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Events for Monday, September 7, 2015
9:00 AM-4:00 PM
The Boys of Summer: Baseball Meets Art Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery
9:00 AM-5:00 PM
The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center
Events for Tuesday, September 8, 2015
9:00 AM-4:00 PM
The Boys of Summer: Baseball Meets Art Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery
9:00 AM-5:00 PM
The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Resistance: Work by Najee Dorsey Community Folk Art Center (Read a review!)
10:00 AM-9:00 PM
2015 Light Work Grants in Photography Exhibition: Allison Beondé, Thilde Jensen, Costa Sakellariou Light Work Gallery
10:00 AM-9:00 PM
Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989) Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)
11:00 AM-4:30 PM
British Prints in the Age of Pop Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-4:30 PM
The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the SU Art Collection Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-4:30 PM
James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings Syracuse University Art Museum
Events for Wednesday, September 9, 2015
9:00 AM-4:00 PM
The Boys of Summer: Baseball Meets Art Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery
9:00 AM-7:00 PM
The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Resistance: Work by Najee Dorsey Community Folk Art Center (Read a review!)
10:00 AM-9:00 PM
2015 Light Work Grants in Photography Exhibition: Allison Beondé, Thilde Jensen, Costa Sakellariou Light Work Gallery
10:00 AM-9:00 PM
Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989) Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Patterns in History: Vintage Quilts of Onondaga County Onondaga Historical Association
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection Onondaga Historical Association
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
A Life in Art: Highlights of Women Artists in OHA's Collection Onondaga Historical Association
11:00 AM-4:30 PM
James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-4:30 PM
The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the SU Art Collection Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-4:30 PM
British Prints in the Age of Pop Syracuse University Art Museum
12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Jazz at the Plaza: Dave Solazzo CNY Jazz Arts Foundation
12:00 PM-5:00 PM
Playing With Perception: Photographs by Florence Henri Everson Museum of Art
12:15 PM
Lunchtime Lectures: James Rosenquist and the American Print Syracuse University Art Museum
7:00 PM
OCC Percussion Concert Onondaga Community College
Events for Thursday, September 10, 2015
9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Locally Grown Art Exhibit Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery
9:00 AM-4:00 PM
The Boys of Summer: Baseball Meets Art Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery
9:00 AM-5:00 PM
The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center
10:00 AM-8:00 PM
Resistance: Work by Najee Dorsey Community Folk Art Center (Read a review!)
10:00 AM-9:00 PM
2015 Light Work Grants in Photography Exhibition: Allison Beondé, Thilde Jensen, Costa Sakellariou Light Work Gallery
10:00 AM-9:00 PM
Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989) Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection Onondaga Historical Association
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Patterns in History: Vintage Quilts of Onondaga County Onondaga Historical Association
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
A Life in Art: Highlights of Women Artists in OHA's Collection Onondaga Historical Association
11:00 AM-8:00 PM
British Prints in the Age of Pop Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-8:00 PM
The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the SU Art Collection Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-8:00 PM
James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings Syracuse University Art Museum
12:00 PM-8:00 PM
Playing With Perception: Photographs by Florence Henri Everson Museum of Art
Events for Friday, September 11, 2015
8:00 AM-8:00 PM
Opening: Le Moyne Faculty Art Show LeMoyne College
9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Locally Grown Art Exhibit Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery
9:00 AM-4:00 PM
The Boys of Summer: Baseball Meets Art Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery
9:00 AM-5:00 PM
The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Resistance: Work by Najee Dorsey Community Folk Art Center (Read a review!)
10:00 AM-6:00 PM
2015 Light Work Grants in Photography Exhibition: Allison Beondé, Thilde Jensen, Costa Sakellariou Light Work Gallery
10:00 AM-6:00 PM
Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989) Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Patterns in History: Vintage Quilts of Onondaga County Onondaga Historical Association
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection Onondaga Historical Association
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
A Life in Art: Highlights of Women Artists in OHA's Collection Onondaga Historical Association
11:00 AM-4:30 PM
James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-4:30 PM
The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the SU Art Collection Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-4:30 PM
British Prints in the Age of Pop Syracuse University Art Museum
11:15 AM
OCC Percussion Ensemble Onondaga Community College
12:00 PM-5:00 PM
Playing With Perception: Photographs by Florence Henri Everson Museum of Art
1:00 PM-11:00 PM
Syracuse Irish Festival
6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Jazz@Sitrus: Nancy Kelly CNY Jazz Arts Foundation
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Opening: A Conscious Allusion Edgewood Gallery (Read a review!)
8:00 PM
9 To 5: The Musical Central New York Playhouse (Read a review!)
8:00 PM
SIC 4th Birthday Extravaganza Syracuse Improv Collective
Events for Saturday, September 12, 2015
9:00 AM-8:00 PM
Le Moyne Faculty Art Show LeMoyne College
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Locally Grown Art Exhibit Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery
10:00 AM-2:00 PM
A Conscious Allusion Edgewood Gallery (Read a review!)
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Playing With Perception: Photographs by Florence Henri Everson Museum of Art
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Resistance: Work by Najee Dorsey Community Folk Art Center (Read a review!)
11:00 AM-11:00 PM
Syracuse Irish Festival
11:00 AM-4:00 PM
Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection Onondaga Historical Association
11:00 AM-4:00 PM
Patterns in History: Vintage Quilts of Onondaga County Onondaga Historical Association
11:00 AM-4:00 PM
A Life in Art: Highlights of Women Artists in OHA's Collection Onondaga Historical Association
11:00 AM
The Chocolate War Open Hand Theater
11:00 AM-4:30 PM
British Prints in the Age of Pop Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-4:30 PM
The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the SU Art Collection Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-4:30 PM
James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings Syracuse University Art Museum
12:00 PM-8:30 PM
Acoustic Music Celebration Folkus Project
12:30 PM
Snow White Magic Circle Children's Theatre
1:00 PM-9:00 PM
Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989) Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)
1:00 PM-9:00 PM
2015 Light Work Grants in Photography Exhibition: Allison Beondé, Thilde Jensen, Costa Sakellariou Light Work Gallery
4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Artist Talk: Marlena Buczek Smith ArtRage Gallery
7:00 PM-9:00 PM
Opening: The Global Citizen: Graphic Art of Marlena Buczek Smith ArtRage Gallery
7:30 PM
Masterworks Series: Symphonie Fantastique Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria), featuring Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano
8:00 PM
9 To 5: The Musical Central New York Playhouse (Read a review!)
Events for Sunday, September 13, 2015
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
City Market
11:00 AM-4:00 PM
Patterns in History: Vintage Quilts of Onondaga County Onondaga Historical Association
11:00 AM-4:00 PM
Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection Onondaga Historical Association
11:00 AM-4:00 PM
A Life in Art: Highlights of Women Artists in OHA's Collection Onondaga Historical Association
11:00 AM-4:30 PM
British Prints in the Age of Pop Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-4:30 PM
James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-4:30 PM
The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the SU Art Collection Syracuse University Art Museum
12:00 PM-5:00 PM
Playing With Perception: Photographs by Florence Henri Everson Museum of Art
12:00 PM-2:00 AM
Le Moyne Faculty Art Show LeMoyne College
1:00 PM-9:00 PM
2015 Light Work Grants in Photography Exhibition: Allison Beondé, Thilde Jensen, Costa Sakellariou Light Work Gallery
1:00 PM-9:00 PM
Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989) Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)
2:00 PM
9 To 5: The Musical Central New York Playhouse (Read a review!)
2:00 PM
CMM 125 Anniversary Concert Civic Morning Musicals, featuring Jeremy Mastrangelo, violin; Andy Russo, piano
3:00 PM
Remembering The Heroes: A Musical Tribute To The Victims Of 9/11
3:00 PM
Meadowbrook Blooms: One Neighborhood's Commitment to Syracuse University Neighbors Lecture Series, featuring Connie Palumb, Dan Stricker, Dudley Breed, and Dave Kirby
4:00 PM
Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run Landmark Theatre
6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Book Party: Jennifer Pashley's The Scamp Downtown Writer's Center
Events for Monday, September 14, 2015
8:00 AM-2:00 AM
Le Moyne Faculty Art Show LeMoyne College
9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Locally Grown Art Exhibit Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery
9:00 AM-4:00 PM
The Boys of Summer: Baseball Meets Art Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery
9:00 AM-5:00 PM
The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center
10:00 AM-9:00 PM
Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989) Light Work Gallery (Read a review!)
10:00 AM-9:00 PM
2015 Light Work Grants in Photography Exhibition: Allison Beondé, Thilde Jensen, Costa Sakellariou Light Work Gallery
Monday, September 7, 2015
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The Boys of Summer: Baseball Meets Art Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery
Price: Free Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St.,
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, September 7 |
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The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center
Price: Free Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
"The Automobile" provides a sampling of the ways in which the automobile evolved in the Syracuse area and a glimpse into the innovations of some of the most significant mid-20th-century automobile designers. The centerpiece of the exhibition is the air-cooled Franklin car, the most famous of Syracuse's automobile lines, with its remarkably flexible and durable wooden frame. The exhibition will also include drawings, sketches, and photographs from SCRC's industrial design collections by designers Howard A. Darrin, Claude Hill, Raymond Loewy, Budd Steinhilber, and Walter Dorwin Teague. Darrin was known for his designs for exotic luxury and sports cars. Claude Hill created some important concept car designs, while Raymond Loewy's photographs document a number of striking Studebaker model designs. Budd Steinhilber was a member of the design team for the revolutionary rear-engine 1948 Tucker automobile, and Walter Dorwin Teague designed for both the Ford Motor Company and the Marmon Motor Company.
