Josh T Franco
The Syracuse University Art Museum will host artist and art historian Josh T Franco in residence at the museum and on the Syracuse University campus to activate “Scriptorium con Safos: Syracuse,” and to engage with the community. The mini-residency is sponsored through generous support provided by Art Bridges.
The mini-residency begins on Thursday, April 4 at 2 p.m. with “Rocks, Water, Responsibility: Responding to Site,” a workshop open to the public to explore interconnections between people, rocks, and water. Franco will collaborate with Kate Holohan, curator of education and academic outreach, to lead the workshop that will begin at the museum to examine Franco’s work alongside American artist Robert Smithson’s installation “Double Nonsite, California and Nevada.” Through this examination, the group will consider how we might use that lens to explore the local geological landscape at Canal Landing Park in Fayetteville. Advance registration is required for this workshop.
Franco will then activate the museum galleries for a performance of “Scriptorium con Safos: Syracuse,” from 2:30-4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 5. Afterward, Franco will be in conversation with Juan Juarez , associate professor of studio arts in the School of Art in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, from 5-5:30 p.m., which will be followed by a reception hosted by the museum.
Franco, who is overseeing the permanent collection installation at the museum for 2023-24, will conclude his mini-residence with a live performance of “Scriptorium con Safos: Syracuse,” from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, April 6.
