Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The Gallery as Studio: Drawings on Delirium
Point of Contact Gallery

Price: Free
Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

A world-renowned Uruguayan artist, Ricardo Lanzarini comes from Montevideo to Syracuse to recreate the mundane and the extraordinary in his drawings on delirium made to unexpected scales. The exhibition comes to life at The Point of Contact Gallery where the space has turned into an artist's studio. The work of the exhibit is to be produced entirely on site and directly onto the walls of the gallery in the weeks leading up to the opening. Lanzarini will also share this experiment with students from Syracuse University's Fine Arts Department who will join in the creative process.

Lanzarini's work balances extremes of scale, crafting an extensive abstract image from precise, miniscule characters, whose everyday activities serve as a window into a miniature world, frozen in time. These drawings sarcastically explore the two major paradigms in figurative art of the 20th century: Social and Fantastic Realism

The exhibit will last through the summer and then Lanzarini returns to Point of Contact to perform an "erasure" of the work on September 4. The book catalogue documenting the entire project will be presented at the close.

Recent works by Al Bremer and Kate Timm
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

Healing Art Passages: A Journey of Grace -- works of Suzanne Masters
Westcott Community Center

Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

Painting and collage provide examples of "working through" from Suzanne's own personal experiences and of how she takes her students through the process of self discovery.

"Through visual art we can consciously process old beliefs and 'stuck' patterns that hold us back. Through this discovery, we can see clearly and decide the paths we choose to take in our lives. As an artist and a teacher, I have learned that when we close our mouths and stop the chatter, and let colors and forms talk, we shift the process to the other side of the brain where it can speak about things we may have covered up long ago. When they come back to us this way, it is with a different sound. The journey through such an emergence is powerful and beautiful!"

Terrain
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Sharon Gordon: Oil Paintings
John Lombardi: Works in Stone

Organic Watermarks: Photographs by Gus Bennett, Jr.
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In the exhibition "Organic Watermarks," New Orleans photographer Gus Bennett, Jr., displays portraits of New Orleans residents juxtaposed with layers of debris from Hurricane Katrina. Watermarks on concrete and other surfaces, leaves, textures, colors and remnants left behind by Katrina form layers in front of, behind and even merged onto the surface of the skin of the subjects. Together, the subjects and debris become storytellers of New Orleans post-Katrina. Shot entirely in natural light, the overall mood of the pieces is almost of an ethereal quality, with the ghost-like images of debris commingling with the subjects. According to Bennett, as many as 82 layers comprise one individual portrait. The subjects either appear draped in fabric or nude, which the artist explains is a means of eliminating social class or status: "with Katrina, everyone got left behind." With "Organic Watermarks," Bennett creates true works of beauty, proving that even in the aftermath of chaos, hope can still prevail.

Purple Treatment: Ceramic Works by Eunjung Shin
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In "Purple Treatment," Eunjung Shin's figurative ceramic sculptures represent stories from the artist's life. Shin has taken personal memories and transformed them into three-dimensional artistic expressions. The highly detailed figures are skillfully rendered and express a range of emotions. Shin describes some of her figures as "clowns" because they hide their true selves, putting on a face to the world in order to please others. Many of the pieces prompt the viewer to look inward to reflect upon their meaning.

Xiaowen Chen: Spectacle and 100 Last Names
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The two solo exhibitions, Xiaowen Chen: Spectacle and Xiaowen Chen: 100 Last Names, present work from the past nine years by Chinese-born, Ithaca-based artist Chen. Having lived in the United States for the past two decades, Chen has focused his work on the space between East and West. From his many return trips to China, Chen has created digital images and video projections reflecting American and Chinese attitudes toward the 21st-century role of media and technology and identity issues. His work of overlapping the cultures of East and West addresses his search for what he called in 1993 the "manifestation of the universal and the expression of the particular."

Chen places himself in the position of both the American and the Chinese tourist. He has noted that when photographing in China he feels like a foreigner, while in the U.S. he feels like a traveler. His work addresses both China's historical transformation and his personal experience as an émigré.

Like other artists of his generation, Chen grew up under Mao Tse-tung's Cultural Revolution and was exposed to a visual vocabulary that highlighted fragmentation and repetition. As a result, works by Xiaowen Chen evoke cultural clichés and stereotypes.

Mark Zane Duo
Liverpool is the Place

Price: Free
Johnson Park
Corner of Vine and Oswego Streets, Liverpool

A rockin' new duo.
Rain Date: Thursday, July 23

For information on concerts or to see if a concert has been rained out, please call 315-457-3895.

Pops in the Park

Price: Free
Onondaga Park
Roberts Avenue, Syracuse

Summertime with the Syracuse Symphony
Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
Ron Spigelman, conductor

Price: Free
Allyn Arena
1 E. Austin St., Skaneateles

Whether you aspire to be a swashbuckling pirate, a dancing sailor, or on a nautical journey to new beginnings, Ron Spigelman and the seafaring minstrels of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra have a theme for you! This outdoor musical event is fun for buccaneers of all ages, so have the whole crew come along! Featuring selections from South Pacific, Titanic, and Pirates of the Caribbean, this concert will have you ready for adventure and discovery before you can say "Anchors aweigh!"

