Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Window Projects: Museum of the City of Lost and Found
The Warehouse Gallery

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

Museum of the City of Lost and Found, Marion Wilson's latest sculpture project, is a continuation of her public art project launched in conjunction with the 2008 New Orleans Biennial. The exhibition is a combination of hexagram patterns of i-ching (a symbol system used to identify order in random events) collaboratively painted on the wall by the artist, community members, faculty and students at Syracuse University; miniature "igloo" and cast resin objects; and a short video of Wilson's bicycle (mobile museum) performance in New Orleans edited by Jessica Posner. Wilson invites audience participation by filling out Lost and Found Report cards (available throughout the exhibition), her method of collecting stories about viewers' personal losses, chances, findings and discoveries.

Marion Wilson uses igloos as a nomadic structure of native materials to remind us of our basic human need for shelter and protection. In addition, it is a reference to fundamentals of human existence and the Italian Arte Povera artist Mario Merz (1925-2003). In New Orleans, Wilson's sculpture was originally mounted on a constructed bicycle able to roam the city streets within the St. Roch neighborhood and the French Market. In Syracuse, Wilson will exhibit her 'mobile museum' at the Warehouse Gallery, thus, creating a "museum inside a museum." Although the installation in the Window Projects will remain through June 6, its appearance will continuously change through the continual addition of found materials collected by the artist. Wilson will be guided in selecting these additional materials by outside interviews with the general public in the greater Syracuse community.

Gallery Exhibition: Feats of Clay
Onondaga Community College

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

Feats of Clay spotlights the varied and creative ceramics art education programs in our high schools throughout Onondaga County and Central New York. The continued success of Feats of Clay rests with the talented and dedicated high school art teachers, art students.

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

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

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

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

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

Photo-Drawings: Recent Works by Julieve Jubin and Juan Perdiguero, and An Introduction: Recent Works by Barbara Stout
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

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

Threads of a Culture: Hadbakah Images by Selma Hurwitz
Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts

Price: Free
Winnick Hillel Center for Jewish Life
102 Walnut Place (corner of Harrison St.), Syracuse

Selma Hurwitz is an internationally-known artist whose works portray personal and social themes of universal impact, as well as basic motifs of love, beauty, valor and tyranny. In 1964, she created her own medium, hadbakah (Hebrew for "gluing"), which is glued-thread painting. Instead of using a brush, the artist glues various individual threads, particularly those that are metalized, to a specially prepared surface. Careful planning of thread direction and location, as well as meticulous maneuvering of the threads during the gluing process, achieves the desired shading and design.

Hurwitz has exhibited work in numerous solo shows, including those at the Russell Senate Office Building Rotunda and the First Baptist Church in Washington, DC; the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles; the American Jewish Historical Society in Waltham, MA; and the Herzl Institute in New York City. Her work is part of numerous collections, including the Israel Museum, Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Knesset, all in Jerusalem; the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California; and the National Endowment for the Arts Library in Washington, DC.

For more information about the exhibition, contact April Maw at 315-443-7095 or aamaw@syr.edu.

A Goodly Heritage of Study: The Portfolio Club of Syracuse
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

Displayed are the archives of a still-thriving women's study club that was formed in 1875 in Syracuse. The Portfolio Club exemplifies a post-Civil War movement in which many thousands of middle-class women came together to educate themselves in a society that restricted women's access to institutions of higher learning. This club began a few weeks after the Association for the Advancement of Women held a congress at the Wieting Opera House in downtown Syracuse. At these congresses, which took place in many American cities, Julia Ward Howe and other presenters encouraged women to form study clubs for self-culture.

Nine young women founded the Portfolio Club, with guidance from Mary Dana Hicks, their art teacher. Though they began with a focus on art, in the middle 1880s they expanded their scope to include literature, current events, history, performing arts and many other subjects. Members have always met regularly from October through April to read their papers on a topic assigned by each year's president.

Syracuse residents and those long associated with SU will recognize the married names of many past club members, such as Mrs. Donald Dey, Mrs. William Nottingham, Mrs. E.N. Westcott, and Mrs. Mildred Eggers. Among Portfolio guest speakers during the club's first several decades were Judge Charles Andrews, Dean George Fiske Comfort, Howard Lyman, professors Sawyer Falk and Irene Sargent, Paul Paine, Douglas Petit, Katherine Sibley, and SU Chancellor Charles Sims.

The exhibition, which emphasizes the years 1875-1950, includes annual program booklets, many of them finely crafted. Also on display are meeting minutes, clippings, photographs, film footage of a 1935 gathering and other club documents.

Road Trip 2: Works of Deborah Walsh
Westcott Community Center

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

An exhibition of car and bike paintings and prints. The work is about light and color, repetition and variation on the reflective surfaces of automobiles and motorcycles.

Passage: Latino Direction in CNY
Community Folk Art Center

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

Works by Alejandro Betancourt.

Three Sisters: The Art of Robin Holder, Sonya A. Lawyer, and Tamara Natalie Madden
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Three Sisters: The Art of Robin Holder, Sonya A. Lawyer and Tamara Natalie Madden features works by three contemporary African American women artists who work in different media but explore issues of ethnicity, identity, history and culture in their work.

Robin Holder's works are inspired by issues of empowerment and integrity as well as the complexities of American identity: culture, gender, class, race and ethnicity. The works in her series "Behind Each Window, A Voice," were inspired by oral histories of eight of her neighbors in Brooklyn. Issues of race, social and political victimization, and ideas about society are shared by each of the subjects in their personal histories. The works are a combination of painting, collage and printmaking techniques.

Sonya Lawyer's photographic transfers combine imagery from vintage photographs with modern hand-dyed cotton fabric. The photographs were collected by the artist from vintage photo albums purchased at antique stores and through online auctions. Concerned that pieces of history were literally being torn apart and sold to the highest bidder, Lawyer was prompted to start acquiring images in order to protect them from further disturbance. Works from two series, "Searching For Beulah (limit of disturbance)" and "Finding Authenticity (does anyone remember?)" contain singular images of men and women of color juxtaposed with fabric blocks of varying hues. The works are a celebration of the persons depicted, each work revealing strength, pride, beauty and a quintessential timelessness.

Tamara Natalie Madden, in her recent series of mixed media paintings, creates images of kings,queens and warriors, using everyday people as her inspiration. Recognizing the struggles of the working class, the unseen and unheard, Madden chooses to depict them as kings and queens, as a means of expressing appreciation for their experiences, struggles and triumphs. The paintings are layered with quilted fabrics, which represent regal clothing and, symbolically, storytelling and quilts reflecting African traditions. The birds in the paintings represent a sense of freedom.

New York Waters: Photographs by Randy Duchaine
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Free
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

The exhibition investigates the lives of those who work and play on the fabled bodies of water that border the city's five boroughs. Among those you will meet are a dry dock operator, an eel fisherman, a fireboat preservationist, and a guerilla swimmer. Gathered from the East River to the Erie Basin, the Hudson to Hempstead Harbor, each new perspective connects a personal passion to a fabled local maritime history.

As It Happens: Artists-in-Residence at Light Work
Light Work Gallery

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

Josh Brilliant curates a selection of images by recent Light Work Artists-in-Residence, including Amy Stein, Kelli Connell, Cristina Fraire, Krista Steinke, and Christine Osinski. Brilliant is currently an MFA candidate in the Museum Studies program at Syracuse University.

Limbo: Works of Admas Habteslasie
Light Work Gallery

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

"Limbo" depicts a graceful yet unusually honest and insightful snapshot of Eritrea, an East African country suspended in an unsettled state between war and peace.

Eritrea warred with neighboring Ethiopia for 30 years before gaining independence in 1991. Then, in 1998, they entered another war with Ethiopia that lasted two years. Today, the war-torn country is yet again at the brink of war with their neighbor. Years of unrest have left the people of Eritrea waiting for life to improve. According to Habteslasie: "Transitory states become permanent; empty villas, destroyed old buildings and unfinished new buildings dot the landscape, monuments to the suspension of history. The collision between Eritrea's proud historical narrative and the bleak ennui of the present has produced an obsessive focus on the future. Reconstruction and infrastructure development are energetically driven forward whilst the economy remains essentially shut off from the outside world." The images in "Limbo" capture both destruction and construction, both the unhealed wounds of war and a fierce optimism and hope for a brighter future.

Habteslasie was born in Kuwait, and his parents are Eritrean. He received his master's degree from the London College of Communication in photojournalism and documentary photography. His photographic projects look at the ideas of identity, history, and the re-evaluation of our relationship with historical process. His work has been exhibited at venues such as Flowers East and 198 Gallery in London. His work has also been published in Source Magazine.

Exploring History with Art: The Changing View—Landscapes
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Paintings from OHA's permanent collection

Techno_Culture
Redhouse

Price: Free
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Techno_Culture is an exhibition of works from artists utilizing numerous forms of technology in their creative process. Presented in association with the Department of Transmedia's Computer Art Program at Syracuse University, the show offers a sampling of the vast area of art forms unique within our digital-based culture. Techno_Culture features the work of artists Wafaa Bilal, Alicia Ross, Shawn Lawson, Meggan Gould, Michael Heroux, Olivia Robinson, Stephen Belovarich, and Chris Prior.

Curator Sean Hovendick teaches courses in Computer Art within the Department of Transmedia. Hovendick's interactive, procedual and time-based works explore the hidden forces of power, identity and social order within the mediated psyche. His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally - most recently at the Gallery Aferro in Newark, NJ; the traveling exhibition Experiencing the War in Iraq, and FutureSonic: International Festival of Art, Music & Ideas in Manchester, UK.

Works of Tim Etter, Gretchen Hamlin, and Lisa Noviasky
Skaneateles Artisans

Skaneateles Artisans
11 Fennell St., Skaneateles

A new exhibit featuring artists Tim Etter (photography), Gretchen Hamlin (blown glass jewelry) and Lisa Noviasky (oil paintings).

MFA 2009
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

MFA 2009 is an exhibition of master of fine arts degree candidates from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. Twenty-two artists will exhibit a range of work from traditional media such as oil on canvas, portraiture, and atmospheric-fired pottery to contemporary media including digital prints, site-specific installation, and video projection. The diversity of the show is also distinctly international, with artists from Canada, France, Korea and Russia.

While the artists work in a variety of media and techniques, themes emerge across the disciplines. The concept of the fabricated or manipulated environment is evident in many of the artists' sculptural installations, including a monumental model stagecoach positioned in a moon-landing re-creation and a faux-storefront display with ceramic poodles that both mock and celebrate what we regard as haute couture.

Nostalgia and personal identity are also sources of inspiration in this year's exhibition. One artist's work reinterprets the well-known characters from Sesame Street into an iconic status, while another incorporates the artist's past memories and dark humor into photographs that explore childhood experiences of fear, mortality and sex.

BFA Exhibition
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

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

The exhibition will feature work from seniors in VPA's School of Art and Design and Department of Transmedia, with a particular focus on the areas of painting, illustration, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, fiber arts/material studies and art photography.

50/50: Works of Nancy Jurs
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Nancy Jurs juxtaposes her signature large-scale, hand-built ceramic sculptures with recent site-specific installations composed of ceramic, mixed-media and found objects. Throughout her 40-year career Jurs, a Rochester-based sculptor and ceramic artist, has produced an astounding body of work that largely addresses female power and strength. In 2003, Jurs completed the Armor Series, a grouping of six life-size armored torsos that present themselves with empowered determination. The stylized shells not only serve to protect the figures but to symbolize renewed confidence and strength in a post-9/11 world. "Undaunted" (2003), which is part of the Armor Series, was acquired by the Everson in 2004.

Also on view will be "Triad," a monumental 16-foot high sculpture composed of ceramic slabs that have been hand-built: cut, scraped, modeled, and stacked in three interacting totem-like structures. Triad will be prominently displayed in the Rosamond Gifford Sculpture Court.

Sound Scores: Paper, Wood, Stone and Glass
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The exhibition of works by Andrew Deutsch and Stephen Vitiello, "Sound Scores: Paper, Wood, Stone and Glass," is an installation composed of audio and video pieces as well as photographs, prints and sculpture. Deutsch and Vitiello are musicians, composers and sound artists who have been collaborating since 1999. For this, their first co-exhibition, the artists provided each other with musical scores for the other to perform. In so doing, they emphasize the visual nature of sound scores, shedding light on this complex, seemingly inaccessible medium called sound art.

In Vitiello's work viewers will see a shift from landscape photographs (7 Studies for Graphic Scores, 2007) to abstract black-and-white prints (Pond Set, 2008) that continue to refer to landscape through black lines that evoke both reeds and musical notes. In the background of his videos, Deutsch includes imagery from the "Notgeld" (emergency money that was put into circulation in Germany during the economic crisis of the 1920s) as a reflection on our difficult economic times. Deutsch also uses these collectibles in the making of his own sound scores; he has created a narrative referring to the films of Fritz Lang, to illustrated children's books, and to early 20th-century European artistic abstraction, where sound and sight blend into a common experience.

United Red Army
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hotel Syracuse Persian Terrace
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

United Red Army, directed by Koji Wakamatsu (2007, Japan, fiction, 190 minutes)
Five youngsters barricaded in a mountain lodge engage in gun battles with the police. They are members of the United Red Army, who laid it all on the line for revolution. In Japanese. Learn more.

Special Tribute to Rob Nilsson: Northern Lights
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Northern Lights, directed by Rob Nilsson (2007, United States, fiction, 95 minutes)
The bitter-sweet story of young lovers caught up in a political struggle waged by farmers against the grain trade, banks and railroads evoking the austere beauty of the Northern plains. Winner of the Camera D'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1979. In English. Learn more.

Filmmaker Rob Nilsson will be in attendance and will take questions following the screening.

Exhibition: Architecture & Interior Design Show
Onondaga Community College

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

Exhibition of student work from the Architecture & Interior Design Department. It is an annual exhibit that showcases some of the best work produced by our students in the preceding academic year.

Civic Morning Musicals
Allan Kolsky, clarinet, and members of the Syracuse Symphony

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

Brahms Clarinet Quintet, Schumann Fantasy Pieces

Westcott Theater
Hollywood Undead

Price: $16
Westcott Theater
524 Westcott St., Syracuse

The World Goes 'Round
Syracuse University Drama Department
Nathan Hurwitz, director

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

Life -- with its glories, indignities, hopes and quiet dreams -- is the subject of this stunning revue of the beloved songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb. Features unforgettable gems from throughout their incredible career in theatre, film and television, spotlighting songs from Cabaret; Chicago; New York, New York; Funny Lady; Kiss Of The Spiderwoman and more. Filled with humor, romance, drama, nonstop melody and brassy, insightful lyrics, The World Goes 'Round is a thrilling celebration of life and the fighting spirit that keeps us all going.