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 8 |
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The Boys of Summer: Baseball Meets Art Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery
Price: Free Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, September 8 |
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The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center
Price: Free Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
"The Automobile" provides a sampling of the ways in which the automobile evolved in the Syracuse area and a glimpse into the innovations of some of the most significant mid-20th-century automobile designers. The centerpiece of the exhibition is the air-cooled Franklin car, the most famous of Syracuse's automobile lines, with its remarkably flexible and durable wooden frame. The exhibition will also include drawings, sketches, and photographs from SCRC's industrial design collections by designers Howard A. Darrin, Claude Hill, Raymond Loewy, Budd Steinhilber, and Walter Dorwin Teague. Darrin was known for his designs for exotic luxury and sports cars. Claude Hill created some important concept car designs, while Raymond Loewy's photographs document a number of striking Studebaker model designs. Budd Steinhilber was a member of the design team for the revolutionary rear-engine 1948 Tucker automobile, and Walter Dorwin Teague designed for both the Ford Motor Company and the Marmon Motor Company.
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, September 8 |
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Resistance: Work by Najee Dorsey Community Folk Art Center
Price: Free Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St.,
Syracuse
Our exhibition season opens with "Resistance" by artist, collector, and founder/CEO of Black Art in America Najee Dorsey. His mixed media works features a number of the heroes of the civil rights movements as well as 20th century activists. An essay entitled My Art is my Voice, written by Dr. Kamasi C. Hill describes the works stating, "Najee Dorsey's mixed media series "Resistance," is an artistic commentary on the various ways individuals have used their voice and bodies to "resist" and fight against the powers that be. Partially inspired by the Occupy Movement, Dorsey's renditions include the Haitian Freedom Fighter Toussaint L'ouverture, A Native American man taking up modern arms, and an ode to unsung she-ro Claudette Colvin, amongst others."
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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, September 8 |
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2015 Light Work Grants in Photography Exhibition: Allison Beondé, Thilde Jensen, Costa Sakellariou Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Allison Beondé is a visual artist currently living in Syracuse. She holds her B.F.A. from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in partnership with Tufts University. She has exhibited work in the Boston area and is the recipient of a 2015 Traveling Fellowship through the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Thilde Jensen was born in Denmark and moved to New York City in 1997. Six years later, her life and career as a documentary and editorial photographer were cut short by a sudden development of severe environmental illness. Jensen's first monograph, The Canaries, is about environmental illness and was published in 2013. It has since received much international acclaim. Her book was selected by many as one of the best photobooks of the year 2013. The Canaries was shortlisted for the Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation First Photobook Award 2013, longlisted for the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards 2014, nominated for the Kassel Best Photobook Award 2014, and is in the collection at MoMA. The project has been exhibited in solo shows at Light Work and the Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY; featured in the New York Times, Esquire Russia, Wired.com rawfile, Vision Magazine China, Business Insider, Slate.com; and selected for Slate.com's Best Photography Shows of 2012. The Canaries was featured in the TONY: 2012 exhibition at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse. Jensen is a 2013 NYFA Fellowship recipient. Costa Sakellariou is a photographer currently living and working in Binghamton, NY. From the mid-1980s until 1992, he was a working photographer based in Athens, Islamabad, and New Delhi. His clients were the weekly news magazines and his work was represented by JB Pictures in New York City. In 1992, he began work on a long-term project on the dwindling Greek population of Istanbul. The project was published as a book titled The Last Greeks of Istanbul, and was one of the first photobooks to be published in Greece. The Benaki Museum plans to acquire a portfolio of the work for their permanent photography collection. In 1998, Sakellariou and his wife moved to Binghamton. A year later, he began teaching photography at Binghamton University, where he continues to teach today.
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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, September 8 |
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Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989) Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Light Work, in partnership with Autograph ABP, is pleased to present Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989), a solo retrospective of the work of this seminal and highly influential figure in 1980s Black British and African contemporary art. Although his career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 34, Fani-Kayode nonetheless remains an important influence in contemporary photography. Curated in collaboration with Mark Sealy and Rene´e Mussai of Autograph ABP, whose co-founder and first chair was Fani-Kayode, the exhibition features a selection of his most important photographic works produced between 1985-1989, including large-scale color works and arresting black and white images. Fani-Kayode's photographic portraits explore complex personal and politically engaged notions of desire, spirituality and cultural dislocation. They depict the black male body as a focal point both to interpret and probe the boundaries of spiritual and erotic fantasy, and of cultural and sexual difference. Ancestral rituals and a provocative, multi-layered symbolism fuse with archetypal motifs from European and African cultures and subcultures, inspired by what Yoruba priests call "the technique of ecstasy." Hence Fani-Kayode uses the medium of photography not only to question issues of sexuality and homoerotic desire, but also to address themes of diaspora and belonging, and the tensions between his homosexuality and his Yoruba upbringing. This exhibition coincides with the introduction of new punitive legislation in Nigeria, Fani-Kayode's country of birth, as well as other countries in Africa in recent years outlawing same-sex marriages and membership in gay rights organizations.
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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, September 8 |
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British Prints in the Age of Pop Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
British Prints in the Age of Pop, curated by SUArt Director Domenic Iacono, examines a selection of artists who embraced the Pop art movement popularized by American artists, and generated a body of work that looked at the cinema, comic book art, advertising, popular music, and product packaging as sources for their art.
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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, September 8 |
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The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the SU Art Collection Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the Syracuse University Art Collection, curated by Assistant Director Andrew Saluti, examines the swell of post-World War II visual artists making work rooted in the psychological state of humanity, creating prints derived from introspection, observation and reflection.
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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, September 8 |
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James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
The SU Art Galleries is pleased to announce the exhibition "James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings." Developed in collaboration with the Oklahoma State Museum of Art and curated by Sarah C. Bancroft, co-curator of the artist's 2003 retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, "Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings" investigates the impact Rosenquist has had, and continues to have, on American art. The exhibition presents over 35 works from the artist's long career, including examples of his earliest abstractions from the 1950s and his exploration and evolution into Pop Art. James Rosenquist (American, b. 1933) became well known in the 1960s as a leader in the American Pop art movement alongside contemporaries Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Claes Oldenburg, and for more than five decades has created seminal works in printmaking, collage, drawing, and painting.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2015
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 9 |
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The Boys of Summer: Baseball Meets Art Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery
Price: Free Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St.,
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9:00 AM - 7:00 PM, September 9 |
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The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center
Price: Free Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
"The Automobile" provides a sampling of the ways in which the automobile evolved in the Syracuse area and a glimpse into the innovations of some of the most significant mid-20th-century automobile designers. The centerpiece of the exhibition is the air-cooled Franklin car, the most famous of Syracuse's automobile lines, with its remarkably flexible and durable wooden frame. The exhibition will also include drawings, sketches, and photographs from SCRC's industrial design collections by designers Howard A. Darrin, Claude Hill, Raymond Loewy, Budd Steinhilber, and Walter Dorwin Teague. Darrin was known for his designs for exotic luxury and sports cars. Claude Hill created some important concept car designs, while Raymond Loewy's photographs document a number of striking Studebaker model designs. Budd Steinhilber was a member of the design team for the revolutionary rear-engine 1948 Tucker automobile, and Walter Dorwin Teague designed for both the Ford Motor Company and the Marmon Motor Company.
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, September 9 |
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Resistance: Work by Najee Dorsey Community Folk Art Center
Price: Free Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St.,
Syracuse
Our exhibition season opens with "Resistance" by artist, collector, and founder/CEO of Black Art in America Najee Dorsey. His mixed media works features a number of the heroes of the civil rights movements as well as 20th century activists. An essay entitled My Art is my Voice, written by Dr. Kamasi C. Hill describes the works stating, "Najee Dorsey's mixed media series "Resistance," is an artistic commentary on the various ways individuals have used their voice and bodies to "resist" and fight against the powers that be. Partially inspired by the Occupy Movement, Dorsey's renditions include the Haitian Freedom Fighter Toussaint L'ouverture, A Native American man taking up modern arms, and an ode to unsung she-ro Claudette Colvin, amongst others."
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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, September 9 |
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2015 Light Work Grants in Photography Exhibition: Allison Beondé, Thilde Jensen, Costa Sakellariou Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Allison Beondé is a visual artist currently living in Syracuse. She holds her B.F.A. from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in partnership with Tufts University. She has exhibited work in the Boston area and is the recipient of a 2015 Traveling Fellowship through the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Thilde Jensen was born in Denmark and moved to New York City in 1997. Six years later, her life and career as a documentary and editorial photographer were cut short by a sudden development of severe environmental illness. Jensen's first monograph, The Canaries, is about environmental illness and was published in 2013. It has since received much international acclaim. Her book was selected by many as one of the best photobooks of the year 2013. The Canaries was shortlisted for the Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation First Photobook Award 2013, longlisted for the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards 2014, nominated for the Kassel Best Photobook Award 2014, and is in the collection at MoMA. The project has been exhibited in solo shows at Light Work and the Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY; featured in the New York Times, Esquire Russia, Wired.com rawfile, Vision Magazine China, Business Insider, Slate.com; and selected for Slate.com's Best Photography Shows of 2012. The Canaries was featured in the TONY: 2012 exhibition at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse. Jensen is a 2013 NYFA Fellowship recipient. Costa Sakellariou is a photographer currently living and working in Binghamton, NY. From the mid-1980s until 1992, he was a working photographer based in Athens, Islamabad, and New Delhi. His clients were the weekly news magazines and his work was represented by JB Pictures in New York City. In 1992, he began work on a long-term project on the dwindling Greek population of Istanbul. The project was published as a book titled The Last Greeks of Istanbul, and was one of the first photobooks to be published in Greece. The Benaki Museum plans to acquire a portfolio of the work for their permanent photography collection. In 1998, Sakellariou and his wife moved to Binghamton. A year later, he began teaching photography at Binghamton University, where he continues to teach today.