Angels with Broken Wings: The Loss
The Media Unit

Price: Free
Columbus Circle
Jefferson and Montgomery Sts., Syracuse

An original production examining the impact of teen violence on neighborhoods and promoting positive decision-making for youths and adults.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

The Gallery as Studio: Drawings on Delirium
Point of Contact Gallery

Price: Free
Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

A world-renowned Uruguayan artist, Ricardo Lanzarini comes from Montevideo to Syracuse to recreate the mundane and the extraordinary in his drawings on delirium made to unexpected scales. The exhibition comes to life at The Point of Contact Gallery where the space has turned into an artist's studio. The work of the exhibit is to be produced entirely on site and directly onto the walls of the gallery in the weeks leading up to the opening. Lanzarini will also share this experiment with students from Syracuse University's Fine Arts Department who will join in the creative process.

Lanzarini's work balances extremes of scale, crafting an extensive abstract image from precise, miniscule characters, whose everyday activities serve as a window into a miniature world, frozen in time. These drawings sarcastically explore the two major paradigms in figurative art of the 20th century: Social and Fantastic Realism

The exhibit will last through the summer and then Lanzarini returns to Point of Contact to perform an "erasure" of the work on September 4. The book catalogue documenting the entire project will be presented at the close.

Recent works by Al Bremer and Kate Timm
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

Healing Art Passages: A Journey of Grace -- works of Suzanne Masters
Westcott Community Center

Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

Painting and collage provide examples of "working through" from Suzanne's own personal experiences and of how she takes her students through the process of self discovery.

"Through visual art we can consciously process old beliefs and 'stuck' patterns that hold us back. Through this discovery, we can see clearly and decide the paths we choose to take in our lives. As an artist and a teacher, I have learned that when we close our mouths and stop the chatter, and let colors and forms talk, we shift the process to the other side of the brain where it can speak about things we may have covered up long ago. When they come back to us this way, it is with a different sound. The journey through such an emergence is powerful and beautiful!"

Terrain
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Sharon Gordon: Oil Paintings
John Lombardi: Works in Stone

Organic Watermarks: Photographs by Gus Bennett, Jr.
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In the exhibition "Organic Watermarks," New Orleans photographer Gus Bennett, Jr., displays portraits of New Orleans residents juxtaposed with layers of debris from Hurricane Katrina. Watermarks on concrete and other surfaces, leaves, textures, colors and remnants left behind by Katrina form layers in front of, behind and even merged onto the surface of the skin of the subjects. Together, the subjects and debris become storytellers of New Orleans post-Katrina. Shot entirely in natural light, the overall mood of the pieces is almost of an ethereal quality, with the ghost-like images of debris commingling with the subjects. According to Bennett, as many as 82 layers comprise one individual portrait. The subjects either appear draped in fabric or nude, which the artist explains is a means of eliminating social class or status: "with Katrina, everyone got left behind." With "Organic Watermarks," Bennett creates true works of beauty, proving that even in the aftermath of chaos, hope can still prevail.

Purple Treatment: Ceramic Works by Eunjung Shin
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In "Purple Treatment," Eunjung Shin's figurative ceramic sculptures represent stories from the artist's life. Shin has taken personal memories and transformed them into three-dimensional artistic expressions. The highly detailed figures are skillfully rendered and express a range of emotions. Shin describes some of her figures as "clowns" because they hide their true selves, putting on a face to the world in order to please others. Many of the pieces prompt the viewer to look inward to reflect upon their meaning.

Works of Sue Hershberger Yoder
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

Sue Hershberger Yoder's solo exhibition features work which utilizes printmaking to explore the terrain between art and design through patterns inspired by nature. Yoder is influenced by her work in the fashion design industry where she creates print designs for fabric. She also draws upon familiar forms of the natural world, which were a constant backdrop of her Midwestern upbringing. The resulting prints create sensuous environments that envelop the viewer.

Reflections
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Featuring works by Marna Bell, Deborah Walsh, Mary Lou Colgin, and Carol Osborne-Ackles.

Wild Card Exhibit: Pen and Ink Drawings by Brian Butler
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Xiaowen Chen: Spectacle and 100 Last Names
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The two solo exhibitions, Xiaowen Chen: Spectacle and Xiaowen Chen: 100 Last Names, present work from the past nine years by Chinese-born, Ithaca-based artist Chen. Having lived in the United States for the past two decades, Chen has focused his work on the space between East and West. From his many return trips to China, Chen has created digital images and video projections reflecting American and Chinese attitudes toward the 21st-century role of media and technology and identity issues. His work of overlapping the cultures of East and West addresses his search for what he called in 1993 the "manifestation of the universal and the expression of the particular."

Chen places himself in the position of both the American and the Chinese tourist. He has noted that when photographing in China he feels like a foreigner, while in the U.S. he feels like a traveler. His work addresses both China's historical transformation and his personal experience as an émigré.

Like other artists of his generation, Chen grew up under Mao Tse-tung's Cultural Revolution and was exposed to a visual vocabulary that highlighted fragmentation and repetition. As a result, works by Xiaowen Chen evoke cultural clichés and stereotypes.

Stan Colella All-Star Band

Price: Free
Mundy Branch Library
1204 S. Geddes St., Syracuse

For more information, phone 315-435-3797.

Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: Free
Clinton Square
Downtown, Syracuse

Main Stage
8:00 PM: Syracuse Symphony Orchestra with resident artist Joe Magnarelli

Mardi Gras Pavilion
5:00 PM: Nick Palumbo Quartet
10:00 PM: Nick Palumbo Quartet

World Beat Pavilion
5:00 PM: Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet
10:00 PM: Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet

For more information, go to NEJazzWineFest.org

Pops in the Park

Price: Free
Onondaga Park
Roberts Avenue, Syracuse

Angels with Broken Wings: The Loss
The Media Unit

Price: Free
Westmoreland Park
130 Westmoreland Ave., Syracuse

An original production examining the impact of teen violence on neighborhoods and promoting positive decision-making for youths and adults.