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Thursday, April 30, 2009

Window Projects: Museum of the City of Lost and Found
The Warehouse Gallery

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

Museum of the City of Lost and Found, Marion Wilson's latest sculpture project, is a continuation of her public art project launched in conjunction with the 2008 New Orleans Biennial. The exhibition is a combination of hexagram patterns of i-ching (a symbol system used to identify order in random events) collaboratively painted on the wall by the artist, community members, faculty and students at Syracuse University; miniature "igloo" and cast resin objects; and a short video of Wilson's bicycle (mobile museum) performance in New Orleans edited by Jessica Posner. Wilson invites audience participation by filling out Lost and Found Report cards (available throughout the exhibition), her method of collecting stories about viewers' personal losses, chances, findings and discoveries.

Marion Wilson uses igloos as a nomadic structure of native materials to remind us of our basic human need for shelter and protection. In addition, it is a reference to fundamentals of human existence and the Italian Arte Povera artist Mario Merz (1925-2003). In New Orleans, Wilson's sculpture was originally mounted on a constructed bicycle able to roam the city streets within the St. Roch neighborhood and the French Market. In Syracuse, Wilson will exhibit her 'mobile museum' at the Warehouse Gallery, thus, creating a "museum inside a museum." Although the installation in the Window Projects will remain through June 6, its appearance will continuously change through the continual addition of found materials collected by the artist. Wilson will be guided in selecting these additional materials by outside interviews with the general public in the greater Syracuse community.

Gallery Exhibition: Feats of Clay
Onondaga Community College

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

Feats of Clay spotlights the varied and creative ceramics art education programs in our high schools throughout Onondaga County and Central New York. The continued success of Feats of Clay rests with the talented and dedicated high school art teachers, art students.

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

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

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

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

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

Photo-Drawings: Recent Works by Julieve Jubin and Juan Perdiguero, and An Introduction: Recent Works by Barbara Stout
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

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

Threads of a Culture: Hadbakah Images by Selma Hurwitz
Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts

Price: Free
Winnick Hillel Center for Jewish Life
102 Walnut Place (corner of Harrison St.), Syracuse

Selma Hurwitz is an internationally-known artist whose works portray personal and social themes of universal impact, as well as basic motifs of love, beauty, valor and tyranny. In 1964, she created her own medium, hadbakah (Hebrew for "gluing"), which is glued-thread painting. Instead of using a brush, the artist glues various individual threads, particularly those that are metalized, to a specially prepared surface. Careful planning of thread direction and location, as well as meticulous maneuvering of the threads during the gluing process, achieves the desired shading and design.

Hurwitz has exhibited work in numerous solo shows, including those at the Russell Senate Office Building Rotunda and the First Baptist Church in Washington, DC; the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles; the American Jewish Historical Society in Waltham, MA; and the Herzl Institute in New York City. Her work is part of numerous collections, including the Israel Museum, Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Knesset, all in Jerusalem; the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California; and the National Endowment for the Arts Library in Washington, DC.

For more information about the exhibition, contact April Maw at 315-443-7095 or aamaw@syr.edu.

A Goodly Heritage of Study: The Portfolio Club of Syracuse
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

Displayed are the archives of a still-thriving women's study club that was formed in 1875 in Syracuse. The Portfolio Club exemplifies a post-Civil War movement in which many thousands of middle-class women came together to educate themselves in a society that restricted women's access to institutions of higher learning. This club began a few weeks after the Association for the Advancement of Women held a congress at the Wieting Opera House in downtown Syracuse. At these congresses, which took place in many American cities, Julia Ward Howe and other presenters encouraged women to form study clubs for self-culture.

Nine young women founded the Portfolio Club, with guidance from Mary Dana Hicks, their art teacher. Though they began with a focus on art, in the middle 1880s they expanded their scope to include literature, current events, history, performing arts and many other subjects. Members have always met regularly from October through April to read their papers on a topic assigned by each year's president.

Syracuse residents and those long associated with SU will recognize the married names of many past club members, such as Mrs. Donald Dey, Mrs. William Nottingham, Mrs. E.N. Westcott, and Mrs. Mildred Eggers. Among Portfolio guest speakers during the club's first several decades were Judge Charles Andrews, Dean George Fiske Comfort, Howard Lyman, professors Sawyer Falk and Irene Sargent, Paul Paine, Douglas Petit, Katherine Sibley, and SU Chancellor Charles Sims.

The exhibition, which emphasizes the years 1875-1950, includes annual program booklets, many of them finely crafted. Also on display are meeting minutes, clippings, photographs, film footage of a 1935 gathering and other club documents.

Road Trip 2: Works of Deborah Walsh
Westcott Community Center

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

An exhibition of car and bike paintings and prints. The work is about light and color, repetition and variation on the reflective surfaces of automobiles and motorcycles.

Three Sisters: The Art of Robin Holder, Sonya A. Lawyer, and Tamara Natalie Madden
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Three Sisters: The Art of Robin Holder, Sonya A. Lawyer and Tamara Natalie Madden features works by three contemporary African American women artists who work in different media but explore issues of ethnicity, identity, history and culture in their work.

Robin Holder's works are inspired by issues of empowerment and integrity as well as the complexities of American identity: culture, gender, class, race and ethnicity. The works in her series "Behind Each Window, A Voice," were inspired by oral histories of eight of her neighbors in Brooklyn. Issues of race, social and political victimization, and ideas about society are shared by each of the subjects in their personal histories. The works are a combination of painting, collage and printmaking techniques.

Sonya Lawyer's photographic transfers combine imagery from vintage photographs with modern hand-dyed cotton fabric. The photographs were collected by the artist from vintage photo albums purchased at antique stores and through online auctions. Concerned that pieces of history were literally being torn apart and sold to the highest bidder, Lawyer was prompted to start acquiring images in order to protect them from further disturbance. Works from two series, "Searching For Beulah (limit of disturbance)" and "Finding Authenticity (does anyone remember?)" contain singular images of men and women of color juxtaposed with fabric blocks of varying hues. The works are a celebration of the persons depicted, each work revealing strength, pride, beauty and a quintessential timelessness.

Tamara Natalie Madden, in her recent series of mixed media paintings, creates images of kings,queens and warriors, using everyday people as her inspiration. Recognizing the struggles of the working class, the unseen and unheard, Madden chooses to depict them as kings and queens, as a means of expressing appreciation for their experiences, struggles and triumphs. The paintings are layered with quilted fabrics, which represent regal clothing and, symbolically, storytelling and quilts reflecting African traditions. The birds in the paintings represent a sense of freedom.

Passage: Latino Direction in CNY
Community Folk Art Center

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

Works by Alejandro Betancourt.

New York Waters: Photographs by Randy Duchaine
Erie Canal Museum

Price: Free
Erie Canal Museum
318 Erie Blvd. E., Syracuse

The exhibition investigates the lives of those who work and play on the fabled bodies of water that border the city's five boroughs. Among those you will meet are a dry dock operator, an eel fisherman, a fireboat preservationist, and a guerilla swimmer. Gathered from the East River to the Erie Basin, the Hudson to Hempstead Harbor, each new perspective connects a personal passion to a fabled local maritime history.

As It Happens: Artists-in-Residence at Light Work
Light Work Gallery

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

Josh Brilliant curates a selection of images by recent Light Work Artists-in-Residence, including Amy Stein, Kelli Connell, Cristina Fraire, Krista Steinke, and Christine Osinski. Brilliant is currently an MFA candidate in the Museum Studies program at Syracuse University.

Limbo: Works of Admas Habteslasie
Light Work Gallery

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

"Limbo" depicts a graceful yet unusually honest and insightful snapshot of Eritrea, an East African country suspended in an unsettled state between war and peace.

Eritrea warred with neighboring Ethiopia for 30 years before gaining independence in 1991. Then, in 1998, they entered another war with Ethiopia that lasted two years. Today, the war-torn country is yet again at the brink of war with their neighbor. Years of unrest have left the people of Eritrea waiting for life to improve. According to Habteslasie: "Transitory states become permanent; empty villas, destroyed old buildings and unfinished new buildings dot the landscape, monuments to the suspension of history. The collision between Eritrea's proud historical narrative and the bleak ennui of the present has produced an obsessive focus on the future. Reconstruction and infrastructure development are energetically driven forward whilst the economy remains essentially shut off from the outside world." The images in "Limbo" capture both destruction and construction, both the unhealed wounds of war and a fierce optimism and hope for a brighter future.

Habteslasie was born in Kuwait, and his parents are Eritrean. He received his master's degree from the London College of Communication in photojournalism and documentary photography. His photographic projects look at the ideas of identity, history, and the re-evaluation of our relationship with historical process. His work has been exhibited at venues such as Flowers East and 198 Gallery in London. His work has also been published in Source Magazine.

Exploring History with Art: The Changing View—Landscapes
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Paintings from OHA's permanent collection

Techno_Culture
Redhouse

Price: Free
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

Techno_Culture is an exhibition of works from artists utilizing numerous forms of technology in their creative process. Presented in association with the Department of Transmedia's Computer Art Program at Syracuse University, the show offers a sampling of the vast area of art forms unique within our digital-based culture. Techno_Culture features the work of artists Wafaa Bilal, Alicia Ross, Shawn Lawson, Meggan Gould, Michael Heroux, Olivia Robinson, Stephen Belovarich, and Chris Prior.

Curator Sean Hovendick teaches courses in Computer Art within the Department of Transmedia. Hovendick's interactive, procedual and time-based works explore the hidden forces of power, identity and social order within the mediated psyche. His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally - most recently at the Gallery Aferro in Newark, NJ; the traveling exhibition Experiencing the War in Iraq, and FutureSonic: International Festival of Art, Music & Ideas in Manchester, UK.

Works of Tim Etter, Gretchen Hamlin, and Lisa Noviasky
Skaneateles Artisans

Skaneateles Artisans
11 Fennell St., Skaneateles

A new exhibit featuring artists Tim Etter (photography), Gretchen Hamlin (blown glass jewelry) and Lisa Noviasky (oil paintings).

MFA 2009
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

MFA 2009 is an exhibition of master of fine arts degree candidates from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. Twenty-two artists will exhibit a range of work from traditional media such as oil on canvas, portraiture, and atmospheric-fired pottery to contemporary media including digital prints, site-specific installation, and video projection. The diversity of the show is also distinctly international, with artists from Canada, France, Korea and Russia.

While the artists work in a variety of media and techniques, themes emerge across the disciplines. The concept of the fabricated or manipulated environment is evident in many of the artists' sculptural installations, including a monumental model stagecoach positioned in a moon-landing re-creation and a faux-storefront display with ceramic poodles that both mock and celebrate what we regard as haute couture.

Nostalgia and personal identity are also sources of inspiration in this year's exhibition. One artist's work reinterprets the well-known characters from Sesame Street into an iconic status, while another incorporates the artist's past memories and dark humor into photographs that explore childhood experiences of fear, mortality and sex.

BFA Exhibition
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

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

The exhibition will feature work from seniors in VPA's School of Art and Design and Department of Transmedia, with a particular focus on the areas of painting, illustration, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, fiber arts/material studies and art photography.

50/50: Works of Nancy Jurs
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Nancy Jurs juxtaposes her signature large-scale, hand-built ceramic sculptures with recent site-specific installations composed of ceramic, mixed-media and found objects. Throughout her 40-year career Jurs, a Rochester-based sculptor and ceramic artist, has produced an astounding body of work that largely addresses female power and strength. In 2003, Jurs completed the Armor Series, a grouping of six life-size armored torsos that present themselves with empowered determination. The stylized shells not only serve to protect the figures but to symbolize renewed confidence and strength in a post-9/11 world. "Undaunted" (2003), which is part of the Armor Series, was acquired by the Everson in 2004.

Also on view will be "Triad," a monumental 16-foot high sculpture composed of ceramic slabs that have been hand-built: cut, scraped, modeled, and stacked in three interacting totem-like structures. Triad will be prominently displayed in the Rosamond Gifford Sculpture Court.

Sound Scores: Paper, Wood, Stone and Glass
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The exhibition of works by Andrew Deutsch and Stephen Vitiello, "Sound Scores: Paper, Wood, Stone and Glass," is an installation composed of audio and video pieces as well as photographs, prints and sculpture. Deutsch and Vitiello are musicians, composers and sound artists who have been collaborating since 1999. For this, their first co-exhibition, the artists provided each other with musical scores for the other to perform. In so doing, they emphasize the visual nature of sound scores, shedding light on this complex, seemingly inaccessible medium called sound art.

In Vitiello's work viewers will see a shift from landscape photographs (7 Studies for Graphic Scores, 2007) to abstract black-and-white prints (Pond Set, 2008) that continue to refer to landscape through black lines that evoke both reeds and musical notes. In the background of his videos, Deutsch includes imagery from the "Notgeld" (emergency money that was put into circulation in Germany during the economic crisis of the 1920s) as a reflection on our difficult economic times. Deutsch also uses these collectibles in the making of his own sound scores; he has created a narrative referring to the films of Fritz Lang, to illustrated children's books, and to early 20th-century European artistic abstraction, where sound and sight blend into a common experience.

Nothing to Hide: Mental Illness in the Family
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

In conjunction with NAMI Syracuse (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and to celebrate May Is Mental Health Month, the ArtRage Gallery presents the photo essay "Nothing to Hide: Mental Illness in the Family" and the paintings of Amber Christian Osterhout; a series titled Gaining Insight: An examination of the relationship between schizophrenia and stigma.

The Art of Urbanism: City Life in America & Abroad
Orange Line Gallery

Price: Free
Orange Line Gallery
106 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The basis of this show will be a unique demonstration of city arts and culture. A showing of true urbanism and creativity that lies within the youth of this concrete civilization, where street performances, music, dancing, graffiti, art, and spoken word have evolved from simple basic ideas into the most complex and deep meaningful outputs of artistic expression.

"The Art of Urbanism: City Life in America & Abroad" at the will feature new artists as well as past favorites: John Deere, acrylic & spraypaint on canvas; Marc Pitterelli, photography; Ramona Persaud, photography; Tina Dadabo, colored pencil & marker on paper; Amber Blanding, glass; Brandon Hall, mixed media; David McKenney, acrylic on canvas; Debra Parry Trichilo, photography; Edward Colelli, photography on silk; Jace Collins, mixed media; Jim Reed, acrylic & spraypaint on canvas;
Melissa Tiffany, collage; and Mick Mather, digitally manipulated photography.

