Saturday, January 28, 2012

Windows Project: Elisabeth Meyer: Black Night/White Night
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Window Project features an installation by Elisabeth Meyer consisting of organic forms embroidered onto an organza fabric. The overall patterning evokes an association with ocean waves and a net. The transparent quality of the organza background allows the viewer to see through the piece that is hanging from the ceiling covering the entire window front. The work addresses the issue of displacement through traveling. Meyer, who is based in Ithaca, developed the concept for this exhibition while at a residency in Iceland, traveled to India to oversee the production of the embroidery, and created the work on site in Syracuse.

CNY Scholastic Art Awards Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The Awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer. 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions. 1,000 will win national awards. Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

"Everything is Illustrated III" and "Talking Wallpaper"
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

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

Gallery A: Everything is Illustrated III, featuring work by Holly DePue, Beth Mand, and Kristen Tryon
Gallery B: Talking Wallpaper, featuring recent work by Miles George and Aaron Lee

CNY Visions
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Unique views of the Central New York area through the lenses of Herm Card, Richard Emory, Larry Hoyt, and Bill Sullivan. Also showcasing the artglass of Phil Austin and jewelry of Esperanza Tielbaard.

American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

John Knecht: Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $5 suggested donation
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

John Knecht is the featured artist for the Urban Video Project in January and February. In conjunction with the exhibition of "Deluge and Anima" on the Everson's north façade, a series of Knecht's animations, called "Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel," will be on view inside the museum. The Fragments, individual animations displayed on monitors, provide a glimpse into the artist's brilliant imagination, where fantasy collides with vivid colors and quirky sounds.

Dependent Structures
Szozda Gallery

Szozda Gallery
Delavan Center, 501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

A display of works by painters C. J. Hodge III, Tom Townsley, and Stephen Perrone. In their individual pieces for this show, the term "dependent structures" for Hodge refers to subject matter; for Townsley and Perrone, the term refers more to form and materials.

Six Make One
Echo

745 N. Salina St. (formerly Craft Chemistry)
Syracuse

Installation by six artists: Brendan Rose, Briana Kohlbrenner, Damian Vallelonga, Jeff Walter, Mark Povinelli and Stasya Erickson. From design to construction in under two weeks. The concept of this installation was influenced by an previous installation called "New Formula."

Landmarks of New York
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Landmarks of New York is a traveling exhibit of 90 stunning black and white photographs of New York City buildings that have been accorded landmark status by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The exhibit is curated by Dr. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, New York City's first director of cultural affairs and acclaimed author of the book that serves as the basis for the exhibit, The Landmarks of New York: An Illustrated Record of the City's Historic Building. In conjunction with the show, Dennis Connors, OHA's Curator of History, selected over 20 contemporary and historic photographs to highlight Onondaga County's own architectural inheritance.

Emilio Sanchez: No Way Home--Images of the Caribbean and New York City
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"No Way Home" features a selection of 24 paintings, watercolors, drawings and prints drawn from the recently acquired collection of work by Cuban-American artist Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999). Best known for his brightly colored, strongly shadowed images of Caribbean and New York City architecture, this exhibition reveals the artist's ongoing interest in repetitive patterns. The show highlights a recent gift to the University Art Collection from the Emilio Sanchez Foundation of over 250 paintings, drawings and prints.

Deng Guo Yuan
The Warehouse Gallery

Price: Free
The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

This exhibit will highlight ink brush paintings by Tianjin-based Chinese artist Deng Guo Yuan. His work reveals the tradition of Chinese landscape painting and a profound knowledge of modern and international contemporary aesthetics. The film "Deng Guo Yuan" (2010) by French filmmaker Pierre Creton, presented in the Gallery's vault, meticulously documents the creation of one of Deng Guo Yuan's ink paintings in his Tianjin studio. Widely exhibited in China and Europe, this will be the artist's first solo museum exhibition in the United States. The show originated at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Museum (Tianjin, China), and then traveled in modified form to the Samek Art Gallery at Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA), to the Provenance Center (New London, CT), and to its last venue, the Warehouse Gallery, for which Deng Guo Yuan will create additional site-specific works.

Stone Canoe Art Exhibit
XL Projects

Price: Free
XL Projects
307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

Stone Canoe is a journal of arts and ideas from Upstate New York, published annually in January. This exhibit will feature artists included in the new Issue 6.

John Knecht: Deluge and Anima
Urban Video Project

Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Deluge (2010) hand-drawn looping animation
Anima (2011) hand-drawn looping animation

Artist Statement:
Things have been falling in my videos for decades. It was at first formal. Falling things filled the frame and made a complicated cinematic space. The things falling -- wishbones, test tubes, martini glasses, plastic strawberries that looked like a human heart, cement blocks and infected molars -- increasingly became an atmosphere, functioning both as a formal device and a metaphorical space.

There is a drawing in the collection of the Queen, hanging in Buckingham Palace, by Leonardo daVinci which depicts a deluge of raining everyday objects: rakes, funnels, lamps and general debris. The title of the drawing is "A Cloudburst of Material Things." It is graphite on paper and credited to daVinci. It is dated 1500. The drawing is torn in half so only a part of the drawing remains. I have struggled to find out more about the piece and there is virtually nothing written about it, but I am haunted by it. "Deluge" is directly informed by the overwhelmed totality of daVinci's image. What was he thinking?

Don't Feed the Actors Dinner Theater
Don't Feed the Actors

Price: Dinner theater: $20 single; $38 couple. Show only: $10 on day of show if seating available
Fire and Ice Banquet Hall, The Locker Room
528 Hiawatha Blvd., Syracuse

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

Dinner 6:45 pm, show begins at 8:00 pm.

New York State Carmina Burana Sing-Along
Syracuse Opera

Price: $10
Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The sing-along is open to amateurs and professionals. Singers must bring their own scores. They can be purchased from online music sites, including Amazon.

Stephen Meyer, a musicologist at Syracuse University, will present an introduction to composer Carl Orff. The vocal challenges of the piece also will be discussed. Finally, singers will perform the major choral portions of Carmina Burana. Douglas Kinney Frost, Syracuse Opera director of music, will conduct.

Seating is limited. Advance reservations are recommended. To reserve a seat, call Syracuse Opera at 315-476-7372. To buy a ticket online, go to Syracuse Opera's website.

Syracuse Opera will be performing its professional production of Carmina Burana on Feb. 10 and 12 in the Crouse-Hinds Theater.

Isreal Hagan
Steeple Coffeehouse

Price: $10 includes dessert and beverage
United Church of Fayetteville
310 E. Genesee St., Fayetteville

Guitarist/singer

Foundation
Redhouse

Price: $15 regular, $10 members
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

This incredibly talented and inspirational gospel vocal group is headed up by Calvin Carter and includes Terry Miller, Venson Miller, Cary Carter, and Chandler Carter. Part of what makes their sound so special is that theirs is truly a family affair. Brothers Venson and Terry Miller grew up in Utica where their father was a pastor. They are joined by their cousins, Calvin and Gary Carter, whose father was also a pastor. The group shares a passion for the church and its music which makes their performances truly delightful and inspirational.

The group had been entertaining CNY audiences since 2005. They recently released a CD of all original songs featuring the particularly moving tune "Never Alone." Foundation has also taken the stage with national standout gospel groups such as The Mighty Clouds of Joy and The Gospel Four.

The Crystal Method, with Kayo, D'Anconia
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

The Gondoliers
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music
SU Opera Theater
Eric Johnson, director

Price: $10 regular, free with SU student ID
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The Gondoliers (1889) features one of Sir Arthur Sullivan's finest scores and is a perennial favorite among fans of light opera. The plot is a classic example of W.S. Gilbert's "topsy-turvy" style of social satire: two Venetian gondoliers, assumed to be brothers, have just married their sweethearts when it is revealed that one of them, though nobody is quite sure which, is actually the heir to the throne of the island kingdom of Barataria and was married in infancy to the daughter of the penniless Duke of Plaza-Toro. She is, in turn, in love with her father's servant Luiz. The brothers are whisked off to Barataria to rule jointly, and there they institute a "Monarchy based on Republican principles." Just when the plot has become impossibly complicated, the king's surprise identity is revealed, to general rejoicing.

The student cast, featuring senior voice performance major Rachel Boucher as Gianetta, will be joined by music education alumna Shannon Garvey as the Duchess of Plaza-Toro and faculty member Carolyn Weber in the crucial cameo role of Inez. Costumes are by Dorita Reyen and Kerstin Johnson.

The full, all-student orchestra will be conducted by James O. Welsch.

Free parking is available in the Irving Garage; patrons should mention that they are attending the event.

Little Red Riding Hood
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

Price: $5
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

In this interactive version, the children in the audience are invited to come dressed up as fairytale characters, and become the witnesses, jury, and judge at the wolf's trial (for trying to trick Little Red and her Grandmother).

For reservations, phone 315-449-3823.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Windows Project: Elisabeth Meyer: Black Night/White Night
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Window Project features an installation by Elisabeth Meyer consisting of organic forms embroidered onto an organza fabric. The overall patterning evokes an association with ocean waves and a net. The transparent quality of the organza background allows the viewer to see through the piece that is hanging from the ceiling covering the entire window front. The work addresses the issue of displacement through traveling. Meyer, who is based in Ithaca, developed the concept for this exhibition while at a residency in Iceland, traveled to India to oversee the production of the embroidery, and created the work on site in Syracuse.

CNY Scholastic Art Awards Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The Awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer. 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions. 1,000 will win national awards. Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Looking & Looking: Photos by Amy Elkins and Jen Davis
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Jen Davis and Amy Elkins create work that focuses on gaze and identity, with Davis looking at herself and Elkins looking at young male athletes. The images in the exhibition explore the perception of how men and women are supposed to appear in society -- men should be strong and confident, women should be beautiful -- and the crafting of a self-image.

Jen Davis creates self-portraits that deal with issues surrounding beauty, identity, and body image of women, and challenges the perceptions and stereotypes of how women should look in their physical appearances. Amy Elkins depicts the more aggressive, competitive, and violent aspects of male identity in her series Elegant Violence, which captures portraits of young Ivy League rugby athletes moments after their game. Elkins' images explore the balance between athleticism, modes of violence or aggression, and varying degrees of vulnerability within a sport where brutal body contact is fundamental.

Both artists focus on the construction of identity -- the players are astutely aware of how they are presenting themselves while Davis draws attention to her own self-image in a more emotional way. Shown together, the works of Davis and Elkins urge the viewer to consider expectations and perceptions (both societal and individual) of identity.

Dependent Structures
Szozda Gallery

Szozda Gallery
Delavan Center, 501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

A display of works by painters C. J. Hodge III, Tom Townsley, and Stephen Perrone. In their individual pieces for this show, the term "dependent structures" for Hodge refers to subject matter; for Townsley and Perrone, the term refers more to form and materials.

Landmarks of New York
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: Free
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Landmarks of New York is a traveling exhibit of 90 stunning black and white photographs of New York City buildings that have been accorded landmark status by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. The exhibit is curated by Dr. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel, New York City's first director of cultural affairs and acclaimed author of the book that serves as the basis for the exhibit, The Landmarks of New York: An Illustrated Record of the City's Historic Building. In conjunction with the show, Dennis Connors, OHA's Curator of History, selected over 20 contemporary and historic photographs to highlight Onondaga County's own architectural inheritance.

Emilio Sanchez: No Way Home--Images of the Caribbean and New York City
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"No Way Home" features a selection of 24 paintings, watercolors, drawings and prints drawn from the recently acquired collection of work by Cuban-American artist Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999). Best known for his brightly colored, strongly shadowed images of Caribbean and New York City architecture, this exhibition reveals the artist's ongoing interest in repetitive patterns. The show highlights a recent gift to the University Art Collection from the Emilio Sanchez Foundation of over 250 paintings, drawings and prints.

