in communicating the rich sensory experiences and of the conceptual suggestions possible in pictorial abstraction. Their works explore alternative ways of engaging reality and ask viewers to see through the senses as they travel through interweaving forms, suggestive textures, and provoking compositions. Their canvases challenge accepted distinctions between abstract and figurative painting, as well as between purist and committed art from Latin America, since they incorporate issues of identity, technology, nature, and affect as themes to be explored through the senses.

The collection invites us to be seduced by the mix and to reflect on our understanding of artistic creation and perception, and changing patterns in the 21st century.

West Side Through My Eyes
La Casita Cultural Center

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

An exhibit of photos by the participants of the teen photography workshop at La Casita in collaboration with the Department of Child and Family Studies of Syracuse University. The program is part of the Creative Corner Program at La Casita which is a multi-modal artistic space in which children and youth explore diverse forms and processes of art-making. In addition, the Teen Photography Workshop series is part of the 2013 Reducing Teen Violence Initiative in the Near West Side.

Remnants of a Secret War: Photographs by Mike Greenlar
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

An award-winning photographer for the Syracuse Post-Standard, Mike Greenlar traveled 10 times to a remote mountain region of Laos to document the effects of cluster bombing on the Hmong people. The US covert bombing campaign between 1964 and 1973 gave Laos the distinction of being the most bombed country in the history of warfare--over two million tons of ordnance was dropped. Mike documented life in two resettlement villages where the Hmong continue to farm land rife with unexploded cluster bombs and other munitions. His work shows the resourcefulness of a people who rely on each other, and on those very bombs, for their livelihood. The result is a stunning collection of documentary photographs. "Remnants of a Secret War," also the title of his recently published book, displays both some of the collection found in the book and some never before published. The legacy of the "secret" bombings of Laos takes many forms and offers many stories. In this collection of painfully yet beautifully rendered black and white photographs, he shares some of them with us.

Summer Film Under the Stars: Madagascar
Everson Museum of Art

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

Bring your lounge chair and munchies, and settle in under the stars on the Everson Plaza for the first installment of the Everson Summer Film Under the Stars Series.

At New York's Central Park Zoo, a lion, a zebra, a giraffe, and a hippo are best friends living a blissful life in captivity. When one of them turns up missing, the others search for him only to find themselves on a ship headed to the exotic island of Madagascar. When their boat wrecks, these native New Yorkers must take on a much different jungle in this computer animated comedy. The result is hilarious fun! (Directed by Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath, 86 minutes)

Join us at 8:30 pm to make your favorite animal out of pipe cleaners before the film begins at 9:00 pm.

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.

Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Trio
Liverpool is the Place

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

Original rock

Ben Taylor, with Roses & Revolutions
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Ben Taylor, the musically-talented child of James Taylor and Carly Simon, is coming to The Westcott Theatre to promoting his new album, Listening. His single "By Your Side," was recently featured on ABC's "The Bachelor."

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Rust Belt: New Pants
Lipe Art Park

Price: Free
Lipe Art Park
W. Fayette St. between Armory Square and Tipp Hill, Syracuse

"Rust Belt: New Pants" is an outdoor art exhibit that examines the evolving identity of the city of Syracuse, starting with its industrial, manufacturing beginnings and going to its presence as a post-industrial and cultural hub. Seven local Syracuse artists will be showing their work in the exhibition. While these artists each approached the symbolization of the city's evolution differently in their work, they all recognized the effects post-industrial renewal is having on Syracuse's identity. Furthermore, they chose to represent the city's past by utilizing materials and creating structures that are reminiscent of Syracuse's industrial age. The works encompass a variety of mediums including mural, sculpture, and video.

In My Footsteps: Photography by Everet D. Regal

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

"In My Footsteps" is a varied collection of landscape, water, city and diverse subjects, largely comprised from local and Upstate New York areas.

Spring Discoveries en Plein Air
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Oil paintings and sketches by Skaneateles artist Hetty Easter and her Sketch Club students will be on display. Hetty and her students created all the artwork while outside. Easter's Sketch Club gives children the opportunity to enjoy being creative in a relaxed setting. She started the club last September. It meets approximately once a week after school, with a break during the coldest winter months. This exhibit will include work from more than 20 children, in grades 1-6, who have participated in the group since its inception.

They Left 150 Years Ago
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

"They Left 150 Years Ago," a solo photography exhibition by Jason DeBose, is a visual introduction to the Finnish city of Tampere and its local lifestyle, as well as a visual look at the Finnish influence on America's northeast cities and at Finnish-American heritage. The exhibition also aims to reenergize the dormant sister city relationship between the cities of Syracuse, NY, and Tampere, Finland. Official ties originally established over 20 years ago with the co-hosting of a boxing competition. This exhibit will be the first portion of a two-part engagement that focuses on the sister city relationship. The second portion, a premier screening of the Finnish black comedy film, Iron Sky will be announced shortly.

Jason DeBose is an acclaimed photographer from Pasadena, CA. Mr. DeBose's work has been showcased internationally, including in Ireland, Denmark, Portugal, Estonia, and United States.

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

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!

Splendor in the Glass: Rain Garden Art by Liz and Rich Micho
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

The June show features new stained glass garden art by Liz and Rich Micho. The Michos specialize in stained glass for your home and garden.

Saturation of Color
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Works by ceramist Jerry Randall of Tully and silkscreen artist Michael Foster of Marcellus will be featured.

Randall, whose works have appeared in more than 60 shows nationwide, exhibited this past year at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show and at shows in Atlanta, Boston, Northampton, MA, and Nashua, NH. Randall, recognized by Ceramics Monthly as an Emerging Artist for 2009, is digital imaging/web specialist and head of installations at Imagine, studio manager and visiting professor of art at Cazenovia College, and adjunct professor of ceramics at Syracuse University, his alma mater.

Foster, who graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in May with a bachelor's degree in architectural studies, was represented in Imagine's May show, "HWS Printmaking Workshop." In addition to Imagine, he has exhibited at HWS's Davis Gallery and at the Hobart and William Smith Library. During his junior year, he studied at Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, in Rome.

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.