Special Event: Appaloosa
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $16 regular; $14 students/seniors (screening and party); $10 regular; $8 students/seniors (screening only); multifilm discount passes available
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Appaloosa, directed by Ed Harris (2008, United States, fiction, 115 minutes, rated R)
Set in the Old West territory of New Mexico, the story revolves around city marshall, Virgil Cole and his deputy and partner Everett Hitch, who have made their reputation as peacekeepers in the lawless towns springing up in the untamed land. See this great film and join us afterward for a discussion with writer/director/producer Robert Knott, actor Tom Bower, and composer Jeff Beal. Learn more.

Vernaya (Faithful); Passage; Historieas del Viento; Mere-Bi
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hotel Syracuse Persian Terrace
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Vernaya (Faithful), directed by Nastia Tarasova (2008, Russian Federation, documentary, 27 minutes)
Sometimes rules and traditions of the ancestors stand in the way of one's private life, but one puts up with them, always remaining loyal and faithful. In Russian. Learn more.

Passage, directed by Pauline Higgins (2007, France, documentary, 19 minutes)
A first-hand account of the life and work of midwives, whose profession occupies the space between spirituality and medicine. In French. Learn more.

Historieas del Viento, directed by Javier Beltran Ramos (2007, Venezuela, documentary, 12 minutes)
A three-year-old Latin American boy finds the cycle of life unfolding in front of him. In Spanish. Learn more.

Mere-Bi, directed by Ousmane William Mbaye (2008, Senegal, documentary, 55 minutes)
Senegal's first journalist, now 82 rainy seasons old, Annette Mbaye d'Erneville has been very early, concerned by the development of her country. Militant from the first hours of the woman's emancipation cause, she has been a pioneer activist and anti-conformist. In French. Learn more.

Exhibition: Architecture & Interior Design Show
Onondaga Community College

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

Exhibition of student work from the Architecture & Interior Design Department. It is an annual exhibit that showcases some of the best work produced by our students in the preceding academic year.

Piano at the Panasci
LeMoyne College
Featuring Lisa Moore, piano

Price: $15 regular; $10 seniors; students and members of the LeMoyne community free
Panasci Family Chapel
LeMoyne College, Syracuse

Celebrated pianist Lisa Moore will perform a program of music by Gosfield, Byron, Radiohead, and Adams, plus Mussorgsky's timeless Pictures at an Exhibition.

Rent
Fowler High School

Price: $5 at the door; $3 in advance
Fowler High School
227 Magnolia St., Syracuse

Death Warmed Over
Acme Mystery Company

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

Interactive mystery/comedy dinner theater. A sleepy village is in for strange events when a famous medium comes to a haunted cottage to run a live seance on his television show.

The Diary of Anne Frank
Syracuse Stage
Timothy Bond, director

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

The story is simplicity itself. A young girl, alive to everything around her and awakening within her, with hopes and dreams of the life she may one day lead with friends and family, confides to her diary the secrets of her heart. That diary, as we all know, becomes one of the lasting documents of the 20th century, a testament not to the horrors we know so well, but to the indomitability of the human spirit. That's what's so wonderful about this version of The Diary of Anne Frank, newly revised by Wendy Kesselman. With information gleaned from previously withheld portions of the diary and additional survivor accounts, we glimpse this remarkable young woman with greater clarity and deeper understanding of the fullness of her life. Was she on the verge of falling in love for the first time? Did she harbor misgivings about herself or members of the "family" imposed on her? We know the sad end of the tale, but do we really know the complexity of the heart that with its every beat sought to find the goodness in others?

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Disco Pigs and Zoo Story
Black Box Players

Price: Free
Loft Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh
Two friends set out on a celebratory birthday night through the nightclubs of Cork City. That night the whole of the city is lost in dance and pounding rave rhythms. But Pig and Runt want more. They are two inseparable violent creatures. From birth they have developed their own language and 'Pork City' through their eyes is a wet grey wasteland with only one diamond shining out of the shite, The Palace Disco. The night is going to be different from others. The inseparable are about to separate and which one will survive depends on which one can break free. Directed by Holly Hart.

Zoo Story by Edward Albee
A park bench in Central Park. A well-to-do business man. A disturbed vagrant. Primal warfare unfolds in this classic play about the desperate need for human connection, and the lengths we go to to achieve it. This deeply moving and comical one-act will creep under your skin and leave you questioning human nature in its most animalistic form. Directed by Brendan Naylor.

The World Goes 'Round
Syracuse University Drama Department
Nathan Hurwitz, director

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

Life -- with its glories, indignities, hopes and quiet dreams -- is the subject of this stunning revue of the beloved songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb. Features unforgettable gems from throughout their incredible career in theatre, film and television, spotlighting songs from Cabaret; Chicago; New York, New York; Funny Lady; Kiss Of The Spiderwoman and more. Filled with humor, romance, drama, nonstop melody and brassy, insightful lyrics, The World Goes 'Round is a thrilling celebration of life and the fighting spirit that keeps us all going.

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Friday, May 1, 2009

Window Projects: Museum of the City of Lost and Found
The Warehouse Gallery

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

Museum of the City of Lost and Found, Marion Wilson's latest sculpture project, is a continuation of her public art project launched in conjunction with the 2008 New Orleans Biennial. The exhibition is a combination of hexagram patterns of i-ching (a symbol system used to identify order in random events) collaboratively painted on the wall by the artist, community members, faculty and students at Syracuse University; miniature "igloo" and cast resin objects; and a short video of Wilson's bicycle (mobile museum) performance in New Orleans edited by Jessica Posner. Wilson invites audience participation by filling out Lost and Found Report cards (available throughout the exhibition), her method of collecting stories about viewers' personal losses, chances, findings and discoveries.

Marion Wilson uses igloos as a nomadic structure of native materials to remind us of our basic human need for shelter and protection. In addition, it is a reference to fundamentals of human existence and the Italian Arte Povera artist Mario Merz (1925-2003). In New Orleans, Wilson's sculpture was originally mounted on a constructed bicycle able to roam the city streets within the St. Roch neighborhood and the French Market. In Syracuse, Wilson will exhibit her 'mobile museum' at the Warehouse Gallery, thus, creating a "museum inside a museum." Although the installation in the Window Projects will remain through June 6, its appearance will continuously change through the continual addition of found materials collected by the artist. Wilson will be guided in selecting these additional materials by outside interviews with the general public in the greater Syracuse community.

Gallery Exhibition: Feats of Clay
Onondaga Community College

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

Feats of Clay spotlights the varied and creative ceramics art education programs in our high schools throughout Onondaga County and Central New York. The continued success of Feats of Clay rests with the talented and dedicated high school art teachers, art students.

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

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

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

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

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

Photo-Drawings: Recent Works by Julieve Jubin and Juan Perdiguero, and An Introduction: Recent Works by Barbara Stout
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

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

Threads of a Culture: Hadbakah Images by Selma Hurwitz
Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts

Price: Free
Winnick Hillel Center for Jewish Life
102 Walnut Place (corner of Harrison St.), Syracuse

Selma Hurwitz is an internationally-known artist whose works portray personal and social themes of universal impact, as well as basic motifs of love, beauty, valor and tyranny. In 1964, she created her own medium, hadbakah (Hebrew for "gluing"), which is glued-thread painting. Instead of using a brush, the artist glues various individual threads, particularly those that are metalized, to a specially prepared surface. Careful planning of thread direction and location, as well as meticulous maneuvering of the threads during the gluing process, achieves the desired shading and design.

Hurwitz has exhibited work in numerous solo shows, including those at the Russell Senate Office Building Rotunda and the First Baptist Church in Washington, DC; the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles; the American Jewish Historical Society in Waltham, MA; and the Herzl Institute in New York City. Her work is part of numerous collections, including the Israel Museum, Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Knesset, all in Jerusalem; the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California; and the National Endowment for the Arts Library in Washington, DC.

For more information about the exhibition, contact April Maw at 315-443-7095 or aamaw@syr.edu.

A Goodly Heritage of Study: The Portfolio Club of Syracuse
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

Displayed are the archives of a still-thriving women's study club that was formed in 1875 in Syracuse. The Portfolio Club exemplifies a post-Civil War movement in which many thousands of middle-class women came together to educate themselves in a society that restricted women's access to institutions of higher learning. This club began a few weeks after the Association for the Advancement of Women held a congress at the Wieting Opera House in downtown Syracuse. At these congresses, which took place in many American cities, Julia Ward Howe and other presenters encouraged women to form study clubs for self-culture.

Nine young women founded the Portfolio Club, with guidance from Mary Dana Hicks, their art teacher. Though they began with a focus on art, in the middle 1880s they expanded their scope to include literature, current events, history, performing arts and many other subjects. Members have always met regularly from October through April to read their papers on a topic assigned by each year's president.

Syracuse residents and those long associated with SU will recognize the married names of many past club members, such as Mrs. Donald Dey, Mrs. William Nottingham, Mrs. E.N. Westcott, and Mrs. Mildred Eggers. Among Portfolio guest speakers during the club's first several decades were Judge Charles Andrews, Dean George Fiske Comfort, Howard Lyman, professors Sawyer Falk and Irene Sargent, Paul Paine, Douglas Petit, Katherine Sibley, and SU Chancellor Charles Sims.

The exhibition, which emphasizes the years 1875-1950, includes annual program booklets, many of them finely crafted. Also on display are meeting minutes, clippings, photographs, film footage of a 1935 gathering and other club documents.

Road Trip 2: Works of Deborah Walsh
Westcott Community Center

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

An exhibition of car and bike paintings and prints. The work is about light and color, repetition and variation on the reflective surfaces of automobiles and motorcycles.

Passage: Latino Direction in CNY
Community Folk Art Center

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

Works by Alejandro Betancourt.

Three Sisters: The Art of Robin Holder, Sonya A. Lawyer, and Tamara Natalie Madden
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Three Sisters: The Art of Robin Holder, Sonya A. Lawyer and Tamara Natalie Madden features works by three contemporary African American women artists who work in different media but explore issues of ethnicity, identity, history and culture in their work.

Robin Holder's works are inspired by issues of empowerment and integrity as well as the complexities of American identity: culture, gender, class, race and ethnicity. The works in her series "Behind Each Window, A Voice," were inspired by oral histories of eight of her neighbors in Brooklyn. Issues of race, social and political victimization, and ideas about society are shared by each of the subjects in their personal histories. The works are a combination of painting, collage and printmaking techniques.

Sonya Lawyer's photographic transfers combine imagery from vintage photographs with modern hand-dyed cotton fabric. The photographs were collected by the artist from vintage photo albums purchased at antique stores and through online auctions. Concerned that pieces of history were literally being torn apart and sold to the highest bidder, Lawyer was prompted to start acquiring images in order to protect them from further disturbance. Works from two series, "Searching For Beulah (limit of disturbance)" and "Finding Authenticity (does anyone remember?)" contain singular images of men and women of color juxtaposed with fabric blocks of varying hues. The works are a celebration of the persons depicted, each work revealing strength, pride, beauty and a quintessential timelessness.

Tamara Natalie Madden, in her recent series of mixed media paintings, creates images of kings,queens and warriors, using everyday people as her inspiration. Recognizing the struggles of the working class, the unseen and unheard, Madden chooses to depict them as kings and queens, as a means of expressing appreciation for their experiences, struggles and triumphs. The paintings are layered with quilted fabrics, which represent regal clothing and, symbolically, storytelling and quilts reflecting African traditions. The birds in the paintings represent a sense of freedom.

As It Happens: Artists-in-Residence at Light Work
Light Work Gallery

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

Josh Brilliant curates a selection of images by recent Light Work Artists-in-Residence, including Amy Stein, Kelli Connell, Cristina Fraire, Krista Steinke, and Christine Osinski. Brilliant is currently an MFA candidate in the Museum Studies program at Syracuse University.

Limbo: Works of Admas Habteslasie
Light Work Gallery

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

"Limbo" depicts a graceful yet unusually honest and insightful snapshot of Eritrea, an East African country suspended in an unsettled state between war and peace.

Eritrea warred with neighboring Ethiopia for 30 years before gaining independence in 1991. Then, in 1998, they entered another war with Ethiopia that lasted two years. Today, the war-torn country is yet again at the brink of war with their neighbor. Years of unrest have left the people of Eritrea waiting for life to improve. According to Habteslasie: "Transitory states become permanent; empty villas, destroyed old buildings and unfinished new buildings dot the landscape, monuments to the suspension of history. The collision between Eritrea's proud historical narrative and the bleak ennui of the present has produced an obsessive focus on the future. Reconstruction and infrastructure development are energetically driven forward whilst the economy remains essentially shut off from the outside world." The images in "Limbo" capture both destruction and construction, both the unhealed wounds of war and a fierce optimism and hope for a brighter future.

Habteslasie was born in Kuwait, and his parents are Eritrean. He received his master's degree from the London College of Communication in photojournalism and documentary photography. His photographic projects look at the ideas of identity, history, and the re-evaluation of our relationship with historical process. His work has been exhibited at venues such as Flowers East and 198 Gallery in London. His work has also been published in Source Magazine.

Exploring History with Art: The Changing View—Landscapes
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Paintings from OHA's permanent collection

Stoneware and Stone "Wear"
Skaneateles Artisans

Skaneateles Artisans
11 Fennell St., Skaneateles

Works of Sallie Thompson, ceramics, and Dee Ann VonHunke, fine silver and semi-precious gemstone jewelry.

MFA 2009
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

MFA 2009 is an exhibition of master of fine arts degree candidates from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. Twenty-two artists will exhibit a range of work from traditional media such as oil on canvas, portraiture, and atmospheric-fired pottery to contemporary media including digital prints, site-specific installation, and video projection. The diversity of the show is also distinctly international, with artists from Canada, France, Korea and Russia.

While the artists work in a variety of media and techniques, themes emerge across the disciplines. The concept of the fabricated or manipulated environment is evident in many of the artists' sculptural installations, including a monumental model stagecoach positioned in a moon-landing re-creation and a faux-storefront display with ceramic poodles that both mock and celebrate what we regard as haute couture.

Nostalgia and personal identity are also sources of inspiration in this year's exhibition. One artist's work reinterprets the well-known characters from Sesame Street into an iconic status, while another incorporates the artist's past memories and dark humor into photographs that explore childhood experiences of fear, mortality and sex.

Opening: BFA Exhibition
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

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

An opening reception will be held from 6:00-9:00 p.m.

The exhibition will feature work from seniors in VPA's School of Art and Design and Department of Transmedia, with a particular focus on the areas of painting, illustration, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, fiber arts/material studies and art photography.