John Knecht: Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $5 suggested donation
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

John Knecht is the featured artist for the Urban Video Project in January and February. In conjunction with the exhibition of "Deluge and Anima" on the Everson's north façade, a series of Knecht's animations, called "Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel," will be on view inside the museum. The Fragments, individual animations displayed on monitors, provide a glimpse into the artist's brilliant imagination, where fantasy collides with vivid colors and quirky sounds.

American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

John Knecht: Deluge and Anima
Urban Video Project

Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Deluge (2010) hand-drawn looping animation
Anima (2011) hand-drawn looping animation

Artist Statement:
Things have been falling in my videos for decades. It was at first formal. Falling things filled the frame and made a complicated cinematic space. The things falling -- wishbones, test tubes, martini glasses, plastic strawberries that looked like a human heart, cement blocks and infected molars -- increasingly became an atmosphere, functioning both as a formal device and a metaphorical space.

There is a drawing in the collection of the Queen, hanging in Buckingham Palace, by Leonardo daVinci which depicts a deluge of raining everyday objects: rakes, funnels, lamps and general debris. The title of the drawing is "A Cloudburst of Material Things." It is graphite on paper and credited to daVinci. It is dated 1500. The drawing is torn in half so only a part of the drawing remains. I have struggled to find out more about the piece and there is virtually nothing written about it, but I am haunted by it. "Deluge" is directly informed by the overwhelmed totality of daVinci's image. What was he thinking?

Performing Arts: A Vehicle for Change and Opportunity
University Neighbors Lecture Series
Featuring Carole Brzozowski

Price: $10 regular, $5 with student ID
Westcott Community Center
Corner of Euclid Ave. and Westcott St., Syracuse

Carole Brzozowski is Syracuse University's Performing Arts Presenter and serves as a senior advisor to Chancellor and President Nancy Cantor in the effort to advance the mission to connect Syracuse University's nationally recognized performing art programs and venues to the world. Before advancing to this position she served as Dean of Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) for the eight years. Brzozowski was raised in Syracuse. She received a bachelor of music degree in voice performance from the Syracuse University Setnor School of Music in 1981. She did her graduate work in higher education administration at SU's School of Education. She serves on the boards of the Cultural Resources Council and Point of Contact (president). Brzozowski continues to perform regionally and internationally, specializing in the sacred literature of the early Baroque and French Romantic and Modern periods.

January JazzFest Fundraiser
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation
Featuring Chris Vadala, Nancy Kelly

Mohegan Manor
58 Oswego St., Baldwinsville

There'll be music--jazz, blues, Latin--on all floors, with an all-star jam starting at 6:00 pm.

Mohegan Manor Club Sushi "Bop Till You Drop"
12:00 pm Jazz Brunch with Julie Falatico & Joe Ferlo
2:15 pm Bill Horrace Trio with Tom Bronzetti and Dave Solazzo
4:00 pm Bill Horrace Trio with Tom Bronzetti and Dave Solazzo
6:00 pm Celebrity Jam Session with Jeff Stockham's Jazz Police

Mohegan Manor 1st Level "Latin Lounge" Bar & Dining Rooms
ALL DAY Wine Tastings and Fine Art Auction
1:00 pm Jazz Specialty Coffee Hour
2:15 pm Grupo Pagan
4:00 pm Grupo Pagan

Mohegan Manor 2nd Level "Blues Banquet Hall"
2:00 pm Syracuse Bluesfest "SOS" Blues Band All-Stars
4:00 pm Syracuse Bluesfest "SOS" Blues Band All-Stars

Mohegan Manor 3rd Level "Big Band" Ballroom
3:30 pm Chris Vadala and Nancy Kelly with the CNY Jazz Orchestra
5:00 pm Chris Vadala and Nancy Kelly with the CNY Jazz Orchestra

ADVANCE reservations
Jazz Brunch: $25 (315-857-0079 or www.moheganmanor.com)
Brunch and Festival: $45 (315-857-0079 or www.moheganmanor.com)
Festival Only: $25 (315-479-JAZZ or www.cnyjazz.org)

DOOR tickets
Jazz Brunch: $30/$25*
Brunch and Festival: $55/$50*
Festival Only: $30/$25*
Student Festival: $15 with valid ID
* with CNY Jazz Club, Club Sushi, J.A.S.S. or WAER Member card

The Jazzuits
Arts @ Assisi

Price: Donations accepted
Assumption Church
812 N. Salina St., Syracuse

Join the Le Moyne College Jazzuits as they perform on the Franciscan Church of the Assumption's Concert Series. For more information, contact Steve Block at scblock@syr.edu.

SU Faculty Perform Chamber Music with Organ
Malmgren Concert Series

Price: Free
Hendricks Chapel
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Although the pipe organ has a large corpus of solo repertoire and is frequently used to accompany choral ensembles, it is not often heard in chamber music, because the placement of the organ often hinders communication between performers. This afternoon's performance by faculty members of Syracuse University's Setnor School of Music will feature Josef Rheinberger's Suite for violin, cello and organ, and rarely heard works for trumpet and organ by Tomaso Albinoni, Fritz Werner, and Allen Vizzutti. Syracuse University Organist Kola Owolabi will be joined by Peter Rovit, violin; Caroline Stinson, cello; and Gabriel DiMartino, trumpet.

Winter Concert
Syracuse Youth Orchestras
James R. Tapia, Muriel Bodley, conductor

Price: $10 regular, $5 children ages 16 and under
Fayetteville-Manlius High School
8201 E. Seneca Tpke., Manlius

The Syracuse Youth Orchestra will perform Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, conducted by James R. Tapia.

The Syracuse Youth String Orchestra will perform Williams' Prelude 49th Parallel; Mozart's Symphony No. 25, K. 183, 1st Movement for String Orchestra; and Bizet's Suite from "L'Arlésienne," Ouverture and Entr'acte, conducted by Muriel Bodley.

The Gondoliers
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music
SU Opera Theater
Eric Johnson, director

Price: $10 regular, free with SU student ID
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The Gondoliers (1889) features one of Sir Arthur Sullivan's finest scores and is a perennial favorite among fans of light opera. The plot is a classic example of W.S. Gilbert's "topsy-turvy" style of social satire: two Venetian gondoliers, assumed to be brothers, have just married their sweethearts when it is revealed that one of them, though nobody is quite sure which, is actually the heir to the throne of the island kingdom of Barataria and was married in infancy to the daughter of the penniless Duke of Plaza-Toro. She is, in turn, in love with her father's servant Luiz. The brothers are whisked off to Barataria to rule jointly, and there they institute a "Monarchy based on Republican principles." Just when the plot has become impossibly complicated, the king's surprise identity is revealed, to general rejoicing.

The student cast, featuring senior voice performance major Rachel Boucher as Gianetta, will be joined by music education alumna Shannon Garvey as the Duchess of Plaza-Toro and faculty member Carolyn Weber in the crucial cameo role of Inez. Costumes are by Dorita Reyen and Kerstin Johnson.

The full, all-student orchestra will be conducted by James O. Welsch.

Free parking is available in the Irving Garage; patrons should mention that they are attending the event.

Monday, January 30, 2012

Windows Project: Elisabeth Meyer: Black Night/White Night
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Window Project features an installation by Elisabeth Meyer consisting of organic forms embroidered onto an organza fabric. The overall patterning evokes an association with ocean waves and a net. The transparent quality of the organza background allows the viewer to see through the piece that is hanging from the ceiling covering the entire window front. The work addresses the issue of displacement through traveling. Meyer, who is based in Ithaca, developed the concept for this exhibition while at a residency in Iceland, traveled to India to oversee the production of the embroidery, and created the work on site in Syracuse.

Gallery Exhibit: Abisay Puentes, Imposibilitatos
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Artist Statement:

In the imagination of all artists lay all transcendent questions that humankind have formulated in their heart and mind. In my artwork there are only a few questions as the center. Why do humans hurt each other? What is the reason for man's evil? Why do men have bad nature?

The only answer I have found is: Because mankind is "IMPOSIBILITATO" (unable, helpless, without means, impossibility in man).

This is a spiritual and physical stage that makes possible an unhappy humanity. This impossibility became the product of man losing the purpose of existence. With this loss we have found pain, agony and disorientation.

In my paintings I try to capture the diverse stages of impossibility. This is why this series has the same theme, feeling and internal message. Between the expressionism and the neo-romanticism I establish a pictorial-sonorous piece of work with its own time and space, making a greater connection with the viewer.

CNY Scholastic Art Awards Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The Awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer. 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions. 1,000 will win national awards. Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Contain/Constrain: Works by Sam Horowitz
Point of Contact Gallery

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

In today's virtual era, when we can communicate at light speed, inhabit cyber realities, and continually discard the "old" in search for "upgrades", one might expect that technology innovation makes us less burdened, less constrained by time and space. By the same token, so many of us are living rushed unthinking lives, desensitized and isolated from anything real. Are we constrained by our own innovations? We work, live and play inside frames, according to Horowitz, and those frames are mobile or immobile, physical, mental or metaphorical.

In this exhibition, the intrusion of familiar objects with uncharacteristic contents invites the viewer to reconsider the forms, functions and limitations of recognizable, re-purposed relics, and pokes fun at our decreasing flexibility, our increasing demands, and the collective loss of craft, localized-innovation and repair. "The trunks, once utilitarian objects used to carry clothing and other personal items, are now filled for the sake of filling. The cardboard, created initially to contain other entities, functions as contents. Though each framing device no longer holds the contents they were created to contain, they contain nonetheless; it is the humor and irony of this relationship that I strive to illustrate thorough my work."

To create this installation, Horowitz began by collecting trunks, cases and boxes. Though most bore a patina of age, use and neglect, he cleaned, fixed, and saved each piece. Horowitz is able to manipulate cardboard to create the designs and patterns he finds within the lines and corrugation so readily offered. "I have drawn each piece through the gauntlet intentionally, irrationally or purely by necessity," states Horowitz. "Thinking over my work, and planning new directions strays into theory, but in practice, I work, live, and act in this moment."

Salon: Strictly Local
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

Price: Free
Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St., Syracuse

The exhibit will feature works by over 50 local artists.

The Power and The Piety: The World of Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibit, curated by History Professor Chris Kyle with Senior Director of Special Collections Sean Quimby, showcases the library's collection of illuminated manuscripts and early printed works, including a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible.

The title "The Power and The Piety," refers to extraordinary influence that secular monarchies and the Church had on the lives of everyday men and women. Richly illustrated late medieval psalters and books of hours exemplify the painstaking attention that the pious paid to their spiritual well-being. But the printing revolution made it possible for new ideas to spread more rapidly. Printed works like Thomas Hobbes' "Leviathan" (1651) signified the increasing power wielded by kings, queens and other secular authorities. As the Protestant Reformation and Scientific Revolution took hold of Europe, the power of the Catholic Church further waned. "The Power and the Piety" includes such important works as the first King James Bible (1611) and a second printing of Copernicus' "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium" (1566), which argued in favor of a heliocentric, or sun-centered, universe.

The exhibition is arranged thematically, highlighting the overarching themes of power and piety, as well as English literature, music, architecture, science and fine bindings.

Westcott Community Gallery Group Show
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Works by Mary McConnell, Molly Susman, Steve Susman, and Kristina Starowitz.

Looking & Looking: Photos by Amy Elkins and Jen Davis
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Jen Davis and Amy Elkins create work that focuses on gaze and identity, with Davis looking at herself and Elkins looking at young male athletes. The images in the exhibition explore the perception of how men and women are supposed to appear in society -- men should be strong and confident, women should be beautiful -- and the crafting of a self-image.