The Last Hurrah
Szozda Gallery

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

In a final tribute to the many Central New York artists who have shown at Szozda Gallery, owner Caroline Szozda-McGowan has chosen to do a salon-style multimedia show of their works to cover all walls throughout the entire Delavan Center display areas. Called "The Last Hurrah," the retrospective exhibit ends Sunday, June 30, with a closing reception that also marks the official closing of the gallery.

Bloom
Gandee Gallery

Price: Free
Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"Bloom" presents an eclectic mix of styles and art media. This group exhibition features artwork with the theme of renewal and investigates the innate beauty of nature. The show includes drawing, photography, watercolor, sculpture, and ceramics.

Participating artists include Anne Novado Capuccilli, Willson Cummer, Jen Gandee, Bob Gates, Kelly Sullivan, Lucie Wellner, Pualani Wiley, and Errol Willett.

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.

Transfiguring Art: Contemporary Colombian Abstract Painting
La Casita Cultural Center

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

"Transfiguring Art: Contemporary Colombian Abstract Painting" is a collection of oil and acrylic pieces on canvas showcasing three contemporary Colombian artists exploring non-figurative art. The exhibit is conceived as a bridge-building opportunity and artistic exchange between artists residing at home and in the diaspora, in Colombia, Mexico, and the United States. It includes paintings by Fernando Manrique, Rafael Ordoñez, and Esperanza Tielbaard Pazmiño, all of whom explore the of textural and composition possibilities in abstract art.

The artistic proposals of Manrique, Ordoñez and Pazmiño share an interest in communicating the rich sensory experiences and of the conceptual suggestions possible in pictorial abstraction. Their works explore alternative ways of engaging reality and ask viewers to see through the senses as they travel through interweaving forms, suggestive textures, and provoking compositions. Their canvases challenge accepted distinctions between abstract and figurative painting, as well as between purist and committed art from Latin America, since they incorporate issues of identity, technology, nature, and affect as themes to be explored through the senses.

The collection invites us to be seduced by the mix and to reflect on our understanding of artistic creation and perception, and changing patterns in the 21st century.

West Side Through My Eyes
La Casita Cultural Center

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

An exhibit of photos by the participants of the teen photography workshop at La Casita in collaboration with the Department of Child and Family Studies of Syracuse University. The program is part of the Creative Corner Program at La Casita which is a multi-modal artistic space in which children and youth explore diverse forms and processes of art-making. In addition, the Teen Photography Workshop series is part of the 2013 Reducing Teen Violence Initiative in the Near West Side.

Remnants of a Secret War: Photographs by Mike Greenlar
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

An award-winning photographer for the Syracuse Post-Standard, Mike Greenlar traveled 10 times to a remote mountain region of Laos to document the effects of cluster bombing on the Hmong people. The US covert bombing campaign between 1964 and 1973 gave Laos the distinction of being the most bombed country in the history of warfare--over two million tons of ordnance was dropped. Mike documented life in two resettlement villages where the Hmong continue to farm land rife with unexploded cluster bombs and other munitions. His work shows the resourcefulness of a people who rely on each other, and on those very bombs, for their livelihood. The result is a stunning collection of documentary photographs. "Remnants of a Secret War," also the title of his recently published book, displays both some of the collection found in the book and some never before published. The legacy of the "secret" bombings of Laos takes many forms and offers many stories. In this collection of painfully yet beautifully rendered black and white photographs, he shares some of them with us.

UVP Annual Summer Review: Sightings by Shimon Attie
Urban Video Project

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

Shimon Attie describes his process:
For "Sightings," I created a video installation exploring the heightened moment of mutual encounter between art viewer and art object, between works of art and museum visitors and employees. I selected 40 objects from the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and asked individuals to participate in a "dialogue" with a work of art, each taking an expressive gesture and gaze that embodied their emotional response to the art object... Slow-motion cinematography, frozen gestures, and an unseen moving stage comment on the active/passive quality of the interactions.

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.

Start Making Sense: Talking Heads Tribute
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

The Strange Case of Sheik Yerbuti (or Camel Lot)
Acme Mystery Company

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

Welcome to the Western Sahara and the tiny camel-trading nation of Yerbuti. Tonight, Ambassador Lassiter plans to announce a peace accord between the Yerbuti and their ancient enemies, the Fugari. Hold onto your pith helmet. Rumor has it that Yerbuti might be sitting on a large, untapped deposit of oil and you know what that means. Everyone will be going all out to get their hands on Yerbuti.

*SOLD OUT* Cabaret
Redhouse

Price: $30 regular, $20 members
Sherwood Inn
26 W. Genesee St., Skaneateles

This year's site-specific performance puts an unique twist on the musical Cabaret. The production will be set in a modern "Spiegeltent," an Austrian traveling mirrored circus tent, complete with classic German beer and goodies including Knödel, Bratwurst, Sauerkraut, Sausages and Pretzels. Cabaret is a musical set in 1931 Berlin as the Nazis are rising to power; it focuses on nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves around the 19-year-old English cabaret performer Sally Bowles and her relationship with the young American writer Cliff Bradshaw. Overseeing the action is the Master of Ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub. This classic is sure to dazzle and delight audiences! Note: teen and adult content.

Reserve early -- only 80 seats available per show.

The Breakfast Club ... A Tribute
Central New York Playhouse

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

In a tribute to the original John Hughes film and a fund raiser for CNY Playhouse. Newly adapted for the stage and starring:
Brian Johnson: Justin Polly
Claire Standish: Kim Panek
Andrew Clark: Geoff Hawthorne
John Bender: Jordan Glaski
Allison Reynolds: Kasey McHale
Richard Vernon: Nathan Faudree
Carl: Sean Pratt

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The Mandorla, or Lying to Tell the Truth
Gerard Moses, director

Price: $20 regular, $15 students/seniors
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

Take the wrong coat. Reach into the pocket. Pull out an enigmatic note. Plunge into a Hitchcockian web of deceit. Mix gently with suspense, desperation and song, and the ingredients for SUNY Oswego theatre professor Mark Cole's new play emerge as The Mandorla, or Lying to Tell the Truth.

Cole's "musical narrative" has music by Frederick Willard and a three-member cast made up of Cole, Sara Weiler, and Dan Williams.

Call 315-289-6613 for reservations.

