December 1, 2021
Ordinary Notes: On the (Un)Making of Black Meanings
December 1, 2021 at 3:00pm – 4:00pm EST
Virtual (See event details)
Christina Sharpe (York University, Toronto) Renowned scholar Christina Sharpe delivers a lecture on the various Black meanings embedded in the “ordinary” notes that compose Black Life. Offering a…
December 2, 2021
Sankofa Imperatives, Black Women, and the Archival Turn
December 2, 2021 at 4:00pm – 5:15pm EST
Virtual (See event details)
Gabrielle Foreman suggests that the 1864 national convention held in Syracuse should be understood as a centerpiece of the seven-decades movement for Black rights, justice, and dignity.
February 3, 2022
Futari (Two Persons) Exhibition Reception
February 3, 2022 at 5:00pm – 7:00pm EST
Light Work, Gallery and Virtual (See event details)
The opening of Pixy Liao's "Futari" exhibition at Light Work includes a musical performance by the artist’s band PIMO, a musical and art collective by Liao and partner Takahiro Morooka.
February 7, 2022
Breaking Conventions: Examining Our Streets, Culture, and Stories
February 7, 2022 at 5:30pm – 7:30pm EST
Community Folk Art Center
Syracuse Stage welcomes Juhanna Rogers–a playwright, director, and activist, and vice president of racial equity and social impact at CenterState CEO– to lead this creative hand-on…
February 15, 2022
Artist Talk: Pixy Liao
February 15, 2022 at 6:00pm – 7:30pm EST
Virtual (See event details)
Pixy Liao (Brooklyn, NY) Artist Pixy Liao presents a Zoom webinar describing her work in photography, video, sculpture and music. Liao is interested in what happens when a man and woman flip the…
February 22, 2022
The Method: How the 20th Century Learned to Act
February 22, 2022 at 5:30pm – 7:00pm EST
Newhouse 3, Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium
Author and journalist Isaac Butler explores how the "The Method" approach to stage performance in the early 20th century revolutionized the art and created a new template for the emerging film format.
February 23, 2022
Engaging Urban Communities: Rebounding from COVID-19 and the New ‘Normal’
February 23, 2022 at 6:00pm – 7:30pm EST
La Casita Cultural Center and Virtual (See event details)
Tere Paniagua (LaCasita) Brice Nordquist (Syracuse University) Emma Ticio (Syracuse University) Elisa Morales (La Liga) Shaquia Williams (La Liga) Christian Andino Borrero (La Casita) Zakery…
February 25, 2022
Conventions of Care: Photographs and Poetry by the 2021 Narratio Fellows
February 25, 2022 at 6:00pm – 8:00pm EST
Everson Museum of Art
Ahmed Badr (Narratio Founding Director) Stefano Castro (2021 Narratio Artist-in-Residence) Khadija Mohamed (2021 Narratio Artist-in-Residence) Featuring Narratio Fellows from local high schools…
February 28, 2022
Disrupting Conventions: Creating a Future with Housing for All
February 28, 2022 at 5:30pm – 7:30pm EST
Community Folk Art Center
Concluding a 4-part series hosted by Syracuse Stage, this interactive workshop led by theater artists Mark Valdez and Ashley Sparks guides participants to build a collective daydream for the…
April 12, 2022
Drawing Repurposed: Sketching a Path to Self-Reflection and Social Justice
April 12, 2022 at 5:00pm – 7:00pm EDT
Bird Library, 114
All are welcome to (re)discover drawing as a means to (self) reflection.
April 13, 2022
Seeing with the Possibility of Being Changed, Drawing as Meditation: A Hands-On Workshop
April 13, 2022 at 11:00am – 12:30pm EDT
Bird Library
In complement to his public lecture (April 12), Grant offers a focused session on use of drawing as a means to self reflection. Whether you are an artist or haven’t drawn since elementary school,…
April 21, 2022
What’s on the earth is in the stars; and what’s in the stars is on the earth
April 21, 2022 at 6:30pm – 9:00pm EDT
401 Harrison Street, Syracuse
Urban Video Project hosts an experimental lecture by multimedia artist Suzanne Kite exploring how artificial intelligence reproduces colonial logics vs. Lakota understandings of the Good Way.
