Friday, August 30, 2013

Lake Effect
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

The exhibit features paintings and drawings in oil, pastel, watercolor, and acrylic by two Skaneateles artists, Rachel Harms and Barbara Delmonico.

Gallery Exhibit: David A. Ludwig, Structures
Onondaga Community College

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

David Ludwig began his career as a painter and slowly evolved from two-dimensional color field paintings on canvas to three-dimensional wall reliefs or structures constructed of plywood. His work as a model builder for an architecture firm in Philadelphia had a major impact on his working method as well as on the direction his work would take.

At first glance, Ludwig's colorful abstract structures are minimal in means. Closer observation reveals, however, each structure's complexity. Controlled completely, the artist sets up a dialogue between form, light, color and texture from the very beginning.

Ray Trudell Photography
The Art Store Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

Convergence: Where Line Meets Form
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

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

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

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

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

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

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

The Craft of Wood
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

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

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

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

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

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

Read a review!

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

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

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

Marna Bell: Imperfect Memories
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

The Art of Nicora Gangi
Dalton's

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

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

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.

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Urban Cinematheque 2013 Film and Fair: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Everson Museum of Art

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

Fair opens at 7:30 pm; movie begins at 8:15 pm. Event will be held indoors in case of rain.

Explore the downtown art and culture scene in Syracuse with a free screening of the critically acclaimed Beasts of the Southern Wild. Urban Video Project will project the movie outdoors in glorious enormity on the side of the Everson Museum of Art, a national architectural landmark.

Over a dozen local arts and cultural organizations will be present with information about upcoming events, exhibitions and opportunities to get involved. Go to UVP's Facebook event page for the most up-to-date information.

Beasts of the Southern Wild: Faced with both her hot-tempered father's fading health and melting ice-caps that flood her ramshackle bayou community and unleash ancient aurochs, six-year-old Hushpuppy must learn the ways of courage and love.

Brought to you by Urban Video Project, the Everson Museum of Art, Light Work/Community Darkrooms, and Oncenter.

Charter buses will leave from and return to the Schine Student Center (University-side) on the Syracuse University Campus every 15 minutes from 7:30-10:30 pm. The museum can also be accessed via the Connective Corridor bus line.

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.

Skaneateles Community Band

Price: Free
Clift Park
Genesee St., Skaneateles

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

A Far Cry, Part II
Skaneateles Festival

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

Biber Battalia
Hans Krása Tanec: Dance for String Trio
Schubert String Quintet in C major, D. 956

Featuring the musicians of A Far Cry string orchestra.

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Songs for a New World
Redhouse

Price: $30 regular, $20 members
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

This exquisite score takes you from the deck of a 1492 Spanish sailing ship to a ledge 57 stories above Fifth Avenue to meet a startling array of characters ranging from a young man who has determined that basketball is his ticket out of the ghetto to a woman whose dream of marrying rich nabs her the man of her dreams and a soulless marriage. Written and composed by Jason Robert Brown.

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Saturday, August 31, 2013

Lake Effect
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

The exhibit features paintings and drawings in oil, pastel, watercolor, and acrylic by two Skaneateles artists, Rachel Harms and Barbara Delmonico.

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.

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

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

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

The Craft of Wood
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

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

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

The Art of Nicora Gangi
Dalton's

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

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

Ray Trudell Photography
The Art Store Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Festival Finale
Skaneateles Festival
Featuring A Far Cry

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

Johann Stamitz Sinfonia á 4 in D major
Gideon Klein Partita
Josef Suk Serenade for Strings in E flat major, Op. 6

Rain location: Skaneateles High School

Cabaret Series: Sorry/Not Sorry
Central New York Playhouse
Featuring Liam Fitzpatrick

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

Veteran performer Liam Fitzpatrick does his first solo cabaret at CNYP. Joined by accompanist Abel Searor.

