Arts & Culture
VPA Students, Faculty Participate in Inclusive Music Education Pilot Program
A Syracuse University music instructor is spearheading a new pilot program that introduces homeschoolers to the art of creative expression. Alina Plourde, who teaches oboe in the Setnor School of Music in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA),…
Syracuse Architecture Announces Spring 2020 Visiting Critics
Each semester, upper-level architecture students participate in the visiting critic program that brings leading architects and scholars from around the world to the School. Five studios will be held this spring. Benjamin Vanmuysen (Boghosian Fellow 2019–2020) Benjamin Vanmuysen will teach…
Light Work Presents 2020 Transmedia Photography Annual
Light Work announced the 2020 Transmedia Photography Annual exhibition of photographs by seniors from the art photography program in the Department of Transmedia in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The exhibition runs through Saturday, March 7, at Light…
New Exhibitions Curated by Arts and Sciences Faculty and Student Represent Different Epochs in American History
The quote, “Art is not what you see but what you make others see,” by French artist Edgar Degas, can also be said for art exhibitions. The curator selects a theme, a concept and specific art pieces to convey a…
Designing for the United Nations
It was a coincidence that resulted not only in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) design students, but a first for the college’s School of Design itself. Rebecca Kelly, assistant professor of communications design, was…
‘Black Subjects in Modern Media Photography’ Examines Complexity and Paradoxes of Black Visual Modernity
“Black Subjects in Modern Media Photography: Works from the George R. Rinhart Collection” is on display through March 13 at the Syracuse University Art Galleries in the Shaffer Art Building. The exhibition of 145 photographic images includes work by news…
Light Work Spring 2020 Exhibiting Artist Explores Nature as Site of Refuge and Trauma
Light Work is presenting “Trap and Lean-to,” a solo exhibition of photographs by Oakland-based artist Dionne Lee, through March 7. A multimedia artist, Lee employs video, collage, photography and sculpture to explore American landscape and her place within its complex…
Syracuse Stage Presents the Critically Acclaimed Play ‘The Wolves’
The Syracuse Stage season continues with the critically acclaimed “The Wolves,” Sarah DeLappe’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated drama about nine young women soccer players. Co-produced with the Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and directed by Melissa…
Internationally Renowned Artist Carrie Mae Weems Named University Artist in Residence at Syracuse University
Internationally renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems is bringing her talent, experience and wisdom to Syracuse University when she arrives on campus on Feb. 1, the start of a three-year University Artist in Residence position. A MacArthur Fellowship (a.k.a. “Genius” grant)…
Humanities Center and Burton Blatt Institute Host ‘Cripping’ Graphic Medicine: Drawing Out the Public Sphere 2020
The Humanities Center and the Burton Blatt Institute’s (BBI) Office of Interdisciplinary Programs and Outreach are hosting a two-part Syracuse Symposium, “‘Cripping’ Graphic Medicine: Drawing Out the Public Sphere 2020.” MK Czerwiec, R.N., M.A., a.k.a. “Comic Nurse”, will lecture on…