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Art Museum Faculty Fellow Weaves Indigenous Baskets Into Lesson Plan
Three small Akimel O’odham baskets were donated to the Syracuse University Art Museum in 2006 by an alumnus and his wife. Like most items in the museum’s extensive collection, they are mostly kept in storage. But this semester, the baskets…
Syracuse University Art Museum Hosts Performance Artists Emilio Rojas and Katiushka Melo
The Syracuse University Art Museum will host a live performance by multidisciplinary artists Emilio Rojas and Katiushka Melo on Wednesday, April 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rojas and Melo will be in dialogue with Robert Smithson’s “Double Nonsite,…
Applications Now Open for the 2023-24 University Art Museum Faculty Fellows
The Syracuse University Art Museum is accepting applications through April 14 for the second annual Faculty Fellows Program, hosted by the museum with support from the Office of Strategic Initiatives and the Office of Research in Academic Affairs. The program…
Syracuse University Art Museum Examines Food Culture in Workshop and Public Reception
The Syracuse University Art Museum is hosting a workshop with 2022-23 Art Wall Project artist Stephanie H. Shih and Lily C. Wong, Harry der Boghosian Fellow at the School of Architecture, on Friday, March 31, from 1 to 4 p.m….
University Artist in Residence Carrie Mae Weems H’17 Receives Prestigious Hasselblad Award
Internationally renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems H’17, Syracuse University’s first-ever artist in residence, has been named the 2023 Hasselblad Award laureate by the Hasselblad Foundation, a prize that is often referred to as the “Nobel Prize” of photography. “Syracuse University…
Graduate Student Jessica McGhee ’19 Finds Passion and Purpose in Creative Arts Therapy
Jessica McGhee is not a human being who is easily defined. Her resume would reveal a 2019 B.F.A. recipient from the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), a current graduate student in VPA’s art therapy program, an intern with…
Remembering A&S Alumna Roslyn Pope G’74, Author of ‘An Appeal for Human Rights’
Growing up in the segregated south during the 1940s, College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) alumna Roslyn Pope’s first experience in an integrated society came during a Girl Scout trip to Wyoming as a teenager. As a young student she…
‘So Cool’: Clinical Simulations Expand to Train Future Art Therapists
Continuing his pioneering work adapting clinical simulations (SIMS) across a spectrum of pre-professional and professional contexts, Professor Benjamin Dotger is collaborating with Emily Goldstein Nolan, professor of practice in the College of Visual and Performing Arts Department of Creative Arts…
‘Dreams Deferred’ Exhibition on View at Syracuse University Art Museum Through May 14
“Dreams Deferred: Reflections on Liberty, Equality and Sovereignty in U.S. Art” is now on view at the Syracuse University Art Museum. The exhibition examines the idea of freedom in the United States as expressed in art, including its possibilities, its…
Professor Romita Ray Awarded National Endowment for the Arts Grant to Support Artist Rina Banerjee’s Exhibition and Residency at Syracuse
While the world comes to terms with the profound impact of a global pandemic, it simultaneously continues to grapple with race, migration and climate change. Romita Ray, associate professor in the Department of Art and Music Histories (AMH) in the College…