Friday, April 30, 2021

The Floating Bridge: Postmodern and Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson began collecting contemporary Japanese ceramics in earnest in the mid 1970s, an experimental period when artists were applying geometric forms and conceptual strategies to traditional materials and forms. The exhibition highlights this under-recognized generation of artists who are now credited with laying the groundwork for today's contemporary ceramic movement in Japan.

From Domestic to Divine: Andean Ceramics from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The ancient Andean civilizations of South America were strikingly diverse in their religious beliefs and material cultures, but each developed complex ceramics for both domestic and ritual use. This exhibition features key pieces from the Museum's collection, including several recent acquisitions from the Nazca, Paracas, Moche, Chimu´, and Chavin cultures.

Who What When Where
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Based upon the iconic Carrie Mae Weems' 1998 work of the same name, Who What When Where explores questions of identity, place, and time while investigating the four words fundamental to the construction of narratives.

Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming," the artist's first solo museum exhibition in his hometown of Syracuse, features digital illustrations alongside newly created video works, and a series of his "Jalethal" dolls.

Steffani Jemison: Figure 8
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For nearly a decade, Brooklyn-based artist Steffani Jemison has been deeply invested in examining the ways knowledge is constructed and legitimized. This interest stems from a fascination with frameworks of interpretation and narration, as well as critical theory and Black vernacular traditions. She explores these concepts through a practice that encompasses sculpture, video, installation, sound, and fiction writing.

Light Work commissioned Steffani Jemison to create new work for Urban Video Project as part of an annual moving image commission program. The new work, Figure 8, comes out of Jemison's collaboration with athlete Alexis Page.

The video will be projected onto the north facade of the Everson Museum beginning at dusk.

Poet Benjamin Garcia
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
Online

Benjamin Garcia's first collection of poems, Thrown in the Throat (Milkweed Editions, August 2020), was selected by Kazim Ali for the 2019 National Poetry Series. He works as a sexual health and harm reduction educator throughout the Finger Lakes region of New York and serves as faculty for Alma College's low-residency MFA program. His poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in: AGNI, American Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, and New England Review.

Register to receive Zoom link.

Saturday, May 1, 2021

Opening: Window Exhibit: The Power of the Ordinary: Masked Portraits by Katie Mulligan
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

There will be an outdoor opening reception on May 1, 12:00-2:00 pm. (Rain date: May 2). Face masks required. Light refreshments will be served. RSVP on Facebook.

Katie Mulligan is a Syracuse based, freelance illustrator and animator. This series of masked portraits drawn in ink celebrates the efforts of ordinary people in fighting COVID-19 and captures the moment we are currently living in. The choice to wear a mask for the collective health of the public is a refreshing show of unity many have made toward fighting the pandemic. These portraits are of many people from many backgrounds; essential workers, educators, neighbors, family, and more are featured.

The portraits are on display in the front windows of the gallery.

Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming," the artist's first solo museum exhibition in his hometown of Syracuse, features digital illustrations alongside newly created video works, and a series of his "Jalethal" dolls.

Who What When Where
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Based upon the iconic Carrie Mae Weems' 1998 work of the same name, Who What When Where explores questions of identity, place, and time while investigating the four words fundamental to the construction of narratives.

From Domestic to Divine: Andean Ceramics from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The ancient Andean civilizations of South America were strikingly diverse in their religious beliefs and material cultures, but each developed complex ceramics for both domestic and ritual use. This exhibition features key pieces from the Museum's collection, including several recent acquisitions from the Nazca, Paracas, Moche, Chimu´, and Chavin cultures.

The Floating Bridge: Postmodern and Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson began collecting contemporary Japanese ceramics in earnest in the mid 1970s, an experimental period when artists were applying geometric forms and conceptual strategies to traditional materials and forms. The exhibition highlights this under-recognized generation of artists who are now credited with laying the groundwork for today's contemporary ceramic movement in Japan.

Steffani Jemison: Figure 8
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For nearly a decade, Brooklyn-based artist Steffani Jemison has been deeply invested in examining the ways knowledge is constructed and legitimized. This interest stems from a fascination with frameworks of interpretation and narration, as well as critical theory and Black vernacular traditions. She explores these concepts through a practice that encompasses sculpture, video, installation, sound, and fiction writing.

Light Work commissioned Steffani Jemison to create new work for Urban Video Project as part of an annual moving image commission program. The new work, Figure 8, comes out of Jemison's collaboration with athlete Alexis Page.

The video will be projected onto the north facade of the Everson Museum beginning at dusk.

Kids Series: Peter and the Wolf
Symphoria
Travis Newton, conductor
Featuring Chris Cresswell, narrator

Price: Live stream: $15 adults, $10 seniors, $5 college
Online

Walk through the woods with Peter and friends during this musical favorite for the young and the young-at-heart. Our final Kids Concert of the 20-21 season will feature our principal musicians as the characters of this classic musical story.

