Arts & Culture
Libraries’ Chief Curator to Participate in Shakespeare Birthday Event
Colleen Theisen, Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center’s chief curator of exhibitions, programs and education, is participating in the Folger Shakespeare Library’s virtual birth/death day event in honor of William Shakespeare, Thursday, April 23, 2020. The event takes place…
Five School of Architecture Alumni Elevated to AIA College of Fellows
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) recently elevated member-architects, including five School of Architecture alumni, to its prestigious College of Fellows. Yanel de Angel Salas (M.Arch ’99), Kenneth J. Jandura (B.Arch ’76), Vivian Lee (M.Arch ’95), Sara Lopergolo (B.Arch ’89)…
Chronicling the ‘Pause’ in Arts and Culture
It was the Friday before spring break, and Jim Shahin, associate professor of magazine, news and digital journalism in the Newhouse School, was driving from Syracuse to join his wife at their home in Washington, D.C. The call from his…
Although Physically Apart, Hendricks Chapel Choir, Setnor Sonority Come Together to Create Virtual Performances
When the Spring 2020 semester began, choirs and ensembles around the Syracuse University campus started working on the pieces they planned to perform during spring concerts. It takes weeks and weeks of preparation and practice to get the concerts—and the…
Point of Contact to Conclude Its Cruel April 2020 Series With Poet Erika Martínez on April 23
Point of Contact will host a livestream reading from Erika Martínez, Thursday, April 23, on the Point of Contact Gallery Facebook page. Martínez has a Ph.D. in Latin American literature from the University of Granada. She has published four books…
Urban Video Project features Doireann O’Malley Exhibition and Limited-Time Screening of ‘Prototypes’ Online
Explore gender, technology, and extinction with Berlin-based artist Doireann O’Malley. Light Work’s Urban Video Project (UVP) is presenting Doireann O’Malley: New Maps of Hyperspace_Test_01. Light Work commissioned O’Malley’s new work for an exhibition at UVP as the third and final…
Point of Contact to Host Internationally Acclaimed Poet Ana Merino April 16
Point of Contact will host a livestream reading from Ana Merino, Thursday, April 16, at 6 p.m. on the Point of Contact Gallery Facebook page. Ana Merino is a professor of Hispanic studies and 2016 Collegiate Scholar at the University…
Light Work Presents 2020 Newhouse Photography Annual Online
Artists are nothing if not adaptable, especially when facing challenges. In that spirit of resilience, creativity and community, Light Work presents the “2020 Newhouse Photography Annual,” featuring work by photography students in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. In…
Cruel April 2020: Point of Contact to Host Livestream Poetry Reading From Raquel Salas Rivera on April 9
Point of Contact will host a livestream reading from Raquel Salas Rivera on Thursday, April 9, at 6 p.m. EDT on the Point of Contact Gallery Facebook page. Raquel Salas Rivera is a Puerto Rican poet, translator and literary critic….
Light Work Presents ‘Pacifico Silano: The Eyelid Has Its Storms . . .’
Stay Connected! Visit Light Work online to see The Eyelid Has Its Storms… , a solo exhibition of photographs by Brooklyn-based artist Pacifico Silano. Through the appropriation of photographs from vintage gay pornography magazines, Silano creates colorful collages that explore…