Sunday, July 20, 2025

CNY Artist Initiative: Anna Warfield
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

Off the Rack
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

   

Dead End
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

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

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

   

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

   

D. Lee DuSell: Benediction
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

Sunday in the Park with George
Central New York Playhouse
Erica Moser, director

Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

The days leading up to the completion of his most famous painting, "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte," Georges Seurat is struggling to make meaningful art and maintain a relationship with his lover, Dot. Amid the scorn of the artistic community, Seurat's artistic ability thrives while his love diminishes. A century later, Seurat's descendant – named George and also an artist – finds himself burnt out and in search of what artistic path to follow, but he finds the answer to his future in the past.

Tickets

   

Monday, July 21, 2025

The Archive as Liberation
Light Work Gallery

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

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

   

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

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

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

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

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

   

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

   

The Archive as Liberation
Light Work Gallery

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

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

   

Fifteen Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol
art haus SYR

120 Walton St.
Syracuse

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

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

   

The Offsprnig: Supercharged Worldwide, with Jimmy Eat World and New Found Glory
Lakeview Empower FCU Amphitheater

Lakeview Amphitheater
490 Restoration Way, Syracuse

   

Wednesday, July 23, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

   

The Archive as Liberation
Light Work Gallery

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

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

   

Off the Rack
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

   

CNY Artist Initiative: Anna Warfield
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

Dead End
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

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

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

   

D. Lee DuSell: Benediction
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

   

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

Fifteen Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol
art haus SYR

120 Walton St.
Syracuse

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

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

   

Flicks on the Crick: 10 Things I Hate About You

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

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

   

Walking and Talking Wednesday: The Heart of Syracuse Walking Tour
Onondaga Historical Association

Price: $20 regular, $15 OHA members
Onondaga Historical Association
321 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Take a stroll down memory lane of the past downtown businesses, the railroad that traveled through the downtown streets, and some of the city's lost historical treasures.

Spend your midweek lunch hour with Curator of History Robert Searing, listening to some local history as you get in a midday walk around town. Tours leave at noon from 321 Montgomery Street and last for 45-60 minutes.

Reserve a Spot

   

Barenaked Ladies: Last Summer on Earth Tour 2025, with Sugar Ray, Fastball
Lakeview Empower FCU Amphitheater

Lakeview Amphitheater
490 Restoration Way, Syracuse

Tickets

   

Thursday, July 24, 2025

The Archive as Liberation
Light Work Gallery

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

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

   

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

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

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

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

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

   

Dead End
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

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

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

   

CNY Artist Initiative: Anna Warfield
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

Off the Rack
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

   

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

   

D. Lee DuSell: Benediction
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

Fifteen Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol
art haus SYR

120 Walton St.
Syracuse

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

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

   

Jazz in the City: The Blacklites
CNY Jazz Arts Foundation

Price: Free
Dunk & Bright lawn
2648 S. Salina St., Syracuse

   

Friday, July 25, 2025

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

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

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

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

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

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

   

Reception: The Archive as Liberation
Light Work Gallery

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

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

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

   

Off the Rack
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

   

CNY Artist Initiative: Anna Warfield
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

Dead End
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

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

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

   

D. Lee DuSell: Benediction
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

   

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

Fifteen Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol
art haus SYR

120 Walton St.
Syracuse

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

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

   

Iron & Wine and I’m With Her: Robin's Egg Tour
Beak & Skiff Apple Orchard

Beak & Skiff
2708 Lords Hill Rd., Lafayette

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Sunday in the Park with George
Central New York Playhouse
Erica Moser, director

Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

The days leading up to the completion of his most famous painting, "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte," Georges Seurat is struggling to make meaningful art and maintain a relationship with his lover, Dot. Amid the scorn of the artistic community, Seurat's artistic ability thrives while his love diminishes. A century later, Seurat's descendant – named George and also an artist – finds himself burnt out and in search of what artistic path to follow, but he finds the answer to his future in the past.

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Into the Woods
Covey Theatre Company
Garrett August Heater, director

BeVard Room, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Stephen Sondheim's tuneful tale of wishes and their consequences receives an immersive Covey production in the intimate Bevard Studio. The single-minded desires of Grimm's fairytale characters give way to fight against a common enemy in a story that seems to carry fresh relevance today. Featuring an all-star cast of local performers, Into the Woods will resonate long after curtain call. Due to some adult themes, including death, the show may not be suitable for children under 10 years of age.

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Saturday, July 26, 2025

D. Lee DuSell: Benediction
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

   

CNY Artist Initiative: Anna Warfield
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

Off the Rack
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

   

Dead End
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

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

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

   

Fifteen Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol
art haus SYR

120 Walton St.
Syracuse

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

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

   

Justin Moore
Beak & Skiff Apple Orchard

Beak & Skiff
2708 Lords Hill Rd., Lafayette

Tickets

   

Sunday in the Park with George
Central New York Playhouse
Erica Moser, director

Atonement Lutheran Church
116 W. Glen Ave., Syracuse

The days leading up to the completion of his most famous painting, "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte," Georges Seurat is struggling to make meaningful art and maintain a relationship with his lover, Dot. Amid the scorn of the artistic community, Seurat's artistic ability thrives while his love diminishes. A century later, Seurat's descendant – named George and also an artist – finds himself burnt out and in search of what artistic path to follow, but he finds the answer to his future in the past.

Tickets

   

Into the Woods
Covey Theatre Company
Garrett August Heater, director

BeVard Room, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St., Syracuse

Stephen Sondheim's tuneful tale of wishes and their consequences receives an immersive Covey production in the intimate Bevard Studio. The single-minded desires of Grimm's fairytale characters give way to fight against a common enemy in a story that seems to carry fresh relevance today. Featuring an all-star cast of local performers, Into the Woods will resonate long after curtain call. Due to some adult themes, including death, the show may not be suitable for children under 10 years of age.

Tickets

   

Sunday, July 27, 2025

D. Lee DuSell: Benediction
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

   

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

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

Off the Rack
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

   

CNY Artist Initiative: Anna Warfield
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

   

Dead End
Everson Museum of Art

Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St., Syracuse

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

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

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

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

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

   

Rainbow Kitten Surprise – Thanks For Coming Tour, with special guest Petey USA
Beak & Skiff Apple Orchard

Beak & Skiff
2708 Lords Hill Rd., Lafayette

Tickets