Friday, June 28, 2013

Rust Belt: New Pants
Lipe Art Park

Price: Free
Lipe Art Park
W. Fayette St. between Armory Square and Tipp Hill, Syracuse

"Rust Belt: New Pants" is an outdoor art exhibit that examines the evolving identity of the city of Syracuse, starting with its industrial, manufacturing beginnings and going to its presence as a post-industrial and cultural hub. Seven local Syracuse artists will be showing their work in the exhibition. While these artists each approached the symbolization of the city's evolution differently in their work, they all recognized the effects post-industrial renewal is having on Syracuse's identity. Furthermore, they chose to represent the city's past by utilizing materials and creating structures that are reminiscent of Syracuse's industrial age. The works encompass a variety of mediums including mural, sculpture, and video.

In My Footsteps: Photography by Everet D. Regal

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

"In My Footsteps" is a varied collection of landscape, water, city and diverse subjects, largely comprised from local and Upstate New York areas.

Spring Discoveries en Plein Air
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Oil paintings and sketches by Skaneateles artist Hetty Easter and her Sketch Club students will be on display. Hetty and her students created all the artwork while outside. Easter's Sketch Club gives children the opportunity to enjoy being creative in a relaxed setting. She started the club last September. It meets approximately once a week after school, with a break during the coldest winter months. This exhibit will include work from more than 20 children, in grades 1-6, who have participated in the group since its inception.

They Left 150 Years Ago
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

"They Left 150 Years Ago," a solo photography exhibition by Jason DeBose, is a visual introduction to the Finnish city of Tampere and its local lifestyle, as well as a visual look at the Finnish influence on America's northeast cities and at Finnish-American heritage. The exhibition also aims to reenergize the dormant sister city relationship between the cities of Syracuse, NY, and Tampere, Finland. Official ties originally established over 20 years ago with the co-hosting of a boxing competition. This exhibit will be the first portion of a two-part engagement that focuses on the sister city relationship. The second portion, a premier screening of the Finnish black comedy film, Iron Sky will be announced shortly.

Jason DeBose is an acclaimed photographer from Pasadena, CA. Mr. DeBose's work has been showcased internationally, including in Ireland, Denmark, Portugal, Estonia, and United States.

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!

Splendor in the Glass: Rain Garden Art by Liz and Rich Micho
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

The June show features new stained glass garden art by Liz and Rich Micho. The Michos specialize in stained glass for your home and garden.

Saturation of Color
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Works by ceramist Jerry Randall of Tully and silkscreen artist Michael Foster of Marcellus will be featured.

Randall, whose works have appeared in more than 60 shows nationwide, exhibited this past year at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show and at shows in Atlanta, Boston, Northampton, MA, and Nashua, NH. Randall, recognized by Ceramics Monthly as an Emerging Artist for 2009, is digital imaging/web specialist and head of installations at Imagine, studio manager and visiting professor of art at Cazenovia College, and adjunct professor of ceramics at Syracuse University, his alma mater.

Foster, who graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in May with a bachelor's degree in architectural studies, was represented in Imagine's May show, "HWS Printmaking Workshop." In addition to Imagine, he has exhibited at HWS's Davis Gallery and at the Hobart and William Smith Library. During his junior year, he studied at Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, in Rome.

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.

The Last Hurrah
Szozda Gallery

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

In a final tribute to the many Central New York artists who have shown at Szozda Gallery, owner Caroline Szozda-McGowan has chosen to do a salon-style multimedia show of their works to cover all walls throughout the entire Delavan Center display areas. Called "The Last Hurrah," the retrospective exhibit ends Sunday, June 30, with a closing reception that also marks the official closing of the gallery.

Bloom
Gandee Gallery

Price: Free
Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"Bloom" presents an eclectic mix of styles and art media. This group exhibition features artwork with the theme of renewal and investigates the innate beauty of nature. The show includes drawing, photography, watercolor, sculpture, and ceramics.

Participating artists include Anne Novado Capuccilli, Willson Cummer, Jen Gandee, Bob Gates, Kelly Sullivan, Lucie Wellner, Pualani Wiley, and Errol Willett.

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.

Transfiguring Art: Contemporary Colombian Abstract Painting
La Casita Cultural Center

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

"Transfiguring Art: Contemporary Colombian Abstract Painting" is a collection of oil and acrylic pieces on canvas showcasing three contemporary Colombian artists exploring non-figurative art. The exhibit is conceived as a bridge-building opportunity and artistic exchange between artists residing at home and in the diaspora, in Colombia, Mexico, and the United States. It includes paintings by Fernando Manrique, Rafael Ordoñez, and Esperanza Tielbaard Pazmiño, all of whom explore the of textural and composition possibilities in abstract art.

The artistic proposals of Manrique, Ordoñez and Pazmiño share an interest in communicating the rich sensory experiences and of the conceptual suggestions possible in pictorial abstraction. Their works explore alternative ways of engaging reality and ask viewers to see through the senses as they travel through interweaving forms, suggestive textures, and provoking compositions. Their canvases challenge accepted distinctions between abstract and figurative painting, as well as between purist and committed art from Latin America, since they incorporate issues of identity, technology, nature, and affect as themes to be explored through the senses.

The collection invites us to be seduced by the mix and to reflect on our understanding of artistic creation and perception, and changing patterns in the 21st century.

West Side Through My Eyes
La Casita Cultural Center

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

An exhibit of photos by the participants of the teen photography workshop at La Casita in collaboration with the Department of Child and Family Studies of Syracuse University. The program is part of the Creative Corner Program at La Casita which is a multi-modal artistic space in which children and youth explore diverse forms and processes of art-making. In addition, the Teen Photography Workshop series is part of the 2013 Reducing Teen Violence Initiative in the Near West Side.

Remnants of a Secret War: Photographs by Mike Greenlar
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

An award-winning photographer for the Syracuse Post-Standard, Mike Greenlar traveled 10 times to a remote mountain region of Laos to document the effects of cluster bombing on the Hmong people. The US covert bombing campaign between 1964 and 1973 gave Laos the distinction of being the most bombed country in the history of warfare--over two million tons of ordnance was dropped. Mike documented life in two resettlement villages where the Hmong continue to farm land rife with unexploded cluster bombs and other munitions. His work shows the resourcefulness of a people who rely on each other, and on those very bombs, for their livelihood. The result is a stunning collection of documentary photographs. "Remnants of a Secret War," also the title of his recently published book, displays both some of the collection found in the book and some never before published. The legacy of the "secret" bombings of Laos takes many forms and offers many stories. In this collection of painfully yet beautifully rendered black and white photographs, he shares some of them with us.

