Arts & Culture
Books by Acclaimed Author George Saunders G’88 and 3 Other A&S Faculty Appear on New York Times ‘Best of’ List
Not one, not two, but three books by bestselling author and professor of English George Saunders were included in The New York Times list of The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Saunders, who teaches in the creative writing…
100 Black Men of Syracuse and Syracuse Stage Present ‘Citizen James, or the Young Man Without a Country’ by Kyle Bass
Syracuse Stage, in partnership with 100 Black Men of Syracuse, announced that the company’s 2024/25 season will officially begin with “Citizen James, or the Young Man Without a Country”—a powerful and illuminating live world premiere production from resident playwright Kyle…
Urban Video Project Presents Paulina Velázquez Solís: ‘Unseen/forgotten: An Ode to a Humble Landscape’
Light Work’s Urban Video Project (UVP) is pleased to present the exhibition “Unseen/forgotten: An ode to the humble landscape | Invisible/olvidado: Oda al paisaje humilde” from July 18-Sept. 28 at its architectural projection venue on the Everson Museum facade. In…
Museum Studies Program Receives Funding from Fisher Price for Major Digitization Project
The museum studies program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design has received a $28,000 grant from Buffalo-based Fisher-Price, Inc. to fund the coordination and digitization of the View-Master™ archive. View-Master™ was first introduced at the…
2 A&S Faculty Curate Thought-Provoking Summer Exhibitions
Two events happening this summer showcase the unique scholarly and cultural contributions of College of Arts and Sciences faculty. Comics: A nine-film series at The Dryden Theatre in Rochester, New York, will explore comic book adaptations in film. Canvas: An…
Drama Department Ranked Among The Hollywood Reporter’s 25 Best Drama Schools in the World
The Hollywood Reporter (THR) has ranked the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama among the 25 best drama schools in the world for the second consecutive year. Ranked No. 23 in THR’s June 19 issue, the department…
Stand-Out Graduation Dress? You’ve Got to Hand It to Rory Livingston ’24
When Dean Kelly Chandler-Olcott learned about the special dress Rory Livingston ’24 wore to the School of Education Convocation on May 11, she wanted to know more about it. Making the dress was a handful—but not in a bad way. Livingston,…
CRS Professor Wins Distinguished Service Award From the Rhetoric Society of America
Kendall Phillips, professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS) and interim director of Syracuse University’s Lender Center for Social Justice, has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 George E….
Salt City Drag Battle Returns to Syracuse Stage
Syracuse Stage has announced that the Salt City Drag Battle will return to the Archbold Theatre for the first time since 2019. Co-hosted by Darienne Lake and Aggy Dune, the event will feature eight contestants competing for the Salt City…
‘Syracuse University Winter’ Inspires June Giving
On a winter day 25 years ago, Paul Parpard G’94, then a professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, observed the view from his office in Lyman Hall on campus. From his window he could see the snow-covered…