The Strange Case of Sheik Yerbuti
Acme Mystery Company

Price: $25.95 plus tax and gratuities (includes meal and show)
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Interactive comedy-mystery dinner theater.

A peace plan for the tiny camel-trading nation of Yerbuti goes awry when there are rumors of a huge pool of oil under the Sahara sands.

West Side Story
The Talent Company
Dan Tursi, director

Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

Read a review!

Friday, July 24, 2009

The Gallery as Studio: Drawings on Delirium
Point of Contact Gallery

Price: Free
Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

A world-renowned Uruguayan artist, Ricardo Lanzarini comes from Montevideo to Syracuse to recreate the mundane and the extraordinary in his drawings on delirium made to unexpected scales. The exhibition comes to life at The Point of Contact Gallery where the space has turned into an artist's studio. The work of the exhibit is to be produced entirely on site and directly onto the walls of the gallery in the weeks leading up to the opening. Lanzarini will also share this experiment with students from Syracuse University's Fine Arts Department who will join in the creative process.

Lanzarini's work balances extremes of scale, crafting an extensive abstract image from precise, miniscule characters, whose everyday activities serve as a window into a miniature world, frozen in time. These drawings sarcastically explore the two major paradigms in figurative art of the 20th century: Social and Fantastic Realism

The exhibit will last through the summer and then Lanzarini returns to Point of Contact to perform an "erasure" of the work on September 4. The book catalogue documenting the entire project will be presented at the close.

Recent works by Al Bremer and Kate Timm
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

Healing Art Passages: A Journey of Grace -- works of Suzanne Masters
Westcott Community Center

Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

Painting and collage provide examples of "working through" from Suzanne's own personal experiences and of how she takes her students through the process of self discovery.

"Through visual art we can consciously process old beliefs and 'stuck' patterns that hold us back. Through this discovery, we can see clearly and decide the paths we choose to take in our lives. As an artist and a teacher, I have learned that when we close our mouths and stop the chatter, and let colors and forms talk, we shift the process to the other side of the brain where it can speak about things we may have covered up long ago. When they come back to us this way, it is with a different sound. The journey through such an emergence is powerful and beautiful!"

Terrain
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Sharon Gordon: Oil Paintings
John Lombardi: Works in Stone

Organic Watermarks: Photographs by Gus Bennett, Jr.
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In the exhibition "Organic Watermarks," New Orleans photographer Gus Bennett, Jr., displays portraits of New Orleans residents juxtaposed with layers of debris from Hurricane Katrina. Watermarks on concrete and other surfaces, leaves, textures, colors and remnants left behind by Katrina form layers in front of, behind and even merged onto the surface of the skin of the subjects. Together, the subjects and debris become storytellers of New Orleans post-Katrina. Shot entirely in natural light, the overall mood of the pieces is almost of an ethereal quality, with the ghost-like images of debris commingling with the subjects. According to Bennett, as many as 82 layers comprise one individual portrait. The subjects either appear draped in fabric or nude, which the artist explains is a means of eliminating social class or status: "with Katrina, everyone got left behind." With "Organic Watermarks," Bennett creates true works of beauty, proving that even in the aftermath of chaos, hope can still prevail.

Purple Treatment: Ceramic Works by Eunjung Shin
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In "Purple Treatment," Eunjung Shin's figurative ceramic sculptures represent stories from the artist's life. Shin has taken personal memories and transformed them into three-dimensional artistic expressions. The highly detailed figures are skillfully rendered and express a range of emotions. Shin describes some of her figures as "clowns" because they hide their true selves, putting on a face to the world in order to please others. Many of the pieces prompt the viewer to look inward to reflect upon their meaning.

39th Annual Syracuse Arts & Crafts Festival

Columbus Circle
Jefferson and Montgomery Sts., Syracuse

The largest and most prestigious show of its kind in the area, this spectacular 3-day showcase by 165 of the country's most talented artists, craftspeople, and entertainers is centered on historic Columbus Circle in downtown Syracuse. More than 60,000 visitors will shop and browse among the art and craft exhibits and enjoy a wide variety of music, multi-cultural performances, summer refreshments, and participatory activities.

The festival presents an exceptionally wide selection of contemporary arts and crafts, ranging from functional to decorative. Both 2- and 3-dimensional works will be featured including ceramics, fabric and fiber, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, wood, painting, graphics, drawing, sculpture, and photography. Exhibitors participate from over 30 states and Canada.

Craft Demonstrations: Visitors can shop for the finest arts and crafts available and also see how they are made. Live craft demonstrations include glass blowing, jewelry making, pottery making and glazing, yarn spinning and weaving, and woodworking.

Performing Arts: The festival also features the performing arts. A full schedule of free continuous entertainment will include staged and street performances by musicians, costumed ethnic dance groups, and local singers and songwriters.

Family Activities: Families play a big role in the festival's success, and interactive art activities are offered with them in mind. Sign up with the Syracuse New Times, 315-422-7011, to participate in the Street Painting Contest on Saturday, July 25, rain date Sunday, July 26.

For more information, email mail@downtownsyracuse.com or visit www.syracuseartsandcraftsfestival.com.