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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, September 9 |
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Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989) Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Light Work, in partnership with Autograph ABP, is pleased to present Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989), a solo retrospective of the work of this seminal and highly influential figure in 1980s Black British and African contemporary art. Although his career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 34, Fani-Kayode nonetheless remains an important influence in contemporary photography. Curated in collaboration with Mark Sealy and Rene´e Mussai of Autograph ABP, whose co-founder and first chair was Fani-Kayode, the exhibition features a selection of his most important photographic works produced between 1985-1989, including large-scale color works and arresting black and white images. Fani-Kayode's photographic portraits explore complex personal and politically engaged notions of desire, spirituality and cultural dislocation. They depict the black male body as a focal point both to interpret and probe the boundaries of spiritual and erotic fantasy, and of cultural and sexual difference. Ancestral rituals and a provocative, multi-layered symbolism fuse with archetypal motifs from European and African cultures and subcultures, inspired by what Yoruba priests call "the technique of ecstasy." Hence Fani-Kayode uses the medium of photography not only to question issues of sexuality and homoerotic desire, but also to address themes of diaspora and belonging, and the tensions between his homosexuality and his Yoruba upbringing. This exhibition coincides with the introduction of new punitive legislation in Nigeria, Fani-Kayode's country of birth, as well as other countries in Africa in recent years outlawing same-sex marriages and membership in gay rights organizations.
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Patterns in History: Vintage Quilts of Onondaga County Onondaga Historical Association
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
Approximately 20 crazy, patchwork, signature, applique, log cabin, and children's quilts, as well as individual quilt squares from the 1850s to the early 20th century, will adorn OHA's second floor gallery this summer and fall. Decorated with beautiful fabrics, patterns, and embroidered characters, OHA's collection represents the array of vintage quilts once used throughout Onondaga County. While some quilts were primarily utilitarian, made to keep their users warm, others were elaborate show pieces that highlighted the artistic skill of the maker. The collection also contains several quilts created to commemorate local people and/or events. A selection of intricate, colorful and even amusing quilts of excellent quality will be on display for all to see! During the quilt exhibit, OHA will raffle off a new quilt made by local quilter and businesswoman Joan Ford. The lap-sized quilt, named "Diamond Jubilee," is nearly all hand-pieced with floral fabrics cut into hexagons and triangles. The hand-quilting and hand embroidered details add to the vintage look of this special quilt.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 9 |
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Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection Onondaga Historical Association
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
The OHA is displaying some of the unique and exceptional local history objects that curatorial staff collected during the past two years. This exhibit will include unusual items recently donated to OHA, such as a framed potato chip--the first chip produced by Jean's Foods in the 1940s; a "Glass Victory Washboard," as well as a "Camp Fire Girls Ceremonial Gown" from 1944-45. Adorning the walls will be art both by local artists and of local history. Alongside a framed photograph of the last train that rumbled down Washington Street c. 1936 will be a series of paintings by renowned Syracuse impressionist Hall Groat, including "Syracuse City Hall," "Alarm, Syracuse, NY," "Parade Day, Salina St. Syracuse," and "Canal Days, Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY." New additions from the archival collection will introduce sheet music from the 1895 Syracuse Post March and the diary of a local high school student reacting to the 1963 Kennedy assassination.
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A Life in Art: Highlights of Women Artists in OHA's Collection Onondaga Historical Association
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
This exhibit highlights artwork created by local women artists whose work is represented in OHA's collection. The exhibition features over 40 paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures ranging from the mid-19th century through the end of the 20th century.
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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, September 9 |
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James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
The SU Art Galleries is pleased to announce the exhibition "James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings." Developed in collaboration with the Oklahoma State Museum of Art and curated by Sarah C. Bancroft, co-curator of the artist's 2003 retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, "Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings" investigates the impact Rosenquist has had, and continues to have, on American art. The exhibition presents over 35 works from the artist's long career, including examples of his earliest abstractions from the 1950s and his exploration and evolution into Pop Art. James Rosenquist (American, b. 1933) became well known in the 1960s as a leader in the American Pop art movement alongside contemporaries Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Claes Oldenburg, and for more than five decades has created seminal works in printmaking, collage, drawing, and painting.
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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, September 9 |
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The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the SU Art Collection Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the Syracuse University Art Collection, curated by Assistant Director Andrew Saluti, examines the swell of post-World War II visual artists making work rooted in the psychological state of humanity, creating prints derived from introspection, observation and reflection.
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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, September 9 |
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British Prints in the Age of Pop Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
British Prints in the Age of Pop, curated by SUArt Director Domenic Iacono, examines a selection of artists who embraced the Pop art movement popularized by American artists, and generated a body of work that looked at the cinema, comic book art, advertising, popular music, and product packaging as sources for their art.
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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, September 9 |
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Playing With Perception: Photographs by Florence Henri Everson Museum of Art
Price: $5 suggested donation Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
Drawn from the Everson's collection, this exhibition presents a selection of photographs by Florence Henri, an accomplished artist of the early 20th century who remains relatively unknown today. Henri studied painting with some of the major avant-garde artists of the 20th century, including Fernand Leger and Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, before turning to photography. Intrigued by notions of playing with perception in life as well as art, the androgynous Henri frequently utilized mirrors in her works to create reflections, distort images, and challenge reality. Her abstract compositions, portraits, and advertising images exploited the possibilities of photography and share affinities with the works of contemporaries like Herbert Bayer, Adolph Baron de Meyer, and Man Ray.
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12:15 PM, September 9 |
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Lunchtime Lectures: James Rosenquist and the American Print Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Andrew Saluti, Assistant Director of SUArt Galleries, will lead a gallery talk about James Rosenquist and the American Print.
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Music |
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12:00 PM - 2:00 PM, September 9 |
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Jazz at the Plaza: Dave Solazzo CNY Jazz Arts Foundation
Price: Free LeMoyne Plaza
1135 Salt Springs Rd.,
Syracuse
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7:00 PM, September 9 |
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OCC Percussion Concert Onondaga Community College
Price: Free OCC Recital Hall
Onondaga Community College,
Syracuse
Featuring works of John Cage.
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Thursday, September 10, 2015
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 10 |
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Locally Grown Art Exhibit Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery
Price: Free Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd.,
Marcellus
Central New York artists Lucie Wellner and Robert Glisson will display their watercolor and oil paintings. Although generally open to the public, the program room is occasionally used for nature-themed classes and private parties. Those interested in the gallery may wish to call before their visit to be sure that the program room will not be in use when they arrive.
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 10 |
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The Boys of Summer: Baseball Meets Art Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery
Price: Free Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, September 10 |
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The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center
Price: Free Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
"The Automobile" provides a sampling of the ways in which the automobile evolved in the Syracuse area and a glimpse into the innovations of some of the most significant mid-20th-century automobile designers. The centerpiece of the exhibition is the air-cooled Franklin car, the most famous of Syracuse's automobile lines, with its remarkably flexible and durable wooden frame. The exhibition will also include drawings, sketches, and photographs from SCRC's industrial design collections by designers Howard A. Darrin, Claude Hill, Raymond Loewy, Budd Steinhilber, and Walter Dorwin Teague. Darrin was known for his designs for exotic luxury and sports cars. Claude Hill created some important concept car designs, while Raymond Loewy's photographs document a number of striking Studebaker model designs. Budd Steinhilber was a member of the design team for the revolutionary rear-engine 1948 Tucker automobile, and Walter Dorwin Teague designed for both the Ford Motor Company and the Marmon Motor Company.
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10:00 AM - 8:00 PM, September 10 |
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Resistance: Work by Najee Dorsey Community Folk Art Center
Price: Free Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St.,
Syracuse
There will be an opening reception this evening 6:00-8:00 pm. Our exhibition season opens with "Resistance" by artist, collector, and founder/CEO of Black Art in America Najee Dorsey. His mixed media works features a number of the heroes of the civil rights movements as well as 20th century activists. An essay entitled My Art is my Voice, written by Dr. Kamasi C. Hill describes the works stating, "Najee Dorsey's mixed media series "Resistance," is an artistic commentary on the various ways individuals have used their voice and bodies to "resist" and fight against the powers that be. Partially inspired by the Occupy Movement, Dorsey's renditions include the Haitian Freedom Fighter Toussaint L'ouverture, A Native American man taking up modern arms, and an ode to unsung she-ro Claudette Colvin, amongst others."
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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, September 10 |
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2015 Light Work Grants in Photography Exhibition: Allison Beondé, Thilde Jensen, Costa Sakellariou Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Allison Beondé is a visual artist currently living in Syracuse. She holds her B.F.A. from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in partnership with Tufts University. She has exhibited work in the Boston area and is the recipient of a 2015 Traveling Fellowship through the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Thilde Jensen was born in Denmark and moved to New York City in 1997. Six years later, her life and career as a documentary and editorial photographer were cut short by a sudden development of severe environmental illness. Jensen's first monograph, The Canaries, is about environmental illness and was published in 2013. It has since received much international acclaim. Her book was selected by many as one of the best photobooks of the year 2013. The Canaries was shortlisted for the Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation First Photobook Award 2013, longlisted for the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards 2014, nominated for the Kassel Best Photobook Award 2014, and is in the collection at MoMA. The project has been exhibited in solo shows at Light Work and the Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY; featured in the New York Times, Esquire Russia, Wired.com rawfile, Vision Magazine China, Business Insider, Slate.com; and selected for Slate.com's Best Photography Shows of 2012. The Canaries was featured in the TONY: 2012 exhibition at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse. Jensen is a 2013 NYFA Fellowship recipient. Costa Sakellariou is a photographer currently living and working in Binghamton, NY. From the mid-1980s until 1992, he was a working photographer based in Athens, Islamabad, and New Delhi. His clients were the weekly news magazines and his work was represented by JB Pictures in New York City. In 1992, he began work on a long-term project on the dwindling Greek population of Istanbul. The project was published as a book titled The Last Greeks of Istanbul, and was one of the first photobooks to be published in Greece. The Benaki Museum plans to acquire a portfolio of the work for their permanent photography collection. In 1998, Sakellariou and his wife moved to Binghamton. A year later, he began teaching photography at Binghamton University, where he continues to teach today.