Songs for a New World
Redhouse

Price: $30 regular, $20 members
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

This exquisite score takes you from the deck of a 1492 Spanish sailing ship to a ledge 57 stories above Fifth Avenue to meet a startling array of characters ranging from a young man who has determined that basketball is his ticket out of the ghetto to a woman whose dream of marrying rich nabs her the man of her dreams and a soulless marriage. Written and composed by Jason Robert Brown.

Read a Review!

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Marna Bell: Imperfect Memories
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read a review!

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!

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.

Monday, September 2, 2013

Waking Dreams: Word and Image: Works by Terry McMaster
Onondaga County Central Library

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

Terry McMaster is a social worker for Catholic Charities and teaches human services for Columbia College. His painted images manifest from the realm of the unconscious both personal and collective. His photographs take images from the built environment and from nature, and attempt to reveal a deeper reality than what is visible on the surface.

Gallery Exhibit: David A. Ludwig, Structures
Onondaga Community College

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

David Ludwig began his career as a painter and slowly evolved from two-dimensional color field paintings on canvas to three-dimensional wall reliefs or structures constructed of plywood. His work as a model builder for an architecture firm in Philadelphia had a major impact on his working method as well as on the direction his work would take.

At first glance, Ludwig's colorful abstract structures are minimal in means. Closer observation reveals, however, each structure's complexity. Controlled completely, the artist sets up a dialogue between form, light, color and texture from the very beginning.

Ray Trudell Photography
The Art Store Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read a review!

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

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

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

Marna Bell: Imperfect Memories
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Waking Dreams: Word and Image: Works by Terry McMaster
Onondaga County Central Library

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

Terry McMaster is a social worker for Catholic Charities and teaches human services for Columbia College. His painted images manifest from the realm of the unconscious both personal and collective. His photographs take images from the built environment and from nature, and attempt to reveal a deeper reality than what is visible on the surface.

Lake Effect
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

The exhibit features paintings and drawings in oil, pastel, watercolor, and acrylic by two Skaneateles artists, Rachel Harms and Barbara Delmonico.

Gallery Exhibit: David A. Ludwig, Structures
Onondaga Community College

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

David Ludwig began his career as a painter and slowly evolved from two-dimensional color field paintings on canvas to three-dimensional wall reliefs or structures constructed of plywood. His work as a model builder for an architecture firm in Philadelphia had a major impact on his working method as well as on the direction his work would take.

At first glance, Ludwig's colorful abstract structures are minimal in means. Closer observation reveals, however, each structure's complexity. Controlled completely, the artist sets up a dialogue between form, light, color and texture from the very beginning.

Ray Trudell Photography
The Art Store Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

Convergence: Where Line Meets Form
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

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

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

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

Marna Bell: Imperfect Memories
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read a review!

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!

Faculty Recital Series: Kola Owalabi, organ
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

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

The program will include works by J. S. Bach, Leo Sowerby and Petr Eben. Eben's Four Biblical Dances will feature narration by the Rev. Bruce Webster of Kirkville United Methodist Church in Kirkville, NY.

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

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Waking Dreams: Word and Image: Works by Terry McMaster
Onondaga County Central Library

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

Terry McMaster is a social worker for Catholic Charities and teaches human services for Columbia College. His painted images manifest from the realm of the unconscious both personal and collective. His photographs take images from the built environment and from nature, and attempt to reveal a deeper reality than what is visible on the surface.

Lake Effect
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

The exhibit features paintings and drawings in oil, pastel, watercolor, and acrylic by two Skaneateles artists, Rachel Harms and Barbara Delmonico.

Gallery Exhibit: David A. Ludwig, Structures
Onondaga Community College

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

David Ludwig began his career as a painter and slowly evolved from two-dimensional color field paintings on canvas to three-dimensional wall reliefs or structures constructed of plywood. His work as a model builder for an architecture firm in Philadelphia had a major impact on his working method as well as on the direction his work would take.