Dover Quartet
Syracuse Friends of Chamber Music

Price: $25 regular, $20 seniors, $15 ages 35 and under, free for full-time students with ID and holders of EBT/SNAP cards
Online

Mendelssohn Quartet in E-flat Major, op. 12
Ligeti Quartet no. 1, "Metamorphoses Nocturnes"
Dvorak Quartet in G Major, op. 106

Performance will be available online for ticket holders through Monday evening, May 3.

My Life as a Soprano: Musicals, Opera, and Growing Up Queer

Price: $20
Wunderbar
201 S. West St., Syracuse

A staged reading of a new one-act play written by Garrett August Heater and starring Tanner Efinger and Garrett August Heater.

This is an 18+ venue.

Note: This is a live, not streamed, performance. Upon arrival at the venue, temperature checks will be taken and you'll be asked to check in using your smartphone and complete a mandatory health screening. All COVID guidelines set by the Department of Health and CDC are strictly followed for all events at Wunderbar. Masks must be worn unless seated, and then may temporarily be removed for eating and drinking.

Sunday, May 2, 2021

Window Exhibit: The Power of the Ordinary: Masked Portraits by Katie Mulligan
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Katie Mulligan is a Syracuse based, freelance illustrator and animator. This series of masked portraits drawn in ink celebrates the efforts of ordinary people in fighting COVID-19 and captures the moment we are currently living in. The choice to wear a mask for the collective health of the public is a refreshing show of unity many have made toward fighting the pandemic. These portraits are of many people from many backgrounds; essential workers, educators, neighbors, family, and more are featured.

The portraits are on display in the front windows of the gallery.

The Floating Bridge: Postmodern and Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson began collecting contemporary Japanese ceramics in earnest in the mid 1970s, an experimental period when artists were applying geometric forms and conceptual strategies to traditional materials and forms. The exhibition highlights this under-recognized generation of artists who are now credited with laying the groundwork for today's contemporary ceramic movement in Japan.

From Domestic to Divine: Andean Ceramics from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The ancient Andean civilizations of South America were strikingly diverse in their religious beliefs and material cultures, but each developed complex ceramics for both domestic and ritual use. This exhibition features key pieces from the Museum's collection, including several recent acquisitions from the Nazca, Paracas, Moche, Chimu´, and Chavin cultures.

Who What When Where
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Based upon the iconic Carrie Mae Weems' 1998 work of the same name, Who What When Where explores questions of identity, place, and time while investigating the four words fundamental to the construction of narratives.

Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming," the artist's first solo museum exhibition in his hometown of Syracuse, features digital illustrations alongside newly created video works, and a series of his "Jalethal" dolls.

Everson Close-Up Artist Series: David MacDonald: Vessels for the Human Spirit
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Free
Online

Who: Artist David MacDonald is known for his richly patterned utilitarian clay works. He uses patterns and decoration found in textiles, objects, body ornament, and architecture from diverse ethnic groups of sub-Saharan Africa.

What: David has described his work as a "personal journey in search of order, reason, reality, and beauty." He will discuss these grounding elements of his work, his process, and his pieces featured in Who What When Where.

Zoom registration closes 10 minutes before start time.

Monday, May 3, 2021

Window Exhibit: The Power of the Ordinary: Masked Portraits by Katie Mulligan
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Katie Mulligan is a Syracuse based, freelance illustrator and animator. This series of masked portraits drawn in ink celebrates the efforts of ordinary people in fighting COVID-19 and captures the moment we are currently living in. The choice to wear a mask for the collective health of the public is a refreshing show of unity many have made toward fighting the pandemic. These portraits are of many people from many backgrounds; essential workers, educators, neighbors, family, and more are featured.

The portraits are on display in the front windows of the gallery.

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Window Exhibit: The Power of the Ordinary: Masked Portraits by Katie Mulligan
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Katie Mulligan is a Syracuse based, freelance illustrator and animator. This series of masked portraits drawn in ink celebrates the efforts of ordinary people in fighting COVID-19 and captures the moment we are currently living in. The choice to wear a mask for the collective health of the public is a refreshing show of unity many have made toward fighting the pandemic. These portraits are of many people from many backgrounds; essential workers, educators, neighbors, family, and more are featured.

The portraits are on display in the front windows of the gallery.

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Window Exhibit: The Power of the Ordinary: Masked Portraits by Katie Mulligan
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Katie Mulligan is a Syracuse based, freelance illustrator and animator. This series of masked portraits drawn in ink celebrates the efforts of ordinary people in fighting COVID-19 and captures the moment we are currently living in. The choice to wear a mask for the collective health of the public is a refreshing show of unity many have made toward fighting the pandemic. These portraits are of many people from many backgrounds; essential workers, educators, neighbors, family, and more are featured.

