Friday, June 27, 2025

The Archive as Liberation
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

"The Archive as Liberation" is a publication and exhibition organized by Aaron Turner. Turner has gathered a unique group of artists and writers to engage in dialogue around archival photographic methods. Contributors include Andre Bradley, calista lyon, Raymond Thompson Jr., Harrison D. Walker, and Savannah Wood, alongside writing by Chisato Hughes, Alec Kaus, Andrew Martinez, Aaron Turner, Amelia Wallin, and Wendel A. White, with a foreword by the book's editor, Donasia Tillery. The publication was designed by Elana Schlenker.

2025 Light Work Grants in Photography: Sarah Knobel, Joe Librandi-Cowan, Lida Suchy
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

With enormous pleasure, we present the 50th Annual Light Work Grants in Photography. The 2025 recipients are Sarah Knobel (St. Lawrence), Joe Librandi-Cowan (Onondaga County), and Lida Suchy (Onondaga County). The two runners-up are Marna Bell (Onondaga County) and Adrian Francis (Onondaga County).

This year's judge was Marina Chao (a curator at CPW in Kingston, NY), who writes: "From an unexpected approach to plastic waste to portraits of Ukrainian civic leaders to an exploration of home, family, and memory, this year's grantees address subjects that are intimate and personal, urgent and political, in innovative, collaborative, and deeply felt ways."

The Light Work Grants are part of our ongoing effort to support and encourage Central New York artists working in photography and related mediums within a 50-mile radius of Syracuse. Established in 1975, the Light Work Grants are among the oldest photography fellowships in the country.

Works of Fiber Artist Carol Boyer
Associated Artists of Central New York

Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

Associated Artists of CNY presents the work of 2024 Best of Show Winner Carol Boyer.

CNY Artist Initiative: Anna Warfield
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Anna Warfield (she/they), a visual artist and poet based in Binghamton, creates text-based fiber sculptures that examine identity, the body, and unlearning. Warfield's recent solo exhibitions include "UNDOINGS" at SUNY Oneonta and "Placid Thoughts from Inside Her Eyelids" at the Roberson Museum. Their work has been featured in group shows at MAG Rochester, Schweinfurth Art Center, and Site Gallery. Warfield is the 2025 Antigravity artist at the Rockwell Museum and has an upcoming residency at the Corning Museum of Glass. They are the recipient of numerous awards, including a NYSCA Individual Artist grant and a Saltonstall Residency and Fellowship.

Off the Rack
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Off the Rack" is the happy by-product of a major renovation of the Everson's on-site art storage.

As hundreds of paintings and framed works are displaced from their racks while renovations take place, the public has an unprecedented opportunity to view objects that have been in deep storage for years, never-before-seen recent acquisitions, and some perennial favorites — all hung together salon-style in our exhibition galleries.

This smorgasbord of paintings and works on paper showcases the breadth and depth of the Museum's collections and provides a glimpse into the world of collections management and care.

Dead End
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Curated by William Strobeck, and featuring work by Larry Clark, Mark Gonzales, William Strobeck, Dash Snow, Ryan McGinley, EARSNOT IRAK, Ari Marcopoulos, Julien Stranger, Dave Schubert, Tobin Yelland, Jonathan Cannon, and Spike Jonze.

During the 1990s, a teen-aged William Strobeck spent a good part of his time on the Everson Museum's Community Plaza. Here, the young filmmaker and photographer discovered a skateboarding crew of "weirdos and outcasts" who introduced him to a global diaspora of creative individuals sharing a similar DIY ethos and punk rock spirit.

Fast forward 30 years and Strobeck is now one of the key chroniclers of skate culture in the 21st century. After first capturing Syracuse's skate scene in the 1990s, he now travels internationally to make videos and images that transcend skating's mere physical gymnastics. His work stands out for its beauty, emotional nuance, and psychological introspection.

For "DEAD END," Strobeck was invited to curate an exhibition that spoke to the Everson's history as a hospitable venue for skateboarding, which the museum has always considered a creative enterprise. Strobeck's exhibition, while including a few of his own works, focuses on the artists and events that indelibly shaped him as a burgeoning artist. Strobeck's vision is fundamentally about youth and its uncertainties, boundaries, possibilities, and essential limitlessness.?In unguarded and casual images, these subjects point to skate culture's influence on the popular culture of today—handheld skate videos are today's TikTok and Instagram reels, while the microcultures of Substack, Reddit, and Tumblr echo the DIY skatezines of the past.

DEAD END. is intentionally participatory and egalitarian. The free-for-all nature of skateboarding goes hand in hand with a worldview that repurposes the built environment for its own use. Part of the Museum's collection, a new sculpture by artist and professional skateboarder Mark Gonzales now awaits the skaters who still gather on the Everson Community Plaza today.

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez: Dream Map and Cornucopia
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez is a Colombian American artist who explores her heritage through works that combine Colombia's material culture, history, and natural world. For the works featured in "Dream Map and Cornucopia," Friedemann-Sánchez begins with an image of a ceramic vessel that speaks to the complex history of Latin America and its diaspora. She then transforms these vessels into bountiful cornucopia, bursting with flora and fauna that evoke Colombia's rich ecosystems. Together with the Everson's Paul Phillips and Sharon Sullivan Curator of Ceramics, Garth Johnson, Friedemann-Sánchez has also selected an array of ceramic works from the Museum's permanent collection that reflect her interest in Latin America's tapestry of Indigenous and colonial cultures.

John Florea: Soldiers, Spies, and Civilians
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In 1943, LIFE photographer John Florea set aside Hollywood and celebrity portraiture to serve as a war correspondent in World War II. Although he spent most of his career directing episodes of popular television shows from the 1960s to the 1980s, he is best remembered for his stark photographs of the horrors of war. Beginning with his photographs on American soil and ending at the Battle of the Bulge, this exhibition traces how Florea's photography shifted from the polished and posed portraits of Marines training in California and women working for the USO in Texas to the gritty, haunting photos of bombed out cities and military executions.

Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, "John Florea: Soldiers, Spies, and Civilians" examines the role of photojournalism in shaping the public's understanding of war.

D. Lee DuSell: Benediction
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

D. Lee DuSell (1927-2024) was a prolific designer and woodworker who made significant contributions to the interiors of religious shrines, chapels, and temples around the world. But Everson audiences may know him best as the creator of the bronze sculpture Spiritual Freedom (1969) that graces the Museum's Plaza. Benediction honors DuSell's large-scale work in wood during a particularly fertile period in the 1970s when his sculptures became kinetic, interactive, and overtly spiritual. This exhibition includes three rocking chairs that originally appeared here at the Everson in his 1980 solo show entitled Doxology—notably, the chairs contain musical elements powered by their rocking motion.

Happy Medium
Art in the Atrium

Price: Free
City Hall Commons Atrium
201 East Washington St., Syracuse

Art installation highlighting the work of 15 artists who are teachers and instructors in the surrounding counties.

Life/Afterlife ... Do You Have a Plan?: Work by Vykky Ebner and Pam McLaughlin
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

This exhibition is rooted in the exploration of personal struggles with mental illness stemming from trauma intertwined with religious indoctrination. Each piece in this exhibition is a visual narrative, reflecting the fragmented and multifaceted nature of memory and emotion. The artwork is an exploration of the impact of religious dogma on mental health and offers itself as a way to bear witness to and survive its effects.

Vykky Ebner and Pam McLaughlin have presented this personal journey to the public in the hope that it will inspire empathy, understanding, and dialogue at the intersection of trauma, religion, and mental health, and to offer solace to those who may be grappling with similar struggles—inspiring hope for a future of healing and resilience.