Jen Davis creates self-portraits that deal with issues surrounding beauty, identity, and body image of women, and challenges the perceptions and stereotypes of how women should look in their physical appearances. Amy Elkins depicts the more aggressive, competitive, and violent aspects of male identity in her series Elegant Violence, which captures portraits of young Ivy League rugby athletes moments after their game. Elkins' images explore the balance between athleticism, modes of violence or aggression, and varying degrees of vulnerability within a sport where brutal body contact is fundamental.

Both artists focus on the construction of identity -- the players are astutely aware of how they are presenting themselves while Davis draws attention to her own self-image in a more emotional way. Shown together, the works of Davis and Elkins urge the viewer to consider expectations and perceptions (both societal and individual) of identity.

The Photographer as Child: Memories of Guatemala
La Casita Cultural Center

La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

Born in Guatemala, award-winning photographer Efren Lopez is a student in the Military Photojournalism Program at Syracuse University. He is also an aerial photographer for the U.S. Air Force and the first reservist to be selected to attend Newhouse's Military Photojournalism Program. He now lives in Arizona.

The exhibit features images Lopez captured on a return trip to Guatemala in 2009. "My life began in a bamboo hut at the side of a road in a tiny town named Petaca, Guatemala, in 1966," Lopez writes. "It's a town so small that it is next to impossible to find on most maps of Guatemala, much less Central America."

Lopez has documented real-world situations and the military around the globe and has captured stunning images in Arizona and Guatemala. His work has been featured in various publications, including the book Arizona 24/7, and has been awarded many distinctions, including first place in the Professional Photography category at the 2008 Arizona State Fair, an honorable mention in the pictorial category in the 2009 Military Photographer of the Year competition, and first place in the 2011 Multimedia Team 19th Annual Department of Defense Worldwide Military Photography Workshop.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Windows Project: Elisabeth Meyer: Black Night/White Night
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Window Project features an installation by Elisabeth Meyer consisting of organic forms embroidered onto an organza fabric. The overall patterning evokes an association with ocean waves and a net. The transparent quality of the organza background allows the viewer to see through the piece that is hanging from the ceiling covering the entire window front. The work addresses the issue of displacement through traveling. Meyer, who is based in Ithaca, developed the concept for this exhibition while at a residency in Iceland, traveled to India to oversee the production of the embroidery, and created the work on site in Syracuse.

CNY Scholastic Art Awards Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The Awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer. 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions. 1,000 will win national awards. Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Gallery Exhibit: Abisay Puentes, Imposibilitatos
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Artist Statement:

In the imagination of all artists lay all transcendent questions that humankind have formulated in their heart and mind. In my artwork there are only a few questions as the center. Why do humans hurt each other? What is the reason for man's evil? Why do men have bad nature?

The only answer I have found is: Because mankind is "IMPOSIBILITATO" (unable, helpless, without means, impossibility in man).

This is a spiritual and physical stage that makes possible an unhappy humanity. This impossibility became the product of man losing the purpose of existence. With this loss we have found pain, agony and disorientation.

In my paintings I try to capture the diverse stages of impossibility. This is why this series has the same theme, feeling and internal message. Between the expressionism and the neo-romanticism I establish a pictorial-sonorous piece of work with its own time and space, making a greater connection with the viewer.

"Everything is Illustrated III" and "Talking Wallpaper"
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

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

Gallery A: Everything is Illustrated III, featuring work by Holly DePue, Beth Mand, and Kristen Tryon
Gallery B: Talking Wallpaper, featuring recent work by Miles George and Aaron Lee

Salon: Strictly Local
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

Price: Free
Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St., Syracuse

The exhibit will feature works by over 50 local artists.

The Power and The Piety: The World of Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibit, curated by History Professor Chris Kyle with Senior Director of Special Collections Sean Quimby, showcases the library's collection of illuminated manuscripts and early printed works, including a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible.

The title "The Power and The Piety," refers to extraordinary influence that secular monarchies and the Church had on the lives of everyday men and women. Richly illustrated late medieval psalters and books of hours exemplify the painstaking attention that the pious paid to their spiritual well-being. But the printing revolution made it possible for new ideas to spread more rapidly. Printed works like Thomas Hobbes' "Leviathan" (1651) signified the increasing power wielded by kings, queens and other secular authorities. As the Protestant Reformation and Scientific Revolution took hold of Europe, the power of the Catholic Church further waned. "The Power and the Piety" includes such important works as the first King James Bible (1611) and a second printing of Copernicus' "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium" (1566), which argued in favor of a heliocentric, or sun-centered, universe.

The exhibition is arranged thematically, highlighting the overarching themes of power and piety, as well as English literature, music, architecture, science and fine bindings.

FOR_PLAY
Syracuse University School of Architecture
Featuring James and Hayes Slade

Price: Free
Slocum Hall Gallery
Syracuse University campus, Syracuse

An exhibition of projects by Slade Architecture of New York City designed for or including an element of play.

Westcott Community Gallery Group Show
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Works by Mary McConnell, Molly Susman, Steve Susman, and Kristina Starowitz.

CNY Visions
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Unique views of the Central New York area through the lenses of Herm Card, Richard Emory, Larry Hoyt, and Bill Sullivan. Also showcasing the artglass of Phil Austin and jewelry of Esperanza Tielbaard.

Looking & Looking: Photos by Amy Elkins and Jen Davis
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Jen Davis and Amy Elkins create work that focuses on gaze and identity, with Davis looking at herself and Elkins looking at young male athletes. The images in the exhibition explore the perception of how men and women are supposed to appear in society -- men should be strong and confident, women should be beautiful -- and the crafting of a self-image.

Jen Davis creates self-portraits that deal with issues surrounding beauty, identity, and body image of women, and challenges the perceptions and stereotypes of how women should look in their physical appearances. Amy Elkins depicts the more aggressive, competitive, and violent aspects of male identity in her series Elegant Violence, which captures portraits of young Ivy League rugby athletes moments after their game. Elkins' images explore the balance between athleticism, modes of violence or aggression, and varying degrees of vulnerability within a sport where brutal body contact is fundamental.

Both artists focus on the construction of identity -- the players are astutely aware of how they are presenting themselves while Davis draws attention to her own self-image in a more emotional way. Shown together, the works of Davis and Elkins urge the viewer to consider expectations and perceptions (both societal and individual) of identity.

Emilio Sanchez: No Way Home--Images of the Caribbean and New York City
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"No Way Home" features a selection of 24 paintings, watercolors, drawings and prints drawn from the recently acquired collection of work by Cuban-American artist Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999). Best known for his brightly colored, strongly shadowed images of Caribbean and New York City architecture, this exhibition reveals the artist's ongoing interest in repetitive patterns. The show highlights a recent gift to the University Art Collection from the Emilio Sanchez Foundation of over 250 paintings, drawings and prints.

American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

John Knecht: Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $5 suggested donation
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

John Knecht is the featured artist for the Urban Video Project in January and February. In conjunction with the exhibition of "Deluge and Anima" on the Everson's north façade, a series of Knecht's animations, called "Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel," will be on view inside the museum. The Fragments, individual animations displayed on monitors, provide a glimpse into the artist's brilliant imagination, where fantasy collides with vivid colors and quirky sounds.

The Photographer as Child: Memories of Guatemala
La Casita Cultural Center

La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

Born in Guatemala, award-winning photographer Efren Lopez is a student in the Military Photojournalism Program at Syracuse University. He is also an aerial photographer for the U.S. Air Force and the first reservist to be selected to attend Newhouse's Military Photojournalism Program. He now lives in Arizona.

The exhibit features images Lopez captured on a return trip to Guatemala in 2009. "My life began in a bamboo hut at the side of a road in a tiny town named Petaca, Guatemala, in 1966," Lopez writes. "It's a town so small that it is next to impossible to find on most maps of Guatemala, much less Central America."

Lopez has documented real-world situations and the military around the globe and has captured stunning images in Arizona and Guatemala. His work has been featured in various publications, including the book Arizona 24/7, and has been awarded many distinctions, including first place in the Professional Photography category at the 2008 Arizona State Fair, an honorable mention in the pictorial category in the 2009 Military Photographer of the Year competition, and first place in the 2011 Multimedia Team 19th Annual Department of Defense Worldwide Military Photography Workshop.

Contain/Constrain: Works by Sam Horowitz
Point of Contact Gallery

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

In today's virtual era, when we can communicate at light speed, inhabit cyber realities, and continually discard the "old" in search for "upgrades", one might expect that technology innovation makes us less burdened, less constrained by time and space. By the same token, so many of us are living rushed unthinking lives, desensitized and isolated from anything real. Are we constrained by our own innovations? We work, live and play inside frames, according to Horowitz, and those frames are mobile or immobile, physical, mental or metaphorical.

In this exhibition, the intrusion of familiar objects with uncharacteristic contents invites the viewer to reconsider the forms, functions and limitations of recognizable, re-purposed relics, and pokes fun at our decreasing flexibility, our increasing demands, and the collective loss of craft, localized-innovation and repair. "The trunks, once utilitarian objects used to carry clothing and other personal items, are now filled for the sake of filling. The cardboard, created initially to contain other entities, functions as contents. Though each framing device no longer holds the contents they were created to contain, they contain nonetheless; it is the humor and irony of this relationship that I strive to illustrate thorough my work."

To create this installation, Horowitz began by collecting trunks, cases and boxes. Though most bore a patina of age, use and neglect, he cleaned, fixed, and saved each piece. Horowitz is able to manipulate cardboard to create the designs and patterns he finds within the lines and corrugation so readily offered. "I have drawn each piece through the gauntlet intentionally, irrationally or purely by necessity," states Horowitz. "Thinking over my work, and planning new directions strays into theory, but in practice, I work, live, and act in this moment."

Deng Guo Yuan
The Warehouse Gallery

Price: Free
The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

This exhibit will highlight ink brush paintings by Tianjin-based Chinese artist Deng Guo Yuan. His work reveals the tradition of Chinese landscape painting and a profound knowledge of modern and international contemporary aesthetics. The film "Deng Guo Yuan" (2010) by French filmmaker Pierre Creton, presented in the Gallery's vault, meticulously documents the creation of one of Deng Guo Yuan's ink paintings in his Tianjin studio. Widely exhibited in China and Europe, this will be the artist's first solo museum exhibition in the United States. The show originated at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Museum (Tianjin, China), and then traveled in modified form to the Samek Art Gallery at Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA), to the Provenance Center (New London, CT), and to its last venue, the Warehouse Gallery, for which Deng Guo Yuan will create additional site-specific works.

Six Make One
Echo

745 N. Salina St. (formerly Craft Chemistry)
Syracuse

Installation by six artists: Brendan Rose, Briana Kohlbrenner, Damian Vallelonga, Jeff Walter, Mark Povinelli and Stasya Erickson. From design to construction in under two weeks. The concept of this installation was influenced by an previous installation called "New Formula."

Unsung Heroes Film Series: Throw Down Your Heart
Redhouse

Price: $8 regular, $5 members
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

"Throw Down Your Heart," directed by Sascha Peladino and starring banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck, follows Fleck's journey to Africa to study the history of the banjo and to collaborate with native musicians. Fleck is best known for his work with New Grass Revival and Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. He is considered one of the most innovative and technically proficient banjo players in the world.

This feature documentary follows Bela's musical adventures through four African countries: Uganda, Tanzania, Gambia, and Mali. Along the way, he works with a wide array of musicians—from local villagers who play a twelve-foot xylophone, to a family that makes and plays the akonting (thought by many to be the original banjo), to international superstars such as the Malian diva Oumou Sangare. Throughout his journey, Fleck uses music to transcend any language and cultural barriers to form lasting musical and personal connections. He also creates some of the most important music of his career.