The portraits are on display in the front windows of the gallery.

Katie North Peck, soprano
Civic Morning Musicals

Price: Free
Online

Facebook event

I and You
Syracuse Stage
Melissa Crespo, director

Price: $30 individual, $60 household
Online

Isolated due to a life-threatening illness, Caroline hasn't been to school in months. Confined to her room, she relies on Instagram, Facebook and a stuffed turtle for company. That is until classmate Anthony bursts in—unexpectedly and bearing waffle fries, some Walt Whitman poetry, and a literature project due the next day. He's enthusiastic, athletic, and charming in a nerdy sort of way, but Caroline is wary. Still, an unlikely friendship develops as a run of the mill homework assignment reveals the pair's hopes and dreams, and they come to realize that Whitman's sense of interconnectedness means more to their lives than they could have imagined. This sharp, funny, and tender-hearted play by Lauren Gunderson won the Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award in 2014.

Buy video-on-demand tickets.

Thursday, May 6, 2021

Window Exhibit: The Power of the Ordinary: Masked Portraits by Katie Mulligan
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Katie Mulligan is a Syracuse based, freelance illustrator and animator. This series of masked portraits drawn in ink celebrates the efforts of ordinary people in fighting COVID-19 and captures the moment we are currently living in. The choice to wear a mask for the collective health of the public is a refreshing show of unity many have made toward fighting the pandemic. These portraits are of many people from many backgrounds; essential workers, educators, neighbors, family, and more are featured.

The portraits are on display in the front windows of the gallery.

Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming," the artist's first solo museum exhibition in his hometown of Syracuse, features digital illustrations alongside newly created video works, and a series of his "Jalethal" dolls.

Who What When Where
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Based upon the iconic Carrie Mae Weems' 1998 work of the same name, Who What When Where explores questions of identity, place, and time while investigating the four words fundamental to the construction of narratives.

The Floating Bridge: Postmodern and Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson began collecting contemporary Japanese ceramics in earnest in the mid 1970s, an experimental period when artists were applying geometric forms and conceptual strategies to traditional materials and forms. The exhibition highlights this under-recognized generation of artists who are now credited with laying the groundwork for today's contemporary ceramic movement in Japan.

Steffani Jemison: Figure 8
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For nearly a decade, Brooklyn-based artist Steffani Jemison has been deeply invested in examining the ways knowledge is constructed and legitimized. This interest stems from a fascination with frameworks of interpretation and narration, as well as critical theory and Black vernacular traditions. She explores these concepts through a practice that encompasses sculpture, video, installation, sound, and fiction writing.

Light Work commissioned Steffani Jemison to create new work for Urban Video Project as part of an annual moving image commission program. The new work, Figure 8, comes out of Jemison's collaboration with athlete Alexis Page.

The video will be projected onto the north facade of the Everson Museum beginning at dusk.

Salt & Pepper Art/Food Series: Sleyrow Mason (SOULutions) + Vanessa Johnson
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Free
Online

They say good food is just another expression of art. We think so too! That's why the Everson Museum of Art has partnered with Salt City Market to bring you Salt & Pepper, a new art/food series with lively conversations between artists and chefs about culture, history, and technique.

Join us by zoom to hear from artists in their studios and chefs in their Salt City Market kitchens. We've selected artist/chef pairings that will awaken all the senses and introduce you to some incredible Syracuse talent.

Chef Sleyrow Mason is the owner and operator of SOULutions, located at the Salt City Market. Sley is an industry veteran who began cooking alongside his mother at the early age of 5. It was in the kitchen, with his mother, that he learned some of the basics of traditional southern dishes. In his later years, Sleyrow attended a culinary program offered by Syracuse's Sydney Johnson center. After its completion, he began working in some of Syracuse's finest restaurants, honing his skills as a certified grillmaster, kitchen manager, and sous chef. Upon the passing of his mother, Chef Sley began cooking for his family and friends as a way to keep them all connected. Now he is serving up his family recipes at Salt City Market and at catered events.

Vanessa Johnson is a griot or storyteller. She tells traditional tales from Africa and African American culture through story performances, one woman shows, mixed media quilts, plays, short stories, and sing tales with her storytelling band, Matie Massie. Her tales of social justice include the voices of the enslaved and of abolitionists who fought against slavery in the United States. She lends her voice to the diverse activists of the Women's Rights and Civil Rights Movements. She also tells Earth-Justice Tales and shares biographical tales of living as an African-American woman in the U.S. and part-time in Ghana.