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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, September 10 |
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Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989) Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Light Work, in partnership with Autograph ABP, is pleased to present Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989), a solo retrospective of the work of this seminal and highly influential figure in 1980s Black British and African contemporary art. Although his career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 34, Fani-Kayode nonetheless remains an important influence in contemporary photography. Curated in collaboration with Mark Sealy and Rene´e Mussai of Autograph ABP, whose co-founder and first chair was Fani-Kayode, the exhibition features a selection of his most important photographic works produced between 1985-1989, including large-scale color works and arresting black and white images. Fani-Kayode's photographic portraits explore complex personal and politically engaged notions of desire, spirituality and cultural dislocation. They depict the black male body as a focal point both to interpret and probe the boundaries of spiritual and erotic fantasy, and of cultural and sexual difference. Ancestral rituals and a provocative, multi-layered symbolism fuse with archetypal motifs from European and African cultures and subcultures, inspired by what Yoruba priests call "the technique of ecstasy." Hence Fani-Kayode uses the medium of photography not only to question issues of sexuality and homoerotic desire, but also to address themes of diaspora and belonging, and the tensions between his homosexuality and his Yoruba upbringing. This exhibition coincides with the introduction of new punitive legislation in Nigeria, Fani-Kayode's country of birth, as well as other countries in Africa in recent years outlawing same-sex marriages and membership in gay rights organizations.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 10 |
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Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection Onondaga Historical Association
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
The OHA is displaying some of the unique and exceptional local history objects that curatorial staff collected during the past two years. This exhibit will include unusual items recently donated to OHA, such as a framed potato chip--the first chip produced by Jean's Foods in the 1940s; a "Glass Victory Washboard," as well as a "Camp Fire Girls Ceremonial Gown" from 1944-45. Adorning the walls will be art both by local artists and of local history. Alongside a framed photograph of the last train that rumbled down Washington Street c. 1936 will be a series of paintings by renowned Syracuse impressionist Hall Groat, including "Syracuse City Hall," "Alarm, Syracuse, NY," "Parade Day, Salina St. Syracuse," and "Canal Days, Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY." New additions from the archival collection will introduce sheet music from the 1895 Syracuse Post March and the diary of a local high school student reacting to the 1963 Kennedy assassination.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 10 |
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Patterns in History: Vintage Quilts of Onondaga County Onondaga Historical Association
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
Approximately 20 crazy, patchwork, signature, applique, log cabin, and children's quilts, as well as individual quilt squares from the 1850s to the early 20th century, will adorn OHA's second floor gallery this summer and fall. Decorated with beautiful fabrics, patterns, and embroidered characters, OHA's collection represents the array of vintage quilts once used throughout Onondaga County. While some quilts were primarily utilitarian, made to keep their users warm, others were elaborate show pieces that highlighted the artistic skill of the maker. The collection also contains several quilts created to commemorate local people and/or events. A selection of intricate, colorful and even amusing quilts of excellent quality will be on display for all to see! During the quilt exhibit, OHA will raffle off a new quilt made by local quilter and businesswoman Joan Ford. The lap-sized quilt, named "Diamond Jubilee," is nearly all hand-pieced with floral fabrics cut into hexagons and triangles. The hand-quilting and hand embroidered details add to the vintage look of this special quilt.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 10 |
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A Life in Art: Highlights of Women Artists in OHA's Collection Onondaga Historical Association
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
This exhibit highlights artwork created by local women artists whose work is represented in OHA's collection. The exhibition features over 40 paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures ranging from the mid-19th century through the end of the 20th century.
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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, September 10 |
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British Prints in the Age of Pop Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
British Prints in the Age of Pop, curated by SUArt Director Domenic Iacono, examines a selection of artists who embraced the Pop art movement popularized by American artists, and generated a body of work that looked at the cinema, comic book art, advertising, popular music, and product packaging as sources for their art.
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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, September 10 |
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The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the SU Art Collection Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the Syracuse University Art Collection, curated by Assistant Director Andrew Saluti, examines the swell of post-World War II visual artists making work rooted in the psychological state of humanity, creating prints derived from introspection, observation and reflection.
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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, September 10 |
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James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings 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. The SU Art Galleries is pleased to announce the exhibition "James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings." Developed in collaboration with the Oklahoma State Museum of Art and curated by Sarah C. Bancroft, co-curator of the artist's 2003 retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, "Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings" investigates the impact Rosenquist has had, and continues to have, on American art. The exhibition presents over 35 works from the artist's long career, including examples of his earliest abstractions from the 1950s and his exploration and evolution into Pop Art. James Rosenquist (American, b. 1933) became well known in the 1960s as a leader in the American Pop art movement alongside contemporaries Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Claes Oldenburg, and for more than five decades has created seminal works in printmaking, collage, drawing, and painting.
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12:00 PM - 8:00 PM, September 10 |
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Playing With Perception: Photographs by Florence Henri Everson Museum of Art
Price: $5 suggested donation Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
Drawn from the Everson's collection, this exhibition presents a selection of photographs by Florence Henri, an accomplished artist of the early 20th century who remains relatively unknown today. Henri studied painting with some of the major avant-garde artists of the 20th century, including Fernand Leger and Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, before turning to photography. Intrigued by notions of playing with perception in life as well as art, the androgynous Henri frequently utilized mirrors in her works to create reflections, distort images, and challenge reality. Her abstract compositions, portraits, and advertising images exploited the possibilities of photography and share affinities with the works of contemporaries like Herbert Bayer, Adolph Baron de Meyer, and Man Ray.
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Friday, September 11, 2015
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8:00 AM - 8:00 PM, September 11 |
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Opening: Le Moyne Faculty Art Show 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 recent work by Le Moyne faculty members, including Barry Darling, Jen Gandee, Katya Krenina, David Moore, and Richard Williams, all members of Le Moyne's visual and performing arts department. They work in a wide range of media and styles — paintings, drawings, photography and sculpture; expressionism, symbolism, narrative, and realism. For more information, call 315-445-4153.
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 11 |
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Locally Grown Art Exhibit Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery
Price: Free Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd.,
Marcellus
Central New York artists Lucie Wellner and Robert Glisson will display their watercolor and oil paintings. Although generally open to the public, the program room is occasionally used for nature-themed classes and private parties. Those interested in the gallery may wish to call before their visit to be sure that the program room will not be in use when they arrive.
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 11 |
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The Boys of Summer: Baseball Meets Art Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery
Price: Free Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, September 11 |
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The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center
Price: Free Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
"The Automobile" provides a sampling of the ways in which the automobile evolved in the Syracuse area and a glimpse into the innovations of some of the most significant mid-20th-century automobile designers. The centerpiece of the exhibition is the air-cooled Franklin car, the most famous of Syracuse's automobile lines, with its remarkably flexible and durable wooden frame. The exhibition will also include drawings, sketches, and photographs from SCRC's industrial design collections by designers Howard A. Darrin, Claude Hill, Raymond Loewy, Budd Steinhilber, and Walter Dorwin Teague. Darrin was known for his designs for exotic luxury and sports cars. Claude Hill created some important concept car designs, while Raymond Loewy's photographs document a number of striking Studebaker model designs. Budd Steinhilber was a member of the design team for the revolutionary rear-engine 1948 Tucker automobile, and Walter Dorwin Teague designed for both the Ford Motor Company and the Marmon Motor Company.
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, September 11 |
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Resistance: Work by Najee Dorsey Community Folk Art Center
Price: Free Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St.,
Syracuse
Our exhibition season opens with "Resistance" by artist, collector, and founder/CEO of Black Art in America Najee Dorsey. His mixed media works features a number of the heroes of the civil rights movements as well as 20th century activists. An essay entitled My Art is my Voice, written by Dr. Kamasi C. Hill describes the works stating, "Najee Dorsey's mixed media series "Resistance," is an artistic commentary on the various ways individuals have used their voice and bodies to "resist" and fight against the powers that be. Partially inspired by the Occupy Movement, Dorsey's renditions include the Haitian Freedom Fighter Toussaint L'ouverture, A Native American man taking up modern arms, and an ode to unsung she-ro Claudette Colvin, amongst others."
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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, September 11 |
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2015 Light Work Grants in Photography Exhibition: Allison Beondé, Thilde Jensen, Costa Sakellariou Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Allison Beondé is a visual artist currently living in Syracuse. She holds her B.F.A. from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in partnership with Tufts University. She has exhibited work in the Boston area and is the recipient of a 2015 Traveling Fellowship through the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Thilde Jensen was born in Denmark and moved to New York City in 1997. Six years later, her life and career as a documentary and editorial photographer were cut short by a sudden development of severe environmental illness. Jensen's first monograph, The Canaries, is about environmental illness and was published in 2013. It has since received much international acclaim. Her book was selected by many as one of the best photobooks of the year 2013. The Canaries was shortlisted for the Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation First Photobook Award 2013, longlisted for the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards 2014, nominated for the Kassel Best Photobook Award 2014, and is in the collection at MoMA. The project has been exhibited in solo shows at Light Work and the Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY; featured in the New York Times, Esquire Russia, Wired.com rawfile, Vision Magazine China, Business Insider, Slate.com; and selected for Slate.com's Best Photography Shows of 2012. The Canaries was featured in the TONY: 2012 exhibition at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse. Jensen is a 2013 NYFA Fellowship recipient. Costa Sakellariou is a photographer currently living and working in Binghamton, NY. From the mid-1980s until 1992, he was a working photographer based in Athens, Islamabad, and New Delhi. His clients were the weekly news magazines and his work was represented by JB Pictures in New York City. In 1992, he began work on a long-term project on the dwindling Greek population of Istanbul. The project was published as a book titled The Last Greeks of Istanbul, and was one of the first photobooks to be published in Greece. The Benaki Museum plans to acquire a portfolio of the work for their permanent photography collection. In 1998, Sakellariou and his wife moved to Binghamton. A year later, he began teaching photography at Binghamton University, where he continues to teach today.
