Arts & Culture
Department of Drama Presents Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’
The Department of Drama is beginning the spring semester with William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.” Directed by faculty member Thom Miller, this production brings a fresh take to Shakespeare’s timeless classic about a pair of star-crossed lovers. “Romeo and Juliet”…
Black Reign Step Team Heads to Lincoln Center for ‘Step and the City’ Championships
On Saturday, Feb. 8, the student-led Black Reign Step Team will head to Lincoln Center in New York City to compete in Step and the City. This first-of-its-kind, invite-only competition, organized by UpStaged Scholastic Productions and National Collegiate Performing Arts…
Helping Preserve the Works of an Important Early Black Feminist Educator, Activist and Author
As an outspoken advocate of abolition and women’s rights, Frederick Douglass gladly accepted an invitation to the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. It was events like this, and being part of the “Underground Railroad,”…
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…