The Natural World
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

There will be an opening reception this evening 6:00-8:00 pm.

Alan D. Hart: photo-realistic acrylic paintings on board illuminating specimens of nature
Sylvia Hayes-McKean: multi-media jewelry celebrating nature
Satina Tseng: ceramic sculpture capturing the intimate details of nature

Courtney Rile: In Conversation
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"In Conversation" is new work created by Courtney Rile. This work explores the moving image and our human relationship to technology through the language of the canon of video art.

In the early 1970s, Syracuse was a center of innovation — the Everson Museum hired one of the first curators of video art and hosted seminal media artists from around the world. At the same time, Synapse, an experimental media collective at Syracuse University, provided fertile ground for explorations of this new technology as both art form and revolutionary tool of communication.

"In Conversation" is a dialogue with the work of Bill Viola, Shigeko Kubota, and Peter Campus, all of whom exhibited at the Everson Museum in the early '70s. Structured in a series of modules that function like musical movements or songs on an album, motifs recur throughout "In Conversation": reflections, the distortion of time, video as an extension of self, and video as an observational tool, exploring the individual, intimate experience of video as a way to see ourselves from another perspective or in another time, a step beyond the present tense of the mirror. These explorations, which trace their lineage to the earliest days of video art, are more relevant than ever in today's world, a world in which audiovisual technologies have become integral to nearly every facet of our lives.

Screening begins at dusk.

Historic Ghostwalk: Echoes of Eastwood
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: $20 regular, $15 OHA members. Reservations required.
Eastwood
James Street , Syracuse

Historic Ghostwalks are led by guides to locations where actors in costume portray individuals from Onondaga County's past. The "ghosts" reveal their lives in 12- to 15-minute vignettes, giving personal insight to those who have preceded us. This year, discover the Echoes of Eastwood as we wander through the heart of "The Village within a City." Along the way, you'll meet unforgettable figures from Eastwood's rich past—brought to life by talented local performers.

The Muse Duo
Off the Dock Chamber Festival

First Presbyterian Church of Skaneateles
97 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Comprised of the award-winning guitarist Collin Holloway and the dynamic pianist/composer Luke Benedict, the one-of-a-kind guitar and piano duo brings music that is eclectic and accessible to modern audiences.

Syracuse International Jazz Fest

Price: Free
Clinton Square
Downtown, Syracuse

4:00-4:45 pm: Orange Juice SU Student jazz Combo
5:00-6:00 pm: Al Chez and The Brothers of Funk Big Band
6:30-7:30 pm: Ada Rovatti Quintet
8:00-9:00 pm: The Furious Bongos, performing the music of Frank Zappa
9:30-11:00 pm: Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue

A Journey Through The Music of The African Diaspora: Aretha Franklin Tribute Concert
Community Folk Art Center

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

Join us for a night of soulful sounds celebrating the legendary Aretha Franklin with performances by the talented Danielle Mitchell, Kia Lacey, and Chareeta Wright. Featuring instrumentals by Travis Reed, Thomas Carter, Joshua Murray, and Bryant Gerald III.

Composers' Concert: Metamorphosis
Off the Dock Chamber Festival

First Presbyterian Church of Skaneateles
97 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Talented resident composers create fresh chamber works specifically written for Off The Dock musicians, resulting in an exciting program that features compelling world premieres and Q&A with the audience.

The National Pastime
Syracuse Stage
Johanna McKeon, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Cuba, 2016. A mysterious illness rips through the American embassy in Havana. America, 2017. The Houston Astros are stealing signs, on their way to a World Series win. With tensions heightened from the lead-up and aftermath of an election year, the two nations play a dangerous game in the shadows, with their shared national pastimes – baseball and espionage – as their weapons of choice.

Written by Rogelio Martinez. A Julie Lutz Cold Read World Premiere.

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Works of Fiber Artist Carol Boyer
Associated Artists of Central New York

Manlius Village Library
Manlius Village Center, 1 Arkie Albanese Dr., Manlius

Associated Artists of CNY presents the work of 2024 Best of Show Winner Carol Boyer.

The Natural World
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Alan D. Hart: photo-realistic acrylic paintings on board illuminating specimens of nature
Sylvia Hayes-McKean: multi-media jewelry celebrating nature
Satina Tseng: ceramic sculpture capturing the intimate details of nature

CNY Artist Initiative: Anna Warfield
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Anna Warfield (she/they), a visual artist and poet based in Binghamton, creates text-based fiber sculptures that examine identity, the body, and unlearning. Warfield's recent solo exhibitions include "UNDOINGS" at SUNY Oneonta and "Placid Thoughts from Inside Her Eyelids" at the Roberson Museum. Their work has been featured in group shows at MAG Rochester, Schweinfurth Art Center, and Site Gallery. Warfield is the 2025 Antigravity artist at the Rockwell Museum and has an upcoming residency at the Corning Museum of Glass. They are the recipient of numerous awards, including a NYSCA Individual Artist grant and a Saltonstall Residency and Fellowship.

Off the Rack
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Off the Rack" is the happy by-product of a major renovation of the Everson's on-site art storage.

As hundreds of paintings and framed works are displaced from their racks while renovations take place, the public has an unprecedented opportunity to view objects that have been in deep storage for years, never-before-seen recent acquisitions, and some perennial favorites — all hung together salon-style in our exhibition galleries.

This smorgasbord of paintings and works on paper showcases the breadth and depth of the Museum's collections and provides a glimpse into the world of collections management and care.

D. Lee DuSell: Benediction
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

D. Lee DuSell (1927-2024) was a prolific designer and woodworker who made significant contributions to the interiors of religious shrines, chapels, and temples around the world. But Everson audiences may know him best as the creator of the bronze sculpture Spiritual Freedom (1969) that graces the Museum's Plaza. Benediction honors DuSell's large-scale work in wood during a particularly fertile period in the 1970s when his sculptures became kinetic, interactive, and overtly spiritual. This exhibition includes three rocking chairs that originally appeared here at the Everson in his 1980 solo show entitled Doxology—notably, the chairs contain musical elements powered by their rocking motion.

John Florea: Soldiers, Spies, and Civilians
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In 1943, LIFE photographer John Florea set aside Hollywood and celebrity portraiture to serve as a war correspondent in World War II. Although he spent most of his career directing episodes of popular television shows from the 1960s to the 1980s, he is best remembered for his stark photographs of the horrors of war. Beginning with his photographs on American soil and ending at the Battle of the Bulge, this exhibition traces how Florea's photography shifted from the polished and posed portraits of Marines training in California and women working for the USO in Texas to the gritty, haunting photos of bombed out cities and military executions.

Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, "John Florea: Soldiers, Spies, and Civilians" examines the role of photojournalism in shaping the public's understanding of war.

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez: Dream Map and Cornucopia
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez is a Colombian American artist who explores her heritage through works that combine Colombia's material culture, history, and natural world. For the works featured in "Dream Map and Cornucopia," Friedemann-Sánchez begins with an image of a ceramic vessel that speaks to the complex history of Latin America and its diaspora. She then transforms these vessels into bountiful cornucopia, bursting with flora and fauna that evoke Colombia's rich ecosystems. Together with the Everson's Paul Phillips and Sharon Sullivan Curator of Ceramics, Garth Johnson, Friedemann-Sánchez has also selected an array of ceramic works from the Museum's permanent collection that reflect her interest in Latin America's tapestry of Indigenous and colonial cultures.

Dead End
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Curated by William Strobeck, and featuring work by Larry Clark, Mark Gonzales, William Strobeck, Dash Snow, Ryan McGinley, EARSNOT IRAK, Ari Marcopoulos, Julien Stranger, Dave Schubert, Tobin Yelland, Jonathan Cannon, and Spike Jonze.