UVP Annual Summer Review: Sightings by Shimon Attie
Urban Video Project

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

Shimon Attie describes his process:
For "Sightings," I created a video installation exploring the heightened moment of mutual encounter between art viewer and art object, between works of art and museum visitors and employees. I selected 40 objects from the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and asked individuals to participate in a "dialogue" with a work of art, each taking an expressive gesture and gaze that embodied their emotional response to the art object... Slow-motion cinematography, frozen gestures, and an unseen moving stage comment on the active/passive quality of the interactions.

Balloonfest

Price: $10 per day; free for children 12 and under
Jamesville Beach
Apulia Rd., Jamesville

Hot air balloons, plus arts & crafts fair, amusement rides, food and beverages, and live music.

Balloon launch 6:00-7:30 pm, weather permitting.

MAIN STAGE
6:00-7:30 pm: 3 Inch Fury
7:45-9:15 pm: Hard Promises
9:45-11:00 pm: Lou Gramm (Foreigner)

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.

Oakwood Visions Ghostwalk
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Reservations by June 7: $10 regular, $8 OHA members. After June 7: $12 regular, $10 members
Oakwood Cemetery
940 Comstock Ave., Syracuse

Discover a pathway into the past through the picturesque "old section" of Oakwood Cemetery and meet some of the fascinating folks that now reside there. Tours start at 6:00 pm and leave every 15 minutes until 7:15 pm, from Oakwood Cemetery's Chapel, rain or shine. Tours last 90 minutes. Participants should enter from the East Colvin Street entrance and drive to the gothic-style Chapel, where parking is available.

Oakwood Visions will take you on a stroll through Oakwood Cemetery's oldest section, Devotion Valley. As guests walk though the cemetery route with a guide, they will meet costumed actors portraying a number of Oakwood "residents": an adventurous early settler, a Fayetteville diva, a member of retail royalty, an investor and innovator, and a tragic figure of scandal and lost love. Actors include David Baber, Bryan Allen Jones, Brian Goldblatt, Marcia Mahaffy, and Kevin Shumway.

Reservations strongly recommended. For more information and to make reservations, phone Karen at 315-428-1864 x312.

Titus Andronicus
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park
Dan Stevens, director

Price: Pay what you can
Thornden Park Amphitheater
Ostrom Ave., Syracuse

Bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating.

Read a review!

*SOLD OUT* Cabaret
Redhouse

Price: $30 regular, $20 members
Museum of Science and Technology (MOST) lawn
West Jefferson St., Syracuse

This year's site-specific performance puts an unique twist on the musical Cabaret. The production will be set in a modern "Spiegeltent," an Austrian traveling mirrored circus tent, complete with classic German beer and goodies including Knödel, Bratwurst, Sauerkraut, Sausages and Pretzels. Cabaret is a musical set in 1931 Berlin as the Nazis are rising to power; it focuses on nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves around the 19-year-old English cabaret performer Sally Bowles and her relationship with the young American writer Cliff Bradshaw. Overseeing the action is the Master of Ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub. This classic is sure to dazzle and delight audiences! Note: teen and adult content.

Reserve early -- only 80 seats available per show.

The Breakfast Club ... A Tribute
Central New York Playhouse

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

In a tribute to the original John Hughes film and a fund raiser for CNY Playhouse. Newly adapted for the stage and starring:
Brian Johnson: Justin Polly
Claire Standish: Kim Panek
Andrew Clark: Geoff Hawthorne
John Bender: Jordan Glaski
Allison Reynolds: Kasey McHale
Richard Vernon: Nathan Faudree
Carl: Sean Pratt

Read a Review!

The Mandorla, or Lying to Tell the Truth
Gerard Moses, director

Price: $20 regular, $15 students/seniors
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

Take the wrong coat. Reach into the pocket. Pull out an enigmatic note. Plunge into a Hitchcockian web of deceit. Mix gently with suspense, desperation and song, and the ingredients for SUNY Oswego theatre professor Mark Cole's new play emerge as The Mandorla, or Lying to Tell the Truth.

Cole's "musical narrative" has music by Frederick Willard and a three-member cast made up of Cole, Sara Weiler, and Dan Williams.

Call 315-289-6613 for reservations.

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Rust Belt: New Pants
Lipe Art Park

Price: Free
Lipe Art Park
W. Fayette St. between Armory Square and Tipp Hill, Syracuse

"Rust Belt: New Pants" is an outdoor art exhibit that examines the evolving identity of the city of Syracuse, starting with its industrial, manufacturing beginnings and going to its presence as a post-industrial and cultural hub. Seven local Syracuse artists will be showing their work in the exhibition. While these artists each approached the symbolization of the city's evolution differently in their work, they all recognized the effects post-industrial renewal is having on Syracuse's identity. Furthermore, they chose to represent the city's past by utilizing materials and creating structures that are reminiscent of Syracuse's industrial age. The works encompass a variety of mediums including mural, sculpture, and video.

In My Footsteps: Photography by Everet D. Regal

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

"In My Footsteps" is a varied collection of landscape, water, city and diverse subjects, largely comprised from local and Upstate New York areas.

Spring Discoveries en Plein Air
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

Oil paintings and sketches by Skaneateles artist Hetty Easter and her Sketch Club students will be on display. Hetty and her students created all the artwork while outside. Easter's Sketch Club gives children the opportunity to enjoy being creative in a relaxed setting. She started the club last September. It meets approximately once a week after school, with a break during the coldest winter months. This exhibit will include work from more than 20 children, in grades 1-6, who have participated in the group since its inception.

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

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.

Splendor in the Glass: Rain Garden Art by Liz and Rich Micho
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

The June show features new stained glass garden art by Liz and Rich Micho. The Michos specialize in stained glass for your home and garden.

Saturation of Color
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Works by ceramist Jerry Randall of Tully and silkscreen artist Michael Foster of Marcellus will be featured.

Randall, whose works have appeared in more than 60 shows nationwide, exhibited this past year at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show and at shows in Atlanta, Boston, Northampton, MA, and Nashua, NH. Randall, recognized by Ceramics Monthly as an Emerging Artist for 2009, is digital imaging/web specialist and head of installations at Imagine, studio manager and visiting professor of art at Cazenovia College, and adjunct professor of ceramics at Syracuse University, his alma mater.