Works of Sue Hershberger Yoder
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

Sue Hershberger Yoder's solo exhibition features work which utilizes printmaking to explore the terrain between art and design through patterns inspired by nature. Yoder is influenced by her work in the fashion design industry where she creates print designs for fabric. She also draws upon familiar forms of the natural world, which were a constant backdrop of her Midwestern upbringing. The resulting prints create sensuous environments that envelop the viewer.

Reflections
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Featuring works by Marna Bell, Deborah Walsh, Mary Lou Colgin, and Carol Osborne-Ackles.

Wild Card Exhibit: Pen and Ink Drawings by Brian Butler
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Xiaowen Chen: Spectacle and 100 Last Names
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The two solo exhibitions, Xiaowen Chen: Spectacle and Xiaowen Chen: 100 Last Names, present work from the past nine years by Chinese-born, Ithaca-based artist Chen. Having lived in the United States for the past two decades, Chen has focused his work on the space between East and West. From his many return trips to China, Chen has created digital images and video projections reflecting American and Chinese attitudes toward the 21st-century role of media and technology and identity issues. His work of overlapping the cultures of East and West addresses his search for what he called in 1993 the "manifestation of the universal and the expression of the particular."

Chen places himself in the position of both the American and the Chinese tourist. He has noted that when photographing in China he feels like a foreigner, while in the U.S. he feels like a traveler. His work addresses both China's historical transformation and his personal experience as an émigré.

Like other artists of his generation, Chen grew up under Mao Tse-tung's Cultural Revolution and was exposed to a visual vocabulary that highlighted fragmentation and repetition. As a result, works by Xiaowen Chen evoke cultural clichés and stereotypes.

Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: Free
Clinton Square
Downtown, Syracuse

Main Stage
6:30 PM: John Stetch Trio
8:15 PM: CNY Jazz Orchestra with resident artist Joe Magnarelli
10:00 PM: Marion Meadows

Mardi Gras Pavilion
5:00 PM: State Fair Four
7:30 PM: State Fair Four
9:15 PM: State Fair Four

World Beat Pavilion
5:00 PM: ESP
7:30 PM: ESP
9:15 PM: ESP

Hanover Square Stage
5:00 PM: Sophistafunk
7:30 PM: Sophistafunk
9:15 PM: Sophistafunk

Bull & Bear Pub (Hanover Square)
10:00 PM-2:00 AM: Sophistafunk

Jazz Central (441 E. Washington St.)
11:30 PM-????: Late Night Jam Session

For more information, go to NEJazzWineFest.org

St. Patrick's Irish Festival

Price: Free
St. Patrick's Church
216 N. Lowell Ave., Tipperary Hill, Syracuse

5:00 pm: Ashford Academy of Irish Dance
5:30 pm: Quigsey and the Bird
7:00 pm: Johnston School of Irish Dance
7:30 pm: Syracuse Kiltie Pipe Band
8:00 pm: The Causeway Giants
9:00 pm: Johnston School of Irish Dance

Quintessential Men's Vocal Ensemble

Price: Free
Marcellus Free Library
32 Maple St, Marcellus

Dancing Under the Stars
Featuring Stan Colella Orchestra

Price: Free
Sunnycrest Rink
Sunnycrest Park, Syracuse

Swing and big band favorites for listening and dancing. Bring lawn chairs and a picnic dinner!

For more information, phone 315-473-4330.

Pops in the Park

Price: Free
Onondaga Park
Roberts Avenue, Syracuse

Skaneateles Community Band

Price: Free
Clift Park
Genesee St., Skaneateles

Bring a blanket or lawn chair. Rain location is Austin Park Pavilion. For more information, phone 315-685-0552.

Doo-Wop Wed Widing Hood and Disco Knights
Syracuse Children's Theatre

Carrier Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Doo-Wop Wed Widing Hood performed by students in grades 1-5; Disco Knights performed by grades 6-12.

An Evening of One-Act Plays
Dragon Lady Players

Price: $10
Tara Stage
Shoppingtown Mall, next to Christopher & Banks, Dewitt

Luau at Acorn Acres, by Margie Langston
A humorous light play about life and a luau at a retirement community.

The Rummage Sale, by Thomas Mollica
A comedy about some of the wacky things and characters that can turn up at a rummage sale.

Plus, a special live improv performance by The Renegades

For reservations, phone 315-263-2731.

Night of the Living Dolls
Appleseed Productions

Price: $5
Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

An original play written and performed by the participants in Appleseed's Scene One youth theater program. Some teens sneak into the mall late at night to watch movies, not suspecting they will find themselves at the epicenter of danger when the mannequins come to life and attempt a rebellion.

West Side Story
The Talent Company
Dan Tursi, director

Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

Read a review!

Improv Comedy Night
Saltine Warrior

Price: $13 regular, $10 students/seniors
Funk 'n Waffles University
727 S. Crouse Ave. (Campus Plaza, behind Marshall , Syracuse

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Reflections
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Featuring works by Marna Bell, Deborah Walsh, Mary Lou Colgin, and Carol Osborne-Ackles.

Wild Card Exhibit: Pen and Ink Drawings by Brian Butler
Delavan Art Gallery

Delavan Art Gallery
501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

Artist Brian Butler will be in attendance 12:00-3:00 pm.

Terrain
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Sharon Gordon: Oil Paintings
John Lombardi: Works in Stone

39th Annual Syracuse Arts & Crafts Festival

Columbus Circle
Jefferson and Montgomery Sts., Syracuse

The largest and most prestigious show of its kind in the area, this spectacular 3-day showcase by 165 of the country's most talented artists, craftspeople, and entertainers is centered on historic Columbus Circle in downtown Syracuse. More than 60,000 visitors will shop and browse among the art and craft exhibits and enjoy a wide variety of music, multi-cultural performances, summer refreshments, and participatory activities.