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10:00 AM - 6:00 PM, September 11 |
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Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989) Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Light Work, in partnership with Autograph ABP, is pleased to present Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989), a solo retrospective of the work of this seminal and highly influential figure in 1980s Black British and African contemporary art. Although his career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 34, Fani-Kayode nonetheless remains an important influence in contemporary photography. Curated in collaboration with Mark Sealy and Rene´e Mussai of Autograph ABP, whose co-founder and first chair was Fani-Kayode, the exhibition features a selection of his most important photographic works produced between 1985-1989, including large-scale color works and arresting black and white images. Fani-Kayode's photographic portraits explore complex personal and politically engaged notions of desire, spirituality and cultural dislocation. They depict the black male body as a focal point both to interpret and probe the boundaries of spiritual and erotic fantasy, and of cultural and sexual difference. Ancestral rituals and a provocative, multi-layered symbolism fuse with archetypal motifs from European and African cultures and subcultures, inspired by what Yoruba priests call "the technique of ecstasy." Hence Fani-Kayode uses the medium of photography not only to question issues of sexuality and homoerotic desire, but also to address themes of diaspora and belonging, and the tensions between his homosexuality and his Yoruba upbringing. This exhibition coincides with the introduction of new punitive legislation in Nigeria, Fani-Kayode's country of birth, as well as other countries in Africa in recent years outlawing same-sex marriages and membership in gay rights organizations.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 11 |
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Patterns in History: Vintage Quilts of Onondaga County Onondaga Historical Association
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
Approximately 20 crazy, patchwork, signature, applique, log cabin, and children's quilts, as well as individual quilt squares from the 1850s to the early 20th century, will adorn OHA's second floor gallery this summer and fall. Decorated with beautiful fabrics, patterns, and embroidered characters, OHA's collection represents the array of vintage quilts once used throughout Onondaga County. While some quilts were primarily utilitarian, made to keep their users warm, others were elaborate show pieces that highlighted the artistic skill of the maker. The collection also contains several quilts created to commemorate local people and/or events. A selection of intricate, colorful and even amusing quilts of excellent quality will be on display for all to see! During the quilt exhibit, OHA will raffle off a new quilt made by local quilter and businesswoman Joan Ford. The lap-sized quilt, named "Diamond Jubilee," is nearly all hand-pieced with floral fabrics cut into hexagons and triangles. The hand-quilting and hand embroidered details add to the vintage look of this special quilt.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 11 |
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Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection Onondaga Historical Association
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
The OHA is displaying some of the unique and exceptional local history objects that curatorial staff collected during the past two years. This exhibit will include unusual items recently donated to OHA, such as a framed potato chip--the first chip produced by Jean's Foods in the 1940s; a "Glass Victory Washboard," as well as a "Camp Fire Girls Ceremonial Gown" from 1944-45. Adorning the walls will be art both by local artists and of local history. Alongside a framed photograph of the last train that rumbled down Washington Street c. 1936 will be a series of paintings by renowned Syracuse impressionist Hall Groat, including "Syracuse City Hall," "Alarm, Syracuse, NY," "Parade Day, Salina St. Syracuse," and "Canal Days, Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY." New additions from the archival collection will introduce sheet music from the 1895 Syracuse Post March and the diary of a local high school student reacting to the 1963 Kennedy assassination.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 11 |
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A Life in Art: Highlights of Women Artists in OHA's Collection Onondaga Historical Association
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
This exhibit highlights artwork created by local women artists whose work is represented in OHA's collection. The exhibition features over 40 paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures ranging from the mid-19th century through the end of the 20th century.
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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, September 11 |
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James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
The SU Art Galleries is pleased to announce the exhibition "James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings." Developed in collaboration with the Oklahoma State Museum of Art and curated by Sarah C. Bancroft, co-curator of the artist's 2003 retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, "Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings" investigates the impact Rosenquist has had, and continues to have, on American art. The exhibition presents over 35 works from the artist's long career, including examples of his earliest abstractions from the 1950s and his exploration and evolution into Pop Art. James Rosenquist (American, b. 1933) became well known in the 1960s as a leader in the American Pop art movement alongside contemporaries Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Claes Oldenburg, and for more than five decades has created seminal works in printmaking, collage, drawing, and painting.
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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, September 11 |
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The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the SU Art Collection Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the Syracuse University Art Collection, curated by Assistant Director Andrew Saluti, examines the swell of post-World War II visual artists making work rooted in the psychological state of humanity, creating prints derived from introspection, observation and reflection.
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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, September 11 |
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British Prints in the Age of Pop Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
British Prints in the Age of Pop, curated by SUArt Director Domenic Iacono, examines a selection of artists who embraced the Pop art movement popularized by American artists, and generated a body of work that looked at the cinema, comic book art, advertising, popular music, and product packaging as sources for their art.
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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, September 11 |
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Playing With Perception: Photographs by Florence Henri Everson Museum of Art
Price: $5 suggested donation Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
Drawn from the Everson's collection, this exhibition presents a selection of photographs by Florence Henri, an accomplished artist of the early 20th century who remains relatively unknown today. Henri studied painting with some of the major avant-garde artists of the 20th century, including Fernand Leger and Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, before turning to photography. Intrigued by notions of playing with perception in life as well as art, the androgynous Henri frequently utilized mirrors in her works to create reflections, distort images, and challenge reality. Her abstract compositions, portraits, and advertising images exploited the possibilities of photography and share affinities with the works of contemporaries like Herbert Bayer, Adolph Baron de Meyer, and Man Ray.
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Opening: A Conscious Allusion Edgewood Gallery
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd.,
Syracuse
There will be an opening reception this evening 6:00-8:00 pm. Nicora Gangi: Recent pastel and oil paintings including still-life and landscape imagery R. Jason Howard and Doug Williams: Collaborative glass "prayer bowls" incorporating Howard's "cage" series and Williams' Fillacello glass drawing Gail Sustare: Fine jewelry
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Comedy |
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8:00 PM, September 11 |
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SIC 4th Birthday Extravaganza Syracuse Improv Collective
The Vault
451 S. Warren St.,
Syracuse
The SIC is four! Come celebrate with Hazmat Love, Quick 2 Blush, Satan's Closet, and Heavy Metal Heatwave.
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1:00 PM - 11:00 PM, September 11 |
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Syracuse Irish Festival
Price: Free Clinton Square
Downtown,
Syracuse
Main Stage 5:00 pm: Attractive Nuisance 5:50 pm: Francis Academy of Irish Dance 6:10 pm: The Moxie Strings 7:20 pm: Butler-Sheehan Academy 7:40 pm: The High Kings 9:15 pm: McDonald School of Irish Dance 9:35 pm: 9/11 Tribute and Remembrance 9:45 pm: Glengarry Bhoys Traditional Stage 1:10 pm: Merry Mischief 2:20 pm: Quigsy and the Bird 3:30 pm: Bird in the Hand String Band 4:40 pm: Francis Academy of Irish Dance 5:00 pm: Home Slice 6:10 pm: Butler-Sheehan Academy of Irish Dance 6:30 pm: Syracuse Irish Session 7:40 pm: McDonald School of Irish Dance 8:00 pm: Kilgore McTrouts
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11:15 AM, September 11 |
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OCC Percussion Ensemble Onondaga Community College
Price: Free Storer Auditorium
Onondaga Community College,
Syracuse
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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, September 11 |
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Jazz@Sitrus: Nancy Kelly CNY Jazz Arts Foundation
Price: No cover Sitrus on the Hill
Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel,
Syracuse
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8:00 PM, September 11 |
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9 To 5: The Musical Central New York Playhouse Stephfond Brunson, director
Price: $25 CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage),
Dewitt
Based on the 1980 hit movie. Set in the late 1970s, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking, and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female co-workers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy--giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains "otherwise engaged," the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Hey, a girl can scheme, can't she? Music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, book by Patricia Resnick, based on the 20th Century Fox picture. Music direction by Abel Searor.
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Saturday, September 12, 2015
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9:00 AM - 8:00 PM, September 12 |
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Le Moyne Faculty Art Show LeMoyne College
Price: Free Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College,
Syracuse
An exhibit of recent work by Le Moyne faculty members, including Barry Darling, Jen Gandee, Katya Krenina, David Moore, and Richard Williams, all members of Le Moyne's visual and performing arts department. They work in a wide range of media and styles — paintings, drawings, photography and sculpture; expressionism, symbolism, narrative, and realism. For more information, call 315-445-4153.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 12 |
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Locally Grown Art Exhibit Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery
Price: Free Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd.,
Marcellus
Central New York artists Lucie Wellner and Robert Glisson will display their watercolor and oil paintings. Although generally open to the public, the program room is occasionally used for nature-themed classes and private parties. Those interested in the gallery may wish to call before their visit to be sure that the program room will not be in use when they arrive.
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10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, September 12 |
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A Conscious Allusion Edgewood Gallery
Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd.,
Syracuse
Nicora Gangi: Recent pastel and oil paintings including still-life and landscape imagery R. Jason Howard and Doug Williams: Collaborative glass "prayer bowls" incorporating Howard's "cage" series and Williams' Fillacello glass drawing Gail Sustare: Fine jewelry
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, September 12 |
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Playing With Perception: Photographs by Florence Henri Everson Museum of Art
Price: $5 suggested donation Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
Drawn from the Everson's collection, this exhibition presents a selection of photographs by Florence Henri, an accomplished artist of the early 20th century who remains relatively unknown today. Henri studied painting with some of the major avant-garde artists of the 20th century, including Fernand Leger and Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, before turning to photography. Intrigued by notions of playing with perception in life as well as art, the androgynous Henri frequently utilized mirrors in her works to create reflections, distort images, and challenge reality. Her abstract compositions, portraits, and advertising images exploited the possibilities of photography and share affinities with the works of contemporaries like Herbert Bayer, Adolph Baron de Meyer, and Man Ray.