50/50: Works of Nancy Jurs
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Nancy Jurs juxtaposes her signature large-scale, hand-built ceramic sculptures with recent site-specific installations composed of ceramic, mixed-media and found objects. Throughout her 40-year career Jurs, a Rochester-based sculptor and ceramic artist, has produced an astounding body of work that largely addresses female power and strength. In 2003, Jurs completed the Armor Series, a grouping of six life-size armored torsos that present themselves with empowered determination. The stylized shells not only serve to protect the figures but to symbolize renewed confidence and strength in a post-9/11 world. "Undaunted" (2003), which is part of the Armor Series, was acquired by the Everson in 2004.

Also on view will be "Triad," a monumental 16-foot high sculpture composed of ceramic slabs that have been hand-built: cut, scraped, modeled, and stacked in three interacting totem-like structures. Triad will be prominently displayed in the Rosamond Gifford Sculpture Court.

Sound Scores: Paper, Wood, Stone and Glass
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The exhibition of works by Andrew Deutsch and Stephen Vitiello, "Sound Scores: Paper, Wood, Stone and Glass," is an installation composed of audio and video pieces as well as photographs, prints and sculpture. Deutsch and Vitiello are musicians, composers and sound artists who have been collaborating since 1999. For this, their first co-exhibition, the artists provided each other with musical scores for the other to perform. In so doing, they emphasize the visual nature of sound scores, shedding light on this complex, seemingly inaccessible medium called sound art.

In Vitiello's work viewers will see a shift from landscape photographs (7 Studies for Graphic Scores, 2007) to abstract black-and-white prints (Pond Set, 2008) that continue to refer to landscape through black lines that evoke both reeds and musical notes. In the background of his videos, Deutsch includes imagery from the "Notgeld" (emergency money that was put into circulation in Germany during the economic crisis of the 1920s) as a reflection on our difficult economic times. Deutsch also uses these collectibles in the making of his own sound scores; he has created a narrative referring to the films of Fritz Lang, to illustrated children's books, and to early 20th-century European artistic abstraction, where sound and sight blend into a common experience.

Nothing to Hide: Mental Illness in the Family
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

In conjunction with NAMI Syracuse (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and to celebrate May Is Mental Health Month, the ArtRage Gallery presents the photo essay "Nothing to Hide: Mental Illness in the Family" and the paintings of Amber Christian Osterhout; a series titled Gaining Insight: An examination of the relationship between schizophrenia and stigma.

The Art of Urbanism: City Life in America & Abroad
Orange Line Gallery

Price: Free
Orange Line Gallery
106 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The basis of this show will be a unique demonstration of city arts and culture. A showing of true urbanism and creativity that lies within the youth of this concrete civilization, where street performances, music, dancing, graffiti, art, and spoken word have evolved from simple basic ideas into the most complex and deep meaningful outputs of artistic expression.

"The Art of Urbanism: City Life in America & Abroad" at the will feature new artists as well as past favorites: John Deere, acrylic & spraypaint on canvas; Marc Pitterelli, photography; Ramona Persaud, photography; Tina Dadabo, colored pencil & marker on paper; Amber Blanding, glass; Brandon Hall, mixed media; David McKenney, acrylic on canvas; Debra Parry Trichilo, photography; Edward Colelli, photography on silk; Jace Collins, mixed media; Jim Reed, acrylic & spraypaint on canvas;
Melissa Tiffany, collage; and Mick Mather, digitally manipulated photography.

Special Tribute to Rob Nilsson: Need
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Need, directed by Rob Nilsson (2008, United States, fiction, 95 minutes)
Depicts the fragile friendships, familial struggles and the competition as wel as the solidarity between four women who work for the sex business in San Francisco's Tenderloin district. In English. Learn more.

Filmmaker Rob Nilsson will be in attendance and will take questions following the screening.

Fashion
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Fashion, directed by Madhur Bhandarkar (2008, India, fiction, 167 minutes)
The rise, fall, and rebirth of India's number one supermodel, set against the glittering backdrop of the glamorous but ruthless world of haute couture fashion. In Hindi. Learn more.

Panic
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hotel Syracuse Persian Terrace
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Panic, directed by Atilla Till (2008, Hungary, fiction, 94 minutes)
A young PR manager has everything a girl could want: two degrees, a nice car, and a place of her own. But one day, she wakes up to realize that something is wrong... In Hungarian. Learn more.

Merry Funeral
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Merry Funeral, directed by Vladimir Fokin (2008, Russian Federation, fiction, 129 minutes)
A talented Russian painter lives in Manhattan with a big family. It is rather a community of emigrants like him: his wife, his friends and ex-lovers. He has a very special gift to find new friends and seduce women with a great sense of humor, as well as a great passion for love. The only problem is that he's fatally ill. And when he dies, they all find out that he has arranged his funeral in the most artistic way... In Russian. Learn more.

FridayFLICS: Out of the Shadow
ArtRage Gallery

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

This film is the story the director's family's secret struggle to deal with her mother's schizophrenia within the confines of the public health system. A story of madness and dignity, shame and love, illuminating a national plight through one familys journey. Official selection, Vancouver Film Festival. Directed by Susan Smiley, 2006.

Drive-In Friday
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: Free
Parking Lot on Montgomery Street
between Washington and Fayette St., Syracuse

Clear Channel Radio will providing a special frequency for the audio, and outdoor speakers will be set up for those not in a car. The family-friendly (PG) program will be repeating throughout the night.

Pretty Ugly, directed by Abbey Paccia (2008, United States, animation, 2 minutes)
In a world of sparkle and shine, one precious girl gets less than she bargained for when her brand new unicorn playmate is delivered to her door. In English. Learn more.

Historieas del Viento, directed by Javier Beltran Ramos (2007, Venezuela, documentary, 12 minutes)
A three-year-old Latin American boy finds the cycle of life unfolding in front of him. In Spanish. Learn more.

Fish Fosh, produced by Son Gi Don, Pyo Ju Young (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 5 minutes)
No matter what he does, a frustrated fisherman cannot catch a fish. In Korean. Learn more.

An Unquiet Mind, directed by Chihwen Lo (2008, United States, experimental, 6 minutes)
Shuei--in a maniac (or depressed) state?--witnesses his body in a coffin. Inspired by his struggle of bipolar disorder and Kay Redfield Jamison's book, An Unquiet Mind, the film is Shuei's mercurial journey of mood swings and deep restlessness. In English. Learn more.

Hairdressing, directed by Kaoru Ishida (2008, Czech Republic, animation, 6 minutes)
This animated film depicts a hairdresser in a town where all of the citizens have plants on their heads instead of hair. In Czech. Learn more.

Goodman, directed by Dong Hee Kim (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 14 minutes)
An industrialist deals with the effect of pollution on his loved one. Learn more.

Truth and Consequence, directed by Carol Jennings (2008, United States, documentary, 37 minutes)
It is an intolerable fact that some children are abused, yet false allegations lead to the tragic miscarriage of justice. One scientist asks the difficult question: Should we believe the kids? In English. Learn more.

Nightmare (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 6 minutes)
A man starts to have the uncanny experience that life is mirroring his nightmare. In Korean. Learn more.

With a Little Patience; A Pig's Ear; Over There
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hotel Syracuse Persian Terrace
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

With a Little Patience, directed by Laszlo Nemes (2007, Hungary, fiction, 13 minutes)
An office clerk meticulously conducts her routine, but beyond the window a man is waiting for her. In Hungarian. Learn more.

A Pig's Ear, directed by Grant Barbeito (2007, United States, fiction, 10 minutes)
A stubborn, elderly woman and her oppressed son treat two public health nurses to an unusual form of Southern hospitality in 1970s Appalachia. In English. Learn more.

Over There, directed by Abdolreza Kahani (2008, Islamic Republic of Iran, fiction, 70 minutes)
A young man has only ten days in order to return to the U.S. to renew his green card but he can't exit the country because of marital problems with his wife. In English. Learn more.

Matar a Todos
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Matar a Todos, directed by Esteban Schroeder (2007, Uruguay, fiction, 97 minutes)
A Uruguayan investigator goes to great lengths to determine whether the national army is protecting a notorious Chilean war criminal, and comes up against strong resistance from all sides in her quest. In Spanish. Learn more.

Tableau
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Tableau, directed by Gabor Dettre (2008, Czech Republic, fiction, 120 minutes)
A panoramic rendition of today's hopeless, inhuman societies, this exciting story with a social sensibility is psychologically well-established and grossly entertaining. In Hungarian. Learn more.

Exhibition: Architecture & Interior Design Show
Onondaga Community College

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

Exhibition of student work from the Architecture & Interior Design Department. It is an annual exhibit that showcases some of the best work produced by our students in the preceding academic year.

*CANCELLED* Folkus Project
Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand

May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Tonight's performance is cancelled due to illness. It will be rescheduled for a later date.

Andrew and Noah VanNorstrand are two of the most exciting and creative musicians on the acoustic music scene today. They've been bringing their brand of high-energy alternative folk music to concert halls, festival stages and dance floors across North America for nearly a decade. Now they're expanding their sound with a new band of their own. Joining Andrew and Noah are Rachel Bell on accordion and wooden flute, Kevin Dorsey on bass, and special guest Kailyn Wright singing vocals. This new band explores an edgy, more improvisational sound while continuing the VanNorstrand's traditional blend of genres including Celtic, Appalachian, swing, old-time country and bluegrass.

Little Women
Syracuse Opera

Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Mark Adamo's setting of Louisa May Alcott's class tale of the four March sisters and their coming-of-age stories. Sung in English with projected titles.

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Poet Elise Paschen; novelist Danielle Younge-Ullman
Downtown Writer's Center

Price: Free
YMCA Downtown
340 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Elise Paschen is the author of the poetry collections Bestiary (Red Hen Press, 2009), Infidelities (Story Line), and Houses: Coasts (Oxford: Sycamore Press). Her poems have been published in The New Republic and Shenandoah, among other magazines, and in numerous anthologies, including Poetry 180 and The Poetry Anthology, 1912-2002. She is editor of The New York Times best-selling anthology Poetry Speaks to Children and co-editor of Poetry Speaks, Poetry in Motion, among others. She is a former Executive Director of the Poetry Society of America, and co-founder of the "Poetry in Motion" program.

Danielle Younge-Ullman is a novelist, actor, blogger and playwright with a BA from McGill University. Danielle's critically acclaimed debut novel, Falling Under (Penguin/Plume), was launched in August of 2008 and her one-act play, 7 Acts of Intercourse, was produced at the SummerWorks Festival in 2005. She lives in Toronto with her husband, daughter and their dog.

SU Drama Senior Showcase
Syracuse University Drama Department

Price: Free
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

The Senior Showcase is an annual performance featuring musical numbers and scenes presented by members of the graduating class. This performance is designed as preparation for performances on May 4 at New York City's Snapple Theatre.

The Showcase will include musical and acting performances by 19 graduating seniors. Featured Musical Theatre majors are Kate Bodenheimer, Catherine Charlebois, Kaitlin Dale, Tom Garruto, Michael T. Howell, Nadine Malouf, Benjamin Michael, Lauren Nolan, Elena Shapiro, Brendon Stimpson, Kathleen Wrinn, and Katja Zarolinski. Featured Acting majors are Dana Abrams, Jessie Christen, Megan Dobbertin, Stella Heath, Semaj Miller, Patrick Murney, and Tinuke Oyefule.

In addition, seniors majoring in Design/Technical Theatre will exhibit their portfolios in the lobby, available for viewing before and after the performance.

The Senior Showcase is co-directed by Stephen Cross and David Lowenstein, produced by Kim Hale, and choreographed by David Lowenstein, all of whom are Assistant Professors in the Department of Drama.

For more information, please contact Kim Hale at 315-443-3180 or kahale@syr.edu.

Rent
Fowler High School

Price: $5 at the door; $3 in advance
Fowler High School
227 Magnolia St., Syracuse

Cruizin' with Nick and Friends

Price: $15
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

A trip down memory lane with a musical show for all ages, featuring Nick Mulpagano with Jeremy Wallace, Elizabeth Fern, Holly Wallace, Mike Wallace, and Shawn Forester.

For more information, phone 315-479-7469.

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I Shot My Rich Aunt
Appleseed Productions
Jon Wilson, director

Price: $15 regular; $12 students/seniors
Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

This rollicking romp is a mélange of off-the-wall farce and near-murder mystery. Guests are due at Lady Valonia's stately manor (a castle with a weird history) for the announcement of her nephew Dustin's engagement to Judy Blake. Unluckily, Dustin's former flame also arrives to find out why Dustin dumped her while Judy's brother is persuaded to go shoot at starlings. The family solicitor is on his way to change Valonia's will (out of Dustin's favor) and Judy's school chum Gwendolyn is coming to ensnare Dustin's cousin, a humble curate. A stray bullet enters the library and Dustin finds Valonia with a hole in her blouse oozing warm red liquid. By the time he gets help, the body has vanished. Meanwhile, the picketing cooks' and maidservants' unions have raised the drawbridge, entrapping everyone as night falls. The solicitor's wife thinks he's having an affair with Gwendolyn and arrives with horsewhip in hand on the incoming fire engine. Who said the place was on fire? Written by Mark Chandler.

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Disco Pigs and Zoo Story
Black Box Players

Price: Free
Loft Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh
Two friends set out on a celebratory birthday night through the nightclubs of Cork City. That night the whole of the city is lost in dance and pounding rave rhythms. But Pig and Runt want more. They are two inseparable violent creatures. From birth they have developed their own language and 'Pork City' through their eyes is a wet grey wasteland with only one diamond shining out of the shite, The Palace Disco. The night is going to be different from others. The inseparable are about to separate and which one will survive depends on which one can break free. Directed by Holly Hart.

Zoo Story by Edward Albee
A park bench in Central Park. A well-to-do business man. A disturbed vagrant. Primal warfare unfolds in this classic play about the desperate need for human connection, and the lengths we go to to achieve it. This deeply moving and comical one-act will creep under your skin and leave you questioning human nature in its most animalistic form. Directed by Brendan Naylor.

Poor Super Man
Rarely Done Productions
Dan Tursi, director

Price: $20
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

David is a painter whose success has brought him fame, money and insulation from the life experiences that inspired him to paint. When he decides he needs to get out in the world again and takes a job at a small cafe as a waiter, the last thing he expects is to fall in love with Matt, part of the husband and wife couple that own the cafe. Love, hate, life and death—all have a place in this contemporary story about a group of 30-something urbanites whose lives seem to be coming apart.

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The World Goes 'Round
Syracuse University Drama Department
Nathan Hurwitz, director

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

Life -- with its glories, indignities, hopes and quiet dreams -- is the subject of this stunning revue of the beloved songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb. Features unforgettable gems from throughout their incredible career in theatre, film and television, spotlighting songs from Cabaret; Chicago; New York, New York; Funny Lady; Kiss Of The Spiderwoman and more. Filled with humor, romance, drama, nonstop melody and brassy, insightful lyrics, The World Goes 'Round is a thrilling celebration of life and the fighting spirit that keeps us all going.