During the 1990s, a teen-aged William Strobeck spent a good part of his time on the Everson Museum's Community Plaza. Here, the young filmmaker and photographer discovered a skateboarding crew of "weirdos and outcasts" who introduced him to a global diaspora of creative individuals sharing a similar DIY ethos and punk rock spirit.

Fast forward 30 years and Strobeck is now one of the key chroniclers of skate culture in the 21st century. After first capturing Syracuse's skate scene in the 1990s, he now travels internationally to make videos and images that transcend skating's mere physical gymnastics. His work stands out for its beauty, emotional nuance, and psychological introspection.

For "DEAD END," Strobeck was invited to curate an exhibition that spoke to the Everson's history as a hospitable venue for skateboarding, which the museum has always considered a creative enterprise. Strobeck's exhibition, while including a few of his own works, focuses on the artists and events that indelibly shaped him as a burgeoning artist. Strobeck's vision is fundamentally about youth and its uncertainties, boundaries, possibilities, and essential limitlessness.?In unguarded and casual images, these subjects point to skate culture's influence on the popular culture of today—handheld skate videos are today's TikTok and Instagram reels, while the microcultures of Substack, Reddit, and Tumblr echo the DIY skatezines of the past.

DEAD END. is intentionally participatory and egalitarian. The free-for-all nature of skateboarding goes hand in hand with a worldview that repurposes the built environment for its own use. Part of the Museum's collection, a new sculpture by artist and professional skateboarder Mark Gonzales now awaits the skaters who still gather on the Everson Community Plaza today.

Opening: Fifteen Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol
art haus SYR

120 Walton St.
Syracuse

There will be an opening reception this afternoon 3:00-5:30 pm.

art haus SYR is proud to present "Fifteen Minutes," an exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of Andy Warhol through silkscreen prints and original audio recordings from a diverse array of artists, writers, and performers who knew, worked with, or were inspired by him. Featured artists include renowned figures such as Patti Smith, Ivan Karp, Billy Name, and Bob Dylan, among others.

This unique exhibition presents each artist's 12 x 12 inch (album-sized) visual works alongside their corresponding audio pieces, creating a dynamic interplay of sound and vision in homage to Warhol's innovative spirit. Highlights include Patti Smith's poignant poem "Edie," reflecting on Warhol Superstar Edie Sedgwick, and Nat Finkelstein's striking screen-printed photograph of Warhol alongside Dylan in the Factory, capturing the essence of their relationship against the backdrop of Warhol's iconic Elvis paintings. Bob Dylan's song "When I Paint My Masterpiece" offers a critique of Warhol's fame and success, further enriching the exploration of Warhol's influence.

Happy Medium
Art in the Atrium

Price: Free
City Hall Commons Atrium
201 East Washington St., Syracuse

Art installation highlighting the work of 15 artists who are teachers and instructors in the surrounding counties.

Life/Afterlife ... Do You Have a Plan?: Work by Vykky Ebner and Pam McLaughlin
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

This exhibition is rooted in the exploration of personal struggles with mental illness stemming from trauma intertwined with religious indoctrination. Each piece in this exhibition is a visual narrative, reflecting the fragmented and multifaceted nature of memory and emotion. The artwork is an exploration of the impact of religious dogma on mental health and offers itself as a way to bear witness to and survive its effects.

Vykky Ebner and Pam McLaughlin have presented this personal journey to the public in the hope that it will inspire empathy, understanding, and dialogue at the intersection of trauma, religion, and mental health, and to offer solace to those who may be grappling with similar struggles—inspiring hope for a future of healing and resilience.

Courtney Rile: In Conversation
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"In Conversation" is new work created by Courtney Rile. This work explores the moving image and our human relationship to technology through the language of the canon of video art.

In the early 1970s, Syracuse was a center of innovation — the Everson Museum hired one of the first curators of video art and hosted seminal media artists from around the world. At the same time, Synapse, an experimental media collective at Syracuse University, provided fertile ground for explorations of this new technology as both art form and revolutionary tool of communication.

"In Conversation" is a dialogue with the work of Bill Viola, Shigeko Kubota, and Peter Campus, all of whom exhibited at the Everson Museum in the early '70s. Structured in a series of modules that function like musical movements or songs on an album, motifs recur throughout "In Conversation": reflections, the distortion of time, video as an extension of self, and video as an observational tool, exploring the individual, intimate experience of video as a way to see ourselves from another perspective or in another time, a step beyond the present tense of the mirror. These explorations, which trace their lineage to the earliest days of video art, are more relevant than ever in today's world, a world in which audiovisual technologies have become integral to nearly every facet of our lives.

Screening begins at dusk.

Historic Ghostwalk: Echoes of Eastwood
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: $20 regular, $15 OHA members. Reservations required.
Eastwood
James Street , Syracuse

Historic Ghostwalks are led by guides to locations where actors in costume portray individuals from Onondaga County's past. The "ghosts" reveal their lives in 12- to 15-minute vignettes, giving personal insight to those who have preceded us. This year, discover the Echoes of Eastwood as we wander through the heart of "The Village within a City." Along the way, you'll meet unforgettable figures from Eastwood's rich past—brought to life by talented local performers.

Luke Hart Jazz Quartet
Off the Dock Chamber Festival

Hartlot Happening
639 Hartlot Rd., Elbridge

An intimate afternoon of vibrant jazz showcasing the Luke Hart Quartet, Central New York's most promising talents in an atmosphere perfect for both dedicated jazz enthusiasts and newcomers alike.

Syracuse International Jazz Fest

Price: Free
Clinton Square
Downtown, Syracuse

5:00-6:00 pm: Matteo Mancuso
6:30-7:30 pm: Donald Harrison Jr.
8:00-9:00 pm: Gunhild Carling
9:30-11:00 pm: Todd Rundgren

Sounds of Skaneateles: OTD Alumni Season Finale
Off the Dock Chamber Festival

First Presbyterian Church of Skaneateles
97 E. Genesee St., Skaneateles

Join us for our grand season finale featuring a string quartet and vocal soloists; decorated homegrown classical musicians and OTD Friends.

The National Pastime
Syracuse Stage
Johanna McKeon, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Cuba, 2016. A mysterious illness rips through the American embassy in Havana. America, 2017. The Houston Astros are stealing signs, on their way to a World Series win. With tensions heightened from the lead-up and aftermath of an election year, the two nations play a dangerous game in the shadows, with their shared national pastimes – baseball and espionage – as their weapons of choice.

Written by Rogelio Martinez. A Julie Lutz Cold Read World Premiere.

The National Pastime
Syracuse Stage
Johanna McKeon, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Cuba, 2016. A mysterious illness rips through the American embassy in Havana. America, 2017. The Houston Astros are stealing signs, on their way to a World Series win. With tensions heightened from the lead-up and aftermath of an election year, the two nations play a dangerous game in the shadows, with their shared national pastimes – baseball and espionage – as their weapons of choice.

Written by Rogelio Martinez. A Julie Lutz Cold Read World Premiere.

Sunday, June 29, 2025

CNY Artist Initiative: Anna Warfield
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Anna Warfield (she/they), a visual artist and poet based in Binghamton, creates text-based fiber sculptures that examine identity, the body, and unlearning. Warfield's recent solo exhibitions include "UNDOINGS" at SUNY Oneonta and "Placid Thoughts from Inside Her Eyelids" at the Roberson Museum. Their work has been featured in group shows at MAG Rochester, Schweinfurth Art Center, and Site Gallery. Warfield is the 2025 Antigravity artist at the Rockwell Museum and has an upcoming residency at the Corning Museum of Glass. They are the recipient of numerous awards, including a NYSCA Individual Artist grant and a Saltonstall Residency and Fellowship.