CONtext, CONcept, CONstruct
Syracuse University School of Architecture
Featuring James and Hayes Slade

Price: Free
Slocum Hall Auditorium
Syracuse University campus, Syracuse

James and Hayes Slade, co-founders of New York City's Slade Architecture and spring 2012 visiting critics in the SU School of Architecture, will speak. An opening reception for "FOR_PLAY," an exhibition of projects by Slade Architecture designed for or including an element of play, will immediately follow in Slocum Gallery.

James Slade has a bachelor of arts from Cornell University and a masters of architecture from Columbia University, where he received an Honor Award for Excellence in Design upon graduation. Hayes Slade has bachelor of science and master of engineering degrees in civil/structural engineering from Cornell University, as well as an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business. They co-founded Slade Architecture in 2002, seeking to focus on architecture and design across different scales and program types. As architects and designers, they operate with intrinsic architectural interests: the relationship between the body and space, movement, scale, time, perception, materiality and its intersection with form. Layered on this foundation is an inventive investigation of the specific project context.

They have completed a diverse range of international and domestic projects. Their work has been recognized internationally with more than 200 publications, exhibits and awards. In 2010, they were recognized with an Award for Design Excellence in Public Architecture by the New York City Public Design Commission, a national AIA Small Project Award, a Best of the Year Awards from Interior Design Magazine and multiple Store-of-the-Year awards. Slade Architecture was also one of the Architectural League of New York’s “2010 Emerging Voices.” Their work has been exhibited in the Venice Biennale, the National Building Museum, the Museum of Modern Art (NYC), the German Architecture Museum and many other galleries and institutions in Europe, Asia and the United States.

Rethinking Street Art
Syracuse University School of Art and Design
Featuring G. James Daichendt

Price: Free
Shemin Auditorium, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

G. James Daichendt's presentation will feature a discussion on the phenomenon of more than 50 legal murals along with dozens of gallery and museum shows, blogs and news sites that have taken the Los Angeles art scene by storm in the last two years. While institutionally the commitment to art education has been faltering, it is thriving outside the professionalized field. Based upon interviews with more than 40 members of this art-making community, Daichendt's presentation will highlight what artists and educators can learn from this idealistic and counterintuitive movement. He will also discuss the nuances involved in working in the cross sections of art criticism, art history and art education.

Daichendt is the author of the books "Artist-Teacher: A Philosophy for Creating and Teaching" (Intellect, 2010) and "Artist Scholar: Reflections on Writing and Research" (Intellect, 2011) and is currently working on a third book that focuses on street art in Los Angeles. He is the principal editor of the academic journal Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art and is the arts and culture editor for the magazine Beverly Hills Lifestyle. A regular contributor to a variety of arts journals, including Teaching Artist Journal, Art Education and the International Journal of Art & Design Education, Daichendt also contributes art criticism for Artillery: Killer Text on Art and ArtScene. He holds a doctorate from Columbia University and graduate degrees from Harvard and Boston universities.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Windows Project: Elisabeth Meyer: Black Night/White Night
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Window Project features an installation by Elisabeth Meyer consisting of organic forms embroidered onto an organza fabric. The overall patterning evokes an association with ocean waves and a net. The transparent quality of the organza background allows the viewer to see through the piece that is hanging from the ceiling covering the entire window front. The work addresses the issue of displacement through traveling. Meyer, who is based in Ithaca, developed the concept for this exhibition while at a residency in Iceland, traveled to India to oversee the production of the embroidery, and created the work on site in Syracuse.

CNY Scholastic Art Awards Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The Awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer. 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions. 1,000 will win national awards. Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Gallery Exhibit: Abisay Puentes, Imposibilitatos
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Artist Statement:

In the imagination of all artists lay all transcendent questions that humankind have formulated in their heart and mind. In my artwork there are only a few questions as the center. Why do humans hurt each other? What is the reason for man's evil? Why do men have bad nature?

The only answer I have found is: Because mankind is "IMPOSIBILITATO" (unable, helpless, without means, impossibility in man).

This is a spiritual and physical stage that makes possible an unhappy humanity. This impossibility became the product of man losing the purpose of existence. With this loss we have found pain, agony and disorientation.

In my paintings I try to capture the diverse stages of impossibility. This is why this series has the same theme, feeling and internal message. Between the expressionism and the neo-romanticism I establish a pictorial-sonorous piece of work with its own time and space, making a greater connection with the viewer.

Contain/Constrain: Works by Sam Horowitz
Point of Contact Gallery

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

In today's virtual era, when we can communicate at light speed, inhabit cyber realities, and continually discard the "old" in search for "upgrades", one might expect that technology innovation makes us less burdened, less constrained by time and space. By the same token, so many of us are living rushed unthinking lives, desensitized and isolated from anything real. Are we constrained by our own innovations? We work, live and play inside frames, according to Horowitz, and those frames are mobile or immobile, physical, mental or metaphorical.

In this exhibition, the intrusion of familiar objects with uncharacteristic contents invites the viewer to reconsider the forms, functions and limitations of recognizable, re-purposed relics, and pokes fun at our decreasing flexibility, our increasing demands, and the collective loss of craft, localized-innovation and repair. "The trunks, once utilitarian objects used to carry clothing and other personal items, are now filled for the sake of filling. The cardboard, created initially to contain other entities, functions as contents. Though each framing device no longer holds the contents they were created to contain, they contain nonetheless; it is the humor and irony of this relationship that I strive to illustrate thorough my work."

To create this installation, Horowitz began by collecting trunks, cases and boxes. Though most bore a patina of age, use and neglect, he cleaned, fixed, and saved each piece. Horowitz is able to manipulate cardboard to create the designs and patterns he finds within the lines and corrugation so readily offered. "I have drawn each piece through the gauntlet intentionally, irrationally or purely by necessity," states Horowitz. "Thinking over my work, and planning new directions strays into theory, but in practice, I work, live, and act in this moment."

"Everything is Illustrated III" and "Talking Wallpaper"
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

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

Gallery A: Everything is Illustrated III, featuring work by Holly DePue, Beth Mand, and Kristen Tryon
Gallery B: Talking Wallpaper, featuring recent work by Miles George and Aaron Lee

Salon: Strictly Local
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

Price: Free
Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St., Syracuse

The exhibit will feature works by over 50 local artists.

The Power and The Piety: The World of Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibit, curated by History Professor Chris Kyle with Senior Director of Special Collections Sean Quimby, showcases the library's collection of illuminated manuscripts and early printed works, including a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible.

The title "The Power and The Piety," refers to extraordinary influence that secular monarchies and the Church had on the lives of everyday men and women. Richly illustrated late medieval psalters and books of hours exemplify the painstaking attention that the pious paid to their spiritual well-being. But the printing revolution made it possible for new ideas to spread more rapidly. Printed works like Thomas Hobbes' "Leviathan" (1651) signified the increasing power wielded by kings, queens and other secular authorities. As the Protestant Reformation and Scientific Revolution took hold of Europe, the power of the Catholic Church further waned. "The Power and the Piety" includes such important works as the first King James Bible (1611) and a second printing of Copernicus' "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium" (1566), which argued in favor of a heliocentric, or sun-centered, universe.

The exhibition is arranged thematically, highlighting the overarching themes of power and piety, as well as English literature, music, architecture, science and fine bindings.

FOR_PLAY
Syracuse University School of Architecture
Featuring James and Hayes Slade

Price: Free
Slocum Hall Gallery
Syracuse University campus, Syracuse

An exhibition of projects by Slade Architecture of New York City designed for or including an element of play.

Westcott Community Gallery Group Show
Westcott Community Art Gallery

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

Works by Mary McConnell, Molly Susman, Steve Susman, and Kristina Starowitz.

CNY Visions
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Unique views of the Central New York area through the lenses of Herm Card, Richard Emory, Larry Hoyt, and Bill Sullivan. Also showcasing the artglass of Phil Austin and jewelry of Esperanza Tielbaard.

Looking & Looking: Photos by Amy Elkins and Jen Davis
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Jen Davis and Amy Elkins create work that focuses on gaze and identity, with Davis looking at herself and Elkins looking at young male athletes. The images in the exhibition explore the perception of how men and women are supposed to appear in society -- men should be strong and confident, women should be beautiful -- and the crafting of a self-image.

Jen Davis creates self-portraits that deal with issues surrounding beauty, identity, and body image of women, and challenges the perceptions and stereotypes of how women should look in their physical appearances. Amy Elkins depicts the more aggressive, competitive, and violent aspects of male identity in her series Elegant Violence, which captures portraits of young Ivy League rugby athletes moments after their game. Elkins' images explore the balance between athleticism, modes of violence or aggression, and varying degrees of vulnerability within a sport where brutal body contact is fundamental.

Both artists focus on the construction of identity -- the players are astutely aware of how they are presenting themselves while Davis draws attention to her own self-image in a more emotional way. Shown together, the works of Davis and Elkins urge the viewer to consider expectations and perceptions (both societal and individual) of identity.

Dependent Structures
Szozda Gallery

Szozda Gallery
Delavan Center, 501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

A display of works by painters C. J. Hodge III, Tom Townsley, and Stephen Perrone. In their individual pieces for this show, the term "dependent structures" for Hodge refers to subject matter; for Townsley and Perrone, the term refers more to form and materials.

Emilio Sanchez: No Way Home--Images of the Caribbean and New York City
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"No Way Home" features a selection of 24 paintings, watercolors, drawings and prints drawn from the recently acquired collection of work by Cuban-American artist Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999). Best known for his brightly colored, strongly shadowed images of Caribbean and New York City architecture, this exhibition reveals the artist's ongoing interest in repetitive patterns. The show highlights a recent gift to the University Art Collection from the Emilio Sanchez Foundation of over 250 paintings, drawings and prints.

American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

John Knecht: Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $5 suggested donation
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

John Knecht is the featured artist for the Urban Video Project in January and February. In conjunction with the exhibition of "Deluge and Anima" on the Everson's north façade, a series of Knecht's animations, called "Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel," will be on view inside the museum. The Fragments, individual animations displayed on monitors, provide a glimpse into the artist's brilliant imagination, where fantasy collides with vivid colors and quirky sounds.

The Photographer as Child: Memories of Guatemala
La Casita Cultural Center

La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

Born in Guatemala, award-winning photographer Efren Lopez is a student in the Military Photojournalism Program at Syracuse University. He is also an aerial photographer for the U.S. Air Force and the first reservist to be selected to attend Newhouse's Military Photojournalism Program. He now lives in Arizona.

The exhibit features images Lopez captured on a return trip to Guatemala in 2009. "My life began in a bamboo hut at the side of a road in a tiny town named Petaca, Guatemala, in 1966," Lopez writes. "It's a town so small that it is next to impossible to find on most maps of Guatemala, much less Central America."

Lopez has documented real-world situations and the military around the globe and has captured stunning images in Arizona and Guatemala. His work has been featured in various publications, including the book Arizona 24/7, and has been awarded many distinctions, including first place in the Professional Photography category at the 2008 Arizona State Fair, an honorable mention in the pictorial category in the 2009 Military Photographer of the Year competition, and first place in the 2011 Multimedia Team 19th Annual Department of Defense Worldwide Military Photography Workshop.

Deng Guo Yuan
The Warehouse Gallery

Price: Free
The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

This exhibit will highlight ink brush paintings by Tianjin-based Chinese artist Deng Guo Yuan. His work reveals the tradition of Chinese landscape painting and a profound knowledge of modern and international contemporary aesthetics. The film "Deng Guo Yuan" (2010) by French filmmaker Pierre Creton, presented in the Gallery's vault, meticulously documents the creation of one of Deng Guo Yuan's ink paintings in his Tianjin studio. Widely exhibited in China and Europe, this will be the artist's first solo museum exhibition in the United States. The show originated at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Museum (Tianjin, China), and then traveled in modified form to the Samek Art Gallery at Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA), to the Provenance Center (New London, CT), and to its last venue, the Warehouse Gallery, for which Deng Guo Yuan will create additional site-specific works.