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Saturday, May 2, 2009

Window Projects: Museum of the City of Lost and Found
The Warehouse Gallery

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

Museum of the City of Lost and Found, Marion Wilson's latest sculpture project, is a continuation of her public art project launched in conjunction with the 2008 New Orleans Biennial. The exhibition is a combination of hexagram patterns of i-ching (a symbol system used to identify order in random events) collaboratively painted on the wall by the artist, community members, faculty and students at Syracuse University; miniature "igloo" and cast resin objects; and a short video of Wilson's bicycle (mobile museum) performance in New Orleans edited by Jessica Posner. Wilson invites audience participation by filling out Lost and Found Report cards (available throughout the exhibition), her method of collecting stories about viewers' personal losses, chances, findings and discoveries.

Marion Wilson uses igloos as a nomadic structure of native materials to remind us of our basic human need for shelter and protection. In addition, it is a reference to fundamentals of human existence and the Italian Arte Povera artist Mario Merz (1925-2003). In New Orleans, Wilson's sculpture was originally mounted on a constructed bicycle able to roam the city streets within the St. Roch neighborhood and the French Market. In Syracuse, Wilson will exhibit her 'mobile museum' at the Warehouse Gallery, thus, creating a "museum inside a museum." Although the installation in the Window Projects will remain through June 6, its appearance will continuously change through the continual addition of found materials collected by the artist. Wilson will be guided in selecting these additional materials by outside interviews with the general public in the greater Syracuse community.

50/50: Works of Nancy Jurs
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Nancy Jurs juxtaposes her signature large-scale, hand-built ceramic sculptures with recent site-specific installations composed of ceramic, mixed-media and found objects. Throughout her 40-year career Jurs, a Rochester-based sculptor and ceramic artist, has produced an astounding body of work that largely addresses female power and strength. In 2003, Jurs completed the Armor Series, a grouping of six life-size armored torsos that present themselves with empowered determination. The stylized shells not only serve to protect the figures but to symbolize renewed confidence and strength in a post-9/11 world. "Undaunted" (2003), which is part of the Armor Series, was acquired by the Everson in 2004.

Also on view will be "Triad," a monumental 16-foot high sculpture composed of ceramic slabs that have been hand-built: cut, scraped, modeled, and stacked in three interacting totem-like structures. Triad will be prominently displayed in the Rosamond Gifford Sculpture Court.

Spring Art Show and Sale
Onondaga Art Guild

Price: Free
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
400 Yates St., East Syracuse

Members of The Onondaga Art Guild will hold a pre-Mother's Day Art Show and Sale that will provide a great chance to find a truly original gift for Mom. Or you can just feast your eyes on beautiful artwork by talented local artists.

Stoneware and Stone "Wear"
Skaneateles Artisans

Skaneateles Artisans
11 Fennell St., Skaneateles

Works of Sallie Thompson, ceramics, and Dee Ann VonHunke, fine silver and semi-precious gemstone jewelry.

Three Sisters: The Art of Robin Holder, Sonya A. Lawyer, and Tamara Natalie Madden
Community Folk Art Center

Price: Free
Community Folk Art Center
805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Three Sisters: The Art of Robin Holder, Sonya A. Lawyer and Tamara Natalie Madden features works by three contemporary African American women artists who work in different media but explore issues of ethnicity, identity, history and culture in their work.

Robin Holder's works are inspired by issues of empowerment and integrity as well as the complexities of American identity: culture, gender, class, race and ethnicity. The works in her series "Behind Each Window, A Voice," were inspired by oral histories of eight of her neighbors in Brooklyn. Issues of race, social and political victimization, and ideas about society are shared by each of the subjects in their personal histories. The works are a combination of painting, collage and printmaking techniques.

Sonya Lawyer's photographic transfers combine imagery from vintage photographs with modern hand-dyed cotton fabric. The photographs were collected by the artist from vintage photo albums purchased at antique stores and through online auctions. Concerned that pieces of history were literally being torn apart and sold to the highest bidder, Lawyer was prompted to start acquiring images in order to protect them from further disturbance. Works from two series, "Searching For Beulah (limit of disturbance)" and "Finding Authenticity (does anyone remember?)" contain singular images of men and women of color juxtaposed with fabric blocks of varying hues. The works are a celebration of the persons depicted, each work revealing strength, pride, beauty and a quintessential timelessness.

Tamara Natalie Madden, in her recent series of mixed media paintings, creates images of kings,queens and warriors, using everyday people as her inspiration. Recognizing the struggles of the working class, the unseen and unheard, Madden chooses to depict them as kings and queens, as a means of expressing appreciation for their experiences, struggles and triumphs. The paintings are layered with quilted fabrics, which represent regal clothing and, symbolically, storytelling and quilts reflecting African traditions. The birds in the paintings represent a sense of freedom.

Passage: Latino Direction in CNY
Community Folk Art Center

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

Works by Alejandro Betancourt.

Exploring History with Art: The Changing View—Landscapes
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Paintings from OHA's permanent collection

MFA 2009
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

MFA 2009 is an exhibition of master of fine arts degree candidates from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. Twenty-two artists will exhibit a range of work from traditional media such as oil on canvas, portraiture, and atmospheric-fired pottery to contemporary media including digital prints, site-specific installation, and video projection. The diversity of the show is also distinctly international, with artists from Canada, France, Korea and Russia.

While the artists work in a variety of media and techniques, themes emerge across the disciplines. The concept of the fabricated or manipulated environment is evident in many of the artists' sculptural installations, including a monumental model stagecoach positioned in a moon-landing re-creation and a faux-storefront display with ceramic poodles that both mock and celebrate what we regard as haute couture.

Nostalgia and personal identity are also sources of inspiration in this year's exhibition. One artist's work reinterprets the well-known characters from Sesame Street into an iconic status, while another incorporates the artist's past memories and dark humor into photographs that explore childhood experiences of fear, mortality and sex.

BFA Exhibition
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

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

The exhibition will feature work from seniors in VPA's School of Art and Design and Department of Transmedia, with a particular focus on the areas of painting, illustration, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, fiber arts/material studies and art photography.

Nothing to Hide: Mental Illness in the Family
ArtRage Gallery

Price: Free
ArtRage Gallery
505 Hawley Ave., Syracuse

In conjunction with NAMI Syracuse (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and to celebrate May Is Mental Health Month, the ArtRage Gallery presents the photo essay "Nothing to Hide: Mental Illness in the Family" and the paintings of Amber Christian Osterhout; a series titled Gaining Insight: An examination of the relationship between schizophrenia and stigma.

The Art of Urbanism: City Life in America & Abroad
Orange Line Gallery

Price: Free
Orange Line Gallery
106 Montgomery St., Syracuse

The basis of this show will be a unique demonstration of city arts and culture. A showing of true urbanism and creativity that lies within the youth of this concrete civilization, where street performances, music, dancing, graffiti, art, and spoken word have evolved from simple basic ideas into the most complex and deep meaningful outputs of artistic expression.

"The Art of Urbanism: City Life in America & Abroad" at the will feature new artists as well as past favorites: John Deere, acrylic & spraypaint on canvas; Marc Pitterelli, photography; Ramona Persaud, photography; Tina Dadabo, colored pencil & marker on paper; Amber Blanding, glass; Brandon Hall, mixed media; David McKenney, acrylic on canvas; Debra Parry Trichilo, photography; Edward Colelli, photography on silk; Jace Collins, mixed media; Jim Reed, acrylic & spraypaint on canvas;
Melissa Tiffany, collage; and Mick Mather, digitally manipulated photography.

Sound Scores: Paper, Wood, Stone and Glass
The Warehouse Gallery

The Warehouse Gallery
350 W. Fayette St., Syracuse

The exhibition of works by Andrew Deutsch and Stephen Vitiello, "Sound Scores: Paper, Wood, Stone and Glass," is an installation composed of audio and video pieces as well as photographs, prints and sculpture. Deutsch and Vitiello are musicians, composers and sound artists who have been collaborating since 1999. For this, their first co-exhibition, the artists provided each other with musical scores for the other to perform. In so doing, they emphasize the visual nature of sound scores, shedding light on this complex, seemingly inaccessible medium called sound art.

In Vitiello's work viewers will see a shift from landscape photographs (7 Studies for Graphic Scores, 2007) to abstract black-and-white prints (Pond Set, 2008) that continue to refer to landscape through black lines that evoke both reeds and musical notes. In the background of his videos, Deutsch includes imagery from the "Notgeld" (emergency money that was put into circulation in Germany during the economic crisis of the 1920s) as a reflection on our difficult economic times. Deutsch also uses these collectibles in the making of his own sound scores; he has created a narrative referring to the films of Fritz Lang, to illustrated children's books, and to early 20th-century European artistic abstraction, where sound and sight blend into a common experience.

Opening: All Forms: Studio Pottery '09
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

Featuring works by 13 artists.

Opening Reception and Art Event XAYC: Xybrid Authenticity Ynder Construction, and Museum of the City of Lost and Found
Redhouse

Price: Free
Former Redhouse Theater
219 S. West St., Syracuse

In addition to the three artists' work on view, the audience will be able to participate in the "XAYC" film shoot with film director Ron Bonk, hear ToTs newest album live, dance to Joro-Boro's etnoteck beats, and experience the chill-out room/installation at M-LAB. Throughout this unique art event, "XYAC Art Agents" will recite excerpts of the poem "House," written by poet Michael Burkard.

The Red House is proud to present international artists Daniela Kostova and Joro De Boro with their newest site-specific project and art event commissioned by the Red House, entitled "XAYC: Xybrid Authenticity Ynder Construction," and Marion Wilson with "Museum of the City of Lost and Found," video projection and sidewalk installation.

XAYC (pronounced "house" in English) is an art project that questions contemporary identity politics and the concept of subjectivity in relation to authenticity. In Bulgarian, XAYC stands for "chaos".

By creating site-specific works both inside and outside of the Red House Arts Center's building, Daniela Kostova and Joro De Boro will open up a dialogue about the meaning of authenticity in the context of contemporary culture, the role of the artist in a system of specialized division of labor, and the importance of audience participation in the ecology of art consumption.

Marion Wilson will project "Museum of the City of Lost and Found" as a video--a staged performance of Marion Wilson riding the museum/bicycle through the cemetery stones of St. Roch. In addition, a sculpture/drawing on the city sidewalks will physically and visually connect Marion's current Warehouse Gallery Window installation to the Red House building. Marion Wilson's artwork included in "XAYC" is the latest development within a body of work commissioned by the 2008 New Orleans Biennial.

Snow of Tianshan Mountain
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hotel Syracuse Persian Terrace
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Snow of Tianshan Mountain, directed by Zang Hui (2008, China, fiction, 92 minutes)
The arrival of a woman from Shanghai brings disturbance and conflict to the once-peaceful city of Xinjiang. In Chinese. Learn more.

International Children's Video Postcard Workshop
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: Free
Bristol IMAX Omnitheater at the MOST
Armory Square, Syracuse

The Syracuse International Film Festival Video Postcard program, which was inspired by the original Video Postcards of the Tel-Aviv International Children's Film Festival, enters its second year with a workshop presentation. Middle school-age students from around the world produced video pieces no longer than five minutes in length on the topic of "Family," which can be defined as broadly or as narrowly as the students like.

The video postcards have no narration or written dialogue, but ambient voices, such as snatches of real conversation, were permissible. Ambient sound and music were important components.

This year's participants include Roxboro Road Middle School in North Syracuse, Ed Smith School in Syracuse, Manlius Pebble Hill School, the Oneida Nation, and Dakar Media Centre in Senegal.

Canoe Pulling: A Lummi Way of Life, directed by Sara London, Britney Oldham (2008, United States, youth, 8 minutes) A group of teenage members of the Lummi tribe tell the story of the revival of canoe-pulling culture and the importance of this generations-old tradition in their lives. In English. Learn more.

Two Wolves, directed by Tyler Trykowski (2008, United States, youth, 7 minutes) A man takes his son on a camping trip and tells him a story that changes his life. In English. Learn more.

Alone and Together, directed by Aaron Jones, Derek Jones and the SuperFly 09 Team (2008, United States, youth, 4 minutes) Arnold, a young Native American, remembers the people who shared their lives with him and who made him the person he is today. They are no longer around but the memories he fosters are what keep Arnold moving ahead. In English. Learn more.

Special Tribute to Rob Nilsson: Frank Dead Souls
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Frank Dead Souls, directed by Rob Nilsson (2008, United States, fiction, 97 minutes)
A magazine editorial staff on a "team building" exercise experiences the usual human drama. Something is not right as the bus bumps its oblivious way north. In English. Learn more.

Filmmaker Rob Nilsson will be in attendance and will take questions following the screening.

The Priestess
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

The Priestess, directed by Vigen Cahldrani (2007, Armenia, fiction, 108 minutes)
After a near-fatal accident in present-day Armenia, a woman suffering from amnesia begins to remember a life that occurred many centuries ago. In Armenian. Learn more.

Io Parlo!; Mozart in China
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Bristol IMAX Omnitheater at the MOST
Armory Square, Syracuse

Io Parlo!, directed by Marco Gianfreda (2009, Italy, fiction, 20 minutes)
A young boy wants to befriend his older sister's boyfriend, and when he catches the older boy talking with another girl, he sees a chance to achieve his goal. In Italian. Learn more.

Mozart in China, directed by Bernd Neuburger (2008, Austria, fiction, 0 minutes)
A marionette named Mozart that comes alive at night accompanies a young Austrian boy and his Chinese friend on a trip to Hainan Island. In Czech. Learn more.

Auf der Strecke (On the Line); Lost & Found
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hotel Syracuse Persian Terrace
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Auf der Strecke (On the Line), directed by Reto Caffi (2007, Switzerland, fiction, 30 minutes)
A department store security guard's decision not to help a romantic rival has devastating consequences. In German. Learn more.

Lost & Found, directed by Nobuyuki Miyake (2008, Japan, fiction, 75 minutes)
A portrait of various people that come across a lost and found office. In Japanese. Learn more.

Gympl (The Can)
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Gympl (The Can), directed by Tomas Vorel (2007, Czech Republic, fiction, 109 minutes)
Two young Czechs who attend a dysfunctional high school find an outlet for their energy and creativity in the subversive act of graffiti in this vibrant, compelling coming-of-age story. In Czech. Learn more.