At first glance, Ludwig's colorful abstract structures are minimal in means. Closer observation reveals, however, each structure's complexity. Controlled completely, the artist sets up a dialogue between form, light, color and texture from the very beginning.

Ray Trudell Photography
The Art Store Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

Convergence: Where Line Meets Form
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read a review!

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

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

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

Marna Bell: Imperfect Memories
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read a review!

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

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

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Waking Dreams: Word and Image: Works by Terry McMaster
Onondaga County Central Library

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

Terry McMaster is a social worker for Catholic Charities and teaches human services for Columbia College. His painted images manifest from the realm of the unconscious both personal and collective. His photographs take images from the built environment and from nature, and attempt to reveal a deeper reality than what is visible on the surface.

Lake Effect
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

The exhibit features paintings and drawings in oil, pastel, watercolor, and acrylic by two Skaneateles artists, Rachel Harms and Barbara Delmonico.

Gallery Exhibit: David A. Ludwig, Structures
Onondaga Community College

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

David Ludwig began his career as a painter and slowly evolved from two-dimensional color field paintings on canvas to three-dimensional wall reliefs or structures constructed of plywood. His work as a model builder for an architecture firm in Philadelphia had a major impact on his working method as well as on the direction his work would take.

At first glance, Ludwig's colorful abstract structures are minimal in means. Closer observation reveals, however, each structure's complexity. Controlled completely, the artist sets up a dialogue between form, light, color and texture from the very beginning.

John James Audubon and the American Landscape
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

John James Audubon and the American Landscape showcases Syracuse University's copy of the rare double elephant folio The Birds of America. Printed in London and Edinburgh between 1827 and 1838, the work is a stunning visual catalog, featuring 435 plates depicting American bird life. The enterprise consumed much of Audubon's adult life and took him from the Pennsylvania woods to the Florida Keys and the Labrador coast. To its 19th-century audience, The Birds of America was much more than an ornithological inventory. It brought the exotic American wilderness into the drawing rooms and parlors of its wealthy subscribers. In 1896, former mayor of Syracuse and Syracuse University trustee James J. Welden donated a copy to the University. Today, The Birds of America is known for its extraordinary value, fetching more than ten million dollars at auction.

The exhibition situates The Birds of America in the wider contexts of Audubon's life, 19th-century scientific knowledge, and a rapidly changing landscape that was becoming less exotic each day. Also on display are Alexander Wilson's American Ornithology (1808–14), Audubon's textual companion to The Birds of America (Ornithological Biography, 1831–49), and later volumes that speak to Audubon's legacy, such as first editions of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) and Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There (1949). Syracuse University's copy of The Birds of America is disbound, which makes it possible for visitors to the exhibition to consider several different prints at once. Some of the engravings on display include the barn owl, Swainson's hawk, and the long-billed curlew, all of which depict American avian life against the backdrop of encroaching civilization.

Ray Trudell Photography
The Art Store Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

Convergence: Where Line Meets Form
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read a review!

Marna Bell: Imperfect Memories
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Opening: Nyumba ya Sanaa: Works from the Maryknoll Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

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

In 2012, the SU Art Galleries was chosen as a repository for the Maryknoll Collection, a gift from the Maryknoll Sisters of over 170 original works of art by 22 Tanzanian artists, including prints, drawings, watercolors, sculpture and textiles. The collection contains artwork created at Nyumba ya Sanaa ("House of Art" in Swahili), a cultural center and art workshop located in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This exhibit, curated by SUArt Galleries Director Domenic J. Iacono, will present 90 pieces of artwork created in the last quarter of the 20th century featuring a breadth of media including painting, sculpture and printmaking, and highlighting over a dozen artists.

Opening: A World Apart: Art from the Samuel T. Pees Collection of Ethnographic Art
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

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

This exhibition highlights artwork gifted to the University Art Collection by collector Samuel T. Pees. Curated by SUArt Galleries Director Domenic J. Iacono, the exhibition will present 30 pieces of original artwork featuring a breadth of media from oil to printmaking to dye batiks. The exhibition highlights over 20 artists, with nationalities as diverse as Haitian, Paraguayan, Indonesian, Thai, Grand Cayman, and Malaysian. This is the first exhibition to examine artwork in the Pees Collection since 1989.

