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Izmir Ickbal, assistant professor of theater design and technology in the Department of Drama, was selected as the set designer for the New York City premiere of “The Divining: Ceremonies from in the name of the m/other tree,” a co-production of The Apollo and The National Black Theatre that ran in September. The production used movement, poetry, percussion, and visual art to encourage audience members to understand that their connection to the natural world is critical to their liberation.
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Juan Juarez, associate professor of studio arts in the School of Art, had his series of works titled “South Texas (Looking for Ghosts)” selected for the “The Last Sky,” the Texas Biennial, a geographically-led, independent survey of contemporary art in Texas that opened Aug. 24 and is ongoing. Read More...
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Department of Drama Announces 24/25 Season
The Syracuse University Department of Drama is pleased to announce the 2024/25 season, consisting of six productions: “Pippin” (Oct. 11 – 20), “Twelfth Night” (Nov. 15 – 23), “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella” (Nov. 22 – Jan. 5 and co-produced with Syracuse Stage), “A Walrus in the Body of the Crocodile” (Feb. 21 – March 9), “What the Moon Saw, or I Only Appear to Be Dead” (March 28 – April 6) and “Little Women” (May 2 – 10). Read More...
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Bio Artist Eduardo Kac to Present Wali Lecture at BioInspired Institute Symposium Oct. 24
The creator of the term “bio art,” an expressive form that interprets scientific principles and concepts through artistic installations, exhibitions and performances, is the keynote speaker for the University’s annual Kashi and Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture in the Sciences and Humanities. Read More...
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Ann Clarke, retired associate professor of studio arts in the School of Art and dean emerita of VPA, will show work in the solo exhibition “Ann Clarke: Interior Landscapes” at Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, New York. The exhibition, which runs September 13 to March 2, 2025, is made possible in part with the support of a $10,000 New York State Council on the Arts Individual Artist grant.
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Hitting the High Notes: Navy Band Northeast Performance Highlights Navy Week Festivities (Video)
As Navy Week sailed into Syracuse, the Navy Band Northeast showed students that they’re about much more than just “Anchors Aweigh.” On Aug. 28, two of the band’s ensembles entertained students at Setnor Auditorium at Crouse College with a variety of classical and jazz pieces. Members even led students in a singalong chorus of the pop anthem “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.” Read More...
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![Jun Cho, David DeAngelis, Alix Ferrer-Yulfo, Andrew Gershon, Ariel Gratch, and Stephanie Jensen-Moulton. Michael Kowalski, Alexander Kubak Klich, London Ladd, Normandie Luscher, Erica Murphy, Bradley Stone, Nan Wang]()
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College of Visual and Performing Arts Welcomes New Full-Time Faculty
Thirteen new full-time faculty joined the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) for the 2024-25 academic year. One of the faculty members is also the college’s new senior associate dean of academic affairs.
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Undergraduate Student Celebrates the Fruits of His Summer Research
This summer, undergraduate Edward Lu ’26, a music composition major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), was deeply engaged in research, working with music ensembles and experiencing the premieres of two of his original compositions. Read More...
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Kendall Phillips Appointed Director of the Lender Center for Social Justice
Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has been named director of the Lender Center for Social Justice. Read More...
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Thomas O’Brien ’25 Named a 2024-25 Orange Innovation Scholar
Thomas O’Brien ’25, a film major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, has been named a 2024-25 Orange Innovation Scholar by Syracuse University Libraries. Read More...
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College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces Spring 2024 Dean’s List
The following undergraduate students enrolled in the College of Visual and Performing Arts were among those named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must complete a minimum of 15 credit hours and earn at least a 3.6 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) during the semester. Read More...
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Anshul Roy Wins SIGGRAPH’s Art Gallery Best in Show Award for M.F.A. Thesis Project
Anshul Roy G’24 of the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) won the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) SIGGRAPH’s Art Gallery Best in Show award for his M.F.A. thesis project, “Rage Against the Archive,” at a conference in late July. Read More...
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Syracuse University Wind Ensemble to Release Album in Remembrance of Pan Am Flight 103
Unveiling two world premiere recordings, the Syracuse University Wind Ensemble will release an album, “Angels Rising: Music of Remembrance and Light,” on Friday, Aug. 16, dedicated to the 270 lives lost in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. Read More...
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Rachel Dubrofsky, chair of the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, co-authored an article, “‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’: Queer Authenticity and Strategic Westernness,” with Zane Willard, a University of South Florida student. Published in Communication, Culture & Critique, their work explores the intersection of queerness and whiteness in “RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK vs The World."
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Anne Laver, associate professor in the Setnor School of Music, was a featured performer and presenter at the National Convention of the American Guild of Organists. Her recital included a work for trombone and organ by Assistant Professor Natalie Draper, commissioned by the San Francisco Special Projects Fund, as well as a piece by alumnus Asriel Davis G’23. Laver also gave a paper, “Organ Concerts at San Francisco World’s Fair,” with organ performance major Abbie Wood ’25.
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Rochele Royster, art therapist and assistant professor in the Department of Creative Arts Therapy, facilitated wellness workshops for a community art project, helping women explore themes of home, safety, and renewal while painting. The workshops culminated in a design for a street mural, installed at 1100 N. McBride St., Syracuse, by artist Daniela Nikolavsky. The project, initiated by Her Village, a wellness group for new American, refugee women, was made possible by Ocara Fine Arts Gallery, ME/WE Creative Arts Lab & Community Art Therapy Studio, and Hopeprint, Inc.
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Holly Greenberg, associate professor in the School of Art, is raising awareness of bird-window collisions, one of the leading causes of bird deaths, through a crowdsourced art project, Bird Collisions in the Anthropocene, recently featured in the Chicago Tribune (subscription required). Greenberg holds free workshops where attendees create a replica of one of the 10,836 birds that died from a window collision last year in Chicago. She will use the bird replicas to make an artwork the size of a football field.
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Kendall Phillips, professor in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, collaborated with Jared Case, curator of film exhibitions at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York, and College of Arts and Sciences Professor Will Scheibel for a nine-film series to explore the varied ways filmmakers have taken source material from comic books and brought it to the screen. "Beyond the Universe: Comic Books and Film" will run from June through August at the Dryden Theatre in Rochester and spotlight films from the past 45 years.
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Sylvia Sierra, associate professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, was quoted by Spectrum News 1 for the story “Political Memes Taking Over Social Media."
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In Memoriam: Rodney Hudson
Rodney Hudson, retired assistant professor of musical theater in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama, passed away on Monday, June 17, in Syracuse after a brief illness. He was 76. Read More...