Stone Canoe Art Exhibit
XL Projects

Price: Free
XL Projects
307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

Stone Canoe is a journal of arts and ideas from Upstate New York, published annually in January. This exhibit will feature artists included in the new Issue 6.

Six Make One
Echo

745 N. Salina St. (formerly Craft Chemistry)
Syracuse

Installation by six artists: Brendan Rose, Briana Kohlbrenner, Damian Vallelonga, Jeff Walter, Mark Povinelli and Stasya Erickson. From design to construction in under two weeks. The concept of this installation was influenced by an previous installation called "New Formula."

Wednesday Film Series: La Jetee
Syracuse University School of Architecture

Price: Free
Slocum Hall Auditorium
Syracuse University campus, Syracuse

Chris Marker, 1962, 28 minutes

Gerald Zampino, clarinet; Gregory Wood, cello; Maryna Mazhukhova, piano
Civic Morning Musicals

Price: Free
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Long-time favorites perform works by Brahms and Phyllis Tate.

Parking available in the OnCenter Garage: maximum $2.50 with CMM stamped ticket.

Jimkata, with Steep, Phantom Chemistry
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Rivka Galchen
Raymond Carver Reading Series

Price: Free
Gifford Auditorium, Huntington Beard Crouse Hall
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Novelist Rivka Galchen, the Creative Writing Program's Visiting Writer in Residence, is the author of the critically acclaimed Atmospheric Disturbances: A Novel (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2008).

The reading will be preceded by a question and answer session from 3:45-4:30 p.m. Parking is available in Syracuse University's paid lots. For more information, phone 315-443-2174.

Preview: Caroline, or Change
Syracuse Stage
Marcela Lorca, director

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

The acclaimed musical event blending blues, gospel and traditional Jewish melodies, with book and lyrics by Tony Kushner (Angels in America) and music by Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie and Shrek: The Musical).

An eight-year-old boy named Noah Gellman struggles with the loss of his mother and the arrival of a new stepmother. One constant in his life are the small daily rituals he shares with Caroline, the family's African-American maid. The year is 1963—civil rights and Kennedy—and in the Gellman household in Lake Charles, Louisiana, change is coming for everyone, in big ways and small. Two powerhouses of the American theatre, playwright Tony Kushner and composer Jeanine Tesori, join forces on a musical of startling creativity and refreshing originality (don't be surprised when the washing machine starts to sing). Acclaimed on Broadway and winner of London's prestigious Olivier Award for Best New Musical, with a score ranging from blues to gospel to traditional Jewish melodies, Caroline, or Change proves playwright Kushner's point that "music is a blessing that enters the soul through the ear."

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Windows Project: Elisabeth Meyer: Black Night/White Night
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Window Project features an installation by Elisabeth Meyer consisting of organic forms embroidered onto an organza fabric. The overall patterning evokes an association with ocean waves and a net. The transparent quality of the organza background allows the viewer to see through the piece that is hanging from the ceiling covering the entire window front. The work addresses the issue of displacement through traveling. Meyer, who is based in Ithaca, developed the concept for this exhibition while at a residency in Iceland, traveled to India to oversee the production of the embroidery, and created the work on site in Syracuse.

Gallery Exhibit: Abisay Puentes, Imposibilitatos
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Artist Statement:

In the imagination of all artists lay all transcendent questions that humankind have formulated in their heart and mind. In my artwork there are only a few questions as the center. Why do humans hurt each other? What is the reason for man's evil? Why do men have bad nature?

The only answer I have found is: Because mankind is "IMPOSIBILITATO" (unable, helpless, without means, impossibility in man).

This is a spiritual and physical stage that makes possible an unhappy humanity. This impossibility became the product of man losing the purpose of existence. With this loss we have found pain, agony and disorientation.

In my paintings I try to capture the diverse stages of impossibility. This is why this series has the same theme, feeling and internal message. Between the expressionism and the neo-romanticism I establish a pictorial-sonorous piece of work with its own time and space, making a greater connection with the viewer.

CNY Scholastic Art Awards Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The Awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer. 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions. 1,000 will win national awards. Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

"Everything is Illustrated III" and "Talking Wallpaper"
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

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

Gallery A: Everything is Illustrated III, featuring work by Holly DePue, Beth Mand, and Kristen Tryon
Gallery B: Talking Wallpaper, featuring recent work by Miles George and Aaron Lee

Salon: Strictly Local
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

Price: Free
Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St., Syracuse

The exhibit will feature works by over 50 local artists.

The Power and The Piety: The World of Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibit, curated by History Professor Chris Kyle with Senior Director of Special Collections Sean Quimby, showcases the library's collection of illuminated manuscripts and early printed works, including a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible.

The title "The Power and The Piety," refers to extraordinary influence that secular monarchies and the Church had on the lives of everyday men and women. Richly illustrated late medieval psalters and books of hours exemplify the painstaking attention that the pious paid to their spiritual well-being. But the printing revolution made it possible for new ideas to spread more rapidly. Printed works like Thomas Hobbes' "Leviathan" (1651) signified the increasing power wielded by kings, queens and other secular authorities. As the Protestant Reformation and Scientific Revolution took hold of Europe, the power of the Catholic Church further waned. "The Power and the Piety" includes such important works as the first King James Bible (1611) and a second printing of Copernicus' "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium" (1566), which argued in favor of a heliocentric, or sun-centered, universe.

The exhibition is arranged thematically, highlighting the overarching themes of power and piety, as well as English literature, music, architecture, science and fine bindings.

FOR_PLAY
Syracuse University School of Architecture
Featuring James and Hayes Slade

Price: Free
Slocum Hall Gallery
Syracuse University campus, Syracuse

An exhibition of projects by Slade Architecture of New York City designed for or including an element of play.

CNY Visions
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Unique views of the Central New York area through the lenses of Herm Card, Richard Emory, Larry Hoyt, and Bill Sullivan. Also showcasing the artglass of Phil Austin and jewelry of Esperanza Tielbaard.

Looking & Looking: Photos by Amy Elkins and Jen Davis
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Jen Davis and Amy Elkins create work that focuses on gaze and identity, with Davis looking at herself and Elkins looking at young male athletes. The images in the exhibition explore the perception of how men and women are supposed to appear in society -- men should be strong and confident, women should be beautiful -- and the crafting of a self-image.

Jen Davis creates self-portraits that deal with issues surrounding beauty, identity, and body image of women, and challenges the perceptions and stereotypes of how women should look in their physical appearances. Amy Elkins depicts the more aggressive, competitive, and violent aspects of male identity in her series Elegant Violence, which captures portraits of young Ivy League rugby athletes moments after their game. Elkins' images explore the balance between athleticism, modes of violence or aggression, and varying degrees of vulnerability within a sport where brutal body contact is fundamental.

Both artists focus on the construction of identity -- the players are astutely aware of how they are presenting themselves while Davis draws attention to her own self-image in a more emotional way. Shown together, the works of Davis and Elkins urge the viewer to consider expectations and perceptions (both societal and individual) of identity.

Dependent Structures
Szozda Gallery

Szozda Gallery
Delavan Center, 501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

A display of works by painters C. J. Hodge III, Tom Townsley, and Stephen Perrone. In their individual pieces for this show, the term "dependent structures" for Hodge refers to subject matter; for Townsley and Perrone, the term refers more to form and materials.

Emilio Sanchez: No Way Home--Images of the Caribbean and New York City
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"No Way Home" features a selection of 24 paintings, watercolors, drawings and prints drawn from the recently acquired collection of work by Cuban-American artist Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999). Best known for his brightly colored, strongly shadowed images of Caribbean and New York City architecture, this exhibition reveals the artist's ongoing interest in repetitive patterns. The show highlights a recent gift to the University Art Collection from the Emilio Sanchez Foundation of over 250 paintings, drawings and prints.

Pressing Print: Contemporary Prints and Process from Universal Limited Art Editions
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

There will be an opening reception this evening 5:00-7:00 pm.

"Pressing Print: Contemporary Prints and Process from Universal Limited Art Editions" chronicles the recent decade of artwork published by one of the most renowned American printmaking workshops. The exhibition of 60 works illustrates the impact that artists like Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Helen Frankenthaler and Kiki Smith have had on contemporary art, evident through the work of artists Jason Middelbrook, Amy Cutler and Jane Hammond. The show also illustrates how emerging artists recently selected to work with ULAE has influenced the current trend, in both process and concept.

Weekend and evening visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces are not available, the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

John Knecht: Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $5 suggested donation
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

John Knecht is the featured artist for the Urban Video Project in January and February. In conjunction with the exhibition of "Deluge and Anima" on the Everson's north façade, a series of Knecht's animations, called "Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel," will be on view inside the museum. The Fragments, individual animations displayed on monitors, provide a glimpse into the artist's brilliant imagination, where fantasy collides with vivid colors and quirky sounds.

The Photographer as Child: Memories of Guatemala
La Casita Cultural Center

La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

Born in Guatemala, award-winning photographer Efren Lopez is a student in the Military Photojournalism Program at Syracuse University. He is also an aerial photographer for the U.S. Air Force and the first reservist to be selected to attend Newhouse's Military Photojournalism Program. He now lives in Arizona.

The exhibit features images Lopez captured on a return trip to Guatemala in 2009. "My life began in a bamboo hut at the side of a road in a tiny town named Petaca, Guatemala, in 1966," Lopez writes. "It's a town so small that it is next to impossible to find on most maps of Guatemala, much less Central America."

Lopez has documented real-world situations and the military around the globe and has captured stunning images in Arizona and Guatemala. His work has been featured in various publications, including the book Arizona 24/7, and has been awarded many distinctions, including first place in the Professional Photography category at the 2008 Arizona State Fair, an honorable mention in the pictorial category in the 2009 Military Photographer of the Year competition, and first place in the 2011 Multimedia Team 19th Annual Department of Defense Worldwide Military Photography Workshop.

Contain/Constrain: Works by Sam Horowitz
Point of Contact Gallery

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

In today's virtual era, when we can communicate at light speed, inhabit cyber realities, and continually discard the "old" in search for "upgrades", one might expect that technology innovation makes us less burdened, less constrained by time and space. By the same token, so many of us are living rushed unthinking lives, desensitized and isolated from anything real. Are we constrained by our own innovations? We work, live and play inside frames, according to Horowitz, and those frames are mobile or immobile, physical, mental or metaphorical.

In this exhibition, the intrusion of familiar objects with uncharacteristic contents invites the viewer to reconsider the forms, functions and limitations of recognizable, re-purposed relics, and pokes fun at our decreasing flexibility, our increasing demands, and the collective loss of craft, localized-innovation and repair. "The trunks, once utilitarian objects used to carry clothing and other personal items, are now filled for the sake of filling. The cardboard, created initially to contain other entities, functions as contents. Though each framing device no longer holds the contents they were created to contain, they contain nonetheless; it is the humor and irony of this relationship that I strive to illustrate thorough my work."

To create this installation, Horowitz began by collecting trunks, cases and boxes. Though most bore a patina of age, use and neglect, he cleaned, fixed, and saved each piece. Horowitz is able to manipulate cardboard to create the designs and patterns he finds within the lines and corrugation so readily offered. "I have drawn each piece through the gauntlet intentionally, irrationally or purely by necessity," states Horowitz. "Thinking over my work, and planning new directions strays into theory, but in practice, I work, live, and act in this moment."