The festival presents an exceptionally wide selection of contemporary arts and crafts, ranging from functional to decorative. Both 2- and 3-dimensional works will be featured including ceramics, fabric and fiber, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, wood, painting, graphics, drawing, sculpture, and photography. Exhibitors participate from over 30 states and Canada.

Craft Demonstrations: Visitors can shop for the finest arts and crafts available and also see how they are made. Live craft demonstrations include glass blowing, jewelry making, pottery making and glazing, yarn spinning and weaving, and woodworking.

Performing Arts: The festival also features the performing arts. A full schedule of free continuous entertainment will include staged and street performances by musicians, costumed ethnic dance groups, and local singers and songwriters.

Family Activities: Families play a big role in the festival's success, and interactive art activities are offered with them in mind. Sign up with the Syracuse New Times, 315-422-7011, to participate in the Street Painting Contest on Saturday, July 25, rain date Sunday, July 26.

For more information, email mail@downtownsyracuse.com or visit www.syracuseartsandcraftsfestival.com.

Purple Treatment: Ceramic Works by Eunjung Shin
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In "Purple Treatment," Eunjung Shin's figurative ceramic sculptures represent stories from the artist's life. Shin has taken personal memories and transformed them into three-dimensional artistic expressions. The highly detailed figures are skillfully rendered and express a range of emotions. Shin describes some of her figures as "clowns" because they hide their true selves, putting on a face to the world in order to please others. Many of the pieces prompt the viewer to look inward to reflect upon their meaning.

Organic Watermarks: Photographs by Gus Bennett, Jr.
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In the exhibition "Organic Watermarks," New Orleans photographer Gus Bennett, Jr., displays portraits of New Orleans residents juxtaposed with layers of debris from Hurricane Katrina. Watermarks on concrete and other surfaces, leaves, textures, colors and remnants left behind by Katrina form layers in front of, behind and even merged onto the surface of the skin of the subjects. Together, the subjects and debris become storytellers of New Orleans post-Katrina. Shot entirely in natural light, the overall mood of the pieces is almost of an ethereal quality, with the ghost-like images of debris commingling with the subjects. According to Bennett, as many as 82 layers comprise one individual portrait. The subjects either appear draped in fabric or nude, which the artist explains is a means of eliminating social class or status: "with Katrina, everyone got left behind." With "Organic Watermarks," Bennett creates true works of beauty, proving that even in the aftermath of chaos, hope can still prevail.

Works of Sue Hershberger Yoder
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

Sue Hershberger Yoder's solo exhibition features work which utilizes printmaking to explore the terrain between art and design through patterns inspired by nature. Yoder is influenced by her work in the fashion design industry where she creates print designs for fabric. She also draws upon familiar forms of the natural world, which were a constant backdrop of her Midwestern upbringing. The resulting prints create sensuous environments that envelop the viewer.

Xiaowen Chen: Spectacle and 100 Last Names
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The two solo exhibitions, Xiaowen Chen: Spectacle and Xiaowen Chen: 100 Last Names, present work from the past nine years by Chinese-born, Ithaca-based artist Chen. Having lived in the United States for the past two decades, Chen has focused his work on the space between East and West. From his many return trips to China, Chen has created digital images and video projections reflecting American and Chinese attitudes toward the 21st-century role of media and technology and identity issues. His work of overlapping the cultures of East and West addresses his search for what he called in 1993 the "manifestation of the universal and the expression of the particular."

Chen places himself in the position of both the American and the Chinese tourist. He has noted that when photographing in China he feels like a foreigner, while in the U.S. he feels like a traveler. His work addresses both China's historical transformation and his personal experience as an émigré.

Like other artists of his generation, Chen grew up under Mao Tse-tung's Cultural Revolution and was exposed to a visual vocabulary that highlighted fragmentation and repetition. As a result, works by Xiaowen Chen evoke cultural clichés and stereotypes.

Ukrainian Festival

Price: Free
St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church
207 Tompkins St., Syracuse

Ukrainian music, dancing, and food.

Northeast Jazz & Wine Festival
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: Free
Clinton Square
Downtown, Syracuse

Main Stage: Scholastic Festival with Guest Clinician Joe Magnarelli
12:00 PM: Stan Colella Parks & Rec All-Star Big Band
1:00 PM: CNY Jazz Kids
2:00 PM: Syracuse University "Supersax" Ensemble

Main Stage: Battle of the Community Big Bands
3:00 PM: Resonance 7
4:00 PM: The Rhythm-Airs
5:00 PM: The Jazz Kats

Main Stage
6:30 PM: Thelonius Monk Project
8:15 PM: Nicole Henry
10:00 PM: Donald Harrison Quartet

Mardi Gras Pavilion
5:00 PM: John Seiger Quartet
7:30 PM: John Seiger Quartet
9:15 PM: John Seiger Quartet

World Beat Pavilion
5:00 PM: Salsa Son Timba
7:30 PM: Salsa Son Timba
9:15 PM: Salsa Son Timba