Off the Rack
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Off the Rack" is the happy by-product of a major renovation of the Everson's on-site art storage.

As hundreds of paintings and framed works are displaced from their racks while renovations take place, the public has an unprecedented opportunity to view objects that have been in deep storage for years, never-before-seen recent acquisitions, and some perennial favorites — all hung together salon-style in our exhibition galleries.

This smorgasbord of paintings and works on paper showcases the breadth and depth of the Museum's collections and provides a glimpse into the world of collections management and care.

D. Lee DuSell: Benediction
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

D. Lee DuSell (1927-2024) was a prolific designer and woodworker who made significant contributions to the interiors of religious shrines, chapels, and temples around the world. But Everson audiences may know him best as the creator of the bronze sculpture Spiritual Freedom (1969) that graces the Museum's Plaza. Benediction honors DuSell's large-scale work in wood during a particularly fertile period in the 1970s when his sculptures became kinetic, interactive, and overtly spiritual. This exhibition includes three rocking chairs that originally appeared here at the Everson in his 1980 solo show entitled Doxology—notably, the chairs contain musical elements powered by their rocking motion.

Dead End
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Curated by William Strobeck, and featuring work by Larry Clark, Mark Gonzales, William Strobeck, Dash Snow, Ryan McGinley, EARSNOT IRAK, Ari Marcopoulos, Julien Stranger, Dave Schubert, Tobin Yelland, Jonathan Cannon, and Spike Jonze.

During the 1990s, a teen-aged William Strobeck spent a good part of his time on the Everson Museum's Community Plaza. Here, the young filmmaker and photographer discovered a skateboarding crew of "weirdos and outcasts" who introduced him to a global diaspora of creative individuals sharing a similar DIY ethos and punk rock spirit.

Fast forward 30 years and Strobeck is now one of the key chroniclers of skate culture in the 21st century. After first capturing Syracuse's skate scene in the 1990s, he now travels internationally to make videos and images that transcend skating's mere physical gymnastics. His work stands out for its beauty, emotional nuance, and psychological introspection.

For "DEAD END," Strobeck was invited to curate an exhibition that spoke to the Everson's history as a hospitable venue for skateboarding, which the museum has always considered a creative enterprise. Strobeck's exhibition, while including a few of his own works, focuses on the artists and events that indelibly shaped him as a burgeoning artist. Strobeck's vision is fundamentally about youth and its uncertainties, boundaries, possibilities, and essential limitlessness.?In unguarded and casual images, these subjects point to skate culture's influence on the popular culture of today—handheld skate videos are today's TikTok and Instagram reels, while the microcultures of Substack, Reddit, and Tumblr echo the DIY skatezines of the past.

DEAD END. is intentionally participatory and egalitarian. The free-for-all nature of skateboarding goes hand in hand with a worldview that repurposes the built environment for its own use. Part of the Museum's collection, a new sculpture by artist and professional skateboarder Mark Gonzales now awaits the skaters who still gather on the Everson Community Plaza today.

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez: Dream Map and Cornucopia
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez is a Colombian American artist who explores her heritage through works that combine Colombia's material culture, history, and natural world. For the works featured in "Dream Map and Cornucopia," Friedemann-Sánchez begins with an image of a ceramic vessel that speaks to the complex history of Latin America and its diaspora. She then transforms these vessels into bountiful cornucopia, bursting with flora and fauna that evoke Colombia's rich ecosystems. Together with the Everson's Paul Phillips and Sharon Sullivan Curator of Ceramics, Garth Johnson, Friedemann-Sánchez has also selected an array of ceramic works from the Museum's permanent collection that reflect her interest in Latin America's tapestry of Indigenous and colonial cultures.

John Florea: Soldiers, Spies, and Civilians
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In 1943, LIFE photographer John Florea set aside Hollywood and celebrity portraiture to serve as a war correspondent in World War II. Although he spent most of his career directing episodes of popular television shows from the 1960s to the 1980s, he is best remembered for his stark photographs of the horrors of war. Beginning with his photographs on American soil and ending at the Battle of the Bulge, this exhibition traces how Florea's photography shifted from the polished and posed portraits of Marines training in California and women working for the USO in Texas to the gritty, haunting photos of bombed out cities and military executions.

Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, "John Florea: Soldiers, Spies, and Civilians" examines the role of photojournalism in shaping the public's understanding of war.

Happy Medium
Art in the Atrium

Price: Free
City Hall Commons Atrium
201 East Washington St., Syracuse

Art installation highlighting the work of 15 artists who are teachers and instructors in the surrounding counties.

Shakedown Sunday
The 443 Social Club

The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

Shakedown Sunday is a monthly series hosted by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers and members of Dead to the Core, with special guests, that celebrates the Grateful Dead—not just the band's originals but songs from across the roots and rock worlds they made their own.

Special guest Jefferson Hamer is an internationally touring guitarist, songwriter, traditional musician, and producer based in Brooklyn. Hamer is also a regular performer on Dead to the Core tours, appearing at top Northeast venues such as Club Passim, the Word Barn, and the Parlor Room.

*CANCELLED* The Beach Boys
Lakeview Empower FCU Amphitheater

Lakeview Amphitheater
490 Restoration Way, Syracuse

Syracuse International Jazz Fest

Price: Free
Hendricks Chapel
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Return to Community: A Gospel Jazz Service, featuring the Spelman College Glee Club

The National Pastime
Syracuse Stage
Johanna McKeon, director

Archbold Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Cuba, 2016. A mysterious illness rips through the American embassy in Havana. America, 2017. The Houston Astros are stealing signs, on their way to a World Series win. With tensions heightened from the lead-up and aftermath of an election year, the two nations play a dangerous game in the shadows, with their shared national pastimes – baseball and espionage – as their weapons of choice.

Written by Rogelio Martinez. A Julie Lutz Cold Read World Premiere.

Monday, June 30, 2025

2025 Light Work Grants in Photography: Sarah Knobel, Joe Librandi-Cowan, Lida Suchy
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

With enormous pleasure, we present the 50th Annual Light Work Grants in Photography. The 2025 recipients are Sarah Knobel (St. Lawrence), Joe Librandi-Cowan (Onondaga County), and Lida Suchy (Onondaga County). The two runners-up are Marna Bell (Onondaga County) and Adrian Francis (Onondaga County).

This year's judge was Marina Chao (a curator at CPW in Kingston, NY), who writes: "From an unexpected approach to plastic waste to portraits of Ukrainian civic leaders to an exploration of home, family, and memory, this year's grantees address subjects that are intimate and personal, urgent and political, in innovative, collaborative, and deeply felt ways."

The Light Work Grants are part of our ongoing effort to support and encourage Central New York artists working in photography and related mediums within a 50-mile radius of Syracuse. Established in 1975, the Light Work Grants are among the oldest photography fellowships in the country.

The Archive as Liberation
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

"The Archive as Liberation" is a publication and exhibition organized by Aaron Turner. Turner has gathered a unique group of artists and writers to engage in dialogue around archival photographic methods. Contributors include Andre Bradley, calista lyon, Raymond Thompson Jr., Harrison D. Walker, and Savannah Wood, alongside writing by Chisato Hughes, Alec Kaus, Andrew Martinez, Aaron Turner, Amelia Wallin, and Wendel A. White, with a foreword by the book's editor, Donasia Tillery. The publication was designed by Elana Schlenker.

