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Message to the VPA Community from Dean Michael S. Tick
Dear VPA Community: I am saddened and deeply concerned by the reports of racist graffiti found in Day Hall and wanted to reaffirm VPA’s ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Behavior or language that degrades any individual or group’s race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender identity, disability, or religious beliefs will never be tolerated within VPA or anywhere on campus for that matter. Our VPA community must always feel safe, engaged, connected, and supported in our classrooms, studios, performance and exhibition venues, and administrative offices. We will always strive in everything we do to create that environment. The University offers many resources to support campus community members. I have...
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Stage Management Alumna Emma Ettinger ’17 Named Marshall Scholarship Finalist
Emma Ettinger ’17, an alumna of the Department of Drama’s stage management program, has been named a finalist for the Marshall Scholarship, one of the United States’ most prestigious nationally competitive scholarship awards. She will interview for the scholarship in early November. If selected for the Marshall Scholarship, Ettinger plans to enter a one-year master’s degree program in Shakespeare and Creativity at the University of Birmingham’s Shakespeare Institute in Stratford-upon-Avon. In the second year, she would begin the Ph.D. program in Shakespeare Studies at Birmingham and complete the degree after the Marshall grant period. She is particularly interested in the...
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Vasilios Papaioannu, assistant teaching professor of film in the Department of Transmedia, will have his project “Two” screened at the 64th edition of the Cork Film Festival in Ireland. “Two” will also be part of the 32nd Instants Vidéo Numériques et Poétiques, Marseille, France; CODEC Festival Internacional de Cine Experimental Y Video, Mexico City, Mexico; Artpro International Video Art Festival, Dhaka, Bangladesh; and ULTRAcinema, Oaxaca, Mexico. Read More...
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Department of Drama Continues Its 2019-2020 Season with Arthur Miller’s ‘The Crucible’
The College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Drama continues its season with Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” directed by faculty member Geri Clark. “The Crucible” previews Nov. 8 and runs through Nov. 17 in the Storch Theatre at the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama Complex, 820 E. Genesee St. Recognized today as a mid-20th century American classic, “The Crucible” is set in Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1692 amid a whirl of paranoia and hysteria fed by the winds of unfounded accusations of witchcraft. Miller fictionalized the historic record of the Salem witch trials to explore how fear warps judgment and extremism eradicates truth. In doing so, he created a theatrical world where innocence and guilt are indistinguishable and only fanatics speak with impunity. Miller wrote “The Crucible” in 1953, prompted by the investigations of Senator Joseph McCarthy and the House Committee on Un-American Activities in the late 1940s and early ‘50s. The so-called Red hunt, ostensibly initiated to root out communists in the United States government, cast a wide net and eventually ensnared many private citizens, including many academics and artists. Careers and lives were recklessly ruined. Miller found parallels to the country’s experience of the McCarthy hearings in the record of the Salem witch trials, especially in the way its “terribly serious insanity” obliterated “all nuance, all the shadings that a realistic judgment of reality requires.” This holds true today for director Clark who finds the play especially relevant in a time where false information can spread like wildfire and information must be tempered with care and caution. Clark’s vision for the production is “a response to the dishonesty and lack of honor that has come to light within our political system.” Read More...
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University Takes Center Stage in Society for New Music Season Opener
Soprano Katherine Skafidas ’20, a voice performance major in the Setnor School, will perform Merryman’s “Elegiac Songs” (2015) with flutist Lana Stafford. Both songs are dedicated to the memory of the composer’s husband and feature text by Louise Glück, the Rosenkranz Writer-in-Residence at Yale University. Read full story.
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Invent@SU Students Win $50,000 First Prize at American Heart Association Business Accelerator Competition
When mechanical engineering senior Russell Fearon ’20 learned he had diabetes he also learned it meant his life would change. “When I was first diagnosed it was obviously extremely, extremely difficult,” said Fearon. “The doctors come to you and tell you, you have to do this, this is how your life is now.” He had to adjust to regular blood sugar testing and carrying testing equipment with him at all times. It was awkward and uncomfortable at times. During the Invent@SU invention accelerator program this past summer he started thinking about ways to improve the testing process. Working with industrial and interaction design major...
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School of Art Students to Exhibit, Sell, Trade Work at New York City’s PRINTFEST
Undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Art will exhibit, sell and trade their work at PRINTFEST, a three-day fair hosted by the International Print Center New York. The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place Oct. 24-26 at 550 West 29th St. Students who will participate include Josh Baker G’21, Isabelle Collins ’22, Chloe Crookall ’21, Jocelyn Enriquez ’20, Shannon Ferguson ’20 and Maya Stern G’21. PRINTFEST provides emerging artists with a professional setting in which to show their work to a broad audience of collectors, publishers,...
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Supermodel Emme ’85 to Support Women’s Heart Health in Central New York
The American Heart Association has announced that supermodel Emme, a 1985 graduate of the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies, will be the keynote speaker at the Go Red for Women Luncheon on Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Oncenter Convention Center in Syracuse. The event starts at 10:30 a.m. with the Festival of Red, and the luncheon program runs from noon to 1:30 p.m. Read More...
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Kara Herold, assistant professor of film in the Department of Transmedia, had her film “39 ½” premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival in California. Fellow film faculty member Alex Mendez Giner served as cinematographer, and the majority of her crew was made up of VPA film students. Watch the film’s trailer.