Opening: Henninger Art Class: Voices Heard and Celebrated
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

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

This exhibition of artwork by Henninger High School students in the Syracuse City School district was inspired by the exhibition Nyumba ya Sanaa: Works from the Maryknoll Collection. This display of 18 works of student art is the result of community collaboration between SUArt Galleries Director Domenic Iacono, Henninger High School Art Teacher Lori Lizzio, and Stephen Mahan of the Photography and Literacy (P.A.L.) Project.

This past spring P.A.L Project partnered with SUArt Galleries and Lori Lizzio's art class from Henninger High School to create artwork that could be used in an exhibition. The Maryknoll Collection, housed in the University Art Collection, inspired the students' artwork. This collection, recently acquired from Nyumba ya Sanaa (School of Art) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, served as a creative springboard and inspiration to document what they felt were distinctive moments from their daily lives. Using simple point and shoot cameras and basic Photoshop skills, the students highlighted personally meaningful moments, scenes or people of their daily lives; much as the Tanzanian artists had done when making their art.

International Art from the Permanent Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Highlighting the breadth of the collections' encyclopedic holdings and exploring international artists and themes, these new displays explore the genres of photography, prints, paintings and sculpture. Two of the exhibitions on display in the Print and Photo Study Galleries will highlight the University's vast holdings of historical Japanese photographs and prints. The third exhibition will examine artwork created by international artists who have immigrated to the United States.

America's Calling, presented in the Gallery of American Art, is an exhibition of 16 works of art by 15 foreign-born artists, including Ben Shahn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and Josef Albers. The artists included in the exhibition, or their families, were drawn to the United States because it offered opportunities unavailable in their homelands. A variety of media is presented in the display, including painting, ceramics, sculpture and printmaking that are handled using often innovative techniques. Cumulatively, these artists had a profound and permanent effect on the evolution of American art.

The Photo Study Room will present Visions for Sale: Photographs of Nineteenth Century Japan, an exhibition of 22 hand-colored albumen prints from the 19th century exploring the country's people, land and environment that was quickly changing due to modernization. European photographers such as Felice Beato and Baron Raimond Stillfield traveled to Japan to document the nation's exotic landscape and historically idiosyncratic jobs before they were swept away by the tide of modernism.

Ukiyo-e to Shin Hanga: Japanese Woodcuts from the Syracuse University Art Collection will be installed in the Print Study Room and draws from the University's collection of over 300 examples from this important and hugely influential art movement. The prints on view date from the height of color Ukiyo-e printmaking (c1780-1868) through Japan's Meiji period (1868-1912) to 20th century impressions of the Shin Hanga movement (1915-1940s). Masters of this medium are represented, including the work of Utamaro, Kuniyoshi, Hokusai, Hiroshida, Tsuchiya Koitsu and Yoshida Hiroshi. The prints exemplify the soft, painterly style that is synonymous with the Japanese woodcut, and illustrates the wide range of subjects from courtesans to Kabuki theater and the Japanese landscape.

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!

Opening: Fictional Reality and Radical Sanity: A Girl in Progress
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

A solo show that celebrates the art of Syracuse-based Pop Surreal/Lowbrow painter Eugenia Mancini Horan.

"Using fingers instead of brushes, my goal is to use color, subject, and simplicity to try to tap back into the psyche we had as children. The world was bold and vibrant. We were playful, devious, and mischievous without fear. And the world was ours, just ours, for the asking. Time teaches us to color in the lines; aging expects us to act like adults. I reject that stigma in my life and in my work," says Mancini.

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.

