Arts & Culture
‘Tis the Season for ‘Holidays at Hendricks’
Nearly a thousand people descended onto Syracuse University for “Holidays at Hendricks” on Sunday, Dec. 4. A campus tradition for more than a decade, the concert featured hundreds of musicians, including the Syracuse University Brass Ensemble (based in the College…
Light Work Receives 2016 NEA Art Works Grant
The NEA recently announced awards totaling more than $27.6 million in its first funding round of fiscal year 2016, including an Art Works award of $50,000 to Light Work to support its Artist-in-Residence Program and the production of Contact Sheet:…
Light Work Exhibition ‘After Edith’ to Close Dec. 19
The exhibition “After Edith” by photographer Gideon Barnett, currently on display in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery at Light Work, will continue until Dec. 19. “After Edith” brings together a collection of images that Barnett produced by documenting vandalized photography…
Scholar Spotlight: Samantha Skaller ’17
Because of her position as one of 17 students on the national “It’s On Us” student advisory committee, Samantha Skaller of Brewster, New York, introduced U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden Jr. at the organization’s recent event held in Goldstein Auditorium….
New 914Works Exhibition Features Work by VPA Graduate Students
Work by Stefan Marc Zoller G’16 and Brent Michael Erickson G’16, both graduate students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Art, is featured in the new exhibition “Over and Over” at 914Works, 914 E. Genesee St.,…
SUArt Galleries Presents ‘Poetry Of Content’
The Syracuse University Art Galleries will present “Poetry of Content: Five Contemporary Representational Artists,” co-curated by David L. Prince, associate director/curator at the SUArt Galleries, and internationally recognized artist and Syracuse University Professor Jerome Witkin. Featuring over 40 pieces of…
Carver Series Presents Novelist Elissa Schappell Dec. 9
The last reading for the fall semester in the Raymond Carver Reading Series in the College of Arts and Sciences will be by novelist, columnist and contributing editor for Vanity Fair Elissa Schappell. On Wednesday, Dec. 9, Schappell will participate…
Point of Contact’s El Punto Art Studio Awarded $39,000 by NYS Council of the Arts
The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) has awarded Punto de Contacto-Point of Contact a three-year grant of $13,000 per year, for a total of $39,000, for its arts education program, El Punto Art Studio. Created in 2010…
Palitz Gallery presents ‘Painting in Clay: The Fired Landscapes of Margie Hughto’
“Painting in Clay: The Fired Landscapes of Margie Hughto” at Palitz Gallery features new work by the internationally recognized artist as well as a selection highlighting her long and varied career in ceramic art. The exhibition is open Monday to…
Philosopher Awarded German Order of Merit
Frederick Charles Beiser, professor of philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded one of Germany’s highest civilian honors. Last month, he was presented the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany…