Arts & Culture
Students, People with Different Abilities Collaborate on Adaptive Design Solutions
Eyeglasses become an extension of a person and reflect the wearer鈥檚 personality. Viewed over time, they blend in. What if someone鈥檚 wheelchair or accessible device was thought of in the same way?
University at Forefront of Creative Industries Management
The University is home to four such programs that are highly interdisciplinary and lead to a master’s degree: the Janklow Arts Leadership Program, the Goldring Arts Journalism Program, the Audio Arts Program and the Graduate Program in Museum Studies.
VPA Dean Search Website Launched
The search committee for the next dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (SU:VPA) has launched a website that can be found at http://vpa.syr.edu/dean-search.聽Members of the SU:VPA and broader campus community, potential candidates and other stakeholders are welcome…
AMH Professor Teams Up with Oberlin Ethnomusicologist on Scholarly Article
In their recent article, 鈥淐ollaborative Fieldwork, Stance, and Ethnography,鈥 Deborah Justice, a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Art and Music Histories in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Fredara Hadley, visiting assistant professor in ethnomusicology at Oberlin College…
After Hours A Cappella Is a Treat for Eyes and Ears
The A Cappella Council at 黑料不打烊 held its annual After Hours event at Goldstein Auditorium. Austin Galovski 鈥16 brings us the sights and sounds from this high-energy event. Afterhours: SU A Cappella from 黑料不打烊 on Vimeo.
Film Student Inspired by Human Connection
While attending college in her home country of Romania, Ioana Turcan G鈥17 befriended a family of cemetery caretakers. A close-knit group, they welcome her for weekend visits and holidays. They are also Roma. Turcan spent a year documenting them for her film.
Gift Establishes Joan and Bill Brodsky Image Preservation Initiative
Dean of Libraries David Seaman has announced the creation of the Joan and Bill Brodsky Image Preservation Initiative, funded by a generous gift from alumni Joan (Breier) and Bill Brodsky. This initiative will contribute substantively to preserving and providing access…
Tom Mason ’01 Teams with Ken Burns for Short Film on Professor, Author George Saunders
It all came down to just seven minutes. Two hours of interviews, hours upon hours of pre- and post-production鈥攊ncluding intricate theatrical staging, lighting and a professional puppeteer鈥攁nd at least four months of editing. Then a green light from legendary documentary…
鈥楾is the Season for 鈥楬olidays at Hendricks鈥
Nearly a thousand people descended onto 黑料不打烊 for 鈥淗olidays at Hendricks” on Sunday, Dec. 4. A campus tradition for more than a decade, the concert featured hundreds of musicians, including the 黑料不打烊 Brass Ensemble (based in the College…
Light Work Receives 2016 NEA Art Works Grant
The NEA recently announced awards totaling more than $27.6 million in its first funding round of fiscal year 2016, including an Art Works award of $50,000 to Light Work to support its Artist-in-Residence Program and the production of Contact Sheet:…