Foster, who graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in May with a bachelor's degree in architectural studies, was represented in Imagine's May show, "HWS Printmaking Workshop." In addition to Imagine, he has exhibited at HWS's Davis Gallery and at the Hobart and William Smith Library. During his junior year, he studied at Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, in Rome.

Art in the Park
Marcellus-Skaneateles Art Guild

Marcellus Park
Route 175 and Platt Road, Marcellus

Fine arts and crafts festival featuring more than 40 artists and craftspeople.

Entertainment will include Celtic music with Billy Delaney, fun for kids of all ages with Lulu the Clown, and a coloring tent for the kids. Food provided by Friends of the Park.

The Last Hurrah
Szozda Gallery

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

In a final tribute to the many Central New York artists who have shown at Szozda Gallery, owner Caroline Szozda-McGowan has chosen to do a salon-style multimedia show of their works to cover all walls throughout the entire Delavan Center display areas. Called "The Last Hurrah," the retrospective exhibit ends Sunday, June 30, with a closing reception that also marks the official closing of the gallery.

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!

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.

Bloom
Gandee Gallery

Price: Free
Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"Bloom" presents an eclectic mix of styles and art media. This group exhibition features artwork with the theme of renewal and investigates the innate beauty of nature. The show includes drawing, photography, watercolor, sculpture, and ceramics.

Participating artists include Anne Novado Capuccilli, Willson Cummer, Jen Gandee, Bob Gates, Kelly Sullivan, Lucie Wellner, Pualani Wiley, and Errol Willett.

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.

Remnants of a Secret War: Photographs by Mike Greenlar
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

An award-winning photographer for the Syracuse Post-Standard, Mike Greenlar traveled 10 times to a remote mountain region of Laos to document the effects of cluster bombing on the Hmong people. The US covert bombing campaign between 1964 and 1973 gave Laos the distinction of being the most bombed country in the history of warfare--over two million tons of ordnance was dropped. Mike documented life in two resettlement villages where the Hmong continue to farm land rife with unexploded cluster bombs and other munitions. His work shows the resourcefulness of a people who rely on each other, and on those very bombs, for their livelihood. The result is a stunning collection of documentary photographs. "Remnants of a Secret War," also the title of his recently published book, displays both some of the collection found in the book and some never before published. The legacy of the "secret" bombings of Laos takes many forms and offers many stories. In this collection of painfully yet beautifully rendered black and white photographs, he shares some of them with us.

UVP Annual Summer Review: Sightings by Shimon Attie
Urban Video Project

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

Shimon Attie describes his process:
For "Sightings," I created a video installation exploring the heightened moment of mutual encounter between art viewer and art object, between works of art and museum visitors and employees. I selected 40 objects from the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and asked individuals to participate in a "dialogue" with a work of art, each taking an expressive gesture and gaze that embodied their emotional response to the art object... Slow-motion cinematography, frozen gestures, and an unseen moving stage comment on the active/passive quality of the interactions.

Balloonfest

Price: $10 per day; free for children 12 and under
Jamesville Beach
Apulia Rd., Jamesville

Hot air balloons, plus arts & crafts fair, amusement rides, food and beverages, and live music.

Balloon launch 6:00 am and 6:00-7:30 pm, weather permitting.

MAIN STAGE
4:00-5:30 pm: Victus
5:45-7:00 pm: Yankee Rebel
7:30-9:00 pm: Under The Gun
9:30-11:00 pm: Starship, with Mickey Thomas

Before Stonewall
ArtRage Gallery

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

This stirring documentary explores the modern fight for gay rights in America through five decades of archival footage, personal memories, and photographs. Here is a visual and oral album of gay subculture in the Roaring 1920s and the Depression, in the military and work force of WWII; later harassment during the McCarthy era, then grassroots 1950s political efforts, and the civil rights movement. The film peaks with the 1969 riot at Stonewall Inn, often seen as the birth of modern gay and lesbian liberation. Among its many awards: Grand Prize at Sundance, International G&L Film Festival, LA Filmex, Houston Film Festival, Global Village, Emmy. (1984, 87 minutes)

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.

Oakwood Visions Ghostwalk
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Reservations by June 7: $10 regular, $8 OHA members. After June 7: $12 regular, $10 members
Oakwood Cemetery
940 Comstock Ave., Syracuse

Discover a pathway into the past through the picturesque "old section" of Oakwood Cemetery and meet some of the fascinating folks that now reside there. Tours start at 6:00 pm and leave every 15 minutes until 7:15 pm, from Oakwood Cemetery's Chapel, rain or shine. Tours last 90 minutes. Participants should enter from the East Colvin Street entrance and drive to the gothic-style Chapel, where parking is available.

Oakwood Visions will take you on a stroll through Oakwood Cemetery's oldest section, Devotion Valley. As guests walk though the cemetery route with a guide, they will meet costumed actors portraying a number of Oakwood "residents": an adventurous early settler, a Fayetteville diva, a member of retail royalty, an investor and innovator, and a tragic figure of scandal and lost love. Actors include David Baber, Bryan Allen Jones, Brian Goldblatt, Marcia Mahaffy, and Kevin Shumway.

Reservations strongly recommended. For more information and to make reservations, phone Karen at 315-428-1864 x312.

WRVO MemberCard Thank You! Tour: Loren Barrigar and Mark Mazengarb

Price: $15 regular, free for WRVO members with advance registration (up to 2 tickets)
Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

The tour features Loren Barrigar and Mark Mazengarb, the award-winning "International Guitar Duo." This is our opportunity to say thank you for your support, and to do so at a concert venue near you.

Admission is free with the WRVO MemberCard, but you must register in advance at www.wrvo.org or by calling 315-312-3690.

Turkuaz, with The Fat Peace, Thru Spectrums
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

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.

Titus Andronicus
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park
Dan Stevens, director

Price: Pay what you can
Thornden Park Amphitheater
Ostrom Ave., Syracuse

Bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating.

Read a review!