Hanover Square Stage
5:00 PM: Endive
7:30 PM: Endive
9:15 PM: Endive

Bull & Bear Pub (Hanover Square)
10:00 PM-2:00 AM: Endive

Jazz Central 441 E. Washington St.
11:30 PM-????: Late Night Jam Session

For more information, go to NEJazzWineFest.org

St. Patrick's Irish Festival

Price: Free
St. Patrick's Church
216 N. Lowell Ave., Tipperary Hill, Syracuse

3:00 pm: Donal O'Shaughnessy
4:30 pm: McDonald School of Irish Dance
5:00 pm: Flying Column
7:00 pm: Drumcliffe School of Irish Dance
8:00 pm: The Town Pants
9:00 pm: Butler Academy of Irish Dance

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
SSO String Quartet II

Price: Free
Betts Branch Library
4862 S. Salina St., Syraucse

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
SSO Wind Quintet

Price: Free
White Branch Library
763 Butternut St., Syracuse

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
SSO Onondaga Quartet

Price: Free
Soule Branch Library
101 Springfield Rd., Syracuse

Syracuse Symphony Orchestra
SSO String Quartet

Price: Free
Beauchamp Public Library
Corner S. Salina & Colvin Sts., Syracuse

Pops in the Park

Price: Free
Onondaga Park
Roberts Avenue, Syracuse

The Falsettos Murder
Without A Cue

Price: $39.50 includes dinner, show, tax, and gratuity
Glen Loch Restaurant
4626 North St., Jamesville

In this a parody of the HBO mega hit, The Sopranos, Tony and his entourage are in town for—what else?—a waste management convention. When somebody gets whacked it's nothing personal, strictly "business."

For reservations, phone 315-469-6969. For more information, visit www.glenloch.net.

An Evening of One-Act Plays
Dragon Lady Players

Price: $10
Tara Stage
Shoppingtown Mall, next to Christopher & Banks, Dewitt

Luau at Acorn Acres, by Margie Langston
A humorous light play about life and a luau at a retirement community.

The Rummage Sale, by Thomas Mollica
A comedy about some of the wacky things and characters that can turn up at a rummage sale.

Plus, a special live improv performance by The Renegades

For reservations, phone 315-263-2731.

Night of the Living Dolls
Appleseed Productions

Price: $5
Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

An original play written and performed by the participants in Appleseed's Scene One youth theater program. Some teens sneak into the mall late at night to watch movies, not suspecting they will find themselves at the epicenter of danger when the mannequins come to life and attempt a rebellion.

West Side Story
The Talent Company
Dan Tursi, director

Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

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Sunday, July 26, 2009

39th Annual Syracuse Arts & Crafts Festival

Columbus Circle
Jefferson and Montgomery Sts., Syracuse

The largest and most prestigious show of its kind in the area, this spectacular 3-day showcase by 165 of the country's most talented artists, craftspeople, and entertainers is centered on historic Columbus Circle in downtown Syracuse. More than 60,000 visitors will shop and browse among the art and craft exhibits and enjoy a wide variety of music, multi-cultural performances, summer refreshments, and participatory activities.

The festival presents an exceptionally wide selection of contemporary arts and crafts, ranging from functional to decorative. Both 2- and 3-dimensional works will be featured including ceramics, fabric and fiber, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, wood, painting, graphics, drawing, sculpture, and photography. Exhibitors participate from over 30 states and Canada.

Craft Demonstrations: Visitors can shop for the finest arts and crafts available and also see how they are made. Live craft demonstrations include glass blowing, jewelry making, pottery making and glazing, yarn spinning and weaving, and woodworking.

Performing Arts: The festival also features the performing arts. A full schedule of free continuous entertainment will include staged and street performances by musicians, costumed ethnic dance groups, and local singers and songwriters.

Family Activities: Families play a big role in the festival's success, and interactive art activities are offered with them in mind. Sign up with the Syracuse New Times, 315-422-7011, to participate in the Street Painting Contest on Saturday, July 25, rain date Sunday, July 26.

For more information, email mail@downtownsyracuse.com or visit www.syracuseartsandcraftsfestival.com.

Works of Sue Hershberger Yoder
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

Sue Hershberger Yoder's solo exhibition features work which utilizes printmaking to explore the terrain between art and design through patterns inspired by nature. Yoder is influenced by her work in the fashion design industry where she creates print designs for fabric. She also draws upon familiar forms of the natural world, which were a constant backdrop of her Midwestern upbringing. The resulting prints create sensuous environments that envelop the viewer.

Ukrainian Festival

Price: Free
St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church
207 Tompkins St., Syracuse

Ukrainian music, dancing, and food.

Pops in the Park

Price: Free
Onondaga Park
Roberts Avenue, Syracuse

Soul School Sunday
Showcase Sundays
Featuring Soul Mine Band

Price: Free
Spirit of Jubilee Park
161 South Ave., Syracuse

For more information, visit showcasesundays.com.

Summer Workshop Concert
Schola Cantorum of Syracuse
Barry Torres, conductor

Trinity Episcopal Church
106 Chapel St., Fayetteville

Ockeghem's Missa Mi-mi and Motets of Orlande de Lassus

West Side Story
The Talent Company
Dan Tursi, director

Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

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Monday, July 27, 2009

The Gallery as Studio: Drawings on Delirium
Point of Contact Gallery

Price: Free
Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

A world-renowned Uruguayan artist, Ricardo Lanzarini comes from Montevideo to Syracuse to recreate the mundane and the extraordinary in his drawings on delirium made to unexpected scales. The exhibition comes to life at The Point of Contact Gallery where the space has turned into an artist's studio. The work of the exhibit is to be produced entirely on site and directly onto the walls of the gallery in the weeks leading up to the opening. Lanzarini will also share this experiment with students from Syracuse University's Fine Arts Department who will join in the creative process.