Deng Guo Yuan
The Warehouse Gallery

Price: Free
The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

This exhibit will highlight ink brush paintings by Tianjin-based Chinese artist Deng Guo Yuan. His work reveals the tradition of Chinese landscape painting and a profound knowledge of modern and international contemporary aesthetics. The film "Deng Guo Yuan" (2010) by French filmmaker Pierre Creton, presented in the Gallery's vault, meticulously documents the creation of one of Deng Guo Yuan's ink paintings in his Tianjin studio. Widely exhibited in China and Europe, this will be the artist's first solo museum exhibition in the United States. The show originated at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Museum (Tianjin, China), and then traveled in modified form to the Samek Art Gallery at Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA), to the Provenance Center (New London, CT), and to its last venue, the Warehouse Gallery, for which Deng Guo Yuan will create additional site-specific works.

Stone Canoe Art Exhibit
XL Projects

Price: Free
XL Projects
307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

Stone Canoe is a journal of arts and ideas from Upstate New York, published annually in January. This exhibit will feature artists included in the new Issue 6.

Six Make One
Echo

745 N. Salina St. (formerly Craft Chemistry)
Syracuse

Installation by six artists: Brendan Rose, Briana Kohlbrenner, Damian Vallelonga, Jeff Walter, Mark Povinelli and Stasya Erickson. From design to construction in under two weeks. The concept of this installation was influenced by an previous installation called "New Formula."

John Knecht: Deluge and Anima
Urban Video Project

Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Deluge (2010) hand-drawn looping animation
Anima (2011) hand-drawn looping animation

Artist Statement:
Things have been falling in my videos for decades. It was at first formal. Falling things filled the frame and made a complicated cinematic space. The things falling -- wishbones, test tubes, martini glasses, plastic strawberries that looked like a human heart, cement blocks and infected molars -- increasingly became an atmosphere, functioning both as a formal device and a metaphorical space.

There is a drawing in the collection of the Queen, hanging in Buckingham Palace, by Leonardo daVinci which depicts a deluge of raining everyday objects: rakes, funnels, lamps and general debris. The title of the drawing is "A Cloudburst of Material Things." It is graphite on paper and credited to daVinci. It is dated 1500. The drawing is torn in half so only a part of the drawing remains. I have struggled to find out more about the piece and there is virtually nothing written about it, but I am haunted by it. "Deluge" is directly informed by the overwhelmed totality of daVinci's image. What was he thinking?

Gallery Talk: Andrew Saluti, curator
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Bill Horrace Trio with jazz vocalists

Price: No cover charge
Sutton Pavillion, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Students from Syracuse University's Department of Drama join the Bill Horrace Trio (Bill Horrace, bass; Dave Solazzo, piano; Tom Bronzetti, guitar) in jazz standards

Bill Horrace Trio with jazz vocalists

Price: No cover charge
Phoebe's Garden Cafe
900 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Students from Syracuse University's Department of Drama join the Bill Horrace Trio (Bill Horrace, bass; Dave Solazzo, piano; Tom Bronzetti, guitar) in jazz standards

Florence of Moravia
Acme Mystery Company

Price: $32.50 (includes meal, show, tax and gratuities)
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

It's 1927 and local radio personality Nevelle Haspin invites you to the broadcast of a gala reception for silent film diva Lorraine Bowes who is making a film portraying notorious WWI spy Florence Goode a.k.a. Hata Mahma. Joining Lorraine will be her leading man, if he's sober, Roland DeHay and Lorraine's agent, Harold "Hawk" Toohey. Arriving without an invitation is nationally syndicated gossip columninst Helena Handbasquet. Be careful. These celebrities autograph with poisoned pens.

Preview: Caroline, or Change
Syracuse Stage
Marcela Lorca, director

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

The acclaimed musical event blending blues, gospel and traditional Jewish melodies, with book and lyrics by Tony Kushner (Angels in America) and music by Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie and Shrek: The Musical).

An eight-year-old boy named Noah Gellman struggles with the loss of his mother and the arrival of a new stepmother. One constant in his life are the small daily rituals he shares with Caroline, the family's African-American maid. The year is 1963—civil rights and Kennedy—and in the Gellman household in Lake Charles, Louisiana, change is coming for everyone, in big ways and small. Two powerhouses of the American theatre, playwright Tony Kushner and composer Jeanine Tesori, join forces on a musical of startling creativity and refreshing originality (don't be surprised when the washing machine starts to sing). Acclaimed on Broadway and winner of London's prestigious Olivier Award for Best New Musical, with a score ranging from blues to gospel to traditional Jewish melodies, Caroline, or Change proves playwright Kushner's point that "music is a blessing that enters the soul through the ear."

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Friday, February 3, 2012

Windows Project: Elisabeth Meyer: Black Night/White Night
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Window Project features an installation by Elisabeth Meyer consisting of organic forms embroidered onto an organza fabric. The overall patterning evokes an association with ocean waves and a net. The transparent quality of the organza background allows the viewer to see through the piece that is hanging from the ceiling covering the entire window front. The work addresses the issue of displacement through traveling. Meyer, who is based in Ithaca, developed the concept for this exhibition while at a residency in Iceland, traveled to India to oversee the production of the embroidery, and created the work on site in Syracuse.

Gallery Exhibit: Abisay Puentes, Imposibilitatos
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Ann Felton Multicultural Center and Gallery
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Artist Statement:

In the imagination of all artists lay all transcendent questions that humankind have formulated in their heart and mind. In my artwork there are only a few questions as the center. Why do humans hurt each other? What is the reason for man's evil? Why do men have bad nature?

The only answer I have found is: Because mankind is "IMPOSIBILITATO" (unable, helpless, without means, impossibility in man).

This is a spiritual and physical stage that makes possible an unhappy humanity. This impossibility became the product of man losing the purpose of existence. With this loss we have found pain, agony and disorientation.

In my paintings I try to capture the diverse stages of impossibility. This is why this series has the same theme, feeling and internal message. Between the expressionism and the neo-romanticism I establish a pictorial-sonorous piece of work with its own time and space, making a greater connection with the viewer.

CNY Scholastic Art Awards Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The Awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer. 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions. 1,000 will win national awards. Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

Contain/Constrain: Works by Sam Horowitz
Point of Contact Gallery

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

In today's virtual era, when we can communicate at light speed, inhabit cyber realities, and continually discard the "old" in search for "upgrades", one might expect that technology innovation makes us less burdened, less constrained by time and space. By the same token, so many of us are living rushed unthinking lives, desensitized and isolated from anything real. Are we constrained by our own innovations? We work, live and play inside frames, according to Horowitz, and those frames are mobile or immobile, physical, mental or metaphorical.

In this exhibition, the intrusion of familiar objects with uncharacteristic contents invites the viewer to reconsider the forms, functions and limitations of recognizable, re-purposed relics, and pokes fun at our decreasing flexibility, our increasing demands, and the collective loss of craft, localized-innovation and repair. "The trunks, once utilitarian objects used to carry clothing and other personal items, are now filled for the sake of filling. The cardboard, created initially to contain other entities, functions as contents. Though each framing device no longer holds the contents they were created to contain, they contain nonetheless; it is the humor and irony of this relationship that I strive to illustrate thorough my work."

To create this installation, Horowitz began by collecting trunks, cases and boxes. Though most bore a patina of age, use and neglect, he cleaned, fixed, and saved each piece. Horowitz is able to manipulate cardboard to create the designs and patterns he finds within the lines and corrugation so readily offered. "I have drawn each piece through the gauntlet intentionally, irrationally or purely by necessity," states Horowitz. "Thinking over my work, and planning new directions strays into theory, but in practice, I work, live, and act in this moment."

"Everything is Illustrated III" and "Talking Wallpaper"
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

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

Gallery A: Everything is Illustrated III, featuring work by Holly DePue, Beth Mand, and Kristen Tryon
Gallery B: Talking Wallpaper, featuring recent work by Miles George and Aaron Lee

Salon: Strictly Local
Syracuse Technology Garden Gallery

Price: Free
Syracuse Technology Garden
235 Harrison St., Syracuse

The exhibit will feature works by over 50 local artists.

The Power and The Piety: The World of Medieval and Renaissance Europe
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

Price: Free
Bird Library, 6th Floor
Syracuse University, Syracuse

This exhibit, curated by History Professor Chris Kyle with Senior Director of Special Collections Sean Quimby, showcases the library's collection of illuminated manuscripts and early printed works, including a leaf from the Gutenberg Bible.

The title "The Power and The Piety," refers to extraordinary influence that secular monarchies and the Church had on the lives of everyday men and women. Richly illustrated late medieval psalters and books of hours exemplify the painstaking attention that the pious paid to their spiritual well-being. But the printing revolution made it possible for new ideas to spread more rapidly. Printed works like Thomas Hobbes' "Leviathan" (1651) signified the increasing power wielded by kings, queens and other secular authorities. As the Protestant Reformation and Scientific Revolution took hold of Europe, the power of the Catholic Church further waned. "The Power and the Piety" includes such important works as the first King James Bible (1611) and a second printing of Copernicus' "De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium" (1566), which argued in favor of a heliocentric, or sun-centered, universe.

The exhibition is arranged thematically, highlighting the overarching themes of power and piety, as well as English literature, music, architecture, science and fine bindings.

FOR_PLAY
Syracuse University School of Architecture
Featuring James and Hayes Slade

Price: Free
Slocum Hall Gallery
Syracuse University campus, Syracuse

An exhibition of projects by Slade Architecture of New York City designed for or including an element of play.

CNY Visions
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Unique views of the Central New York area through the lenses of Herm Card, Richard Emory, Larry Hoyt, and Bill Sullivan. Also showcasing the artglass of Phil Austin and jewelry of Esperanza Tielbaard.

Looking & Looking: Photos by Amy Elkins and Jen Davis
Light Work Gallery

Price: Free
Light Work Gallery
316 Waverly Ave., Syracuse University, Syracuse

Jen Davis and Amy Elkins create work that focuses on gaze and identity, with Davis looking at herself and Elkins looking at young male athletes. The images in the exhibition explore the perception of how men and women are supposed to appear in society -- men should be strong and confident, women should be beautiful -- and the crafting of a self-image.

Jen Davis creates self-portraits that deal with issues surrounding beauty, identity, and body image of women, and challenges the perceptions and stereotypes of how women should look in their physical appearances. Amy Elkins depicts the more aggressive, competitive, and violent aspects of male identity in her series Elegant Violence, which captures portraits of young Ivy League rugby athletes moments after their game. Elkins' images explore the balance between athleticism, modes of violence or aggression, and varying degrees of vulnerability within a sport where brutal body contact is fundamental.

Both artists focus on the construction of identity -- the players are astutely aware of how they are presenting themselves while Davis draws attention to her own self-image in a more emotional way. Shown together, the works of Davis and Elkins urge the viewer to consider expectations and perceptions (both societal and individual) of identity.

Dependent Structures
Szozda Gallery

Szozda Gallery
Delavan Center, 501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

A display of works by painters C. J. Hodge III, Tom Townsley, and Stephen Perrone. In their individual pieces for this show, the term "dependent structures" for Hodge refers to subject matter; for Townsley and Perrone, the term refers more to form and materials.

Pressing Print: Contemporary Prints and Process from Universal Limited Art Editions
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Pressing Print: Contemporary Prints and Process from Universal Limited Art Editions" chronicles the recent decade of artwork published by one of the most renowned American printmaking workshops. The exhibition of 60 works illustrates the impact that artists like Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Helen Frankenthaler and Kiki Smith have had on contemporary art, evident through the work of artists Jason Middelbrook, Amy Cutler and Jane Hammond. The show also illustrates how emerging artists recently selected to work with ULAE has influenced the current trend, in both process and concept.

