Arts & Culture
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera to Kick Off ‘Cruel April’ Poetry Series
As a “natural wonderer, dreamer, traveler… mega listener…and only child,” poet Juan Felipe Herrera grew up in California’s San Joaquín and Salinas Valleys “listening to everything and everyone,” he says, and those habits led him “to the magical lands of…
‘Touch(ed)’ Continues Department of Drama’s 2023-24 Season
The Syracuse University Department of Drama continues the 2023-24 season with “Touch(ed)”, a darkly comic drama about sisterhood, mental health and the realistic limits of love from Tony Award-nominated playwright Bess Wohl (“Grand Horizons”). Directed by Christine Albright-Tufts, performances of…
Artist in Residence Carrie Mae Weems to Work With Students, Participate in International Arts Conference in Italy
Eight College of Visual and Performing Arts students who are studying abroad at the Daniel and Gayle D’Aniello Syracuse University Program in Florence will have the unique opportunity to work with Artist in Residence Carrie Mae Weems H’17 and attend…
College of Visual and Performing Arts Presents ‘Unsettled, Unbridled, Unbound,’ the 2024 M.F.A. Exhibition
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) is pleased to announce the exhibition “Unsettled, Unbridled, Unbound,” featuring the work of 38 artists completing their master of fine arts degree in studio arts, illustration and film and media arts. Sequential…
Syracuse University Art Museum Hosts Mini-Residency With Artist 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…
Resurrecting Song: Professor Wendy Moy’s New Book Documents Choral Music’s Resilience During COVID-19
In her new book, Wendy Moy, professor of music education in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and School of Education, brings together first-person accounts to offer a sometimes heartbreaking, many times joyful portrait of how choral musicians weathered…
Art Museum Receives Award of Distinction from Museum Association of New York
The Museum Association of New York (MANY) has recognized the Syracuse University Art Museum with the Engaging Communities Award for the Spring 2023 exhibition “Take Me to the Palace of Love,” curated by Romita Ray, associate professor in Art History….
NVRC Gallery Exhibition Provides Graduate Students With Curatorial Experience
A new exhibition co-curated by three museum studies graduate students represents multiple collaborations across the University. It connects current students and alumni; pairs the College of Visual and Performing and Arts (VPA) and the National Veterans Resource Center (NVRC); and…
Highlights From the Light Work Collection: Dawoud Bey
Curated from the Light Work collection, members of the Syracuse University campus community are invited to check out a selection from two of Dawoud Bey’s photographic projects: “An American Project,” and “Embracing Eatonville.” Black-and-white images from “An American Project,” made…
American Artist James Little G’76 Gifts Painting to Syracuse University Art Museum
American artist James Little G’76 has donated an oil painting he created, “Euclidean Squares,” to the Syracuse University Art Museum’s permanent collection. “James Little’s contributions to contemporary American art have made him a standout among our talented alumni artists. His…