Monday Night Sessions, with Actual Proof
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: $10
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

Electrifying contemporary jazz, featuring Actual Proof: Ronnie France, bass; Brian Scherer, saxophone; Brian Balestra, guitar; Ed Vivenzio, keyboard; and Evan DuChene, drums

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

The Archive as Liberation
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

"The Archive as Liberation" is a publication and exhibition organized by Aaron Turner. Turner has gathered a unique group of artists and writers to engage in dialogue around archival photographic methods. Contributors include Andre Bradley, calista lyon, Raymond Thompson Jr., Harrison D. Walker, and Savannah Wood, alongside writing by Chisato Hughes, Alec Kaus, Andrew Martinez, Aaron Turner, Amelia Wallin, and Wendel A. White, with a foreword by the book's editor, Donasia Tillery. The publication was designed by Elana Schlenker.

2025 Light Work Grants in Photography: Sarah Knobel, Joe Librandi-Cowan, Lida Suchy
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

With enormous pleasure, we present the 50th Annual Light Work Grants in Photography. The 2025 recipients are Sarah Knobel (St. Lawrence), Joe Librandi-Cowan (Onondaga County), and Lida Suchy (Onondaga County). The two runners-up are Marna Bell (Onondaga County) and Adrian Francis (Onondaga County).

This year's judge was Marina Chao (a curator at CPW in Kingston, NY), who writes: "From an unexpected approach to plastic waste to portraits of Ukrainian civic leaders to an exploration of home, family, and memory, this year's grantees address subjects that are intimate and personal, urgent and political, in innovative, collaborative, and deeply felt ways."

The Light Work Grants are part of our ongoing effort to support and encourage Central New York artists working in photography and related mediums within a 50-mile radius of Syracuse. Established in 1975, the Light Work Grants are among the oldest photography fellowships in the country.

The Natural World
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Alan D. Hart: photo-realistic acrylic paintings on board illuminating specimens of nature
Sylvia Hayes-McKean: multi-media jewelry celebrating nature
Satina Tseng: ceramic sculpture capturing the intimate details of nature

Fifteen Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol
art haus SYR

120 Walton St.
Syracuse

art haus SYR is proud to present "Fifteen Minutes," an exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of Andy Warhol through silkscreen prints and original audio recordings from a diverse array of artists, writers, and performers who knew, worked with, or were inspired by him. Featured artists include renowned figures such as Patti Smith, Ivan Karp, Billy Name, and Bob Dylan, among others.

This unique exhibition presents each artist's 12 x 12 inch (album-sized) visual works alongside their corresponding audio pieces, creating a dynamic interplay of sound and vision in homage to Warhol's innovative spirit. Highlights include Patti Smith's poignant poem "Edie," reflecting on Warhol Superstar Edie Sedgwick, and Nat Finkelstein's striking screen-printed photograph of Warhol alongside Dylan in the Factory, capturing the essence of their relationship against the backdrop of Warhol's iconic Elvis paintings. Bob Dylan's song "When I Paint My Masterpiece" offers a critique of Warhol's fame and success, further enriching the exploration of Warhol's influence.

Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials
The 443 Social Club

The 443 Social Club
443 Burnet Ave., Syracuse

"Rough and ready blues played with unmitigated intensity…Swirling, snarling, riveting slide….The Blues Imperials pound out riffs and rhythms like they're overdosing on boogie juice. Scorching and soulful, joyous and stomping." – Living Blues

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

2025 Light Work Grants in Photography: Sarah Knobel, Joe Librandi-Cowan, Lida Suchy
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

With enormous pleasure, we present the 50th Annual Light Work Grants in Photography. The 2025 recipients are Sarah Knobel (St. Lawrence), Joe Librandi-Cowan (Onondaga County), and Lida Suchy (Onondaga County). The two runners-up are Marna Bell (Onondaga County) and Adrian Francis (Onondaga County).

This year's judge was Marina Chao (a curator at CPW in Kingston, NY), who writes: "From an unexpected approach to plastic waste to portraits of Ukrainian civic leaders to an exploration of home, family, and memory, this year's grantees address subjects that are intimate and personal, urgent and political, in innovative, collaborative, and deeply felt ways."

The Light Work Grants are part of our ongoing effort to support and encourage Central New York artists working in photography and related mediums within a 50-mile radius of Syracuse. Established in 1975, the Light Work Grants are among the oldest photography fellowships in the country.

The Archive as Liberation
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

"The Archive as Liberation" is a publication and exhibition organized by Aaron Turner. Turner has gathered a unique group of artists and writers to engage in dialogue around archival photographic methods. Contributors include Andre Bradley, calista lyon, Raymond Thompson Jr., Harrison D. Walker, and Savannah Wood, alongside writing by Chisato Hughes, Alec Kaus, Andrew Martinez, Aaron Turner, Amelia Wallin, and Wendel A. White, with a foreword by the book's editor, Donasia Tillery. The publication was designed by Elana Schlenker.

The Natural World
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Alan D. Hart: photo-realistic acrylic paintings on board illuminating specimens of nature
Sylvia Hayes-McKean: multi-media jewelry celebrating nature
Satina Tseng: ceramic sculpture capturing the intimate details of nature

CNY Artist Initiative: Anna Warfield
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Anna Warfield (she/they), a visual artist and poet based in Binghamton, creates text-based fiber sculptures that examine identity, the body, and unlearning. Warfield's recent solo exhibitions include "UNDOINGS" at SUNY Oneonta and "Placid Thoughts from Inside Her Eyelids" at the Roberson Museum. Their work has been featured in group shows at MAG Rochester, Schweinfurth Art Center, and Site Gallery. Warfield is the 2025 Antigravity artist at the Rockwell Museum and has an upcoming residency at the Corning Museum of Glass. They are the recipient of numerous awards, including a NYSCA Individual Artist grant and a Saltonstall Residency and Fellowship.

Off the Rack
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Off the Rack" is the happy by-product of a major renovation of the Everson's on-site art storage.

As hundreds of paintings and framed works are displaced from their racks while renovations take place, the public has an unprecedented opportunity to view objects that have been in deep storage for years, never-before-seen recent acquisitions, and some perennial favorites — all hung together salon-style in our exhibition galleries.

This smorgasbord of paintings and works on paper showcases the breadth and depth of the Museum's collections and provides a glimpse into the world of collections management and care.

Dead End
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Curated by William Strobeck, and featuring work by Larry Clark, Mark Gonzales, William Strobeck, Dash Snow, Ryan McGinley, EARSNOT IRAK, Ari Marcopoulos, Julien Stranger, Dave Schubert, Tobin Yelland, Jonathan Cannon, and Spike Jonze.

During the 1990s, a teen-aged William Strobeck spent a good part of his time on the Everson Museum's Community Plaza. Here, the young filmmaker and photographer discovered a skateboarding crew of "weirdos and outcasts" who introduced him to a global diaspora of creative individuals sharing a similar DIY ethos and punk rock spirit.

Fast forward 30 years and Strobeck is now one of the key chroniclers of skate culture in the 21st century. After first capturing Syracuse's skate scene in the 1990s, he now travels internationally to make videos and images that transcend skating's mere physical gymnastics. His work stands out for its beauty, emotional nuance, and psychological introspection.

For "DEAD END," Strobeck was invited to curate an exhibition that spoke to the Everson's history as a hospitable venue for skateboarding, which the museum has always considered a creative enterprise. Strobeck's exhibition, while including a few of his own works, focuses on the artists and events that indelibly shaped him as a burgeoning artist. Strobeck's vision is fundamentally about youth and its uncertainties, boundaries, possibilities, and essential limitlessness.?In unguarded and casual images, these subjects point to skate culture's influence on the popular culture of today—handheld skate videos are today's TikTok and Instagram reels, while the microcultures of Substack, Reddit, and Tumblr echo the DIY skatezines of the past.

