Arts & Culture
Fred Wellner: Making Magic from Metal
Fred Wellner ’17 is a native of Baldwinsville and a senior designer with Syracuse University Press. He is also a talented metalwork artist and a regular participant in the University’s On My Own Time (OMOT) exhibition. Through the years, OMOT…
Syracuse Stage Presents the 2016 Tony Award Winner for Best Play
The 2016 Tony Award winner for Best Play is next up at Syracuse Stage. Stephen Karam’s acclaimed comedy/drama “The Humans” runs April 24 to May 12 in the Archbold Theatre, 820 E. Genesee St., Syracuse. Named Best Play of the…
Cruel April Presents Creative Writing MFA Reading Night
Point of Contact will host Syracuse University M.F.A. in creative writing poets James Abele, Bridget O’ Bernstein, Ross Farrar and Allyson Young on April 25 at 6 p.m, as part of its Cruel April poetry program. The annual series, held…
Novelist Karan Mahajan to Conclude Carver Series April 24
Indian American novelist Karan Mahajan will close out the Raymond Carver Reading Series on Wednesday, April 24. Known for writing that is “smart, devastating and enviably adept in its handling of tragedy” (The New York Times Book Review), Mahajan will…
VPA Names Pianist, Scholar Milton Laufer New Setnor School of Music Director
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced that Milton Rubén Laufer, a pianist and scholar and current director of Western Carolina University’s School of Music, has been named director of the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S….
School of Design’s Saluti Curates First Retrospective of Artist Louisa Chase ’73
“Louisa Chase: Below the Surface,” a current exhibition at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York, is the first retrospective of the neo-expressionist and new image painter and printmaker. Curated by Andrew Saluti, assistant professor and program coordinator…
Faculty, Staff Artists: Today Is the Application Deadline for On My Own Time
Today (Monday, April 15) is the application deadline for Syracuse University’s On My Own Time (OMOT) exhibition. Full- and part-time faculty and staff members are invited to submit art pieces in the categories of painting, ceramics, printmaking, drawing, sculpture, photography,…
Five Questions for Theo Cateforis: The Author of ‘The Rock History Reader’ May Have the Coolest Job on Campus
Is rock dead? “Not if you’re really listening,” says Theo Cateforis, associate professor of music history and cultures in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). The author of the perennial seller “The Rock History Reader” (Third Edition: Routledge, 2019), Cateforis…
Promoting Social Responsibility: Alumna Jessica Arb Danial G’16 Is Youngest Board Chair in Everson History
Jessica Arb Danial G’16 knows a thing or two about corporate responsibility. Shortly after graduating from the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), the Skaneateles native took over the Everson Museum of Art’s fundraising campaign. Today, the museum has reached…
Humanities Book Reception to ‘Illuminate Human Experience’ April 17
Looking for something new to read? Don’t miss the fourth annual Books in the Humanities Reception, featuring works by more than 60 University authors and editors from across campus. Organized by the Syracuse University Humanities Center in the College of…