Lanzarini's work balances extremes of scale, crafting an extensive abstract image from precise, miniscule characters, whose everyday activities serve as a window into a miniature world, frozen in time. These drawings sarcastically explore the two major paradigms in figurative art of the 20th century: Social and Fantastic Realism

The exhibit will last through the summer and then Lanzarini returns to Point of Contact to perform an "erasure" of the work on September 4. The book catalogue documenting the entire project will be presented at the close.

Healing Art Passages: A Journey of Grace -- works of Suzanne Masters
Westcott Community Center

Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

Painting and collage provide examples of "working through" from Suzanne's own personal experiences and of how she takes her students through the process of self discovery.

"Through visual art we can consciously process old beliefs and 'stuck' patterns that hold us back. Through this discovery, we can see clearly and decide the paths we choose to take in our lives. As an artist and a teacher, I have learned that when we close our mouths and stop the chatter, and let colors and forms talk, we shift the process to the other side of the brain where it can speak about things we may have covered up long ago. When they come back to us this way, it is with a different sound. The journey through such an emergence is powerful and beautiful!"

Soul Mine
Liverpool is the Place

Price: Free
Johnson Park
Corner of Vine and Oswego Streets, Liverpool

One of Syracuse's best soul groups boasting hot horns and hotter harmonies.
Rain Date: Tuesday, July 28

For information on concerts or to see if a concert has been rained out, please call 315-457-3895.

Pops in the Park

Price: Free
Onondaga Park
Roberts Avenue, Syracuse

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

The Gallery as Studio: Drawings on Delirium
Point of Contact Gallery

Price: Free
Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

A world-renowned Uruguayan artist, Ricardo Lanzarini comes from Montevideo to Syracuse to recreate the mundane and the extraordinary in his drawings on delirium made to unexpected scales. The exhibition comes to life at The Point of Contact Gallery where the space has turned into an artist's studio. The work of the exhibit is to be produced entirely on site and directly onto the walls of the gallery in the weeks leading up to the opening. Lanzarini will also share this experiment with students from Syracuse University's Fine Arts Department who will join in the creative process.

Lanzarini's work balances extremes of scale, crafting an extensive abstract image from precise, miniscule characters, whose everyday activities serve as a window into a miniature world, frozen in time. These drawings sarcastically explore the two major paradigms in figurative art of the 20th century: Social and Fantastic Realism

The exhibit will last through the summer and then Lanzarini returns to Point of Contact to perform an "erasure" of the work on September 4. The book catalogue documenting the entire project will be presented at the close.

Recent works by Al Bremer and Kate Timm
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

Healing Art Passages: A Journey of Grace -- works of Suzanne Masters
Westcott Community Center

Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

Painting and collage provide examples of "working through" from Suzanne's own personal experiences and of how she takes her students through the process of self discovery.

"Through visual art we can consciously process old beliefs and 'stuck' patterns that hold us back. Through this discovery, we can see clearly and decide the paths we choose to take in our lives. As an artist and a teacher, I have learned that when we close our mouths and stop the chatter, and let colors and forms talk, we shift the process to the other side of the brain where it can speak about things we may have covered up long ago. When they come back to us this way, it is with a different sound. The journey through such an emergence is powerful and beautiful!"

Terrain
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Sharon Gordon: Oil Paintings
John Lombardi: Works in Stone

Organic Watermarks: Photographs by Gus Bennett, Jr.
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In the exhibition "Organic Watermarks," New Orleans photographer Gus Bennett, Jr., displays portraits of New Orleans residents juxtaposed with layers of debris from Hurricane Katrina. Watermarks on concrete and other surfaces, leaves, textures, colors and remnants left behind by Katrina form layers in front of, behind and even merged onto the surface of the skin of the subjects. Together, the subjects and debris become storytellers of New Orleans post-Katrina. Shot entirely in natural light, the overall mood of the pieces is almost of an ethereal quality, with the ghost-like images of debris commingling with the subjects. According to Bennett, as many as 82 layers comprise one individual portrait. The subjects either appear draped in fabric or nude, which the artist explains is a means of eliminating social class or status: "with Katrina, everyone got left behind." With "Organic Watermarks," Bennett creates true works of beauty, proving that even in the aftermath of chaos, hope can still prevail.

Purple Treatment: Ceramic Works by Eunjung Shin
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In "Purple Treatment," Eunjung Shin's figurative ceramic sculptures represent stories from the artist's life. Shin has taken personal memories and transformed them into three-dimensional artistic expressions. The highly detailed figures are skillfully rendered and express a range of emotions. Shin describes some of her figures as "clowns" because they hide their true selves, putting on a face to the world in order to please others. Many of the pieces prompt the viewer to look inward to reflect upon their meaning.

Xiaowen Chen: Spectacle and 100 Last Names
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The two solo exhibitions, Xiaowen Chen: Spectacle and Xiaowen Chen: 100 Last Names, present work from the past nine years by Chinese-born, Ithaca-based artist Chen. Having lived in the United States for the past two decades, Chen has focused his work on the space between East and West. From his many return trips to China, Chen has created digital images and video projections reflecting American and Chinese attitudes toward the 21st-century role of media and technology and identity issues. His work of overlapping the cultures of East and West addresses his search for what he called in 1993 the "manifestation of the universal and the expression of the particular."