Cabaret
Redhouse

Price: $30 regular, $20 members
Museum of Science and Technology (MOST) lawn
West Jefferson St., Syracuse

This year's site-specific performance puts an unique twist on the musical Cabaret. The production will be set in a modern "Spiegeltent," an Austrian traveling mirrored circus tent, complete with classic German beer and goodies including Knödel, Bratwurst, Sauerkraut, Sausages and Pretzels. Cabaret is a musical set in 1931 Berlin as the Nazis are rising to power; it focuses on nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves around the 19-year-old English cabaret performer Sally Bowles and her relationship with the young American writer Cliff Bradshaw. Overseeing the action is the Master of Ceremonies at the Kit Kat Klub. This classic is sure to dazzle and delight audiences! Note: teen and adult content.

Reserve early -- only 80 seats available per show.

The Breakfast Club ... A Tribute
Central New York Playhouse

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

In a tribute to the original John Hughes film and a fund raiser for CNY Playhouse. Newly adapted for the stage and starring:
Brian Johnson: Justin Polly
Claire Standish: Kim Panek
Andrew Clark: Geoff Hawthorne
John Bender: Jordan Glaski
Allison Reynolds: Kasey McHale
Richard Vernon: Nathan Faudree
Carl: Sean Pratt

Read a Review!

The Mandorla, or Lying to Tell the Truth
Gerard Moses, director

Price: $20 regular, $15 students/seniors
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

Take the wrong coat. Reach into the pocket. Pull out an enigmatic note. Plunge into a Hitchcockian web of deceit. Mix gently with suspense, desperation and song, and the ingredients for SUNY Oswego theatre professor Mark Cole's new play emerge as The Mandorla, or Lying to Tell the Truth.

Cole's "musical narrative" has music by Frederick Willard and a three-member cast made up of Cole, Sara Weiler, and Dan Williams.

Call 315-289-6613 for reservations.

Sunday, June 30, 2013

Rust Belt: New Pants
Lipe Art Park

Price: Free
Lipe Art Park
W. Fayette St. between Armory Square and Tipp Hill, Syracuse

"Rust Belt: New Pants" is an outdoor art exhibit that examines the evolving identity of the city of Syracuse, starting with its industrial, manufacturing beginnings and going to its presence as a post-industrial and cultural hub. Seven local Syracuse artists will be showing their work in the exhibition. While these artists each approached the symbolization of the city's evolution differently in their work, they all recognized the effects post-industrial renewal is having on Syracuse's identity. Furthermore, they chose to represent the city's past by utilizing materials and creating structures that are reminiscent of Syracuse's industrial age. The works encompass a variety of mediums including mural, sculpture, and video.

Closing: The Last Hurrah
Szozda Gallery

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

There will be a closing reception this afternoon 1:00-4:00 pm.

In a final tribute to the many Central New York artists who have shown at Szozda Gallery, owner Caroline Szozda-McGowan has chosen to do a salon-style multimedia show of their works to cover all walls throughout the entire Delavan Center display areas. Called "The Last Hurrah," the retrospective exhibit ends Sunday, June 30, with a closing reception that also marks the official closing of the gallery.

Splendor in the Glass: Rain Garden Art by Liz and Rich Micho
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

The June show features new stained glass garden art by Liz and Rich Micho. The Michos specialize in stained glass for your home and garden.

Bloom
Gandee Gallery

Price: Free
Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

"Bloom" presents an eclectic mix of styles and art media. This group exhibition features artwork with the theme of renewal and investigates the innate beauty of nature. The show includes drawing, photography, watercolor, sculpture, and ceramics.

Participating artists include Anne Novado Capuccilli, Willson Cummer, Jen Gandee, Bob Gates, Kelly Sullivan, Lucie Wellner, Pualani Wiley, and Errol Willett.

Saturation of Color
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Works by ceramist Jerry Randall of Tully and silkscreen artist Michael Foster of Marcellus will be featured.

Randall, whose works have appeared in more than 60 shows nationwide, exhibited this past year at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show and at shows in Atlanta, Boston, Northampton, MA, and Nashua, NH. Randall, recognized by Ceramics Monthly as an Emerging Artist for 2009, is digital imaging/web specialist and head of installations at Imagine, studio manager and visiting professor of art at Cazenovia College, and adjunct professor of ceramics at Syracuse University, his alma mater.

Foster, who graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in May with a bachelor's degree in architectural studies, was represented in Imagine's May show, "HWS Printmaking Workshop." In addition to Imagine, he has exhibited at HWS's Davis Gallery and at the Hobart and William Smith Library. During his junior year, he studied at Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, in Rome.

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.

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.

Balloonfest

Price: $10 per day; free for children 12 and under
Jamesville Beach
Apulia Rd., Jamesville

Hot air balloons, plus arts & crafts fair, amusement rides, food and beverages, and live music.

Balloon launch 6:00 am and 6:00-7:30 pm, weather permitting.

MAIN STAGE
4:30-6:00 pm: Wild Honey
6:30-8:00 pm: Rock Bottom AllStars
8:30-10:00 pm: Eddie Money

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.

Titus Andronicus
Syracuse Shakespeare-in-the-Park
Dan Stevens, director

Price: Pay what you can
Thornden Park Amphitheater
Ostrom Ave., Syracuse

Bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating.

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The Mandorla, or Lying to Tell the Truth
Gerard Moses, director

Price: $20 regular, $15 students/seniors
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

Take the wrong coat. Reach into the pocket. Pull out an enigmatic note. Plunge into a Hitchcockian web of deceit. Mix gently with suspense, desperation and song, and the ingredients for SUNY Oswego theatre professor Mark Cole's new play emerge as The Mandorla, or Lying to Tell the Truth.

Cole's "musical narrative" has music by Frederick Willard and a three-member cast made up of Cole, Sara Weiler, and Dan Williams.

Call 315-289-6613 for reservations.

Monday, July 1, 2013

Rust Belt: New Pants
Lipe Art Park

Price: Free
Lipe Art Park
W. Fayette St. between Armory Square and Tipp Hill, Syracuse

"Rust Belt: New Pants" is an outdoor art exhibit that examines the evolving identity of the city of Syracuse, starting with its industrial, manufacturing beginnings and going to its presence as a post-industrial and cultural hub. Seven local Syracuse artists will be showing their work in the exhibition. While these artists each approached the symbolization of the city's evolution differently in their work, they all recognized the effects post-industrial renewal is having on Syracuse's identity. Furthermore, they chose to represent the city's past by utilizing materials and creating structures that are reminiscent of Syracuse's industrial age. The works encompass a variety of mediums including mural, sculpture, and video.