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, September 12 |
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Resistance: Work by Najee Dorsey Community Folk Art Center
Price: Free Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St.,
Syracuse
Our exhibition season opens with "Resistance" by artist, collector, and founder/CEO of Black Art in America Najee Dorsey. His mixed media works features a number of the heroes of the civil rights movements as well as 20th century activists. An essay entitled My Art is my Voice, written by Dr. Kamasi C. Hill describes the works stating, "Najee Dorsey's mixed media series "Resistance," is an artistic commentary on the various ways individuals have used their voice and bodies to "resist" and fight against the powers that be. Partially inspired by the Occupy Movement, Dorsey's renditions include the Haitian Freedom Fighter Toussaint L'ouverture, A Native American man taking up modern arms, and an ode to unsung she-ro Claudette Colvin, amongst others."
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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 12 |
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Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection Onondaga Historical Association
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
The OHA is displaying some of the unique and exceptional local history objects that curatorial staff collected during the past two years. This exhibit will include unusual items recently donated to OHA, such as a framed potato chip--the first chip produced by Jean's Foods in the 1940s; a "Glass Victory Washboard," as well as a "Camp Fire Girls Ceremonial Gown" from 1944-45. Adorning the walls will be art both by local artists and of local history. Alongside a framed photograph of the last train that rumbled down Washington Street c. 1936 will be a series of paintings by renowned Syracuse impressionist Hall Groat, including "Syracuse City Hall," "Alarm, Syracuse, NY," "Parade Day, Salina St. Syracuse," and "Canal Days, Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY." New additions from the archival collection will introduce sheet music from the 1895 Syracuse Post March and the diary of a local high school student reacting to the 1963 Kennedy assassination.
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Patterns in History: Vintage Quilts of Onondaga County Onondaga Historical Association
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
Approximately 20 crazy, patchwork, signature, applique, log cabin, and children's quilts, as well as individual quilt squares from the 1850s to the early 20th century, will adorn OHA's second floor gallery this summer and fall. Decorated with beautiful fabrics, patterns, and embroidered characters, OHA's collection represents the array of vintage quilts once used throughout Onondaga County. While some quilts were primarily utilitarian, made to keep their users warm, others were elaborate show pieces that highlighted the artistic skill of the maker. The collection also contains several quilts created to commemorate local people and/or events. A selection of intricate, colorful and even amusing quilts of excellent quality will be on display for all to see! During the quilt exhibit, OHA will raffle off a new quilt made by local quilter and businesswoman Joan Ford. The lap-sized quilt, named "Diamond Jubilee," is nearly all hand-pieced with floral fabrics cut into hexagons and triangles. The hand-quilting and hand embroidered details add to the vintage look of this special quilt.
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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 12 |
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A Life in Art: Highlights of Women Artists in OHA's Collection Onondaga Historical Association
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
This exhibit highlights artwork created by local women artists whose work is represented in OHA's collection. The exhibition features over 40 paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures ranging from the mid-19th century through the end of the 20th century.
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British Prints in the Age of Pop Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
British Prints in the Age of Pop, curated by SUArt Director Domenic Iacono, examines a selection of artists who embraced the Pop art movement popularized by American artists, and generated a body of work that looked at the cinema, comic book art, advertising, popular music, and product packaging as sources for their art.
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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, September 12 |
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The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the SU Art Collection Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the Syracuse University Art Collection, curated by Assistant Director Andrew Saluti, examines the swell of post-World War II visual artists making work rooted in the psychological state of humanity, creating prints derived from introspection, observation and reflection.
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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, September 12 |
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James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
The SU Art Galleries is pleased to announce the exhibition "James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings." Developed in collaboration with the Oklahoma State Museum of Art and curated by Sarah C. Bancroft, co-curator of the artist's 2003 retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, "Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings" investigates the impact Rosenquist has had, and continues to have, on American art. The exhibition presents over 35 works from the artist's long career, including examples of his earliest abstractions from the 1950s and his exploration and evolution into Pop Art. James Rosenquist (American, b. 1933) became well known in the 1960s as a leader in the American Pop art movement alongside contemporaries Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Claes Oldenburg, and for more than five decades has created seminal works in printmaking, collage, drawing, and painting.
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Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989) Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Light Work, in partnership with Autograph ABP, is pleased to present Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989), a solo retrospective of the work of this seminal and highly influential figure in 1980s Black British and African contemporary art. Although his career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 34, Fani-Kayode nonetheless remains an important influence in contemporary photography. Curated in collaboration with Mark Sealy and Rene´e Mussai of Autograph ABP, whose co-founder and first chair was Fani-Kayode, the exhibition features a selection of his most important photographic works produced between 1985-1989, including large-scale color works and arresting black and white images. Fani-Kayode's photographic portraits explore complex personal and politically engaged notions of desire, spirituality and cultural dislocation. They depict the black male body as a focal point both to interpret and probe the boundaries of spiritual and erotic fantasy, and of cultural and sexual difference. Ancestral rituals and a provocative, multi-layered symbolism fuse with archetypal motifs from European and African cultures and subcultures, inspired by what Yoruba priests call "the technique of ecstasy." Hence Fani-Kayode uses the medium of photography not only to question issues of sexuality and homoerotic desire, but also to address themes of diaspora and belonging, and the tensions between his homosexuality and his Yoruba upbringing. This exhibition coincides with the introduction of new punitive legislation in Nigeria, Fani-Kayode's country of birth, as well as other countries in Africa in recent years outlawing same-sex marriages and membership in gay rights organizations.
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2015 Light Work Grants in Photography Exhibition: Allison Beondé, Thilde Jensen, Costa Sakellariou Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Allison Beondé is a visual artist currently living in Syracuse. She holds her B.F.A. from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in partnership with Tufts University. She has exhibited work in the Boston area and is the recipient of a 2015 Traveling Fellowship through the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Thilde Jensen was born in Denmark and moved to New York City in 1997. Six years later, her life and career as a documentary and editorial photographer were cut short by a sudden development of severe environmental illness. Jensen's first monograph, The Canaries, is about environmental illness and was published in 2013. It has since received much international acclaim. Her book was selected by many as one of the best photobooks of the year 2013. The Canaries was shortlisted for the Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation First Photobook Award 2013, longlisted for the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards 2014, nominated for the Kassel Best Photobook Award 2014, and is in the collection at MoMA. The project has been exhibited in solo shows at Light Work and the Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY; featured in the New York Times, Esquire Russia, Wired.com rawfile, Vision Magazine China, Business Insider, Slate.com; and selected for Slate.com's Best Photography Shows of 2012. The Canaries was featured in the TONY: 2012 exhibition at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse. Jensen is a 2013 NYFA Fellowship recipient. Costa Sakellariou is a photographer currently living and working in Binghamton, NY. From the mid-1980s until 1992, he was a working photographer based in Athens, Islamabad, and New Delhi. His clients were the weekly news magazines and his work was represented by JB Pictures in New York City. In 1992, he began work on a long-term project on the dwindling Greek population of Istanbul. The project was published as a book titled The Last Greeks of Istanbul, and was one of the first photobooks to be published in Greece. The Benaki Museum plans to acquire a portfolio of the work for their permanent photography collection. In 1998, Sakellariou and his wife moved to Binghamton. A year later, he began teaching photography at Binghamton University, where he continues to teach today.
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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM, September 12 |
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Opening: The Global Citizen: Graphic Art of Marlena Buczek Smith ArtRage Gallery
Price: Free ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave.,
Syracuse
There will be an opening reception this evening 7:00-9:00 pm. As a medium for social change, posters record our struggles for peace, social justice, environmental defense, and liberation from oppression. From the confrontational and political, to the promotional, persuasive and educational, the poster in all its forms has persisted as a vehicle for the public dissemination of ideas, information, and opinion. The stunning Giclée prints included in this exhibition span a range of political, humanitarian and environmental issues. Buczek Smith is a New Jersey-based artist originally from Poland. She has exhibited her insightful and passionate posters in North America, Asia and Europe, and her work has appeared in publications such as Graphis and Print.
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11:00 AM - 11:00 PM, September 12 |
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Syracuse Irish Festival
Price: Free Clinton Square
Downtown,
Syracuse
Main Stage: 12:15 pm: Blarney Rebel Band 1:00 pm: Tom Dooley Choraliers 1:20 pm: Moxie Strings 2:30 pm: Rince Na Sonas School of Irish Dance 2:50 pm: Sisters of Murphy 4:10 pm: Drumcliffe Arts 4:30 pm: The Causeway Giants 5:45 pm: Rince Na Sonas School of Irish Dance 6:20 pm: Wild Colonial Bhoys 7:40 pm: Johnston School of Irish Dance 8:00 pm: Glengarry Bhoys 9:25 pm: Roisin School of Irish Dance 9:45 pm: Searson Traditional Stage: 12:00 pm: Adult Dance Lessons 1:00 pm: Harrington School of Irish Dance 1:20 pm: Traonach 2:10 pm: Drumcliffe Arts 2:30 pm: LeMoyne College - Yeats Presentation 3:00 pm: The McCarthy Family 4:00 pm: LeMoyne College - Yeats Presentation 4:30 pm: Rince Na Sonas School of Irish Dance 4:50 pm: Wind and Wire 5:50 pm: Johnston School of Irish Dance 6:10 pm: Kitty Hoynes Irish Session 7:00 pm: Roisin School of Irish Dance 7:20 pm: Billy Delaney with Special Guests 8:20 pm: Johnston School of Irish Dance 8:40 pm: The Moxie Strings
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM, September 12 |
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Artist Talk: Marlena Buczek Smith ArtRage Gallery
Price: Free ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave.,
Syracuse
Join us as we welcome artist Marlena Buczek Smith to Syracuse. She will give an Artist Talk right before the opening reception for her Global Citizen exhibition.
