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February 2024
All Art is Ecological
Join the museum for a night filled with highlighting art and ecology. The night will begin at 4:30 p.m. with the launch of The Art and Ecology Project teaching guides that offer additional tools for teaching ecology and climate through art, as well as instructional techniques for approaching art in the classroom – or on your own – through the lenses of ecology and climate. After the launch, join museum staff, artists, and organizers of the exhibition for a gallery reception…
Find out more »“Art for Social Change” Reception & Talk
Join the staff of the Syracuse University Art Museum for a reception celebrating the newly opened exhibition Art For Social Change: Mithila Paintings from the Syracuse University Art Museum. Listen to Susan Wadley (Professor Emeritus, Anthropology) and Melissa Yuen (Interim Chief Curator) present a gallery talk on the exhibition and mingle with friends and alumni over snacks and cocktails. Co-sponsored by the South Asia Center at Syracuse University. Register here!
Find out more »March 2024
Environmental Storytelling CNY: Forging Ecological Awareness Through Art
Environmental Storytelling CNY hosts Sayler and Morris discussing how their artwork and others in the Assembly exhibition at the SU Art Museum forge a deeper ecological understanding of the places we share. The talk will be followed by an interactive activity in the museum. While this event is open to the public, space is limited. Please register soon and include any dietary and accessibility accommodation requests. This event is part of Environmental Storytelling CNY, a collaboration between Syracuse University's Engaged…
Find out more »Art Break: Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene
Join Holly Greenberg, Associate Professor in the Printmedia and Graphic Arts Program, VPA, for an interactive workshop where you will make a replica of one of the more than 8,000 dead birds collected in 2023 by the Chicago Bird Collision Monitors. These upcycled birds will then be a part of her larger art project. We will supply you with a "blank" bird that will then be assigned a specific bird to recreate with provide recycled cloth, glue or thread. All you…
Find out more »Art Break: What I Love at SU Art
Celebrate Syracuse University Giving Day with the museum! Professor Ricky Pak (Department of Drama) and student Kyra Zabretsky '25 share what they love about the SU Art Museum. Then, explore the galleries and share what you love.
Find out more »April 2024
Rocks, Water, Responsibility: Responding to Site
Join artist Josh T Franco for a workshop exploring interconnections between people, rocks, and water. The workshop will begin at the museum with a discussion of artwork by Robert Smithson and by Josh T Franco. We will then travel by bus to Canal Landing Park in Fayetteville to thinking more deeply about the local landscape. Open to the public, the workshop is free to attend. Transportation to and from the museum and the park is provided. Workshop will be held…
Find out more »Scriptorium con Safos: Syracuse Performance, Talk, and Reception
Artist Josh T Franco activates the SU Art Museum galleries for a performance of Scriptorium con Safos: Syracuse. After the performance, Franco and Associate Professor of Studio Arts Juan Juarez will be in conversation followed by a reception in the Shaffer Galleria. Performance, talk, and reception are free and open to the public to attend. Support provided by Art Bridges. Schedule of events: Performance: 2:30-4:30 p.m. Conversation: Josh T Franco & Juan Juarez: 4:30-5:00 p.m. Public Reception 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Find out more »Scriptorium con Safos: Syracuse Performance
Artist Josh T Franco activates the SU Art Museum galleries for a performance of Scriptorium con Safos: Syracuse.
Find out more »In Conversation: Nona Faustine and Rawiya Kameir
Hear photographer and visual artist Nona Faustine and Assistant Professor of Magazine, News, and Digital Journalism at the Newhouse School of Public Communications Rawiya Kameir discuss Faustine’s work, including her My Country series, currently on view at the museum. The conversation will touch on Faustine’s engagement with history, identity, and representation as well as her interest in evoking a critical and emotional understanding of the past in order to examine contemporary racial and gender stereotypes. A reception will follow the…
Find out more »Community Day
Come explore the SU Art Museum! Visit our galleries and make ecological art with professor Holly Greenberg. And, bring yourself, friends, or family for a community photoshoot with Salt Town Productions. Open to all, including SU students as well as children & families. Drop-in art-making, photoshoot & gallery trivia 12-4 p.m. Prior registration required for photoshoot. Support provided by Art Bridges. Register here!
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