Exceptional Exhibition
Onondaga County Central Library

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

Exceptional Artworks Committee presents an Exceptional Exhibition in celebration of the 23rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Exceptional Artworks Committee is a coalition of local and regional nonprofit agencies in Central New York. Its mission is to encourage and showcase the artistic and creative talents of individuals with disabilities. This will be the eighth art exhibit held for the annual ADA celebrations, and the fourth to be hosted by Central Library.

They Left 150 Years Ago
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

"They Left 150 Years Ago," a solo photography exhibition by Jason DeBose, is a visual introduction to the Finnish city of Tampere and its local lifestyle, as well as a visual look at the Finnish influence on America's northeast cities and at Finnish-American heritage. The exhibition also aims to reenergize the dormant sister city relationship between the cities of Syracuse, NY, and Tampere, Finland. Official ties originally established over 20 years ago with the co-hosting of a boxing competition. This exhibit will be the first portion of a two-part engagement that focuses on the sister city relationship. The second portion, a premier screening of the Finnish black comedy film, Iron Sky will be announced shortly.

Jason DeBose is an acclaimed photographer from Pasadena, CA. Mr. DeBose's work has been showcased internationally, including in Ireland, Denmark, Portugal, Estonia, and United States.

Transfiguring Art: Contemporary Colombian Abstract Painting
La Casita Cultural Center

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

"Transfiguring Art: Contemporary Colombian Abstract Painting" is a collection of oil and acrylic pieces on canvas showcasing three contemporary Colombian artists exploring non-figurative art. The exhibit is conceived as a bridge-building opportunity and artistic exchange between artists residing at home and in the diaspora, in Colombia, Mexico, and the United States. It includes paintings by Fernando Manrique, Rafael Ordoñez, and Esperanza Tielbaard Pazmiño, all of whom explore the of textural and composition possibilities in abstract art.

The artistic proposals of Manrique, Ordoñez and Pazmiño share an interest in communicating the rich sensory experiences and of the conceptual suggestions possible in pictorial abstraction. Their works explore alternative ways of engaging reality and ask viewers to see through the senses as they travel through interweaving forms, suggestive textures, and provoking compositions. Their canvases challenge accepted distinctions between abstract and figurative painting, as well as between purist and committed art from Latin America, since they incorporate issues of identity, technology, nature, and affect as themes to be explored through the senses.

The collection invites us to be seduced by the mix and to reflect on our understanding of artistic creation and perception, and changing patterns in the 21st century.

West Side Through My Eyes
La Casita Cultural Center

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

An exhibit of photos by the participants of the teen photography workshop at La Casita in collaboration with the Department of Child and Family Studies of Syracuse University. The program is part of the Creative Corner Program at La Casita which is a multi-modal artistic space in which children and youth explore diverse forms and processes of art-making. In addition, the Teen Photography Workshop series is part of the 2013 Reducing Teen Violence Initiative in the Near West Side.

Liverpool Community Orchestra
Liverpool is the Place

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

Patriotic tunes

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Rust Belt: New Pants
Lipe Art Park

Price: Free
Lipe Art Park
W. Fayette St. between Armory Square and Tipp Hill, Syracuse

"Rust Belt: New Pants" is an outdoor art exhibit that examines the evolving identity of the city of Syracuse, starting with its industrial, manufacturing beginnings and going to its presence as a post-industrial and cultural hub. Seven local Syracuse artists will be showing their work in the exhibition. While these artists each approached the symbolization of the city's evolution differently in their work, they all recognized the effects post-industrial renewal is having on Syracuse's identity. Furthermore, they chose to represent the city's past by utilizing materials and creating structures that are reminiscent of Syracuse's industrial age. The works encompass a variety of mediums including mural, sculpture, and video.

Exceptional Exhibition
Onondaga County Central Library

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

Exceptional Artworks Committee presents an Exceptional Exhibition in celebration of the 23rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Exceptional Artworks Committee is a coalition of local and regional nonprofit agencies in Central New York. Its mission is to encourage and showcase the artistic and creative talents of individuals with disabilities. This will be the eighth art exhibit held for the annual ADA celebrations, and the fourth to be hosted by Central Library.

They Left 150 Years Ago
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

"They Left 150 Years Ago," a solo photography exhibition by Jason DeBose, is a visual introduction to the Finnish city of Tampere and its local lifestyle, as well as a visual look at the Finnish influence on America's northeast cities and at Finnish-American heritage. The exhibition also aims to reenergize the dormant sister city relationship between the cities of Syracuse, NY, and Tampere, Finland. Official ties originally established over 20 years ago with the co-hosting of a boxing competition. This exhibit will be the first portion of a two-part engagement that focuses on the sister city relationship. The second portion, a premier screening of the Finnish black comedy film, Iron Sky will be announced shortly.

Jason DeBose is an acclaimed photographer from Pasadena, CA. Mr. DeBose's work has been showcased internationally, including in Ireland, Denmark, Portugal, Estonia, and United States.

Facing the Facts
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Open Figure Drawing presents their non-juried 2013 portrait show.

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!

Extended Passions: Watercolors by Cyndee Sharpe
Maxwell Memorial Library

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

Cyndee Sharpe's nature photography is well-known in Central New York. Her intimate portraits of birds and other wildlife show these animals in breathtaking detail. In this exhibit, Sharpe will share a different vision of the world around us. A self-taught watercolorist, Sharpe has turned to a new medium for expressing her love of nature.

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.

West Side Through My Eyes
La Casita Cultural Center

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

An exhibit of photos by the participants of the teen photography workshop at La Casita in collaboration with the Department of Child and Family Studies of Syracuse University. The program is part of the Creative Corner Program at La Casita which is a multi-modal artistic space in which children and youth explore diverse forms and processes of art-making. In addition, the Teen Photography Workshop series is part of the 2013 Reducing Teen Violence Initiative in the Near West Side.