Weekend and evening visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces are not available, the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

Emilio Sanchez: No Way Home--Images of the Caribbean and New York City
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"No Way Home" features a selection of 24 paintings, watercolors, drawings and prints drawn from the recently acquired collection of work by Cuban-American artist Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999). Best known for his brightly colored, strongly shadowed images of Caribbean and New York City architecture, this exhibition reveals the artist's ongoing interest in repetitive patterns. The show highlights a recent gift to the University Art Collection from the Emilio Sanchez Foundation of over 250 paintings, drawings and prints.

American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

John Knecht: Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $5 suggested donation
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

John Knecht is the featured artist for the Urban Video Project in January and February. In conjunction with the exhibition of "Deluge and Anima" on the Everson's north façade, a series of Knecht's animations, called "Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel," will be on view inside the museum. The Fragments, individual animations displayed on monitors, provide a glimpse into the artist's brilliant imagination, where fantasy collides with vivid colors and quirky sounds.

The Photographer as Child: Memories of Guatemala
La Casita Cultural Center

La Casita Cultural Center
109 Otisco St., Syracuse

Born in Guatemala, award-winning photographer Efren Lopez is a student in the Military Photojournalism Program at Syracuse University. He is also an aerial photographer for the U.S. Air Force and the first reservist to be selected to attend Newhouse's Military Photojournalism Program. He now lives in Arizona.

The exhibit features images Lopez captured on a return trip to Guatemala in 2009. "My life began in a bamboo hut at the side of a road in a tiny town named Petaca, Guatemala, in 1966," Lopez writes. "It's a town so small that it is next to impossible to find on most maps of Guatemala, much less Central America."

Lopez has documented real-world situations and the military around the globe and has captured stunning images in Arizona and Guatemala. His work has been featured in various publications, including the book Arizona 24/7, and has been awarded many distinctions, including first place in the Professional Photography category at the 2008 Arizona State Fair, an honorable mention in the pictorial category in the 2009 Military Photographer of the Year competition, and first place in the 2011 Multimedia Team 19th Annual Department of Defense Worldwide Military Photography Workshop.

Deng Guo Yuan
The Warehouse Gallery

Price: Free
The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

This exhibit will highlight ink brush paintings by Tianjin-based Chinese artist Deng Guo Yuan. His work reveals the tradition of Chinese landscape painting and a profound knowledge of modern and international contemporary aesthetics. The film "Deng Guo Yuan" (2010) by French filmmaker Pierre Creton, presented in the Gallery's vault, meticulously documents the creation of one of Deng Guo Yuan's ink paintings in his Tianjin studio. Widely exhibited in China and Europe, this will be the artist's first solo museum exhibition in the United States. The show originated at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Museum (Tianjin, China), and then traveled in modified form to the Samek Art Gallery at Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA), to the Provenance Center (New London, CT), and to its last venue, the Warehouse Gallery, for which Deng Guo Yuan will create additional site-specific works.

Stone Canoe Art Exhibit
XL Projects

Price: Free
XL Projects
307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

Stone Canoe is a journal of arts and ideas from Upstate New York, published annually in January. This exhibit will feature artists included in the new Issue 6.

Six Make One
Echo

745 N. Salina St. (formerly Craft Chemistry)
Syracuse

Installation by six artists: Brendan Rose, Briana Kohlbrenner, Damian Vallelonga, Jeff Walter, Mark Povinelli and Stasya Erickson. From design to construction in under two weeks. The concept of this installation was influenced by an previous installation called "New Formula."

John Knecht: Deluge and Anima
Urban Video Project

Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Deluge (2010) hand-drawn looping animation
Anima (2011) hand-drawn looping animation

Artist Statement:
Things have been falling in my videos for decades. It was at first formal. Falling things filled the frame and made a complicated cinematic space. The things falling -- wishbones, test tubes, martini glasses, plastic strawberries that looked like a human heart, cement blocks and infected molars -- increasingly became an atmosphere, functioning both as a formal device and a metaphorical space.

There is a drawing in the collection of the Queen, hanging in Buckingham Palace, by Leonardo daVinci which depicts a deluge of raining everyday objects: rakes, funnels, lamps and general debris. The title of the drawing is "A Cloudburst of Material Things." It is graphite on paper and credited to daVinci. It is dated 1500. The drawing is torn in half so only a part of the drawing remains. I have struggled to find out more about the piece and there is virtually nothing written about it, but I am haunted by it. "Deluge" is directly informed by the overwhelmed totality of daVinci's image. What was he thinking?

A Life in the Theatre (So Far)
LeMoyne College
Featuring John Douglas Thompson

Price: Free
Coyne Center for the Performing Arts
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

The evening will include moments from some of actor John Douglas Thompson's most memorable roles, reflections on the life of a stage actor, and a question-and-answer session with the audience.

Thompson has appeared on Broadway with Denzel Washington in "Julius Caesar" and Kevin Kline and Jennifer Garner in "Cyrano de Bergerac." He received astonishing reviews from The New York Times, Boston Globe, Variety and The Wall Street Journal, among many others, for his performances in the title roles in "Othello," "The Emperor Jones," "Richard III" and "Macbeth." He was most recently acclaimed for his portrayal of Kent in "King Lear" opposite Sam Waterston at The Public Theatre last fall.

Thompson won the OBIE and Lucille Lortel awards for his performance of Othello in 2009. He was also listed as one of the top 20 reasons to love New York City in New Yorker Magazine.

Lee Whitted Plays the Great American Songbook
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Storer Auditorium
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

Lee Whitted is a jazz pianist, music educator, and radio personality. Lee's specialty is solo piano performances from "The Great American Songbook."

Jazz@Sitrus
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation
Featuring CNY Jazz Trio with Larry "Lorenzo" Luttinger

Sitrus on the Hill
Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel, Syracuse

CNY Jazz Executive Director Larry Luttinger, who will be singing and playing drums, will perform along with keyboardist John Leroy, a veteran of the Glenn Miller Orchestra, and saxophonist Mike Dubaniewicz who has led the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra.

Luttinger, who has played with Clark Terry, Slide Hampton, Lena Horne, The Four Freshmen, and Phil Woods, to name just a few, says the trio will be playing straight-ahead jazz, funk, and some pop titles from the 50s and 60s "repurposed" for jazz aficionados, such as this "Diamond Ring" by Gary and the Playboys, "Call Me" by Chris Montez, and other show tunes and movie hits.

David Francey
Folkus Project

Price: $18
May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Winner of three Juno awards (Canada's equivalent of a Grammy) and the prestigious SOCAN Folk Music Award, David Francey writes songs that are simple and true, but with an emotional warmth and sincerity that give them a profound power. Beautifully crafted and concise, his lyrics unlock the magic hidden in the ordinary. He sings straight from the heart with a passion that is warm, funny, and captivating. His wry humor and astute observations, combined with his openhearted singing style, have earned him a loyal following.

David Guetta: Winter White Tour with Dada Life & R3hab

Price: $55
OnCenter Convention Center
800 South State St., Syracuse

The Winter White Tour features perhaps the most prominent name in electronic dance music, the No. 1 DJ in the world: David Guetta. The tour will be whiting-out cities all across the Northeast. The house music pioneering producer will be hitting the decks in front of thousands as the tour blazes across the East Coast leaving behind a bright hue. And as if Guetta wasn't good enough... monster producers/DJ's fitting for the occasion will be opening up for the legend as support.

The After Party, with Helicopter Showdown
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

Poet Janice Harrington
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
YMCA Downtown
340 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Janice N. Harrington's first book of poetry, Even the Hollow My Body Made Is Gone, won the A. Poulin, Jr. Poetry Prize from BOA Editions and the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. Her second book of poetry, The Hands of Strangers: Poems from the Nursing Home, came out in 2011. She is also the winner of a 2007 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship for Poetry. Her children's books, The Chicken Chasing Queen of Lamar County and Going North, both from Farrar, Straus and Giroux, have won many awards and citations, including a listing among TIME Magazine's top 10 children's books of 2007. She teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Illinois.

I Love You Because
CNY Playhouse
Meghan Pearson, director

Price: Dinner theater: $35 single; $65 couple. Show only: $25 (limited availability)
Fire and Ice Banquet Hall, The Locker Room
528 Hiawatha Blvd., Syracuse

Dinner at 6:45 pm, followed by show at 8:00 pm.

A modern day musical love story.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, NATC presents a modern twist on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, set in New York City. A young, uptight greeting card writer's life is changed when he meets a flighty photographer. Along with their eccentric friends and siblings, they learn to love each other not in spite of their faults, but because of them. This wonderful event will be great for Valentine's dates or as a night out for singles looking to laugh at love.

Music by Joshua Salzman, book and lyrics by Ryan Cunningham, orchestrations by Larry Hochman, music direction by Ceara Windhausen

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Caroline, or Change
Syracuse Stage
Marcela Lorca, director

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

The acclaimed musical event blending blues, gospel and traditional Jewish melodies, with book and lyrics by Tony Kushner (Angels in America) and music by Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie and Shrek: The Musical).

An eight-year-old boy named Noah Gellman struggles with the loss of his mother and the arrival of a new stepmother. One constant in his life are the small daily rituals he shares with Caroline, the family's African-American maid. The year is 1963—civil rights and Kennedy—and in the Gellman household in Lake Charles, Louisiana, change is coming for everyone, in big ways and small. Two powerhouses of the American theatre, playwright Tony Kushner and composer Jeanine Tesori, join forces on a musical of startling creativity and refreshing originality (don't be surprised when the washing machine starts to sing). Acclaimed on Broadway and winner of London's prestigious Olivier Award for Best New Musical, with a score ranging from blues to gospel to traditional Jewish melodies, Caroline, or Change proves playwright Kushner's point that "music is a blessing that enters the soul through the ear."

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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Windows Project: Elisabeth Meyer: Black Night/White Night
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The Window Project features an installation by Elisabeth Meyer consisting of organic forms embroidered onto an organza fabric. The overall patterning evokes an association with ocean waves and a net. The transparent quality of the organza background allows the viewer to see through the piece that is hanging from the ceiling covering the entire window front. The work addresses the issue of displacement through traveling. Meyer, who is based in Ithaca, developed the concept for this exhibition while at a residency in Iceland, traveled to India to oversee the production of the embroidery, and created the work on site in Syracuse.

CNY Scholastic Art Awards Exhibit
Onondaga Community College

Price: Free
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College, Syracuse

The Awards signify to parents, teachers, community, and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer. 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions. 1,000 will win national awards. Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

"Everything is Illustrated III" and "Talking Wallpaper"
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

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

Gallery A: Everything is Illustrated III, featuring work by Holly DePue, Beth Mand, and Kristen Tryon
Gallery B: Talking Wallpaper, featuring recent work by Miles George and Aaron Lee

CNY Visions
Edgewood Gallery

Edgewood Gallery
216 Tecumseh Rd., Syracuse

Unique views of the Central New York area through the lenses of Herm Card, Richard Emory, Larry Hoyt, and Bill Sullivan. Also showcasing the artglass of Phil Austin and jewelry of Esperanza Tielbaard.

American Art from the Permanent Collection
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

John Knecht: Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel
Everson Museum of Art

Price: $5 suggested donation
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

John Knecht is the featured artist for the Urban Video Project in January and February. In conjunction with the exhibition of "Deluge and Anima" on the Everson's north façade, a series of Knecht's animations, called "Fragments from the Wheels of Ezekiel," will be on view inside the museum. The Fragments, individual animations displayed on monitors, provide a glimpse into the artist's brilliant imagination, where fantasy collides with vivid colors and quirky sounds.

Dependent Structures
Szozda Gallery

Szozda Gallery
Delavan Center, 501 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

There will be a closing reception this afternoon 1:00-4:00 pm.