DEAD END. is intentionally participatory and egalitarian. The free-for-all nature of skateboarding goes hand in hand with a worldview that repurposes the built environment for its own use. Part of the Museum's collection, a new sculpture by artist and professional skateboarder Mark Gonzales now awaits the skaters who still gather on the Everson Community Plaza today.

John Florea: Soldiers, Spies, and Civilians
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In 1943, LIFE photographer John Florea set aside Hollywood and celebrity portraiture to serve as a war correspondent in World War II. Although he spent most of his career directing episodes of popular television shows from the 1960s to the 1980s, he is best remembered for his stark photographs of the horrors of war. Beginning with his photographs on American soil and ending at the Battle of the Bulge, this exhibition traces how Florea's photography shifted from the polished and posed portraits of Marines training in California and women working for the USO in Texas to the gritty, haunting photos of bombed out cities and military executions.

Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, "John Florea: Soldiers, Spies, and Civilians" examines the role of photojournalism in shaping the public's understanding of war.

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez: Dream Map and Cornucopia
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez is a Colombian American artist who explores her heritage through works that combine Colombia's material culture, history, and natural world. For the works featured in "Dream Map and Cornucopia," Friedemann-Sánchez begins with an image of a ceramic vessel that speaks to the complex history of Latin America and its diaspora. She then transforms these vessels into bountiful cornucopia, bursting with flora and fauna that evoke Colombia's rich ecosystems. Together with the Everson's Paul Phillips and Sharon Sullivan Curator of Ceramics, Garth Johnson, Friedemann-Sánchez has also selected an array of ceramic works from the Museum's permanent collection that reflect her interest in Latin America's tapestry of Indigenous and colonial cultures.

D. Lee DuSell: Benediction
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

D. Lee DuSell (1927-2024) was a prolific designer and woodworker who made significant contributions to the interiors of religious shrines, chapels, and temples around the world. But Everson audiences may know him best as the creator of the bronze sculpture Spiritual Freedom (1969) that graces the Museum's Plaza. Benediction honors DuSell's large-scale work in wood during a particularly fertile period in the 1970s when his sculptures became kinetic, interactive, and overtly spiritual. This exhibition includes three rocking chairs that originally appeared here at the Everson in his 1980 solo show entitled Doxology—notably, the chairs contain musical elements powered by their rocking motion.

Fifteen Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol
art haus SYR

120 Walton St.
Syracuse

art haus SYR is proud to present "Fifteen Minutes," an exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of Andy Warhol through silkscreen prints and original audio recordings from a diverse array of artists, writers, and performers who knew, worked with, or were inspired by him. Featured artists include renowned figures such as Patti Smith, Ivan Karp, Billy Name, and Bob Dylan, among others.

This unique exhibition presents each artist's 12 x 12 inch (album-sized) visual works alongside their corresponding audio pieces, creating a dynamic interplay of sound and vision in homage to Warhol's innovative spirit. Highlights include Patti Smith's poignant poem "Edie," reflecting on Warhol Superstar Edie Sedgwick, and Nat Finkelstein's striking screen-printed photograph of Warhol alongside Dylan in the Factory, capturing the essence of their relationship against the backdrop of Warhol's iconic Elvis paintings. Bob Dylan's song "When I Paint My Masterpiece" offers a critique of Warhol's fame and success, further enriching the exploration of Warhol's influence.

Life/Afterlife ... Do You Have a Plan?: Work by Vykky Ebner and Pam McLaughlin
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

This exhibition is rooted in the exploration of personal struggles with mental illness stemming from trauma intertwined with religious indoctrination. Each piece in this exhibition is a visual narrative, reflecting the fragmented and multifaceted nature of memory and emotion. The artwork is an exploration of the impact of religious dogma on mental health and offers itself as a way to bear witness to and survive its effects.

Vykky Ebner and Pam McLaughlin have presented this personal journey to the public in the hope that it will inspire empathy, understanding, and dialogue at the intersection of trauma, religion, and mental health, and to offer solace to those who may be grappling with similar struggles—inspiring hope for a future of healing and resilience.

Moonlight Movie Series: Wicked Night
Lakeview Empower FCU Amphitheater

Price: Free
Lakeview Amphitheater
490 Restoration Way, Syracuse

This popular event provides an opportunity to enjoy a free family-friendly evening under the stars. Visitors should bring chairs or blankets and may bring in food and drink. There will be food vendors on site. Visitors are invited to sit under the pavilion or on the lawn to view the amphitheater's large LED screens. Coolers are allowed, but no glass.

Flicks on the Crick: Pretty in Pink

Price: Free
Sound Garden parking lot
310 W. Jefferson St., Syracuse

Movie starts at sundown. Bring your own lawn chairs, blankets, snacks.

Dewitt Summer Music: The Strangers

Price: Free
Ryder Park
5400 Butternut Dr., DeWitt

Thursday, July 3, 2025

The Archive as Liberation
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

"The Archive as Liberation" is a publication and exhibition organized by Aaron Turner. Turner has gathered a unique group of artists and writers to engage in dialogue around archival photographic methods. Contributors include Andre Bradley, calista lyon, Raymond Thompson Jr., Harrison D. Walker, and Savannah Wood, alongside writing by Chisato Hughes, Alec Kaus, Andrew Martinez, Aaron Turner, Amelia Wallin, and Wendel A. White, with a foreword by the book's editor, Donasia Tillery. The publication was designed by Elana Schlenker.

2025 Light Work Grants in Photography: Sarah Knobel, Joe Librandi-Cowan, Lida Suchy
Light Work Gallery

Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

With enormous pleasure, we present the 50th Annual Light Work Grants in Photography. The 2025 recipients are Sarah Knobel (St. Lawrence), Joe Librandi-Cowan (Onondaga County), and Lida Suchy (Onondaga County). The two runners-up are Marna Bell (Onondaga County) and Adrian Francis (Onondaga County).

This year's judge was Marina Chao (a curator at CPW in Kingston, NY), who writes: "From an unexpected approach to plastic waste to portraits of Ukrainian civic leaders to an exploration of home, family, and memory, this year's grantees address subjects that are intimate and personal, urgent and political, in innovative, collaborative, and deeply felt ways."

The Light Work Grants are part of our ongoing effort to support and encourage Central New York artists working in photography and related mediums within a 50-mile radius of Syracuse. Established in 1975, the Light Work Grants are among the oldest photography fellowships in the country.

The Natural World
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Alan D. Hart: photo-realistic acrylic paintings on board illuminating specimens of nature
Sylvia Hayes-McKean: multi-media jewelry celebrating nature
Satina Tseng: ceramic sculpture capturing the intimate details of nature

Off the Rack
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Off the Rack" is the happy by-product of a major renovation of the Everson's on-site art storage.

As hundreds of paintings and framed works are displaced from their racks while renovations take place, the public has an unprecedented opportunity to view objects that have been in deep storage for years, never-before-seen recent acquisitions, and some perennial favorites — all hung together salon-style in our exhibition galleries.

This smorgasbord of paintings and works on paper showcases the breadth and depth of the Museum's collections and provides a glimpse into the world of collections management and care.