Damn Right, with DJ Logic, Greenhouse Lounge
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Songs for a New World
Redhouse

Price: $30 regular, $20 members
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

This exquisite score takes you from the deck of a 1492 Spanish sailing ship to a ledge 57 stories above Fifth Avenue to meet a startling array of characters ranging from a young man who has determined that basketball is his ticket out of the ghetto to a woman whose dream of marrying rich nabs her the man of her dreams and a soulless marriage. Written and composed by Jason Robert Brown.

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Friday, September 6, 2013

LeMoyne Faculty Exhibition
LeMoyne College

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

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

An exhibit of new work by Barry Darling, Katya Krenina, David Moore and Zach Dunn will be on display. The four artists are all members of LeMoyne's visual and performing arts department.

Waking Dreams: Word and Image: Works by Terry McMaster
Onondaga County Central Library

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

Terry McMaster is a social worker for Catholic Charities and teaches human services for Columbia College. His painted images manifest from the realm of the unconscious both personal and collective. His photographs take images from the built environment and from nature, and attempt to reveal a deeper reality than what is visible on the surface.

Lake Effect
Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery

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

The exhibit features paintings and drawings in oil, pastel, watercolor, and acrylic by two Skaneateles artists, Rachel Harms and Barbara Delmonico.

Gallery Exhibit: David A. Ludwig, Structures
Onondaga Community College

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

David Ludwig began his career as a painter and slowly evolved from two-dimensional color field paintings on canvas to three-dimensional wall reliefs or structures constructed of plywood. His work as a model builder for an architecture firm in Philadelphia had a major impact on his working method as well as on the direction his work would take.

At first glance, Ludwig's colorful abstract structures are minimal in means. Closer observation reveals, however, each structure's complexity. Controlled completely, the artist sets up a dialogue between form, light, color and texture from the very beginning.

Fictional Reality and Radical Sanity: A Girl in Progress
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

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

A solo show that celebrates the art of Syracuse-based Pop Surreal/Lowbrow painter Eugenia Mancini Horan.

"Using fingers instead of brushes, my goal is to use color, subject, and simplicity to try to tap back into the psyche we had as children. The world was bold and vibrant. We were playful, devious, and mischievous without fear. And the world was ours, just ours, for the asking. Time teaches us to color in the lines; aging expects us to act like adults. I reject that stigma in my life and in my work," says Mancini.

John James Audubon and the American Landscape
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

John James Audubon and the American Landscape showcases Syracuse University's copy of the rare double elephant folio The Birds of America. Printed in London and Edinburgh between 1827 and 1838, the work is a stunning visual catalog, featuring 435 plates depicting American bird life. The enterprise consumed much of Audubon's adult life and took him from the Pennsylvania woods to the Florida Keys and the Labrador coast. To its 19th-century audience, The Birds of America was much more than an ornithological inventory. It brought the exotic American wilderness into the drawing rooms and parlors of its wealthy subscribers. In 1896, former mayor of Syracuse and Syracuse University trustee James J. Welden donated a copy to the University. Today, The Birds of America is known for its extraordinary value, fetching more than ten million dollars at auction.

The exhibition situates The Birds of America in the wider contexts of Audubon's life, 19th-century scientific knowledge, and a rapidly changing landscape that was becoming less exotic each day. Also on display are Alexander Wilson's American Ornithology (1808–14), Audubon's textual companion to The Birds of America (Ornithological Biography, 1831–49), and later volumes that speak to Audubon's legacy, such as first editions of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) and Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There (1949). Syracuse University's copy of The Birds of America is disbound, which makes it possible for visitors to the exhibition to consider several different prints at once. Some of the engravings on display include the barn owl, Swainson's hawk, and the long-billed curlew, all of which depict American avian life against the backdrop of encroaching civilization.

Ray Trudell Photography
The Art Store Gallery

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

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

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

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

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

Convergence: Where Line Meets Form
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

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

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

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

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

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

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

Read a review!