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12:00 PM - 8:30 PM, September 12 |
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Acoustic Music Celebration Folkus Project
Price: Free Barnes & Noble
3454 Erie Blvd. E.,
Dewitt
12:00 pm: John DeVoe 12:40 pm: Joanne Perry 1:20 pm: Mark Wahl 2:00 pm: Lauren Mettler & Diana Lynn 2:40 pm: Kevin Barrigar 3:20 pm: The Golden Novak Duo 4:00 pm: Rick Pallatto 4:40 pm: Rob Orioli & JoAnne Sherwood 5:20 pm: Michael Judge 6:00 pm: Sieve Pfanensliel 6:40 pm: Amanda Rogers 7:20 pm: Jon Peterson 8:00 pm: Donna Dennihy
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7:30 PM, September 12 |
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Masterworks Series: Symphonie Fantastique Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria) Lawrence Loh, conductor Featuring Christina and Michelle Naughton, piano
Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
Saint-Saens Bacchanale from Samson et Delilah Poulenc Concerto for 2 pianos in D minor Berlioz Symphony Fantastique, op. 14
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11:00 AM, September 12 |
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The Chocolate War Open Hand Theater
Price: $10 adults, $6 children International Mask and Puppet Museum
518 Prospect Ave.,
Syracuse
Springer and Sprong, two inseparable pals, tumble into a series of haphazard events that lead to a catastrophic quarrel. The puppets become larger and larger as the conflict grows, acting as a visual metaphor that children can readily understand. Only by working together is their friendship restored.
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12:30 PM, September 12 |
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Snow White Magic Circle Children's Theatre
Price: $5 Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St.,
Syracuse
Interactive retelling of the children's classic. Children are invited to dress up as a princess or prince and join the Royal Court.
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8:00 PM, September 12 |
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9 To 5: The Musical Central New York Playhouse Stephfond Brunson, director
Price: $25 CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage),
Dewitt
Based on the 1980 hit movie. Set in the late 1970s, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking, and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female co-workers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy--giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains "otherwise engaged," the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Hey, a girl can scheme, can't she? Music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, book by Patricia Resnick, based on the 20th Century Fox picture. Music direction by Abel Searor.
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Sunday, September 13, 2015
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, September 13 |
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City Market
Price: Free Armory Square
Clinton and Jefferson St.,
Syracuse
Held the second Sunday of each month through October, the market will offer jewelry, decor, furniture, pottery, lighting, art, and more.
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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 13 |
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Patterns in History: Vintage Quilts of Onondaga County Onondaga Historical Association
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
Approximately 20 crazy, patchwork, signature, applique, log cabin, and children's quilts, as well as individual quilt squares from the 1850s to the early 20th century, will adorn OHA's second floor gallery this summer and fall. Decorated with beautiful fabrics, patterns, and embroidered characters, OHA's collection represents the array of vintage quilts once used throughout Onondaga County. While some quilts were primarily utilitarian, made to keep their users warm, others were elaborate show pieces that highlighted the artistic skill of the maker. The collection also contains several quilts created to commemorate local people and/or events. A selection of intricate, colorful and even amusing quilts of excellent quality will be on display for all to see! During the quilt exhibit, OHA will raffle off a new quilt made by local quilter and businesswoman Joan Ford. The lap-sized quilt, named "Diamond Jubilee," is nearly all hand-pieced with floral fabrics cut into hexagons and triangles. The hand-quilting and hand embroidered details add to the vintage look of this special quilt.
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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 13 |
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Look at What We Got! New to the OHA Collection Onondaga Historical Association
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
The OHA is displaying some of the unique and exceptional local history objects that curatorial staff collected during the past two years. This exhibit will include unusual items recently donated to OHA, such as a framed potato chip--the first chip produced by Jean's Foods in the 1940s; a "Glass Victory Washboard," as well as a "Camp Fire Girls Ceremonial Gown" from 1944-45. Adorning the walls will be art both by local artists and of local history. Alongside a framed photograph of the last train that rumbled down Washington Street c. 1936 will be a series of paintings by renowned Syracuse impressionist Hall Groat, including "Syracuse City Hall," "Alarm, Syracuse, NY," "Parade Day, Salina St. Syracuse," and "Canal Days, Clinton Square, Syracuse, NY." New additions from the archival collection will introduce sheet music from the 1895 Syracuse Post March and the diary of a local high school student reacting to the 1963 Kennedy assassination.
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11:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 13 |
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A Life in Art: Highlights of Women Artists in OHA's Collection Onondaga Historical Association
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
This exhibit highlights artwork created by local women artists whose work is represented in OHA's collection. The exhibition features over 40 paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures ranging from the mid-19th century through the end of the 20th century.
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British Prints in the Age of Pop Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
British Prints in the Age of Pop, curated by SUArt Director Domenic Iacono, examines a selection of artists who embraced the Pop art movement popularized by American artists, and generated a body of work that looked at the cinema, comic book art, advertising, popular music, and product packaging as sources for their art.
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11:00 AM - 4:30 PM, September 13 |
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James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
The SU Art Galleries is pleased to announce the exhibition "James Rosenquist: Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings." Developed in collaboration with the Oklahoma State Museum of Art and curated by Sarah C. Bancroft, co-curator of the artist's 2003 retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum, "Illustrious Works on Paper, Illuminating Paintings" investigates the impact Rosenquist has had, and continues to have, on American art. The exhibition presents over 35 works from the artist's long career, including examples of his earliest abstractions from the 1950s and his exploration and evolution into Pop Art. James Rosenquist (American, b. 1933) became well known in the 1960s as a leader in the American Pop art movement alongside contemporaries Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Claes Oldenburg, and for more than five decades has created seminal works in printmaking, collage, drawing, and painting.
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The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the SU Art Collection Syracuse University Art Museum
Price: Free Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
The New Humanists: Introspective Impressions from the Syracuse University Art Collection, curated by Assistant Director Andrew Saluti, examines the swell of post-World War II visual artists making work rooted in the psychological state of humanity, creating prints derived from introspection, observation and reflection.
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12:00 PM - 5:00 PM, September 13 |
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Playing With Perception: Photographs by Florence Henri Everson Museum of Art
Price: $5 suggested donation Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
Drawn from the Everson's collection, this exhibition presents a selection of photographs by Florence Henri, an accomplished artist of the early 20th century who remains relatively unknown today. Henri studied painting with some of the major avant-garde artists of the 20th century, including Fernand Leger and Lazlo Moholy-Nagy, before turning to photography. Intrigued by notions of playing with perception in life as well as art, the androgynous Henri frequently utilized mirrors in her works to create reflections, distort images, and challenge reality. Her abstract compositions, portraits, and advertising images exploited the possibilities of photography and share affinities with the works of contemporaries like Herbert Bayer, Adolph Baron de Meyer, and Man Ray.
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12:00 PM - 2:00 AM, September 13 |
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Le Moyne Faculty Art Show LeMoyne College
Price: Free Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College,
Syracuse
An exhibit of recent work by Le Moyne faculty members, including Barry Darling, Jen Gandee, Katya Krenina, David Moore, and Richard Williams, all members of Le Moyne's visual and performing arts department. They work in a wide range of media and styles — paintings, drawings, photography and sculpture; expressionism, symbolism, narrative, and realism. For more information, call 315-445-4153.
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2015 Light Work Grants in Photography Exhibition: Allison Beondé, Thilde Jensen, Costa Sakellariou Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Allison Beondé is a visual artist currently living in Syracuse. She holds her B.F.A. from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in partnership with Tufts University. She has exhibited work in the Boston area and is the recipient of a 2015 Traveling Fellowship through the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Thilde Jensen was born in Denmark and moved to New York City in 1997. Six years later, her life and career as a documentary and editorial photographer were cut short by a sudden development of severe environmental illness. Jensen's first monograph, The Canaries, is about environmental illness and was published in 2013. It has since received much international acclaim. Her book was selected by many as one of the best photobooks of the year 2013. The Canaries was shortlisted for the Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation First Photobook Award 2013, longlisted for the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards 2014, nominated for the Kassel Best Photobook Award 2014, and is in the collection at MoMA. The project has been exhibited in solo shows at Light Work and the Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY; featured in the New York Times, Esquire Russia, Wired.com rawfile, Vision Magazine China, Business Insider, Slate.com; and selected for Slate.com's Best Photography Shows of 2012. The Canaries was featured in the TONY: 2012 exhibition at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse. Jensen is a 2013 NYFA Fellowship recipient. Costa Sakellariou is a photographer currently living and working in Binghamton, NY. From the mid-1980s until 1992, he was a working photographer based in Athens, Islamabad, and New Delhi. His clients were the weekly news magazines and his work was represented by JB Pictures in New York City. In 1992, he began work on a long-term project on the dwindling Greek population of Istanbul. The project was published as a book titled The Last Greeks of Istanbul, and was one of the first photobooks to be published in Greece. The Benaki Museum plans to acquire a portfolio of the work for their permanent photography collection. In 1998, Sakellariou and his wife moved to Binghamton. A year later, he began teaching photography at Binghamton University, where he continues to teach today.
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Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989) Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Light Work, in partnership with Autograph ABP, is pleased to present Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989), a solo retrospective of the work of this seminal and highly influential figure in 1980s Black British and African contemporary art. Although his career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 34, Fani-Kayode nonetheless remains an important influence in contemporary photography. Curated in collaboration with Mark Sealy and Rene´e Mussai of Autograph ABP, whose co-founder and first chair was Fani-Kayode, the exhibition features a selection of his most important photographic works produced between 1985-1989, including large-scale color works and arresting black and white images. Fani-Kayode's photographic portraits explore complex personal and politically engaged notions of desire, spirituality and cultural dislocation. They depict the black male body as a focal point both to interpret and probe the boundaries of spiritual and erotic fantasy, and of cultural and sexual difference. Ancestral rituals and a provocative, multi-layered symbolism fuse with archetypal motifs from European and African cultures and subcultures, inspired by what Yoruba priests call "the technique of ecstasy." Hence Fani-Kayode uses the medium of photography not only to question issues of sexuality and homoerotic desire, but also to address themes of diaspora and belonging, and the tensions between his homosexuality and his Yoruba upbringing. This exhibition coincides with the introduction of new punitive legislation in Nigeria, Fani-Kayode's country of birth, as well as other countries in Africa in recent years outlawing same-sex marriages and membership in gay rights organizations.