CNY Artist Initiative: Anna Warfield
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Anna Warfield (she/they), a visual artist and poet based in Binghamton, creates text-based fiber sculptures that examine identity, the body, and unlearning. Warfield's recent solo exhibitions include "UNDOINGS" at SUNY Oneonta and "Placid Thoughts from Inside Her Eyelids" at the Roberson Museum. Their work has been featured in group shows at MAG Rochester, Schweinfurth Art Center, and Site Gallery. Warfield is the 2025 Antigravity artist at the Rockwell Museum and has an upcoming residency at the Corning Museum of Glass. They are the recipient of numerous awards, including a NYSCA Individual Artist grant and a Saltonstall Residency and Fellowship.

D. Lee DuSell: Benediction
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

D. Lee DuSell (1927-2024) was a prolific designer and woodworker who made significant contributions to the interiors of religious shrines, chapels, and temples around the world. But Everson audiences may know him best as the creator of the bronze sculpture Spiritual Freedom (1969) that graces the Museum's Plaza. Benediction honors DuSell's large-scale work in wood during a particularly fertile period in the 1970s when his sculptures became kinetic, interactive, and overtly spiritual. This exhibition includes three rocking chairs that originally appeared here at the Everson in his 1980 solo show entitled Doxology—notably, the chairs contain musical elements powered by their rocking motion.

Dead End
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Curated by William Strobeck, and featuring work by Larry Clark, Mark Gonzales, William Strobeck, Dash Snow, Ryan McGinley, EARSNOT IRAK, Ari Marcopoulos, Julien Stranger, Dave Schubert, Tobin Yelland, Jonathan Cannon, and Spike Jonze.

During the 1990s, a teen-aged William Strobeck spent a good part of his time on the Everson Museum's Community Plaza. Here, the young filmmaker and photographer discovered a skateboarding crew of "weirdos and outcasts" who introduced him to a global diaspora of creative individuals sharing a similar DIY ethos and punk rock spirit.

Fast forward 30 years and Strobeck is now one of the key chroniclers of skate culture in the 21st century. After first capturing Syracuse's skate scene in the 1990s, he now travels internationally to make videos and images that transcend skating's mere physical gymnastics. His work stands out for its beauty, emotional nuance, and psychological introspection.

For "DEAD END," Strobeck was invited to curate an exhibition that spoke to the Everson's history as a hospitable venue for skateboarding, which the museum has always considered a creative enterprise. Strobeck's exhibition, while including a few of his own works, focuses on the artists and events that indelibly shaped him as a burgeoning artist. Strobeck's vision is fundamentally about youth and its uncertainties, boundaries, possibilities, and essential limitlessness.?In unguarded and casual images, these subjects point to skate culture's influence on the popular culture of today—handheld skate videos are today's TikTok and Instagram reels, while the microcultures of Substack, Reddit, and Tumblr echo the DIY skatezines of the past.

DEAD END. is intentionally participatory and egalitarian. The free-for-all nature of skateboarding goes hand in hand with a worldview that repurposes the built environment for its own use. Part of the Museum's collection, a new sculpture by artist and professional skateboarder Mark Gonzales now awaits the skaters who still gather on the Everson Community Plaza today.

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez: Dream Map and Cornucopia
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez is a Colombian American artist who explores her heritage through works that combine Colombia's material culture, history, and natural world. For the works featured in "Dream Map and Cornucopia," Friedemann-Sánchez begins with an image of a ceramic vessel that speaks to the complex history of Latin America and its diaspora. She then transforms these vessels into bountiful cornucopia, bursting with flora and fauna that evoke Colombia's rich ecosystems. Together with the Everson's Paul Phillips and Sharon Sullivan Curator of Ceramics, Garth Johnson, Friedemann-Sánchez has also selected an array of ceramic works from the Museum's permanent collection that reflect her interest in Latin America's tapestry of Indigenous and colonial cultures.

John Florea: Soldiers, Spies, and Civilians
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In 1943, LIFE photographer John Florea set aside Hollywood and celebrity portraiture to serve as a war correspondent in World War II. Although he spent most of his career directing episodes of popular television shows from the 1960s to the 1980s, he is best remembered for his stark photographs of the horrors of war. Beginning with his photographs on American soil and ending at the Battle of the Bulge, this exhibition traces how Florea's photography shifted from the polished and posed portraits of Marines training in California and women working for the USO in Texas to the gritty, haunting photos of bombed out cities and military executions.

Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, "John Florea: Soldiers, Spies, and Civilians" examines the role of photojournalism in shaping the public's understanding of war.

Fifteen Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol
art haus SYR

120 Walton St.
Syracuse

art haus SYR is proud to present "Fifteen Minutes," an exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of Andy Warhol through silkscreen prints and original audio recordings from a diverse array of artists, writers, and performers who knew, worked with, or were inspired by him. Featured artists include renowned figures such as Patti Smith, Ivan Karp, Billy Name, and Bob Dylan, among others.

This unique exhibition presents each artist's 12 x 12 inch (album-sized) visual works alongside their corresponding audio pieces, creating a dynamic interplay of sound and vision in homage to Warhol's innovative spirit. Highlights include Patti Smith's poignant poem "Edie," reflecting on Warhol Superstar Edie Sedgwick, and Nat Finkelstein's striking screen-printed photograph of Warhol alongside Dylan in the Factory, capturing the essence of their relationship against the backdrop of Warhol's iconic Elvis paintings. Bob Dylan's song "When I Paint My Masterpiece" offers a critique of Warhol's fame and success, further enriching the exploration of Warhol's influence.

Life/Afterlife ... Do You Have a Plan?: Work by Vykky Ebner and Pam McLaughlin
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

This exhibition is rooted in the exploration of personal struggles with mental illness stemming from trauma intertwined with religious indoctrination. Each piece in this exhibition is a visual narrative, reflecting the fragmented and multifaceted nature of memory and emotion. The artwork is an exploration of the impact of religious dogma on mental health and offers itself as a way to bear witness to and survive its effects.

Vykky Ebner and Pam McLaughlin have presented this personal journey to the public in the hope that it will inspire empathy, understanding, and dialogue at the intersection of trauma, religion, and mental health, and to offer solace to those who may be grappling with similar struggles—inspiring hope for a future of healing and resilience.

Courtney Rile: In Conversation
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"In Conversation" is new work created by Courtney Rile. This work explores the moving image and our human relationship to technology through the language of the canon of video art.

In the early 1970s, Syracuse was a center of innovation — the Everson Museum hired one of the first curators of video art and hosted seminal media artists from around the world. At the same time, Synapse, an experimental media collective at Syracuse University, provided fertile ground for explorations of this new technology as both art form and revolutionary tool of communication.

"In Conversation" is a dialogue with the work of Bill Viola, Shigeko Kubota, and Peter Campus, all of whom exhibited at the Everson Museum in the early '70s. Structured in a series of modules that function like musical movements or songs on an album, motifs recur throughout "In Conversation": reflections, the distortion of time, video as an extension of self, and video as an observational tool, exploring the individual, intimate experience of video as a way to see ourselves from another perspective or in another time, a step beyond the present tense of the mirror. These explorations, which trace their lineage to the earliest days of video art, are more relevant than ever in today's world, a world in which audiovisual technologies have become integral to nearly every facet of our lives.

Screening begins at dusk.

Friday, July 4, 2025

The Natural World
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Alan D. Hart: photo-realistic acrylic paintings on board illuminating specimens of nature
Sylvia Hayes-McKean: multi-media jewelry celebrating nature
Satina Tseng: ceramic sculpture capturing the intimate details of nature

D. Lee DuSell: Benediction
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

D. Lee DuSell (1927-2024) was a prolific designer and woodworker who made significant contributions to the interiors of religious shrines, chapels, and temples around the world. But Everson audiences may know him best as the creator of the bronze sculpture Spiritual Freedom (1969) that graces the Museum's Plaza. Benediction honors DuSell's large-scale work in wood during a particularly fertile period in the 1970s when his sculptures became kinetic, interactive, and overtly spiritual. This exhibition includes three rocking chairs that originally appeared here at the Everson in his 1980 solo show entitled Doxology—notably, the chairs contain musical elements powered by their rocking motion.