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Design Student, Alumna Honored by American Society of Interior Designers
A student and alumna of the environmental and interior design (EDI) program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ School of Design were honored recently by the New York Upstate/Canada East chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) for their work. ASID advances the interior design profession and communicates the impact of design on the human experience. Erin Toy ’20 received first place in the 2019 student design competition’s commercial category for her project “Innovative Office Design: A Collaborative Workspace.” The space was designed for a global commercial real estate firm in Denver, Colorado, and draws inspiration from the city’s environment and culture as well as features of the WELL Building Standard, which relate to health and well-being. Susanne Gruening Angarano ’08, principal and senior interior designer at Ashley McGraw Architects P.C. in Syracuse, was honored by ASID as one of its 2019 Ones to Watch Award winners in the Design Excellence category. The Ones to Watch program identifies and recognizes rising leaders in the interior design industry who demonstrate exceptional leadership potential and a willingness to push the boundaries of the profession. Both Toy and Angarano credit Syracuse University and the EDI program with giving them the tools for success. Read More...
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New Biblio Gallery Exhibit: Master Copy Drawings on Display Through December
Pieces in this exhibit were selected from three sections of first-year studio students in two courses: Drawing I: Observation and Drawing Nature in the School of Art in the College of Visual and Performing Arts. The student drawings represent a range of master artists’ approaches in figurative and landscape works from the Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, Rococo and Neo-Classical periods. The pieces on display were selected by School of Art faculty members Susan D’Amato, associate professor and drawing coordinator; Holly Greenberg, associate professor and printmaking coordinator and Sarah McCoubrey, professor and painting...
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Meet the CRS Grad Students
Get to know the graduate students in the CRS program at Syracuse University! Read More...
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‘A Chorus Line’ opens the 2019-20 Department of Drama Season
The Syracuse University Department of Drama kicks off the 2019-2020 season with Michael Bennet’s landmark musical “A Chorus Line.” This production is directed and choreographed by faculty member Brian J. Marcum, who directed the Department’s highly successful production of “Crazy For You.” “A Chorus Line” previews on Oct. 4, opens Oct. 5 and runs through Oct. 13 in the Storch Theatre at the Syracuse Stage/ SU Drama Complex, 820 E. Genesee St. Read More...
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‘It Was a Dream Come True’: Fashion Design Students Experience New York Fashion Week
Thanks to an opportunity from Syracuse University’s Office of Trademark Licensing in collaboration with the Collegiate Licensing Company (CLC) and IMG, Emily Goldberg ’22 and Yianni Biniaris ’22 joined the fashion world for a truly unique and inspiring educational experience— a behind-the-scenes look at the fashion industry that included runway shows and networking opportunities with industry leaders. Read the full story.
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VPA Alumni Recognized at 2019 Emmy Awards
Two College of Visual and Performing Arts alumni were among the winners at the 71st Emmy Awards. In total, nine VPA alumni received Emmy nominations. Tony Zajkowski ’88 (advertising design) was part of the "Queer Eye” editing team that won the Emmy for Outstanding Picture Editing For A Structured Reality Or Competition Program. Joshua Guillaume '14 (history of art) was the compositing supervisor among a team at Framestore who completed "Free Solo: 360," which won an Emmy for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media Within an Unscripted Program. Other alumni who received nominations:
- Ellen Burke ’11 (film), production manager, “HQ Trivia”: Outstanding Original Interactive Program
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VPA Announces Convocation, Graduate Hooding Ceremony Dates for Commencement 2020
VPA Announces Convocation, Graduate Hooding Ceremony Dates for Commencement 2020 The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has announced the dates, times and locations for its convocation and graduate hooding ceremony, which are part of Syracuse University’s Commencement 2020 activities in May. Both events will be held on Friday, May 8, at the following times and locations:
- VPA Graduate Hooding Ceremony (for graduating master’s degree students): 4 p.m., Setnor Auditorium, Crouse College
- VPA Convocation (for all graduating students): 7:30 p.m., Manley Field House. Reception to follow under tents on the Manley lawn.
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VPA Alumni Hired for Their Expertise as University College Meets Demand for Online Programs
Ten alumni from the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have been hired over the last two years to fill positions as videographers, video editors and graphic designers in the Center for Online and Digital Learning. In the back row, from left, are Rachel Barry ’14, Gianni Renna ’17, Alexis Miranda ’20, Aja Selbach-Broad ’19, Abigail Jones ’19 and Donato Rossi G’18. In the front row, from left, are Katiana Weems ’20, Kaelan Selbach-Broad ’19, Gabe O’Byrne ’17 and Kieu Ahn Truong G’18. Read the full story.
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Block Blitz 2019
Block Blitz 2019 The annual event allows environmental and interior design students to help the local community by revitalizing a Syracuse neighborhood. For the third year in a row, environmental and interior design (EDI) students in the School of Design helped the Syracuse community revitalize a local neighborhood by participating in Block Blitz. Organized by Home HeadQuarters in Syracuse, Block Blitz is an annual community event that brings together homeowners and volunteers to help repair, landscape, and paint up to 50 homes in a single day in a city of Syracuse neighborhood at no cost to residents. This year, the EDI students,...