Zoom registration

The Everson and Salt City Market Present: Salt & Pepper
Everson Museum of Art

Price: Free, but pre-registration required to receive Zoom link
Online

They say good food is just another expression of art. We think so too! That's why the Everson Museum of Art has partnered with Salt City Market to bring you Salt & Pepper, a new art/food series with lively conversations between artists and chefs about culture, history, and technique.

Join us by zoom to hear from artists in their studios and chefs in their Salt City Market kitchens. We've selected artist/chef pairings that will awaken all the senses and introduce you to some incredible Syracuse talent.

This month's guests: Artist Vanessa Johnson and Sley Mason of SOULutions

I and You
Syracuse Stage
Melissa Crespo, director

Price: $30 individual, $60 household
Online

Isolated due to a life-threatening illness, Caroline hasn't been to school in months. Confined to her room, she relies on Instagram, Facebook and a stuffed turtle for company. That is until classmate Anthony bursts in—unexpectedly and bearing waffle fries, some Walt Whitman poetry, and a literature project due the next day. He's enthusiastic, athletic, and charming in a nerdy sort of way, but Caroline is wary. Still, an unlikely friendship develops as a run of the mill homework assignment reveals the pair's hopes and dreams, and they come to realize that Whitman's sense of interconnectedness means more to their lives than they could have imagined. This sharp, funny, and tender-hearted play by Lauren Gunderson won the Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award in 2014.

Buy video-on-demand tickets.

Friday, May 7, 2021

Window Exhibit: The Power of the Ordinary: Masked Portraits by Katie Mulligan
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Katie Mulligan is a Syracuse based, freelance illustrator and animator. This series of masked portraits drawn in ink celebrates the efforts of ordinary people in fighting COVID-19 and captures the moment we are currently living in. The choice to wear a mask for the collective health of the public is a refreshing show of unity many have made toward fighting the pandemic. These portraits are of many people from many backgrounds; essential workers, educators, neighbors, family, and more are featured.

The portraits are on display in the front windows of the gallery.

The Floating Bridge: Postmodern and Contemporary Japanese Ceramics
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

The Everson began collecting contemporary Japanese ceramics in earnest in the mid 1970s, an experimental period when artists were applying geometric forms and conceptual strategies to traditional materials and forms. The exhibition highlights this under-recognized generation of artists who are now credited with laying the groundwork for today's contemporary ceramic movement in Japan.

Who What When Where
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Based upon the iconic Carrie Mae Weems' 1998 work of the same name, Who What When Where explores questions of identity, place, and time while investigating the four words fundamental to the construction of narratives.

Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Jaleel Campbell: Homecoming," the artist's first solo museum exhibition in his hometown of Syracuse, features digital illustrations alongside newly created video works, and a series of his "Jalethal" dolls.

Steffani Jemison: Figure 8
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

For nearly a decade, Brooklyn-based artist Steffani Jemison has been deeply invested in examining the ways knowledge is constructed and legitimized. This interest stems from a fascination with frameworks of interpretation and narration, as well as critical theory and Black vernacular traditions. She explores these concepts through a practice that encompasses sculpture, video, installation, sound, and fiction writing.

Light Work commissioned Steffani Jemison to create new work for Urban Video Project as part of an annual moving image commission program. The new work, Figure 8, comes out of Jemison's collaboration with athlete Alexis Page.

The video will be projected onto the north facade of the Everson Museum beginning at dusk.

Poet Pablo Medina
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
Online

Cuban-born Pablo Medina is the author of 19 books, most recently the novel The Cuban Comedy and the poetry collection Soledades (poems in Spanish). His critically acclaimed translations include García Lorca's Poet in New York (with Mark Statman) and Alejo Carpentier's seminal novel The Kingdom of This World. Medina's work has appeared in various languages and in magazines and periodicals throughout the world. Winner of many awards for his work, including fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Guggenheim Foundation, Medina lives in Williamsville, VT, and is on faculty at the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers.

Register to receive Zoom link.

I and You
Syracuse Stage
Melissa Crespo, director

Price: $30 individual, $60 household
Online

Isolated due to a life-threatening illness, Caroline hasn't been to school in months. Confined to her room, she relies on Instagram, Facebook and a stuffed turtle for company. That is until classmate Anthony bursts in—unexpectedly and bearing waffle fries, some Walt Whitman poetry, and a literature project due the next day. He's enthusiastic, athletic, and charming in a nerdy sort of way, but Caroline is wary. Still, an unlikely friendship develops as a run of the mill homework assignment reveals the pair's hopes and dreams, and they come to realize that Whitman's sense of interconnectedness means more to their lives than they could have imagined. This sharp, funny, and tender-hearted play by Lauren Gunderson won the Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award in 2014.

Buy video-on-demand tickets.