Arts & Culture

Coalition of Museum and Art Center-Sponsored Exhibitions, Events Fill the Fall Semester

Tuesday, September 5, 2023, By Diane Stirling

A full slate of art exhibitions and cultural events coordinated by the University’s is on tap this fall, reflecting the diverse range and vibrancy of 鶹ƵUniversity’s high-quality arts programs. Coordinated with and sponsored by the Office of Strategic Initiatives, the events extend the University’s mission to prepare students to learn, lead and create through rigorous academic programs, diverse experiential learning and engagement with global research.

The semester kicks off with several key events next week. All are free and open to the public.

Thursday, Sept. 14

 


4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
鶹ƵUniversity Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building

  • Onondaga Nation artist ceramic works exhibition, “,” is part of the museum’s 2023-24 鶹ƵSymposium, “Landscape.” His work illustrates Haudenosaunee culture as a continuum that has resisted and persisted despite attacks on the confederacy’s lands, sovereignty and cultural identity.


5 to 7 p.m.
Light Work, Watson Hall, 316 Waverly Ave.

  • Photographs by taken in his childhood hometown of Phoenix, Arizona explore personal histories of family, community and environment.


5 to 7 p.m.
Light Work, Watson Hall, 316 Waverly Ave.

  • Photographs from 2023 Grant in Photography award recipients Amy Kozlowski, Linda Moses and Tahila Mintz are featured.

Friday, Sept. 15

 


12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
鶹ƵUniversity Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building

  • Onondaga Nation artist Peter B. Jones will discuss how his art comments on the Haudenosaunee cultural continuance and the challenges the Haudenosaunee people have faced through time.


6 to 8 p.m.
La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otiso St., Syracuse

  • Highlighting the works of Chicano artists Cayetano Valenzuela (Syracuse) and Zeke Peña (El Paso, Texas) “” focuses on Latino futurism and includes art by La Casita’s summer program youth. This community event kicks off La Casita’s fall season and observes Latine Heritage Month, which runs Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.


6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Community Folk Art Center, 805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

  • Local musicians perform music by African American jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane.

In addition, another exhibition opens the following week.

September 21

 

: image of a poster that says "In pursuit of Justice"
“In Pursuit of Justice: Pan Am Flight 103”
4:30 to 6 p.m.
Bird Library, 6th floor gallery, 222 Waverly Ave.

  • The exhibition documents the Dec. 21, 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland that claimed the lives of 270 individuals, including 35 students returning from studying abroad through 鶹ƵUniversity. Featuring materials donated to Libraries’ Research Center by victims’ loved ones and investigative team members, the exhibition provides an overview of the disaster, investigation and first trial.

For details about current and upcoming exhibitions and other events hosted by the Coalition for Museums and Art Centers, refer to the throughout the year.

(Featured photo: “Bomba, 2022 by Eduardo L. Rivera)