La Moglie (The Wife); Aspettando Il Sole (Waiting for the Sun)
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

La Moglie (The Wife), directed by Andrea Zaccariello (2008, Italy, fiction, 22 minutes)
A man and his beautiful, loving wife celebrate their anniversary at a romantic seaside mansion, but this weekend could turn into their final, terrible date. In Italian. Learn more.

Aspettando Il Sole (Waiting for the Sun), directed by Ago Panini (2008, Italy, fiction, 96 minutes)
The place is Italy, sometime at the beginning of the Eighties. Three bad boys stumble across a remote hotel, looking for something to amuse them through the long hours until dawn. They decide to take the hotel's night porter hostage. The Bellevue Hotel is full of guests who breathe and sob behind doors. They act out of love and despair, in whispers and screams. Only when these stories start to intertwine do the walls dissolve revealing the visible thread that links their destinies. In Italian. Learn more.

A-Free-CA; Old Partner
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Bristol IMAX Omnitheater at the MOST
Armory Square, Syracuse

A-Free-CA, directed by Hwan-Yoon Jong (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 14 minutes)
A young African boy suffering from slavery, famine, poverty, and state violence dreams of a green paradise. In Korean. Learn more.

Old Partner, directed by Chung-ryoul Lee (2008, Republic of Korea, documentary, 78 minutes)
A special relationship between a man and his cow, with an emphasis on the themes of loyalty and faith. In Korean. Learn more.

Pelo Ouvido (Through the Ear); La Virgen Negra
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hotel Syracuse Persian Terrace
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Pelo Ouvido (Through the Ear), directed by Joaquim Haickel (2008, Brazil, fiction, 17 minutes)
Amid irreparable losses, Keit tries to preserve the passionate side of his relationship. In Portuguese.
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La Virgen Negra, directed by Ignacio Castillo Cottin (2008, Venezuela, fiction, 86 minutes)
The lives of the people in a small fishing village change in surprising ways when the Black Virgin appears in this magical, comedic depiction of rural life. In Spanish. Learn more.

Empties
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Empties, directed by Jan Sverak (2008, Czech Republic, fiction, 100 minutes)
A humorous portrait of the post-retirement antics of a cantankerous Czech. In Czech. Learn more.

Shadows
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Shadows, directed by Milcho Manchevski (2007, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, fiction, 119 minutes)
Old-fashioned at heart, this film freely embraces the genres of social drama, horror, psychological thriller, folktale and love story to form a hypnotic cinematic journey. In English. Learn more.

The Bat; How to Live on Earth
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hotel Syracuse Persian Terrace
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

The Bat, directed by June-kyu Park (2008, Republic of Korea, fiction, 13 minutes)
A coming-of-age drama about school boys and bullies and the symbols and petty cruelties that define the early years of our lives. In Korean. Learn more.

How to Live on Earth, directed by Seul-ki Ahn (2008, Republic of Korea, fiction, 90 minutes)
The story portrays metaphorically the ennui of long-married couples and their doubts about the endurance of their love. In Korean. Learn more.

Special Tribute to Rob Nilsson: Presque Isle
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Presque Isle, directed by Rob Nilsson (2008, United States, fiction, 97 minutes)
As Danny flees to a wilderness lake island, visions appear to him. Are they hallucinations or flashbacks? Nothing seems certain. In English. Learn more.

Filmmaker Rob Nilsson will be in attendance and will take questions following the screening.

Drive-In Saturday
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: Free
Parking Lot on Montgomery Street
between Washington and Fayette St., Syracuse

Clear Channel Radio will providing a special frequency for the audio, and outdoor speakers will be set up for those not in a car. The family-friendly (PG) program will be repeating throughout the night.

Blossom, directed by Areum Lee, Sumin Song (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 4 minutes)
A coming-of-age fantasy with a melancholy twist. In Korean. Learn more.

Station of the Dead, directed by Soyoung Park (2008, Czech Republic, animation, 6 minutes)
In this animated short, a girls learns a method for making soup for the dead, and in the process learns a lesson about life. In Czech. Learn more.

Attention, Go!, directed by Theresa Alessio (2008, United States, documentary, 10 minutes)
The Syracuse University women's crew team works together as one as they race to the finish. In English. Learn more.

Page One, directed by Na Yeon Kim (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 3 minutes)
A short animated version of Alice in Wonderland-type fantasies. In Korean. Learn more.

The Puppet, directed by Kang Jin Woo (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 6 minutes)
Korean Animation from the 2008 Secan Awards. Features a robotic dance. In Korean. Learn more.

Epitaph, directed by Walter Ungerer (2008, United States, experimental, 10 minutes)
This documentary explores the issues surrounding war, natural disasters, and society and asks: Is the Earth speaking to us? In English. Learn more.

Good-bye to Merine, directed by Taron Petrosyan (2008, Armenia, fiction, 10 minutes)
A young girl lives her life by fantasizing and dreaming of a non-existant hero. In Armenian. Learn more.

Aspirin (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 6 minutes)
A little girl is forced to spend a day at home alone with her dog. In Korean. Learn more.

Stop, directed by Jae-ok Park (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 5 minutes)
A young man is on the way to the hospital with his mother when he swerves his car to avoid a truck driving on the wrong side of the road, and the world stops. In Korean. Learn more.

Animated American, directed by James Baker, Joe Haidar (2008, United States, fiction, 15 minutes)
The future is about to collide with the past. Eric, a digital loving executive on a mansion hunting expedition finds himself crossing swords with his realtor, Max, an out of work toon rabbit. Like it or not, Max will make Eric see things through the eyes of an "Animated American." In English. Learn more.

God's Smile or Odessa Story
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

God's Smile or Odessa Story, directed by Vladimir Alenikov (2008, Russian Federation, fiction, 125 minutes)
A naive young Russian-American finds himself falling through time holes in Odessa, Ukraine while trying to retrieve his grandfather's cat. In English. Learn more.

Eden; Exhausted
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hotel Syracuse Persian Terrace
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Eden, directed by Hye-won Kim (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 14 minutes)
A not-for-kids look at the Garden of Eden. In Korean. Learn more.

Exhausted, directed by Gok Kim (2008, Republic of Korea, fiction, 128 minutes)
For mature audiences: the film explores with irony the concepts of beauty through ugliness and disturbance and of energy through excess and expenditure. In Korean. Learn more.

Liminal; I Demoni Di San Pietroburgo
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hosmer Auditorium, Everson Museum
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Liminal, directed by Stephen Keep Mills (2008, United States, fiction, 14 minutes)
Ina and Joy are naked and locked in a battle of elimination. Ina must reverse the power to survive. Are they lovers or is Joy the "killer within"? In English. Learn more.

I Demoni Di San Pietroburgo, directed by Giuliano Montaldo (2007, Italy, fiction, 120 minutes)
The writer Fyodor Dostoevsky must find a young woman and convince her to call off an assassination attempt in 1860s St. Petersburg. In Italian. Learn more.

Exhibition: Architecture & Interior Design Show
Onondaga Community College

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

Exhibition of student work from the Architecture & Interior Design Department. It is an annual exhibit that showcases some of the best work produced by our students in the preceding academic year.

Graduate Piano Recital
Syracuse University Setnor School of Music
Featuring Benjamin Hoffmann, piano

Price: Free
Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
Syracuse University, Syracuse

Benjamin Hoffmann, a first-year graduate piano performance student in the Setnor School of Music will present a solo piano recital featuring Sonata in B-flat, K.333 by Mozart, the Piano Sonata of Charles Griffes, Images, Book I by Claude Debussy, and Ballade No. 2 in b minor by Franz Liszt.

Parking is available in Irving Garage. For more information, contact the Setnor School at 315-443-2191.

The Emperor's New Clothes
Magic Circle Children's Theatre

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

Interactive retelling of the classic story.

Disco Pigs and Zoo Story
Black Box Players

Price: Free
Loft Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh
Two friends set out on a celebratory birthday night through the nightclubs of Cork City. That night the whole of the city is lost in dance and pounding rave rhythms. But Pig and Runt want more. They are two inseparable violent creatures. From birth they have developed their own language and 'Pork City' through their eyes is a wet grey wasteland with only one diamond shining out of the shite, The Palace Disco. The night is going to be different from others. The inseparable are about to separate and which one will survive depends on which one can break free. Directed by Holly Hart.

Zoo Story by Edward Albee
A park bench in Central Park. A well-to-do business man. A disturbed vagrant. Primal warfare unfolds in this classic play about the desperate need for human connection, and the lengths we go to to achieve it. This deeply moving and comical one-act will creep under your skin and leave you questioning human nature in its most animalistic form. Directed by Brendan Naylor.

The World Goes 'Round
Syracuse University Drama Department
Nathan Hurwitz, director

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

Life -- with its glories, indignities, hopes and quiet dreams -- is the subject of this stunning revue of the beloved songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb. Features unforgettable gems from throughout their incredible career in theatre, film and television, spotlighting songs from Cabaret; Chicago; New York, New York; Funny Lady; Kiss Of The Spiderwoman and more. Filled with humor, romance, drama, nonstop melody and brassy, insightful lyrics, The World Goes 'Round is a thrilling celebration of life and the fighting spirit that keeps us all going.

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The Diary of Anne Frank
Syracuse Stage
Timothy Bond, director

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

The story is simplicity itself. A young girl, alive to everything around her and awakening within her, with hopes and dreams of the life she may one day lead with friends and family, confides to her diary the secrets of her heart. That diary, as we all know, becomes one of the lasting documents of the 20th century, a testament not to the horrors we know so well, but to the indomitability of the human spirit. That's what's so wonderful about this version of The Diary of Anne Frank, newly revised by Wendy Kesselman. With information gleaned from previously withheld portions of the diary and additional survivor accounts, we glimpse this remarkable young woman with greater clarity and deeper understanding of the fullness of her life. Was she on the verge of falling in love for the first time? Did she harbor misgivings about herself or members of the "family" imposed on her? We know the sad end of the tale, but do we really know the complexity of the heart that with its every beat sought to find the goodness in others?

Read a Review!

Cruizin' with Nick and Friends

Price: $15
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

A trip down memory lane with a musical show for all ages, featuring Nick Mulpagano with Jeremy Wallace, Elizabeth Fern, Holly Wallace, Mike Wallace, and Shawn Forester.

For more information, phone 315-479-7469.

Read a Review!

I Shot My Rich Aunt
Appleseed Productions
Jon Wilson, director

Price: $15 regular; $12 students/seniors
Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

This rollicking romp is a mélange of off-the-wall farce and near-murder mystery. Guests are due at Lady Valonia's stately manor (a castle with a weird history) for the announcement of her nephew Dustin's engagement to Judy Blake. Unluckily, Dustin's former flame also arrives to find out why Dustin dumped her while Judy's brother is persuaded to go shoot at starlings. The family solicitor is on his way to change Valonia's will (out of Dustin's favor) and Judy's school chum Gwendolyn is coming to ensnare Dustin's cousin, a humble curate. A stray bullet enters the library and Dustin finds Valonia with a hole in her blouse oozing warm red liquid. By the time he gets help, the body has vanished. Meanwhile, the picketing cooks' and maidservants' unions have raised the drawbridge, entrapping everyone as night falls. The solicitor's wife thinks he's having an affair with Gwendolyn and arrives with horsewhip in hand on the incoming fire engine. Who said the place was on fire? Written by Mark Chandler.

Read a Review!

Disco Pigs and Zoo Story
Black Box Players

Price: Free
Loft Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

Disco Pigs by Enda Walsh
Two friends set out on a celebratory birthday night through the nightclubs of Cork City. That night the whole of the city is lost in dance and pounding rave rhythms. But Pig and Runt want more. They are two inseparable violent creatures. From birth they have developed their own language and 'Pork City' through their eyes is a wet grey wasteland with only one diamond shining out of the shite, The Palace Disco. The night is going to be different from others. The inseparable are about to separate and which one will survive depends on which one can break free. Directed by Holly Hart.

Zoo Story by Edward Albee
A park bench in Central Park. A well-to-do business man. A disturbed vagrant. Primal warfare unfolds in this classic play about the desperate need for human connection, and the lengths we go to to achieve it. This deeply moving and comical one-act will creep under your skin and leave you questioning human nature in its most animalistic form. Directed by Brendan Naylor.

Well Aged Words: Tales from Appalachia
Open Hand Theater
Featuring Sheila Kay Adams

Price: $18 advance sale, $20 at the door, $5 extra for artist reception
International Mask and Puppet Museum
518 Prospect Ave., Syracuse

Sheila Kay Adams comes from a small Appalachian mountain community in Madison County, NC. For seven generations her family has maintained the tradition of passing down the English, Scottish and Irish ballads that came over with her ancestors in the mid 1700s. Appalachian humorist, published author, and master storyteller, she has a down-home style with a professional foundation. With a warm, relaxed and genuine presence, Sheila develops an immediate rapport with her audience. Whether singing the ancient story-songs, playing the banjo, performing an original composition, or creating a window into her rich culture by sharing a story about the colorful folks of her small mountain community, she spellbinds audiences of all ages.

Poor Super Man
Rarely Done Productions
Dan Tursi, director

Price: $20
Jazz Central
441 E. Washington St., Syracuse

David is a painter whose success has brought him fame, money and insulation from the life experiences that inspired him to paint. When he decides he needs to get out in the world again and takes a job at a small cafe as a waiter, the last thing he expects is to fall in love with Matt, part of the husband and wife couple that own the cafe. Love, hate, life and death—all have a place in this contemporary story about a group of 30-something urbanites whose lives seem to be coming apart.

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The World Goes 'Round
Syracuse University Drama Department
Nathan Hurwitz, director

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

Life -- with its glories, indignities, hopes and quiet dreams -- is the subject of this stunning revue of the beloved songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb. Features unforgettable gems from throughout their incredible career in theatre, film and television, spotlighting songs from Cabaret; Chicago; New York, New York; Funny Lady; Kiss Of The Spiderwoman and more. Filled with humor, romance, drama, nonstop melody and brassy, insightful lyrics, The World Goes 'Round is a thrilling celebration of life and the fighting spirit that keeps us all going.

Read a Review!

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Window Projects: Museum of the City of Lost and Found
The Warehouse Gallery

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

Museum of the City of Lost and Found, Marion Wilson's latest sculpture project, is a continuation of her public art project launched in conjunction with the 2008 New Orleans Biennial. The exhibition is a combination of hexagram patterns of i-ching (a symbol system used to identify order in random events) collaboratively painted on the wall by the artist, community members, faculty and students at Syracuse University; miniature "igloo" and cast resin objects; and a short video of Wilson's bicycle (mobile museum) performance in New Orleans edited by Jessica Posner. Wilson invites audience participation by filling out Lost and Found Report cards (available throughout the exhibition), her method of collecting stories about viewers' personal losses, chances, findings and discoveries.