Chen places himself in the position of both the American and the Chinese tourist. He has noted that when photographing in China he feels like a foreigner, while in the U.S. he feels like a traveler. His work addresses both China's historical transformation and his personal experience as an émigré.

Like other artists of his generation, Chen grew up under Mao Tse-tung's Cultural Revolution and was exposed to a visual vocabulary that highlighted fragmentation and repetition. As a result, works by Xiaowen Chen evoke cultural clichés and stereotypes.

Pops in the Park

Price: Free
Onondaga Park
Roberts Avenue, Syracuse

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The Gallery as Studio: Drawings on Delirium
Point of Contact Gallery

Price: Free
Point of Contact Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

A world-renowned Uruguayan artist, Ricardo Lanzarini comes from Montevideo to Syracuse to recreate the mundane and the extraordinary in his drawings on delirium made to unexpected scales. The exhibition comes to life at The Point of Contact Gallery where the space has turned into an artist's studio. The work of the exhibit is to be produced entirely on site and directly onto the walls of the gallery in the weeks leading up to the opening. Lanzarini will also share this experiment with students from Syracuse University's Fine Arts Department who will join in the creative process.

Lanzarini's work balances extremes of scale, crafting an extensive abstract image from precise, miniscule characters, whose everyday activities serve as a window into a miniature world, frozen in time. These drawings sarcastically explore the two major paradigms in figurative art of the 20th century: Social and Fantastic Realism

The exhibit will last through the summer and then Lanzarini returns to Point of Contact to perform an "erasure" of the work on September 4. The book catalogue documenting the entire project will be presented at the close.

Recent works by Al Bremer and Kate Timm
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium
2 Clinton Square, Syracuse

Healing Art Passages: A Journey of Grace -- works of Suzanne Masters
Westcott Community Center

Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

Painting and collage provide examples of "working through" from Suzanne's own personal experiences and of how she takes her students through the process of self discovery.

"Through visual art we can consciously process old beliefs and 'stuck' patterns that hold us back. Through this discovery, we can see clearly and decide the paths we choose to take in our lives. As an artist and a teacher, I have learned that when we close our mouths and stop the chatter, and let colors and forms talk, we shift the process to the other side of the brain where it can speak about things we may have covered up long ago. When they come back to us this way, it is with a different sound. The journey through such an emergence is powerful and beautiful!"

Terrain
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Sharon Gordon: Oil Paintings
John Lombardi: Works in Stone

Organic Watermarks: Photographs by Gus Bennett, Jr.
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In the exhibition "Organic Watermarks," New Orleans photographer Gus Bennett, Jr., displays portraits of New Orleans residents juxtaposed with layers of debris from Hurricane Katrina. Watermarks on concrete and other surfaces, leaves, textures, colors and remnants left behind by Katrina form layers in front of, behind and even merged onto the surface of the skin of the subjects. Together, the subjects and debris become storytellers of New Orleans post-Katrina. Shot entirely in natural light, the overall mood of the pieces is almost of an ethereal quality, with the ghost-like images of debris commingling with the subjects. According to Bennett, as many as 82 layers comprise one individual portrait. The subjects either appear draped in fabric or nude, which the artist explains is a means of eliminating social class or status: "with Katrina, everyone got left behind." With "Organic Watermarks," Bennett creates true works of beauty, proving that even in the aftermath of chaos, hope can still prevail.

Purple Treatment: Ceramic Works by Eunjung Shin
Community Folk Art Center

Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

In "Purple Treatment," Eunjung Shin's figurative ceramic sculptures represent stories from the artist's life. Shin has taken personal memories and transformed them into three-dimensional artistic expressions. The highly detailed figures are skillfully rendered and express a range of emotions. Shin describes some of her figures as "clowns" because they hide their true selves, putting on a face to the world in order to please others. Many of the pieces prompt the viewer to look inward to reflect upon their meaning.

Xiaowen Chen: Spectacle and 100 Last Names
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The two solo exhibitions, Xiaowen Chen: Spectacle and Xiaowen Chen: 100 Last Names, present work from the past nine years by Chinese-born, Ithaca-based artist Chen. Having lived in the United States for the past two decades, Chen has focused his work on the space between East and West. From his many return trips to China, Chen has created digital images and video projections reflecting American and Chinese attitudes toward the 21st-century role of media and technology and identity issues. His work of overlapping the cultures of East and West addresses his search for what he called in 1993 the "manifestation of the universal and the expression of the particular."

Chen places himself in the position of both the American and the Chinese tourist. He has noted that when photographing in China he feels like a foreigner, while in the U.S. he feels like a traveler. His work addresses both China's historical transformation and his personal experience as an émigré.

Like other artists of his generation, Chen grew up under Mao Tse-tung's Cultural Revolution and was exposed to a visual vocabulary that highlighted fragmentation and repetition. As a result, works by Xiaowen Chen evoke cultural clichés and stereotypes.

Don't Feed The Actors
Don't Feed the Actors

Price: $15 adults, $13 students/seniors; $12 in advance
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Audience-interactive improv comedy with some of Syracuse's finest comedic actors.

Jumbo Shrimp
Liverpool is the Place

Price: Free
Johnson Park
Corner of Vine and Oswego Streets, Liverpool

A brand new duo featuring Liverpool bassist Mike Casale and singer-guitarist Bryan Dickenson.
Rain Date: Thursday, July 30

For information on concerts or to see if a concert has been rained out, please call 315-457-3895.

West Side Story
The Talent Company
Dan Tursi, director

Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

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