Arts & Culture
VPA Senior Experiences ‘Real-Life’ Design Through Fellowship
Karina Campos ’17 was “absolutely shocked” to be named a Be Original Americas Fellow for the summer of 2016. When she found out that she was chosen from countless applicants to be one of just two design students from across…
Mexican Immigration Scholar Gilberto Cárdenas to Visit Syracuse Dec. 1
A leading scholar of Mexican immigration, who is also the owner of the world’s largest private collection of Latino art, is making a rare visit to Syracuse University. Gilberto Cárdenas, professor of sociology and executive director of the Notre Dame…
Shaped Clay Society to Hold Mug Sale Nov. 30-Dec. 2
The Shaped Clay Society in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) will host its annual mug sale Nov. 30-Dec. 2 from 10 a.m.–6 p.m. in the first-floor galleria of the Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art Building. The Shaped Clay…
Ceramist MacDonald Featured on ‘A Craftsman’s Legacy’
David MacDonald, an internationally renowned artist and professor emeritus of ceramics in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, is profiled on the American Public Television program “A Craftsman’s Legacy.” In the first episode of the season, master ceramist MacDonald…
Music Historian’s Work Brings New Life to Restoration Shakespeare Plays
The foreboding words of the Three Witches in Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” conjure up the general’s kingly aspirations and bloody demise. Their presence throughout the Bard’s tragedy is mostly known to modern audiences through spoken poetic verse. But what would the theatrical…
Communications Design Student Exhibition Confronts Current Political, Social Issues
Junior communications design majors in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design are presenting “FACE IT: The War on America’s Home Front,” an exhibition on culture, society and citizenship, through Nov. 30 in the first-floor lounge of…
Hallas Awarded Howard Foundation Fellowship
Associate Professor of English Roger Hallas of the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded $33,000 from the George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation to complete his book project titled “A Medium Seen Otherwise: Photography and Documentary Film.”…
UVP Features Marie Lorenz’s ‘Tide and Current’
Urban Video Project (UVP) and Light Work, in collaboration with the Everson Museum of Art, are presenting a collaborative exhibition of new and past works by multimedia artist Marie Lorenz coming out of her summer 2016 sojourn on the Erie Canal in a hand-built rowboat.
Syracuse Youth Orchestras to Present Fall Concert Nov. 20
The Syracuse Youth Orchestra (SYO) and Syracuse Youth String Orchestra (SYSO) will present their fall concert on Sunday, Nov. 20, at 3:30 p.m. at West Genesee High School, 5201 W. Genesee St., Camillus, N.Y. Tickets for the concert are $10…
University Shines at Statewide TESOL Conference
Syracuse University was front and center at the 46th annual New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (NYS TESOL) Conference, recently held at Crowne Plaza Syracuse. Dozens of students and faculty members, mostly from the Department…