ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

25 Million Stitches, a global community art and activism project, was initiated by California artist Jennifer Kim Sohn in 2019 to visually document the enormity of the number of refugees in the world and to sustain a concern for the refugees in the minds of global citizens. Over 2,300 stitchers participated — from all 50 states and 37 countries. ArtRage will be exhibiting a selection of the nearly 400 panels that make up the project.

More than just a visual exhibit, the installation offers an immersive experience that prompts us to confront the realities of displacement on a profoundly personal level. On view during the USA's 250th anniversary, this exhibition will honor Syracuse's identity as a refugee resettlement community while also addressing the USA's current anti-immigration policies.

ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

A screening of Syracuse filmmaker Rayan Mohamed's new film First Night.
On her first night of resettlement in the United States, a young refugee girl confronts stress, anxiety, and loneliness as she struggles to adjust to an unfamiliar new home.

First Night is an experiential fiction film that immerses the viewer in the disorienting, fragile experience of resettlement. The story follows Layla, a young refugee spending her first night in the United States. Rather than relying on conventional narrative, the film unfolds through textures of sound, fragments of memory, and the quiet, uneasy rhythms of her new 'home.'

Rayan Mohamed is a Somali American filmmaker. Her work explores storytelling as a tool of expression, healing, and care, with a focus on themes of migration, identity, and belonging.

ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

25 Million Stitches, a global community art and activism project, was initiated by California artist Jennifer Kim Sohn in 2019 to visually document the enormity of the number of refugees in the world and to sustain a concern for the refugees in the minds of global citizens. Over 2,300 stitchers participated — from all 50 states and 37 countries. ArtRage will be exhibiting a selection of the nearly 400 panels that make up the project.

More than just a visual exhibit, the installation offers an immersive experience that prompts us to confront the realities of displacement on a profoundly personal level. On view during the USA's 250th anniversary, this exhibition will honor Syracuse's identity as a refugee resettlement community while also addressing the USA's current anti-immigration policies.

May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

A festive night of live music, local brews, great food, good friends, and a silent auction all to support ArtRage Gallery!

Featuring:
• Karin Franklin King as our Master of Ceremonies!
• Starting Off Red — trip-hop influenced alternative rock project fusing heartfelt lyrics and sultry sounds with driving beats.
• The Bandwitts — Hymie and Brandy Witthoft, with contributions and input from talented friends and collaborators.

ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

25 Million Stitches, a global community art and activism project, was initiated by California artist Jennifer Kim Sohn in 2019 to visually document the enormity of the number of refugees in the world and to sustain a concern for the refugees in the minds of global citizens. Over 2,300 stitchers participated — from all 50 states and 37 countries. ArtRage will be exhibiting a selection of the nearly 400 panels that make up the project.

More than just a visual exhibit, the installation offers an immersive experience that prompts us to confront the realities of displacement on a profoundly personal level. On view during the USA's 250th anniversary, this exhibition will honor Syracuse's identity as a refugee resettlement community while also addressing the USA's current anti-immigration policies.