Marion Wilson uses igloos as a nomadic structure of native materials to remind us of our basic human need for shelter and protection. In addition, it is a reference to fundamentals of human existence and the Italian Arte Povera artist Mario Merz (1925-2003). In New Orleans, Wilson's sculpture was originally mounted on a constructed bicycle able to roam the city streets within the St. Roch neighborhood and the French Market. In Syracuse, Wilson will exhibit her 'mobile museum' at the Warehouse Gallery, thus, creating a "museum inside a museum." Although the installation in the Window Projects will remain through June 6, its appearance will continuously change through the continual addition of found materials collected by the artist. Wilson will be guided in selecting these additional materials by outside interviews with the general public in the greater Syracuse community.

Limbo: Works of Admas Habteslasie
Light Work Gallery

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

"Limbo" depicts a graceful yet unusually honest and insightful snapshot of Eritrea, an East African country suspended in an unsettled state between war and peace.

Eritrea warred with neighboring Ethiopia for 30 years before gaining independence in 1991. Then, in 1998, they entered another war with Ethiopia that lasted two years. Today, the war-torn country is yet again at the brink of war with their neighbor. Years of unrest have left the people of Eritrea waiting for life to improve. According to Habteslasie: "Transitory states become permanent; empty villas, destroyed old buildings and unfinished new buildings dot the landscape, monuments to the suspension of history. The collision between Eritrea's proud historical narrative and the bleak ennui of the present has produced an obsessive focus on the future. Reconstruction and infrastructure development are energetically driven forward whilst the economy remains essentially shut off from the outside world." The images in "Limbo" capture both destruction and construction, both the unhealed wounds of war and a fierce optimism and hope for a brighter future.

Habteslasie was born in Kuwait, and his parents are Eritrean. He received his master's degree from the London College of Communication in photojournalism and documentary photography. His photographic projects look at the ideas of identity, history, and the re-evaluation of our relationship with historical process. His work has been exhibited at venues such as Flowers East and 198 Gallery in London. His work has also been published in Source Magazine.

As It Happens: Artists-in-Residence at Light Work
Light Work Gallery

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

Josh Brilliant curates a selection of images by recent Light Work Artists-in-Residence, including Amy Stein, Kelli Connell, Cristina Fraire, Krista Steinke, and Christine Osinski. Brilliant is currently an MFA candidate in the Museum Studies program at Syracuse University.

All Forms: Studio Pottery '09
Gandee Gallery

Gandee Gallery
7846 Main St., Fabius

Featuring works by 13 artists.

Exploring History with Art: The Changing View—Landscapes
Onondaga Historical Association

Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Paintings from OHA's permanent collection

MFA 2009
Syracuse University Art Museum

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

MFA 2009 is an exhibition of master of fine arts degree candidates from the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. Twenty-two artists will exhibit a range of work from traditional media such as oil on canvas, portraiture, and atmospheric-fired pottery to contemporary media including digital prints, site-specific installation, and video projection. The diversity of the show is also distinctly international, with artists from Canada, France, Korea and Russia.

While the artists work in a variety of media and techniques, themes emerge across the disciplines. The concept of the fabricated or manipulated environment is evident in many of the artists' sculptural installations, including a monumental model stagecoach positioned in a moon-landing re-creation and a faux-storefront display with ceramic poodles that both mock and celebrate what we regard as haute couture.

Nostalgia and personal identity are also sources of inspiration in this year's exhibition. One artist's work reinterprets the well-known characters from Sesame Street into an iconic status, while another incorporates the artist's past memories and dark humor into photographs that explore childhood experiences of fear, mortality and sex.

BFA Exhibition
Syracuse University School of Art and Design

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

The exhibition will feature work from seniors in VPA's School of Art and Design and Department of Transmedia, with a particular focus on the areas of painting, illustration, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, fiber arts/material studies and art photography.

50/50: Works of Nancy Jurs
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

Nancy Jurs juxtaposes her signature large-scale, hand-built ceramic sculptures with recent site-specific installations composed of ceramic, mixed-media and found objects. Throughout her 40-year career Jurs, a Rochester-based sculptor and ceramic artist, has produced an astounding body of work that largely addresses female power and strength. In 2003, Jurs completed the Armor Series, a grouping of six life-size armored torsos that present themselves with empowered determination. The stylized shells not only serve to protect the figures but to symbolize renewed confidence and strength in a post-9/11 world. "Undaunted" (2003), which is part of the Armor Series, was acquired by the Everson in 2004.

Also on view will be "Triad," a monumental 16-foot high sculpture composed of ceramic slabs that have been hand-built: cut, scraped, modeled, and stacked in three interacting totem-like structures. Triad will be prominently displayed in the Rosamond Gifford Sculpture Court.

Spring Art Show and Sale
Onondaga Art Guild

Price: Free
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
400 Yates St., East Syracuse

Members of The Onondaga Art Guild will hold a pre-Mother's Day Art Show and Sale that will provide a great chance to find a truly original gift for Mom. Or you can just feast your eyes on beautiful artwork by talented local artists.

Stoneware and Stone "Wear"
Skaneateles Artisans

Skaneateles Artisans
11 Fennell St., Skaneateles

Works of Sallie Thompson, ceramics, and Dee Ann VonHunke, fine silver and semi-precious gemstone jewelry.

All Animation Program
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Bristol IMAX Omnitheater at the MOST
Armory Square, Syracuse

Goodman, directed by Dong Hee Kim (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 14 minutes)
An industrialist deals with the effect of pollution on his loved one. Learn more.

Pretty Ugly, directed by Abbey Paccia (2008, United States, animation, 2 minutes)
In a world of sparkle and shine, one precious girl gets less than she bargained for when her brand new unicorn playmate is delivered to her door. In English. Learn more.

Aspirin (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 6 minutes)
A little girl is forced to spend a day at home alone with her dog. In Korean. Learn more.

Hairdressing, directed by Kaoru Ishida (2008, Czech Republic, animation, 6 minutes)
This animated film depicts a hairdresser in a town where all of the citizens have plants on their heads instead of hair. In Czech. Learn more.

Blossom, directed by Areum Lee, Sumin Song (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 4 minutes)
A coming-of-age fantasy with a melancholy twist. In Korean. Learn more.

Station of the Dead, directed by Soyoung Park (2008, Czech Republic, animation, 6 minutes)
In this animated short, a girls learns a method for making soup for the dead, and in the process learns a lesson about life. In Czech. Learn more.

Page One, directed by Na Yeon Kim (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 3 minutes)
A short animated version of Alice in Wonderland-type fantasies. In Korean. Learn more.

The Puppet, directed by Kang Jin Woo (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 6 minutes)
Korean Animation from the 2008 Secan Awards. Features a robotic dance. In Korean. Learn more.

Nightmare (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 6 minutes)
A man starts to have the uncanny experience that life is mirroring his nightmare. In Korean. Learn more.

Fish Fosh, produced by Son Gi Don, Pyo Ju Young (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 5 minutes)
No matter what he does, a frustrated fisherman cannot catch a fish. In Korean. Learn more.

Stop, directed by Jae-ok Park (2008, Republic of Korea, animation, 5 minutes)
A young man is on the way to the hospital with his mother when he swerves his car to avoid a truck driving on the wrong side of the road, and the world stops. In Korean. Learn more.

Bench Warmers
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Bench Warmers, directed by Yoshitaka Mori (2008, Japan, fiction, 126 minutes)
A pair of young Japanese high schoolers want one thing in life: to suit up for with their school baseball team. This charming, energetic comng-of-age story follows them through the physical exhaustions and tests of their friendship that stand in the way of achieving their goal. In Japanese. Learn more.

Good-bye to Merine; The Puppeteer of Havana
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hotel Syracuse Persian Terrace
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

Good-bye to Merine, directed by Taron Petrosyan (2008, Armenia, fiction, 10 minutes)
A young girl lives her life by fantasizing and dreaming of a non-existant hero. In Armenian. Learn more.

The Puppeteer of Havana, directed by Wolf Hermsen (2008, Germany, fiction, 113 minutes)
A puppeteer from Havana dreams of being invited to Oslo. As his dream becomes an obsession, his family starts doubting his mental state. In Spanish. Learn more.

About the First Domestic Cat; Waterlife
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Bristol IMAX Omnitheater at the MOST
Armory Square, Syracuse

About the First Domestic Cat, directed by Stanislava Mikusova (2008, Czech Republic, animation, 6 minutes)
In the beginning, when mankind was selecting animals to tame, the cat was not highly favored. But the cat showed mankind that she can get her way. In Czech. Learn more.

Waterlife, directed by Kevin McMahon (2008, Canada, documentary, 109 minutes)
Waterlife follows the epic cascade of the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. From the icy cliffs of Lake Superior to the ornate fountains of Chicago to the sewers of Windsor, this feature-length documentary tells the story of the last huge supply (20 per cent) of fresh water on Earth. The source of drinking water, fish and emotional sustenance for 35 million people, the Great Lakes are under assault by toxins, sewage, invasive species, dropping water levels and profound apathy. Some scientists believe the lakes are on the verge of ecological collapse. Filled with fascinating characters and stunning imagery, Waterlife is an epic cinematic poem about the beauty of water and the dangers of taking it for granted. The film is narrated by The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie and features music by Sam Roberts, Sufjan Stevens, Sigur Ros, Robbie Robertson and Brian Eno. In English. Learn more.

K; 411-Z; The Hide
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Hotel Syracuse Persian Terrace
500 S. Warren St., Syracuse

K, directed by Piers Thompson (2007, United Kingdom, fiction, 20 minutes)
15-year-old Kaylee encounters an enigmatic stranger who compels her to reevaluate her future. In English. Learn more.

411-Z, directed by Daniel Erdelyi (2008, Hungary, drama, 7 minutes)
A barge on the Danube. A carefree summer day. Stew in the pot, and a little wine and soda to wash it off. Other than that, everything is strictly according to the shipping regulations, of course. But something might have gone wrong... In English.
Learn more.

The Hide, directed by Marek Losey (2008, United Kingdom, fiction, 84 minutes)
In this dark thriller, a prematurely aged, mildly obsessive bird watcher receives an unexpected visit to his bird-hide from a wild-looking stranger. In English.
Learn more.

Desert Trains; Border
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $8 regular; $6 students/seniors; multifilm discount passes available
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

Desert Trains, directed by Boaz Armoni (2008, Israel, fiction, 25 minutes)
Shuli dreams of life in another place, maybe Tel Aviv. In the meantime she lives in a god-forsaken desert town and works in a spring factory. Eli, the local macho, tries desperately to win her heart, and brings her a foreign worker to do her work as a present. An unexpected twist in the relationships and Shuli might see her dreams come true. In Hebrew. Learn more.

Border, directed by Harutyun Khachatyan (2009, Armenia, documentary, 82 minutes)
A semi-brutal she-buffalo is found near the border and brought to a small post-war Armenian village. Through her eyes we see the joys and disasters of everyday life. In Armenian. Learn more.

Special Event: World's Greatest Dad
Syracuse International Film Festival

Price: $16 regular; $14 students/seniors (screening and party); $10 regular; $8 students/seniors (screening only); multifilm discount passes available
Palace Theater
2384 James St., Syracuse

World's Greatest Dad, directed by Bobcat Goldthwait (2009, United States, fiction, 99 minutes)
If you have ever seen Bobcat Goldthwait's films before, you know that World's Greatest Dad will be both funny and shocking. This film, staring Robin Williams, is a thoughtful but outrageous comedy about a man who learns that the things you want most may not be the things that make you happy and that being lonely is not necessarily the same as being alone. Join us at the Palace Theater in welcoming Bobcat back to Syracuse, then join Bobcat at OHM Lounge in Armory Square after the film to close the fest with a fabulous wrap party!

Discussion with Bobcat immediately following the Film! Learn more.

Exhibition: Architecture & Interior Design Show
Onondaga Community College

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

Exhibition of student work from the Architecture & Interior Design Department. It is an annual exhibit that showcases some of the best work produced by our students in the preceding academic year.

Divertimento
Arts Alive in Liverpool

Price: Free
Liverpool Public Library
310 Tulip St., Liverpool

Music for woodwind instruments

Poetry in Song
Syracuse Children's Chorus
Cassatt String Quartet
Featuring Composer Libby Larsen

Price: $18/$14 adults; $16/$12 students
Hendricks Chapel
Syracuse University, Syracuse

The Syracuse Children's Chorus will present Poetry In Song, a concert featuring works set to the poetry of Christina Rossetti, Walter de la Mare, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Robert Frost, Robert Louis Stevenson, and more. The concert will include the world premiere of Mind You, Now, a work by composer Libby Larsen. Mind You, Now, based on poems by John Ciardi, will also feature the Cassatt String Quartet. This performance marks the third Larsen piece premiered by the Chorus and the second collaboration between the Chorus and the Cassatt String Quartet.

Little Women
Syracuse Opera

Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Mark Adamo's setting of Louisa May Alcott's class tale of the four March sisters and their coming-of-age stories. Sung in English with projected titles.

Read a Review!

I Shot My Rich Aunt
Appleseed Productions
Jon Wilson, director

Price: $15 regular; $12 students/seniors
Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

This rollicking romp is a mélange of off-the-wall farce and near-murder mystery. Guests are due at Lady Valonia's stately manor (a castle with a weird history) for the announcement of her nephew Dustin's engagement to Judy Blake. Unluckily, Dustin's former flame also arrives to find out why Dustin dumped her while Judy's brother is persuaded to go shoot at starlings. The family solicitor is on his way to change Valonia's will (out of Dustin's favor) and Judy's school chum Gwendolyn is coming to ensnare Dustin's cousin, a humble curate. A stray bullet enters the library and Dustin finds Valonia with a hole in her blouse oozing warm red liquid. By the time he gets help, the body has vanished. Meanwhile, the picketing cooks' and maidservants' unions have raised the drawbridge, entrapping everyone as night falls. The solicitor's wife thinks he's having an affair with Gwendolyn and arrives with horsewhip in hand on the incoming fire engine. Who said the place was on fire? Written by Mark Chandler.

Read a Review!

Cruizin' with Nick and Friends

Price: $15
Empire Theater
New York State Fairgrounds, Geddes

A trip down memory lane with a musical show for all ages, featuring Nick Mulpagano with Jeremy Wallace, Elizabeth Fern, Holly Wallace, Mike Wallace, and Shawn Forester.

For more information, phone 315-479-7469.

Read a Review!