Dead End
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Curated by William Strobeck, and featuring work by Larry Clark, Mark Gonzales, William Strobeck, Dash Snow, Ryan McGinley, EARSNOT IRAK, Ari Marcopoulos, Julien Stranger, Dave Schubert, Tobin Yelland, Jonathan Cannon, and Spike Jonze.

During the 1990s, a teen-aged William Strobeck spent a good part of his time on the Everson Museum's Community Plaza. Here, the young filmmaker and photographer discovered a skateboarding crew of "weirdos and outcasts" who introduced him to a global diaspora of creative individuals sharing a similar DIY ethos and punk rock spirit.

Fast forward 30 years and Strobeck is now one of the key chroniclers of skate culture in the 21st century. After first capturing Syracuse's skate scene in the 1990s, he now travels internationally to make videos and images that transcend skating's mere physical gymnastics. His work stands out for its beauty, emotional nuance, and psychological introspection.

For "DEAD END," Strobeck was invited to curate an exhibition that spoke to the Everson's history as a hospitable venue for skateboarding, which the museum has always considered a creative enterprise. Strobeck's exhibition, while including a few of his own works, focuses on the artists and events that indelibly shaped him as a burgeoning artist. Strobeck's vision is fundamentally about youth and its uncertainties, boundaries, possibilities, and essential limitlessness.?In unguarded and casual images, these subjects point to skate culture's influence on the popular culture of today—handheld skate videos are today's TikTok and Instagram reels, while the microcultures of Substack, Reddit, and Tumblr echo the DIY skatezines of the past.

DEAD END. is intentionally participatory and egalitarian. The free-for-all nature of skateboarding goes hand in hand with a worldview that repurposes the built environment for its own use. Part of the Museum's collection, a new sculpture by artist and professional skateboarder Mark Gonzales now awaits the skaters who still gather on the Everson Community Plaza today.

John Florea: Soldiers, Spies, and Civilians
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

In 1943, LIFE photographer John Florea set aside Hollywood and celebrity portraiture to serve as a war correspondent in World War II. Although he spent most of his career directing episodes of popular television shows from the 1960s to the 1980s, he is best remembered for his stark photographs of the horrors of war. Beginning with his photographs on American soil and ending at the Battle of the Bulge, this exhibition traces how Florea's photography shifted from the polished and posed portraits of Marines training in California and women working for the USO in Texas to the gritty, haunting photos of bombed out cities and military executions.

Marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, "John Florea: Soldiers, Spies, and Civilians" examines the role of photojournalism in shaping the public's understanding of war.

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez: Dream Map and Cornucopia
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez is a Colombian American artist who explores her heritage through works that combine Colombia's material culture, history, and natural world. For the works featured in "Dream Map and Cornucopia," Friedemann-Sánchez begins with an image of a ceramic vessel that speaks to the complex history of Latin America and its diaspora. She then transforms these vessels into bountiful cornucopia, bursting with flora and fauna that evoke Colombia's rich ecosystems. Together with the Everson's Paul Phillips and Sharon Sullivan Curator of Ceramics, Garth Johnson, Friedemann-Sánchez has also selected an array of ceramic works from the Museum's permanent collection that reflect her interest in Latin America's tapestry of Indigenous and colonial cultures.

Off the Rack
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"Off the Rack" is the happy by-product of a major renovation of the Everson's on-site art storage.

As hundreds of paintings and framed works are displaced from their racks while renovations take place, the public has an unprecedented opportunity to view objects that have been in deep storage for years, never-before-seen recent acquisitions, and some perennial favorites — all hung together salon-style in our exhibition galleries.

This smorgasbord of paintings and works on paper showcases the breadth and depth of the Museum's collections and provides a glimpse into the world of collections management and care.

CNY Artist Initiative: Anna Warfield
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Anna Warfield (she/they), a visual artist and poet based in Binghamton, creates text-based fiber sculptures that examine identity, the body, and unlearning. Warfield's recent solo exhibitions include "UNDOINGS" at SUNY Oneonta and "Placid Thoughts from Inside Her Eyelids" at the Roberson Museum. Their work has been featured in group shows at MAG Rochester, Schweinfurth Art Center, and Site Gallery. Warfield is the 2025 Antigravity artist at the Rockwell Museum and has an upcoming residency at the Corning Museum of Glass. They are the recipient of numerous awards, including a NYSCA Individual Artist grant and a Saltonstall Residency and Fellowship.

Fifteen Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol
art haus SYR

120 Walton St.
Syracuse

art haus SYR is proud to present "Fifteen Minutes," an exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of Andy Warhol through silkscreen prints and original audio recordings from a diverse array of artists, writers, and performers who knew, worked with, or were inspired by him. Featured artists include renowned figures such as Patti Smith, Ivan Karp, Billy Name, and Bob Dylan, among others.

This unique exhibition presents each artist's 12 x 12 inch (album-sized) visual works alongside their corresponding audio pieces, creating a dynamic interplay of sound and vision in homage to Warhol's innovative spirit. Highlights include Patti Smith's poignant poem "Edie," reflecting on Warhol Superstar Edie Sedgwick, and Nat Finkelstein's striking screen-printed photograph of Warhol alongside Dylan in the Factory, capturing the essence of their relationship against the backdrop of Warhol's iconic Elvis paintings. Bob Dylan's song "When I Paint My Masterpiece" offers a critique of Warhol's fame and success, further enriching the exploration of Warhol's influence.

Life/Afterlife ... Do You Have a Plan?: Work by Vykky Ebner and Pam McLaughlin
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

This exhibition is rooted in the exploration of personal struggles with mental illness stemming from trauma intertwined with religious indoctrination. Each piece in this exhibition is a visual narrative, reflecting the fragmented and multifaceted nature of memory and emotion. The artwork is an exploration of the impact of religious dogma on mental health and offers itself as a way to bear witness to and survive its effects.

Vykky Ebner and Pam McLaughlin have presented this personal journey to the public in the hope that it will inspire empathy, understanding, and dialogue at the intersection of trauma, religion, and mental health, and to offer solace to those who may be grappling with similar struggles—inspiring hope for a future of healing and resilience.

Courtney Rile: In Conversation
Urban Video Project

Everson Museum of Art Plaza
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

"In Conversation" is new work created by Courtney Rile. This work explores the moving image and our human relationship to technology through the language of the canon of video art.

In the early 1970s, Syracuse was a center of innovation — the Everson Museum hired one of the first curators of video art and hosted seminal media artists from around the world. At the same time, Synapse, an experimental media collective at Syracuse University, provided fertile ground for explorations of this new technology as both art form and revolutionary tool of communication.

"In Conversation" is a dialogue with the work of Bill Viola, Shigeko Kubota, and Peter Campus, all of whom exhibited at the Everson Museum in the early '70s. Structured in a series of modules that function like musical movements or songs on an album, motifs recur throughout "In Conversation": reflections, the distortion of time, video as an extension of self, and video as an observational tool, exploring the individual, intimate experience of video as a way to see ourselves from another perspective or in another time, a step beyond the present tense of the mirror. These explorations, which trace their lineage to the earliest days of video art, are more relevant than ever in today's world, a world in which audiovisual technologies have become integral to nearly every facet of our lives.

Screening begins at dusk.