Arts & Culture
Acclaimed poet, disability rights advocate named director of SU’s Renée Crown University Honors Program
The Renée Crown University Honors Program, an all-University program administered by Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, announces the appointment of Stephen Kuusisto as its new director. Kuusisto is an accomplished poet, scholar and disability rights advocate who comes…
Boatwright tribute concert to be held May 21
A tribute concert to the late Howard and Helen Boatwright, both legends in American music and central figures in the history of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing…
Dahesh Museum of Art, Syracuse University open first exhibition in UAE in Dubai on June 18
Amira Zahid and the trustees of the Dahesh Museum of Art, along with Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor have announced the expansion of their arts partnership to include a month-long exhibition, “Reconnecting East and West: Islamic Ornament in 19th-Century Works…
Stone Canoe broadens scope, establishes new prize, assembles stellar group of editors for 2012 edition
Stone Canoe, A Journal of Art, Literature and Social Commentary, published by Syracuse University, has announced the new group of editors for its 2012 edition. “This is an incredible group of accomplished people,“ says Robert Colley, Stone Canoe executive editor,…
StoryFest IV will feature four renowned local storytellers May 19
Four well-known local storytellers will headline this year’s StoryFest, an annual storytelling event held in honor of the late Syracuse educator Ted Grace. StoryFest IV: A Family Storytelling Event will begin at 6:30 p.m. May 19 at Corcoran High School’s…
Palitz Gallery presents ‘Pa Bouje Ankò: Don’t Move Again’ opening on May 12
Exhibition captures life in Haiti before and after earthquake In creating “Pa Bouje Ankò: Don’t Move Again,” photographer Laura Heyman traveled to Haiti in November 2009. She began the project with a question: “Can someone from the First World see…
SU Drama announces 2011-12 season
Syracuse University’s Department of Drama (SU Drama) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts has announced its 2011-12 season. Offerings will include the musical “The Cradle Will Rock;” comedy with “Fuddy Meers;” “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,”…
VPA ceramics program, Shaped Clay Society to host sale May 12-14
The ceramics program in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and the Shaped Clay Society, a student-run group in the program, will host a sale of work May 12–14 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. in Room 134 on…
Two SU professors model at celebrity fashion show to help families of ill children
Two Syracuse University professors took to the catwalk Tuesday, May 3, to raise money for the CNY Ronald McDonald House (RMH). Maryann Pointek Fiedler, assistant professor of accounting in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, and Beverly Allen, professor…
VPA announces Lewis Hecker New York City Drama Showcase
Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced that its annual New York City showcase for Department of Drama students has been named the Syracuse University Lewis Hecker New York City Drama Showcase. The naming recognizes the…