The Diary of Anne Frank
Syracuse Stage
Timothy Bond, director

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

The story is simplicity itself. A young girl, alive to everything around her and awakening within her, with hopes and dreams of the life she may one day lead with friends and family, confides to her diary the secrets of her heart. That diary, as we all know, becomes one of the lasting documents of the 20th century, a testament not to the horrors we know so well, but to the indomitability of the human spirit. That's what's so wonderful about this version of The Diary of Anne Frank, newly revised by Wendy Kesselman. With information gleaned from previously withheld portions of the diary and additional survivor accounts, we glimpse this remarkable young woman with greater clarity and deeper understanding of the fullness of her life. Was she on the verge of falling in love for the first time? Did she harbor misgivings about herself or members of the "family" imposed on her? We know the sad end of the tale, but do we really know the complexity of the heart that with its every beat sought to find the goodness in others?

Read a Review!

The World Goes 'Round
Syracuse University Drama Department
Nathan Hurwitz, director

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

Life -- with its glories, indignities, hopes and quiet dreams -- is the subject of this stunning revue of the beloved songs of John Kander and Fred Ebb. Features unforgettable gems from throughout their incredible career in theatre, film and television, spotlighting songs from Cabaret; Chicago; New York, New York; Funny Lady; Kiss Of The Spiderwoman and more. Filled with humor, romance, drama, nonstop melody and brassy, insightful lyrics, The World Goes 'Round is a thrilling celebration of life and the fighting spirit that keeps us all going.

Read a Review!

Monday, May 4, 2009

Window Projects: Museum of the City of Lost and Found
The Warehouse Gallery

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

Museum of the City of Lost and Found, Marion Wilson's latest sculpture project, is a continuation of her public art project launched in conjunction with the 2008 New Orleans Biennial. The exhibition is a combination of hexagram patterns of i-ching (a symbol system used to identify order in random events) collaboratively painted on the wall by the artist, community members, faculty and students at Syracuse University; miniature "igloo" and cast resin objects; and a short video of Wilson's bicycle (mobile museum) performance in New Orleans edited by Jessica Posner. Wilson invites audience participation by filling out Lost and Found Report cards (available throughout the exhibition), her method of collecting stories about viewers' personal losses, chances, findings and discoveries.

Marion Wilson uses igloos as a nomadic structure of native materials to remind us of our basic human need for shelter and protection. In addition, it is a reference to fundamentals of human existence and the Italian Arte Povera artist Mario Merz (1925-2003). In New Orleans, Wilson's sculpture was originally mounted on a constructed bicycle able to roam the city streets within the St. Roch neighborhood and the French Market. In Syracuse, Wilson will exhibit her 'mobile museum' at the Warehouse Gallery, thus, creating a "museum inside a museum." Although the installation in the Window Projects will remain through June 6, its appearance will continuously change through the continual addition of found materials collected by the artist. Wilson will be guided in selecting these additional materials by outside interviews with the general public in the greater Syracuse community.

Gallery Exhibition: Feats of Clay
Onondaga Community College

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

Feats of Clay spotlights the varied and creative ceramics art education programs in our high schools throughout Onondaga County and Central New York. The continued success of Feats of Clay rests with the talented and dedicated high school art teachers, art students.

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

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

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

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

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

Threads of a Culture: Hadbakah Images by Selma Hurwitz
Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts

Price: Free
Winnick Hillel Center for Jewish Life
102 Walnut Place (corner of Harrison St.), Syracuse

Selma Hurwitz is an internationally-known artist whose works portray personal and social themes of universal impact, as well as basic motifs of love, beauty, valor and tyranny. In 1964, she created her own medium, hadbakah (Hebrew for "gluing"), which is glued-thread painting. Instead of using a brush, the artist glues various individual threads, particularly those that are metalized, to a specially prepared surface. Careful planning of thread direction and location, as well as meticulous maneuvering of the threads during the gluing process, achieves the desired shading and design.

Hurwitz has exhibited work in numerous solo shows, including those at the Russell Senate Office Building Rotunda and the First Baptist Church in Washington, DC; the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles; the American Jewish Historical Society in Waltham, MA; and the Herzl Institute in New York City. Her work is part of numerous collections, including the Israel Museum, Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Knesset, all in Jerusalem; the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California; and the National Endowment for the Arts Library in Washington, DC.

For more information about the exhibition, contact April Maw at 315-443-7095 or aamaw@syr.edu.

A Goodly Heritage of Study: The Portfolio Club of Syracuse
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

Displayed are the archives of a still-thriving women's study club that was formed in 1875 in Syracuse. The Portfolio Club exemplifies a post-Civil War movement in which many thousands of middle-class women came together to educate themselves in a society that restricted women's access to institutions of higher learning. This club began a few weeks after the Association for the Advancement of Women held a congress at the Wieting Opera House in downtown Syracuse. At these congresses, which took place in many American cities, Julia Ward Howe and other presenters encouraged women to form study clubs for self-culture.

Nine young women founded the Portfolio Club, with guidance from Mary Dana Hicks, their art teacher. Though they began with a focus on art, in the middle 1880s they expanded their scope to include literature, current events, history, performing arts and many other subjects. Members have always met regularly from October through April to read their papers on a topic assigned by each year's president.

Syracuse residents and those long associated with SU will recognize the married names of many past club members, such as Mrs. Donald Dey, Mrs. William Nottingham, Mrs. E.N. Westcott, and Mrs. Mildred Eggers. Among Portfolio guest speakers during the club's first several decades were Judge Charles Andrews, Dean George Fiske Comfort, Howard Lyman, professors Sawyer Falk and Irene Sargent, Paul Paine, Douglas Petit, Katherine Sibley, and SU Chancellor Charles Sims.

The exhibition, which emphasizes the years 1875-1950, includes annual program booklets, many of them finely crafted. Also on display are meeting minutes, clippings, photographs, film footage of a 1935 gathering and other club documents.

Road Trip 2: Works of Deborah Walsh
Westcott Community Center

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

An exhibition of car and bike paintings and prints. The work is about light and color, repetition and variation on the reflective surfaces of automobiles and motorcycles.

Limbo: Works of Admas Habteslasie
Light Work Gallery

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

"Limbo" depicts a graceful yet unusually honest and insightful snapshot of Eritrea, an East African country suspended in an unsettled state between war and peace.

Eritrea warred with neighboring Ethiopia for 30 years before gaining independence in 1991. Then, in 1998, they entered another war with Ethiopia that lasted two years. Today, the war-torn country is yet again at the brink of war with their neighbor. Years of unrest have left the people of Eritrea waiting for life to improve. According to Habteslasie: "Transitory states become permanent; empty villas, destroyed old buildings and unfinished new buildings dot the landscape, monuments to the suspension of history. The collision between Eritrea's proud historical narrative and the bleak ennui of the present has produced an obsessive focus on the future. Reconstruction and infrastructure development are energetically driven forward whilst the economy remains essentially shut off from the outside world." The images in "Limbo" capture both destruction and construction, both the unhealed wounds of war and a fierce optimism and hope for a brighter future.

Habteslasie was born in Kuwait, and his parents are Eritrean. He received his master's degree from the London College of Communication in photojournalism and documentary photography. His photographic projects look at the ideas of identity, history, and the re-evaluation of our relationship with historical process. His work has been exhibited at venues such as Flowers East and 198 Gallery in London. His work has also been published in Source Magazine.

As It Happens: Artists-in-Residence at Light Work
Light Work Gallery

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

Josh Brilliant curates a selection of images by recent Light Work Artists-in-Residence, including Amy Stein, Kelli Connell, Cristina Fraire, Krista Steinke, and Christine Osinski. Brilliant is currently an MFA candidate in the Museum Studies program at Syracuse University.

Stoneware and Stone "Wear"
Skaneateles Artisans

Skaneateles Artisans
11 Fennell St., Skaneateles

Works of Sallie Thompson, ceramics, and Dee Ann VonHunke, fine silver and semi-precious gemstone jewelry.

Exhibition: Architecture & Interior Design Show
Onondaga Community College

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

Exhibition of student work from the Architecture & Interior Design Department. It is an annual exhibit that showcases some of the best work produced by our students in the preceding academic year.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Window Projects: Museum of the City of Lost and Found
The Warehouse Gallery

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

Museum of the City of Lost and Found, Marion Wilson's latest sculpture project, is a continuation of her public art project launched in conjunction with the 2008 New Orleans Biennial. The exhibition is a combination of hexagram patterns of i-ching (a symbol system used to identify order in random events) collaboratively painted on the wall by the artist, community members, faculty and students at Syracuse University; miniature "igloo" and cast resin objects; and a short video of Wilson's bicycle (mobile museum) performance in New Orleans edited by Jessica Posner. Wilson invites audience participation by filling out Lost and Found Report cards (available throughout the exhibition), her method of collecting stories about viewers' personal losses, chances, findings and discoveries.

Marion Wilson uses igloos as a nomadic structure of native materials to remind us of our basic human need for shelter and protection. In addition, it is a reference to fundamentals of human existence and the Italian Arte Povera artist Mario Merz (1925-2003). In New Orleans, Wilson's sculpture was originally mounted on a constructed bicycle able to roam the city streets within the St. Roch neighborhood and the French Market. In Syracuse, Wilson will exhibit her 'mobile museum' at the Warehouse Gallery, thus, creating a "museum inside a museum." Although the installation in the Window Projects will remain through June 6, its appearance will continuously change through the continual addition of found materials collected by the artist. Wilson will be guided in selecting these additional materials by outside interviews with the general public in the greater Syracuse community.

Gallery Exhibition: Feats of Clay
Onondaga Community College

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

Feats of Clay spotlights the varied and creative ceramics art education programs in our high schools throughout Onondaga County and Central New York. The continued success of Feats of Clay rests with the talented and dedicated high school art teachers, art students.

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

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

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

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

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

Photo-Drawings: Recent Works by Julieve Jubin and Juan Perdiguero, and An Introduction: Recent Works by Barbara Stout
SUNY Oswego Metro Center at the Atrium

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

Threads of a Culture: Hadbakah Images by Selma Hurwitz
Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts

Price: Free
Winnick Hillel Center for Jewish Life
102 Walnut Place (corner of Harrison St.), Syracuse

Selma Hurwitz is an internationally-known artist whose works portray personal and social themes of universal impact, as well as basic motifs of love, beauty, valor and tyranny. In 1964, she created her own medium, hadbakah (Hebrew for "gluing"), which is glued-thread painting. Instead of using a brush, the artist glues various individual threads, particularly those that are metalized, to a specially prepared surface. Careful planning of thread direction and location, as well as meticulous maneuvering of the threads during the gluing process, achieves the desired shading and design.

Hurwitz has exhibited work in numerous solo shows, including those at the Russell Senate Office Building Rotunda and the First Baptist Church in Washington, DC; the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles; the American Jewish Historical Society in Waltham, MA; and the Herzl Institute in New York City. Her work is part of numerous collections, including the Israel Museum, Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial and Knesset, all in Jerusalem; the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California; and the National Endowment for the Arts Library in Washington, DC.

For more information about the exhibition, contact April Maw at 315-443-7095 or aamaw@syr.edu.

A Goodly Heritage of Study: The Portfolio Club of Syracuse
Syracuse University Library Special Collections Research Center

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

Displayed are the archives of a still-thriving women's study club that was formed in 1875 in Syracuse. The Portfolio Club exemplifies a post-Civil War movement in which many thousands of middle-class women came together to educate themselves in a society that restricted women's access to institutions of higher learning. This club began a few weeks after the Association for the Advancement of Women held a congress at the Wieting Opera House in downtown Syracuse. At these congresses, which took place in many American cities, Julia Ward Howe and other presenters encouraged women to form study clubs for self-culture.

Nine young women founded the Portfolio Club, with guidance from Mary Dana Hicks, their art teacher. Though they began with a focus on art, in the middle 1880s they expanded their scope to include literature, current events, history, performing arts and many other subjects. Members have always met regularly from October through April to read their papers on a topic assigned by each year's president.

Syracuse residents and those long associated with SU will recognize the married names of many past club members, such as Mrs. Donald Dey, Mrs. William Nottingham, Mrs. E.N. Westcott, and Mrs. Mildred Eggers. Among Portfolio guest speakers during the club's first several decades were Judge Charles Andrews, Dean George Fiske Comfort, Howard Lyman, professors Sawyer Falk and Irene Sargent, Paul Paine, Douglas Petit, Katherine Sibley, and SU Chancellor Charles Sims.

The exhibition, which emphasizes the years 1875-1950, includes annual program booklets, many of them finely crafted. Also on display are meeting minutes, clippings, photographs, film footage of a 1935 gathering and other club documents.

Road Trip 2: Works of Deborah Walsh
Westcott Community Center

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

An exhibition of car and bike paintings and prints. The work is about light and color, repetition and variation on the reflective surfaces of automobiles and motorcycles.

As It Happens: Artists-in-Residence at Light Work
Light Work Gallery

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

Josh Brilliant curates a selection of images by recent Light Work Artists-in-Residence, including Amy Stein, Kelli Connell, Cristina Fraire, Krista Steinke, and Christine Osinski. Brilliant is currently an MFA candidate in the Museum Studies program at Syracuse University.

Limbo: Works of Admas Habteslasie
Light Work Gallery

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

"Limbo" depicts a graceful yet unusually honest and insightful snapshot of Eritrea, an East African country suspended in an unsettled state between war and peace.

Eritrea warred with neighboring Ethiopia for 30 years before gaining independence in 1991. Then, in 1998, they entered another war with Ethiopia that lasted two years. Today, the war-torn country is yet again at the brink of war with their neighbor. Years of unrest have left the people of Eritrea waiting for life to improve. According to Habteslasie: "Transitory states become permanent; empty villas, destroyed old buildings and unfinished new buildings dot the landscape, monuments to the suspension of history. The collision between Eritrea's proud historical narrative and the bleak ennui of the present has produced an obsessive focus on the future. Reconstruction and infrastructure development are energetically driven forward whilst the economy remains essentially shut off from the outside world." The images in "Limbo" capture both destruction and construction, both the unhealed wounds of war and a fierce optimism and hope for a brighter future.

Habteslasie was born in Kuwait, and his parents are Eritrean. He received his master's degree from the London College of Communication in photojournalism and documentary photography. His photographic projects look at the ideas of identity, history, and the re-evaluation of our relationship with historical process. His work has been exhibited at venues such as Flowers East and 198 Gallery in London. His work has also been published in Source Magazine.

Stoneware and Stone "Wear"
Skaneateles Artisans

Skaneateles Artisans
11 Fennell St., Skaneateles

Works of Sallie Thompson, ceramics, and Dee Ann VonHunke, fine silver and semi-precious gemstone jewelry.