A display of works by painters C. J. Hodge III, Tom Townsley, and Stephen Perrone. In their individual pieces for this show, the term "dependent structures" for Hodge refers to subject matter; for Townsley and Perrone, the term refers more to form and materials.

Six Make One
Echo

745 N. Salina St. (formerly Craft Chemistry)
Syracuse

Installation by six artists: Brendan Rose, Briana Kohlbrenner, Damian Vallelonga, Jeff Walter, Mark Povinelli and Stasya Erickson. From design to construction in under two weeks. The concept of this installation was influenced by an previous installation called "New Formula."

Pressing Print: Contemporary Prints and Process from Universal Limited Art Editions
Syracuse University Art Museum

Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"Pressing Print: Contemporary Prints and Process from Universal Limited Art Editions" chronicles the recent decade of artwork published by one of the most renowned American printmaking workshops. The exhibition of 60 works illustrates the impact that artists like Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Helen Frankenthaler and Kiki Smith have had on contemporary art, evident through the work of artists Jason Middelbrook, Amy Cutler and Jane Hammond. The show also illustrates how emerging artists recently selected to work with ULAE has influenced the current trend, in both process and concept.

Weekend and evening visitors can park in the Q4 lot on College Place. Notify the attendant that you are visiting the Galleries and you will be directed where to park. Parking is on a space available basis and may be restricted during events held at the Carrier Dome. If spaces are not available, the attendant will direct you to the nearest lot.

Emilio Sanchez: No Way Home--Images of the Caribbean and New York City
Syracuse University Art Museum

Price: Free
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University, Syracuse

"No Way Home" features a selection of 24 paintings, watercolors, drawings and prints drawn from the recently acquired collection of work by Cuban-American artist Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999). Best known for his brightly colored, strongly shadowed images of Caribbean and New York City architecture, this exhibition reveals the artist's ongoing interest in repetitive patterns. The show highlights a recent gift to the University Art Collection from the Emilio Sanchez Foundation of over 250 paintings, drawings and prints.

Men Only: Vernacular Photographs of Male Affection
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

This exhibit of works from the collection of William Knodel looks at masculinity, gender and sexuality in our society. William Knodel was a college student in the 1970s in New York City when he purchased his first second-hand snapshot, a group of young men in assorted swimming attire whose style dated them back to the turn of the century, posing before a camp tent marked with a sign, "Men Only." Since then, he's collected vernacular images of male affection -- tintypes, daguerreotypes and photos -- during his travels to the West Coast, Canada, and Europe, scouring second-hand shops, old photo sales and used book stores. His collection now runs into the hundreds, dating from the mid-19th century and featuring couples and socializing groups from every race and social class. "Men Only" is a gift that incarnates the "gay spirit" that his good friend Harry Hay warned us must be kept alive and a history too often dismissed.

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Deng Guo Yuan
The Warehouse Gallery

Price: Free
The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

This exhibit will highlight ink brush paintings by Tianjin-based Chinese artist Deng Guo Yuan. His work reveals the tradition of Chinese landscape painting and a profound knowledge of modern and international contemporary aesthetics. The film "Deng Guo Yuan" (2010) by French filmmaker Pierre Creton, presented in the Gallery's vault, meticulously documents the creation of one of Deng Guo Yuan's ink paintings in his Tianjin studio. Widely exhibited in China and Europe, this will be the artist's first solo museum exhibition in the United States. The show originated at the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Museum (Tianjin, China), and then traveled in modified form to the Samek Art Gallery at Bucknell University (Lewisburg, PA), to the Provenance Center (New London, CT), and to its last venue, the Warehouse Gallery, for which Deng Guo Yuan will create additional site-specific works.

Stone Canoe Art Exhibit
XL Projects

Price: Free
XL Projects
307-313 S. Clinton St., Syracuse

Stone Canoe is a journal of arts and ideas from Upstate New York, published annually in January. This exhibit will feature artists included in the new Issue 6.

John Knecht: Deluge and Anima
Urban Video Project

Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Deluge (2010) hand-drawn looping animation
Anima (2011) hand-drawn looping animation

Artist Statement:
Things have been falling in my videos for decades. It was at first formal. Falling things filled the frame and made a complicated cinematic space. The things falling -- wishbones, test tubes, martini glasses, plastic strawberries that looked like a human heart, cement blocks and infected molars -- increasingly became an atmosphere, functioning both as a formal device and a metaphorical space.

There is a drawing in the collection of the Queen, hanging in Buckingham Palace, by Leonardo daVinci which depicts a deluge of raining everyday objects: rakes, funnels, lamps and general debris. The title of the drawing is "A Cloudburst of Material Things." It is graphite on paper and credited to daVinci. It is dated 1500. The drawing is torn in half so only a part of the drawing remains. I have struggled to find out more about the piece and there is virtually nothing written about it, but I am haunted by it. "Deluge" is directly informed by the overwhelmed totality of daVinci's image. What was he thinking?

The Frisco Kid
Temple Society of Concord

Price: Free (donations welcome)
Temple Society of Concord
910 Madison St., Syracuse

It's 1850 and new rabbi Avram Belinski sets out from Philadelphia toward San Francisco. Cowpoke bandit Tom Lillard hasn't seen a rabbi before. But he knows when one needs a heap of help. And getting this tenderfoot to Frisco in one piece will cause a heap of trouble -- with the law, Native Americans and a bunch of killers. Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford are one feisty team as rabbi and rescuer in this rough-'n'-ready romp that rivals Wilder's earlier "Blazing Saddles" in Wild West hilarity. Director Robert Aldrich blends roughhouse and laughter. With a full posse of screen talents, The Frisco Kid rides tall in the comedy saddle.

Some Like It Hot (1959)
ArtRage Gallery

Price: $5 suggested donation
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

Directed by Billy Wilder, 120 minutes. Featuring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, Marilyn Monroe. Legendary comedy by Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond about two male musicians who witness the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and try to elude their pursuers by joining an all-girl band heading for Miami. Sensational from start to finish, with dazzling performances by Lemmon and Curtis, a memorably comic turn by Monroe as Sugar Kane, and Oscar-winning costumes by Orry-Kelly. Brown has film’s now-classic closing line. Basis for hit Broadway musical Sugar.

Dove Creek
Kellish Hill Farm

Price: Donations accepted
Kellish Hill Farm
3192 Pompey Center Rd., Pompey

Dove Creek -- Reyna Stagnaro and Putter Cox -- is from the Hamilton area. Reyna and Putter play an eclectic Americana mix of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and more, on mandolin and guitar, originals and cover tunes. Potluck dinner at 6 pm so bring something to pass. Bring your instruments for the 'All-Star Jam' in the Kellish Hill tradition following the concert 9:00-11:00.

Dick Ward and Carol Bryant

Price: $5
Eve Galleria
6456 Collamer Rd., East Syracuse

Acoustic guitar and vocal duo. For more information, phone 315-689-6242.

The Backbeats a cappella
Syracuse University Pulse Performing Arts Series

Price: $20 general public, $16 faculty/staff/alumni/Pulse Partners, $5 SU/ESF students with ID
Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The Backbeats are one of the newest groups to hit the a cappella scene since being a finalist on Season 2 of NBC's "The Sing-Off."

Assembled from members of competing collegiate ensembles, The Backbeats are quickly developing a new sound. With diverse experience in songwriting, musical theater, business and film, each performer brings his or her own talent and fresh perspective to this super-group. Their unique voices blend together to create a stirring, rich and soulful sound that is undeniably their own.

Their self-titled debut album "The Backbeats from The Sing-Off" features a mix of hand-selected cover hits, including the group's rendition of Beyoncé's "If I Were A Boy," which helped seal their top-three position on Season 2 of the show. The album also includes a track featuring the Grammy-nominated and Season 3 judge from "The Sing-Off," Sara Bareilles, who guests on the group's version of Bareilles' hit "Uncharted."

The Backbeats deliver commanding lead vocals, luscious harmonies and electrifying vocal percussion, but their true strength lies in their commitment to sincere and passionate performance. It is this commitment that has led each member to join together for a group that is far greater than the sum of its parts.

Parking is available in the Lehman and Harrison lots for $4.

NBC's "The Voice" Winner Javier Colon, with Tinted Image
Westcott Theater

Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

The Stonecutter
Open Hand Theater

Price: $8 adults, $6 children
International Mask and Puppet Museum
518 Prospect Ave., Syracuse

Tashi, a lowly stonecutter, sees everyone else as having a better life and continually wishes to be more and more powerful like them. Three performers present the gentle lesson of this beloved folktale with live music and a wonderful array of puppets in the strikingly Japanese theater style. "The Stonecutter" is an engaging tale with roots in both Japanese and Indian folklore.

The Little Mermaid
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

Price: $5
Spaghetti Warehouse
689 N. Clinton St., Syracuse

Interactive adaptation of the children's classic.

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Caroline, or Change
Syracuse Stage
Marcela Lorca, director

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

The acclaimed musical event blending blues, gospel and traditional Jewish melodies, with book and lyrics by Tony Kushner (Angels in America) and music by Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie and Shrek: The Musical).

An eight-year-old boy named Noah Gellman struggles with the loss of his mother and the arrival of a new stepmother. One constant in his life are the small daily rituals he shares with Caroline, the family's African-American maid. The year is 1963—civil rights and Kennedy—and in the Gellman household in Lake Charles, Louisiana, change is coming for everyone, in big ways and small. Two powerhouses of the American theatre, playwright Tony Kushner and composer Jeanine Tesori, join forces on a musical of startling creativity and refreshing originality (don't be surprised when the washing machine starts to sing). Acclaimed on Broadway and winner of London's prestigious Olivier Award for Best New Musical, with a score ranging from blues to gospel to traditional Jewish melodies, Caroline, or Change proves playwright Kushner's point that "music is a blessing that enters the soul through the ear."

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I Love You Because
CNY Playhouse
Meghan Pearson, director

Price: Dinner theater: $35 single; $65 couple. Show only: $25 (limited availability)
Fire and Ice Banquet Hall, The Locker Room
528 Hiawatha Blvd., Syracuse

Dinner at 6:45 pm, followed by show at 8:00 pm.

A modern day musical love story.

Just in time for Valentine's Day, NATC presents a modern twist on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, set in New York City. A young, uptight greeting card writer's life is changed when he meets a flighty photographer. Along with their eccentric friends and siblings, they learn to love each other not in spite of their faults, but because of them. This wonderful event will be great for Valentine's dates or as a night out for singles looking to laugh at love.

Music by Joshua Salzman, book and lyrics by Ryan Cunningham, orchestrations by Larry Hochman, music direction by Ceara Windhausen

Read a Review!

Caroline, or Change
Syracuse Stage
Marcela Lorca, director

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

The acclaimed musical event blending blues, gospel and traditional Jewish melodies, with book and lyrics by Tony Kushner (Angels in America) and music by Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie and Shrek: The Musical).

An eight-year-old boy named Noah Gellman struggles with the loss of his mother and the arrival of a new stepmother. One constant in his life are the small daily rituals he shares with Caroline, the family's African-American maid. The year is 1963—civil rights and Kennedy—and in the Gellman household in Lake Charles, Louisiana, change is coming for everyone, in big ways and small. Two powerhouses of the American theatre, playwright Tony Kushner and composer Jeanine Tesori, join forces on a musical of startling creativity and refreshing originality (don't be surprised when the washing machine starts to sing). Acclaimed on Broadway and winner of London's prestigious Olivier Award for Best New Musical, with a score ranging from blues to gospel to traditional Jewish melodies, Caroline, or Change proves playwright Kushner's point that "music is a blessing that enters the soul through the ear."

Read a Review!