Arts & Culture
College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces 2019 VPA Scholars
Twelve seniors in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have been named VPA Scholars, the college’s highest undergraduate academic honor. The VPA Scholars program was established to recognize the achievements of the college’s top seniors. Students are…
Reading by Poet Christopher Kennedy G’88 Moved to Feb. 6
The first event of the 2019 Raymond Carver Reading Series, featuring poet Christopher Kennedy G’88, has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 6. The director of Syracuse’s top-ranked M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing will read original selections from 3:45-4:45 p.m. in…
Syracuse Architecture Presents Mark Robbins Lecture at NYC’s Fisher Center
On Friday, Feb. 8, at 6:30 p.m., the School of Architecture will present “OPEN: Questions,” a lecture at the Fisher Center by Li Hu and Huang Wenjing, founding partners of Beijing-based OPEN Architecture. The event is the third installation of…
SUArt Galleries Presents ‘Dox Thrash, Black Life, And The Carborundum Mezzotint’
The Syracuse University Art Galleries presents “Dox Thrash, Black Life, and the Carborundum Mezzotint,” currently on view through March 8. The exhibition brings together over 50 works on loan from public and private collections that reveal the experimental printmaking process,…
VPA Design Professor Publishes Book on Mid-Century Modern Interiors
Lucinda Kaukus Havenhand, professor of environmental and interior design in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design, has published the new book “Mid-Century Modern Interiors: The Ideas that Shaped Interior Design in America” (Bloomsbury Visual Arts). The 1930s to…
Brazil’s Quinteto da Paraíba to Hold Residency, Perform at Setnor School Jan. 28-Feb. 2
Quinteto da Paraíba, Brazil’s renowned chamber music group, will visit Syracuse Jan. 28-Feb. 2 to hold a residency at the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music. Presented as part…
Carver Reading Series to Present Poet Christopher Kennedy G’88
The Raymond Carver Reading Series kicks off spring semester with a program by poet Christopher Kennedy G’88, professor of English and director of the top-ranked M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). On Wednesday,…
Light Work Presents ‘Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type’
Light Work presents “Rodrigo Valenzuela: American Type,” a solo exhibition on view in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery through March 1. The opening reception on Thursday, Jan. 31, from 5-7 p.m., features a gallery talk with Rodrigo Valenzuela at 6…
Art Education Professor Voted President-Elect of National Art Education Association
James Haywood Rolling Jr., dual professor and chair of art education and teaching and leadership in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and School of Education and director of diversity, equity and inclusion in VPA, has been elected…
Point of Contact Gallery Announces Opening Reception of ‘Dream Bird, Hatching the Egg’ by Susan Stainman
Point of Contact Gallery is hosting an opening reception for “Dream Bird, Hatching the Egg,” a solo exhibition by New York artist Susan Stainman on Friday, Feb. 8. The reception will take place from 6-8 p.m. The event is free…