Transfiguring Art: Contemporary Colombian Abstract Painting
La Casita Cultural Center

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

"Transfiguring Art: Contemporary Colombian Abstract Painting" is a collection of oil and acrylic pieces on canvas showcasing three contemporary Colombian artists exploring non-figurative art. The exhibit is conceived as a bridge-building opportunity and artistic exchange between artists residing at home and in the diaspora, in Colombia, Mexico, and the United States. It includes paintings by Fernando Manrique, Rafael Ordoñez, and Esperanza Tielbaard Pazmiño, all of whom explore the of textural and composition possibilities in abstract art.

The artistic proposals of Manrique, Ordoñez and Pazmiño share an interest in communicating the rich sensory experiences and of the conceptual suggestions possible in pictorial abstraction. Their works explore alternative ways of engaging reality and ask viewers to see through the senses as they travel through interweaving forms, suggestive textures, and provoking compositions. Their canvases challenge accepted distinctions between abstract and figurative painting, as well as between purist and committed art from Latin America, since they incorporate issues of identity, technology, nature, and affect as themes to be explored through the senses.

The collection invites us to be seduced by the mix and to reflect on our understanding of artistic creation and perception, and changing patterns in the 21st century.

Pops in the Park

Price: Free
Onondaga Park
Roberts Avenue, Syracuse

A variety of musical styles featured each week. Bring lawn chairs for seating.

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Rust Belt: New Pants
Lipe Art Park

Price: Free
Lipe Art Park
W. Fayette St. between Armory Square and Tipp Hill, Syracuse

"Rust Belt: New Pants" is an outdoor art exhibit that examines the evolving identity of the city of Syracuse, starting with its industrial, manufacturing beginnings and going to its presence as a post-industrial and cultural hub. Seven local Syracuse artists will be showing their work in the exhibition. While these artists each approached the symbolization of the city's evolution differently in their work, they all recognized the effects post-industrial renewal is having on Syracuse's identity. Furthermore, they chose to represent the city's past by utilizing materials and creating structures that are reminiscent of Syracuse's industrial age. The works encompass a variety of mediums including mural, sculpture, and video.

Exceptional Exhibition
Onondaga County Central Library

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

Exceptional Artworks Committee presents an Exceptional Exhibition in celebration of the 23rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Exceptional Artworks Committee is a coalition of local and regional nonprofit agencies in Central New York. Its mission is to encourage and showcase the artistic and creative talents of individuals with disabilities. This will be the eighth art exhibit held for the annual ADA celebrations, and the fourth to be hosted by Central Library.

They Left 150 Years Ago
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

"They Left 150 Years Ago," a solo photography exhibition by Jason DeBose, is a visual introduction to the Finnish city of Tampere and its local lifestyle, as well as a visual look at the Finnish influence on America's northeast cities and at Finnish-American heritage. The exhibition also aims to reenergize the dormant sister city relationship between the cities of Syracuse, NY, and Tampere, Finland. Official ties originally established over 20 years ago with the co-hosting of a boxing competition. This exhibit will be the first portion of a two-part engagement that focuses on the sister city relationship. The second portion, a premier screening of the Finnish black comedy film, Iron Sky will be announced shortly.

Jason DeBose is an acclaimed photographer from Pasadena, CA. Mr. DeBose's work has been showcased internationally, including in Ireland, Denmark, Portugal, Estonia, and United States.

Facing the Facts
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Open Figure Drawing presents their non-juried 2013 portrait show.

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!

Extended Passions: Watercolors by Cyndee Sharpe
Maxwell Memorial Library

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

Cyndee Sharpe's nature photography is well-known in Central New York. Her intimate portraits of birds and other wildlife show these animals in breathtaking detail. In this exhibit, Sharpe will share a different vision of the world around us. A self-taught watercolorist, Sharpe has turned to a new medium for expressing her love of nature.

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.

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!

Transfiguring Art: Contemporary Colombian Abstract Painting
La Casita Cultural Center

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

"Transfiguring Art: Contemporary Colombian Abstract Painting" is a collection of oil and acrylic pieces on canvas showcasing three contemporary Colombian artists exploring non-figurative art. The exhibit is conceived as a bridge-building opportunity and artistic exchange between artists residing at home and in the diaspora, in Colombia, Mexico, and the United States. It includes paintings by Fernando Manrique, Rafael Ordoñez, and Esperanza Tielbaard Pazmiño, all of whom explore the of textural and composition possibilities in abstract art.

The artistic proposals of Manrique, Ordoñez and Pazmiño share an interest in communicating the rich sensory experiences and of the conceptual suggestions possible in pictorial abstraction. Their works explore alternative ways of engaging reality and ask viewers to see through the senses as they travel through interweaving forms, suggestive textures, and provoking compositions. Their canvases challenge accepted distinctions between abstract and figurative painting, as well as between purist and committed art from Latin America, since they incorporate issues of identity, technology, nature, and affect as themes to be explored through the senses.

The collection invites us to be seduced by the mix and to reflect on our understanding of artistic creation and perception, and changing patterns in the 21st century.

West Side Through My Eyes
La Casita Cultural Center

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

An exhibit of photos by the participants of the teen photography workshop at La Casita in collaboration with the Department of Child and Family Studies of Syracuse University. The program is part of the Creative Corner Program at La Casita which is a multi-modal artistic space in which children and youth explore diverse forms and processes of art-making. In addition, the Teen Photography Workshop series is part of the 2013 Reducing Teen Violence Initiative in the Near West Side.

Remnants of a Secret War: Photographs by Mike Greenlar
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

An award-winning photographer for the Syracuse Post-Standard, Mike Greenlar traveled 10 times to a remote mountain region of Laos to document the effects of cluster bombing on the Hmong people. The US covert bombing campaign between 1964 and 1973 gave Laos the distinction of being the most bombed country in the history of warfare--over two million tons of ordnance was dropped. Mike documented life in two resettlement villages where the Hmong continue to farm land rife with unexploded cluster bombs and other munitions. His work shows the resourcefulness of a people who rely on each other, and on those very bombs, for their livelihood. The result is a stunning collection of documentary photographs. "Remnants of a Secret War," also the title of his recently published book, displays both some of the collection found in the book and some never before published. The legacy of the "secret" bombings of Laos takes many forms and offers many stories. In this collection of painfully yet beautifully rendered black and white photographs, he shares some of them with us.

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.

Scott Dennis Quartet
Liverpool is the Place

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

Jazz and standards