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

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

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

Marna Bell: Imperfect Memories
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

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

Nyumba ya Sanaa: Works from the Maryknoll Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

In 2012, the SU Art Galleries was chosen as a repository for the Maryknoll Collection, a gift from the Maryknoll Sisters of over 170 original works of art by 22 Tanzanian artists, including prints, drawings, watercolors, sculpture and textiles. The collection contains artwork created at Nyumba ya Sanaa ("House of Art" in Swahili), a cultural center and art workshop located in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. This exhibit, curated by SUArt Galleries Director Domenic J. Iacono, will present 90 pieces of artwork created in the last quarter of the 20th century featuring a breadth of media including painting, sculpture and printmaking, and highlighting over a dozen artists.

Henninger Art Class: Voices Heard and Celebrated
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

This exhibition of artwork by Henninger High School students in the Syracuse City School district was inspired by the exhibition Nyumba ya Sanaa: Works from the Maryknoll Collection. This display of 18 works of student art is the result of community collaboration between SUArt Galleries Director Domenic Iacono, Henninger High School Art Teacher Lori Lizzio, and Stephen Mahan of the Photography and Literacy (P.A.L.) Project.

This past spring P.A.L Project partnered with SUArt Galleries and Lori Lizzio's art class from Henninger High School to create artwork that could be used in an exhibition. The Maryknoll Collection, housed in the University Art Collection, inspired the students' artwork. This collection, recently acquired from Nyumba ya Sanaa (School of Art) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, served as a creative springboard and inspiration to document what they felt were distinctive moments from their daily lives. Using simple point and shoot cameras and basic Photoshop skills, the students highlighted personally meaningful moments, scenes or people of their daily lives; much as the Tanzanian artists had done when making their art.

A World Apart: Art from the Samuel T. Pees Collection of Ethnographic Art
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

This exhibition highlights artwork gifted to the University Art Collection by collector Samuel T. Pees. Curated by SUArt Galleries Director Domenic J. Iacono, the exhibition will present 30 pieces of original artwork featuring a breadth of media from oil to printmaking to dye batiks. The exhibition highlights over 20 artists, with nationalities as diverse as Haitian, Paraguayan, Indonesian, Thai, Grand Cayman, and Malaysian. This is the first exhibition to examine artwork in the Pees Collection since 1989.

International Art from the Permanent Collection
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

Highlighting the breadth of the collections' encyclopedic holdings and exploring international artists and themes, these new displays explore the genres of photography, prints, paintings and sculpture. Two of the exhibitions on display in the Print and Photo Study Galleries will highlight the University's vast holdings of historical Japanese photographs and prints. The third exhibition will examine artwork created by international artists who have immigrated to the United States.

America's Calling, presented in the Gallery of American Art, is an exhibition of 16 works of art by 15 foreign-born artists, including Ben Shahn, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and Josef Albers. The artists included in the exhibition, or their families, were drawn to the United States because it offered opportunities unavailable in their homelands. A variety of media is presented in the display, including painting, ceramics, sculpture and printmaking that are handled using often innovative techniques. Cumulatively, these artists had a profound and permanent effect on the evolution of American art.

The Photo Study Room will present Visions for Sale: Photographs of Nineteenth Century Japan, an exhibition of 22 hand-colored albumen prints from the 19th century exploring the country's people, land and environment that was quickly changing due to modernization. European photographers such as Felice Beato and Baron Raimond Stillfield traveled to Japan to document the nation's exotic landscape and historically idiosyncratic jobs before they were swept away by the tide of modernism.

Ukiyo-e to Shin Hanga: Japanese Woodcuts from the Syracuse University Art Collection will be installed in the Print Study Room and draws from the University's collection of over 300 examples from this important and hugely influential art movement. The prints on view date from the height of color Ukiyo-e printmaking (c1780-1868) through Japan's Meiji period (1868-1912) to 20th century impressions of the Shin Hanga movement (1915-1940s). Masters of this medium are represented, including the work of Utamaro, Kuniyoshi, Hokusai, Hiroshida, Tsuchiya Koitsu and Yoshida Hiroshi. The prints exemplify the soft, painterly style that is synonymous with the Japanese woodcut, and illustrates the wide range of subjects from courtesans to Kabuki theater and the Japanese landscape.