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Lecture |
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3:00 PM, September 13 |
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Meadowbrook Blooms: One Neighborhood's Commitment to Syracuse University Neighbors Lecture Series Featuring Connie Palumb, Dan Stricker, Dudley Breed, and Dave Kirby
Price: $10 regular, $5 with student ID Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St.,
Syracuse
The presenters, all of whom are long time residents of the Meadowbrook neighborhood, will talk about how the Meadowbrook gardening project started seven years ago in cooperation with the city of Syracuse Parks Dept., Syracuse Garden Club, volunteer efforts in maintaining the gardens, birdhouse construction, the continuum of the project at the Nottingham High School campus, and how we can ensure the program is sustainable in the future.
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2:00 PM, September 13 |
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CMM 125 Anniversary Concert Civic Morning Musicals Featuring Jeremy Mastrangelo, violin; Andy Russo, piano
Price: $20 regular, $15 members, free for students with ID Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
Concert features former CMM Youth Concerto Competition winners Jeremy Mastrangelo, violin (1990), and Andy Russo, piano (1988 and 1991); with Sarah Mastrangelo, violin; Arvilla Rovit, viola; and Gregory Wood, cello Dvorak Piano Quintet, Op. 81 Debussy Sonata for Violin & Piano J.S. Bach Ciaconna from Partita No. 2 OnCenter garage parking is $2.50 with CMM stamped ticket.
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3:00 PM, September 13 |
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Remembering The Heroes: A Musical Tribute To The Victims Of 9/11
Price: Free, but donations accepted to benefit local food pantries Andrews Memorial United Methodist Church
106 Church St.,
North Syracuse
The concert features light classical and popular music of reflection and inspiration performed in a peaceful environment by several musicians from Central New York. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/RememberingTheHeroes.
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6:00 PM - 8:00 PM, September 13 |
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Book Party: Jennifer Pashley's The Scamp Downtown Writer's Center
Al's Wine & Whiskey Lounge
321 S. Clinton St.,
Syracuse
Raised in Syracuse by an accordion virtuoso and a casket maker, Jennifer Pashley is the author of two short story collections, States and The Conjurer, and her new novel, The Scamp. Her stories and essays have appeared widely, in Mississippi Review, PANK, The Butter, and Spectre Magazine, among others. Jennifer has been awarded the Red Hen Prize for Fiction, the Mississippi Review Prize for fiction, and the Carve Magazine Esoteric Award for LGBT Fiction.
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2:00 PM, September 13 |
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9 To 5: The Musical Central New York Playhouse Stephfond Brunson, director
Price: $22 CNY Playhouse
Shoppingtown Mall, Entrance No. 4 (adjacent to parking garage),
Dewitt
Based on the 1980 hit movie. Set in the late 1970s, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought-provoking, and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female co-workers concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. In a hilarious turn of events, Violet, Judy and Doralee live out their wildest fantasy--giving their boss the boot! While Hart remains "otherwise engaged," the women give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. Hey, a girl can scheme, can't she? Music and lyrics by Dolly Parton, book by Patricia Resnick, based on the 20th Century Fox picture. Music direction by Abel Searor.
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4:00 PM, September 13 |
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Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run Landmark Theatre
Price: $89, $79, $59 Landmark Theatre
362 S. Salina St.,
Syracuse
Tyler Perry is coming to the Landmark Theatre in his new and highly-anticipated live stage play, Madea on the Run. Madea is at it again in Tyler Perry's most outrageously funny stage play ever. In trouble with local authorities, Mabel Simmons, notoriously known as Madea, is on the run from the law. With no place to turn, she volunteers to move in with her friend Bam who is recovering from hip replacement surgery. Bam is so grateful that her faithful friend Mabel is putting her life on hold in order to nurse her back to health. Unknown to Bam however, Madea is only using the concerned friend gag as a way to hide out from the police. But as they say...all things work together for the good of those who love the Lord are are called according to his purpose. Madea's presence at Bam's house is just what the doctor ordered. Bam's family is in desperate need of some home improvement, and it is the only kind of family makeover that Madea could deliver. Tyler Perry stars as Madea and Cassi Davis as Aunt Bam. MADEA ON THE RUN delivers a couple hours of pure joy and laughter. With brand new music written by Tyler Perry, the show delivers a finger snapping and inspirational evening of theater. Madea's life lessons on friendship, marriage, personal reflection and overcoming, leave audiences with some great good for the soul. Tickets available at the Landmark Theatre Box Office, by phone at 315-475-7979, or online at TicketMaster.com.
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Monday, September 14, 2015
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8:00 AM - 2:00 AM, September 14 |
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Le Moyne Faculty Art Show LeMoyne College
Price: Free Wilson Art Gallery, Noreen Reale Falcone Library
LeMoyne College,
Syracuse
An exhibit of recent work by Le Moyne faculty members, including Barry Darling, Jen Gandee, Katya Krenina, David Moore, and Richard Williams, all members of Le Moyne's visual and performing arts department. They work in a wide range of media and styles — paintings, drawings, photography and sculpture; expressionism, symbolism, narrative, and realism. For more information, call 315-445-4153.
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 14 |
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Locally Grown Art Exhibit Baltimore Woods Weeks Art Gallery
Price: Free Baltimore Woods Nature Center
4007 Bishop Hill Rd.,
Marcellus
Central New York artists Lucie Wellner and Robert Glisson will display their watercolor and oil paintings. Although generally open to the public, the program room is occasionally used for nature-themed classes and private parties. Those interested in the gallery may wish to call before their visit to be sure that the program room will not be in use when they arrive.
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM, September 14 |
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The Boys of Summer: Baseball Meets Art Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery
Price: Free Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
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9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, September 14 |
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The Automobile: Design Considerations and Local Manifestations Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center
Price: Free Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
"The Automobile" provides a sampling of the ways in which the automobile evolved in the Syracuse area and a glimpse into the innovations of some of the most significant mid-20th-century automobile designers. The centerpiece of the exhibition is the air-cooled Franklin car, the most famous of Syracuse's automobile lines, with its remarkably flexible and durable wooden frame. The exhibition will also include drawings, sketches, and photographs from SCRC's industrial design collections by designers Howard A. Darrin, Claude Hill, Raymond Loewy, Budd Steinhilber, and Walter Dorwin Teague. Darrin was known for his designs for exotic luxury and sports cars. Claude Hill created some important concept car designs, while Raymond Loewy's photographs document a number of striking Studebaker model designs. Budd Steinhilber was a member of the design team for the revolutionary rear-engine 1948 Tucker automobile, and Walter Dorwin Teague designed for both the Ford Motor Company and the Marmon Motor Company.
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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, September 14 |
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Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989) Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Light Work, in partnership with Autograph ABP, is pleased to present Rotimi Fani-Kayode (1955-1989), a solo retrospective of the work of this seminal and highly influential figure in 1980s Black British and African contemporary art. Although his career was cut short by his untimely death at the age of 34, Fani-Kayode nonetheless remains an important influence in contemporary photography. Curated in collaboration with Mark Sealy and Rene´e Mussai of Autograph ABP, whose co-founder and first chair was Fani-Kayode, the exhibition features a selection of his most important photographic works produced between 1985-1989, including large-scale color works and arresting black and white images. Fani-Kayode's photographic portraits explore complex personal and politically engaged notions of desire, spirituality and cultural dislocation. They depict the black male body as a focal point both to interpret and probe the boundaries of spiritual and erotic fantasy, and of cultural and sexual difference. Ancestral rituals and a provocative, multi-layered symbolism fuse with archetypal motifs from European and African cultures and subcultures, inspired by what Yoruba priests call "the technique of ecstasy." Hence Fani-Kayode uses the medium of photography not only to question issues of sexuality and homoerotic desire, but also to address themes of diaspora and belonging, and the tensions between his homosexuality and his Yoruba upbringing. This exhibition coincides with the introduction of new punitive legislation in Nigeria, Fani-Kayode's country of birth, as well as other countries in Africa in recent years outlawing same-sex marriages and membership in gay rights organizations.
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10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, September 14 |
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2015 Light Work Grants in Photography Exhibition: Allison Beondé, Thilde Jensen, Costa Sakellariou Light Work Gallery
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University,
Syracuse
Allison Beondé is a visual artist currently living in Syracuse. She holds her B.F.A. from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in partnership with Tufts University. She has exhibited work in the Boston area and is the recipient of a 2015 Traveling Fellowship through the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Thilde Jensen was born in Denmark and moved to New York City in 1997. Six years later, her life and career as a documentary and editorial photographer were cut short by a sudden development of severe environmental illness. Jensen's first monograph, The Canaries, is about environmental illness and was published in 2013. It has since received much international acclaim. Her book was selected by many as one of the best photobooks of the year 2013. The Canaries was shortlisted for the Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation First Photobook Award 2013, longlisted for the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards 2014, nominated for the Kassel Best Photobook Award 2014, and is in the collection at MoMA. The project has been exhibited in solo shows at Light Work and the Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY; featured in the New York Times, Esquire Russia, Wired.com rawfile, Vision Magazine China, Business Insider, Slate.com; and selected for Slate.com's Best Photography Shows of 2012. The Canaries was featured in the TONY: 2012 exhibition at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse. Jensen is a 2013 NYFA Fellowship recipient. Costa Sakellariou is a photographer currently living and working in Binghamton, NY. From the mid-1980s until 1992, he was a working photographer based in Athens, Islamabad, and New Delhi. His clients were the weekly news magazines and his work was represented by JB Pictures in New York City. In 1992, he began work on a long-term project on the dwindling Greek population of Istanbul. The project was published as a book titled The Last Greeks of Istanbul, and was one of the first photobooks to be published in Greece. The Benaki Museum plans to acquire a portfolio of the work for their permanent photography collection. In 1998, Sakellariou and his wife moved to Binghamton. A year later, he began teaching photography at Binghamton University, where he continues to teach today.
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