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.

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Opening: Out on a Limb
Gallery 54

Gallery 54
54 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

There will be an opening reception this evening 6:00-9:00 pm, in conjunction with the village's First Friday art night. Entertainment by Chris Molloy and his Electric Blue Harp, wine tastings by Montezuma Winery, and light refreshments.

New work by ceramist Terry Askey-Cole and painter Lisa Noviasky.

Opening: Adirondack ABCs
Imagine

Imagine
38 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

There will be an opening reception this evening 6:00-9:00 pm, as part of Skaneateles' First Friday art walk. Refreshments will be provided, along with entertainment by the Usual Suspects.

An exhibition of original artwork from the children's book Adirondack ABCs, written by Joyce Burgess Snavlin and illustrated by Linda Davis Reed. The book introduces young readers to the alphabet through Adirondack scenes and icons, such as bears and beavers, frogs and ferns, lean-tos and loons. Original artwork from the book was exhibited this past spring at View Art Center's Eco Gallery, in Old Forge.

Syracuse Irish Festival

Price: Free
Clinton Square
Downtown, Syracuse

Main Stage
5:00 pm: The Flyin' Column
5:50 pm: Butler-Sheehan Acadsemy
6:10 pm: Ladies of Longford
7:20 pm: Roisin Academy
7:40 pm: Dublin 5
9:15 pm: Rince Na Sonas School
9:45 pm: Searson

Traditional Stage
12:00 pm: The Moxie Strings
1:45 pm: An Ceol
2:40 pm: Quigsy and the Bird
3:25 pm: Jacqui McCarthy and Friends
4:10 pm: Home Slice
5:00 pm: Kristin Gitler and Dave Goldman
5:50 pm: Roisin Academy
6:10 pm: The McCarthy Family
7:00 pm: Butler-Sheehan Academy
7:20 pm: Merry Mischief
8:25 pm: Rince Na Sonas
8:45 pm: The Ladies of Longford

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.

Duo Montagnard: Sax & Guitar Duo
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Storer Auditorium
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Duo Montagnard was formed in 2002 and has performed over 200 concerts in 44 states, 8 Canadian provinces, and 13 countries on five continents. They have commissioned and premiered 14 pieces and currently play all original music. They have recorded three albums including two devoted entirely to commissioned music. Duo Montagnard is made up of Matthew Slotkin on guitar and Joseph Murphy on saxophone.

An Evening of Indian Classical Music
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music

Price: Free (suggested donation $10 regular, $5 students)
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
Syracuse University, Syracuse

A concert of Indian Classical Music, featuring Pandit Bholanath Mishra (voice), Kulbhushan Goswami (sarangi), and Jai Shankar Mishra (tabla)

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

Monty Python's Spamalot
Central New York Playhouse
Dustin M. Czarny, director

Price: $25
CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage), Dewitt

Lovingly ripped off from the classic film comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Spamalot retells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table, and features a bevy of beautiful show girls, not to mention cows, killer rabbits, and French people. Did we mention the bevy of beautiful show girls?

Book and lyrics by Eric Idle; music by Johd Du Prez and Eric Idle. Abel Searor, music director; Kaleigh Pfohl and Stephfond Brunson, choreographers; starring Bob Brown and Cathleen O'Brien Brown.

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Songs for a New World
Redhouse

Price: $30 regular, $20 members
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

This exquisite score takes you from the deck of a 1492 Spanish sailing ship to a ledge 57 stories above Fifth Avenue to meet a startling array of characters ranging from a young man who has determined that basketball is his ticket out of the ghetto to a woman whose dream of marrying rich nabs her the man of her dreams and a soulless marriage. Written and composed by Jason Robert Brown.

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