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  Carnegie Hall Chief Marketing Officer Sara Villagio ’04 to Deliver 2024 VPA Convocation Address

  Sara Villagio ’04, Carnegie Hall’s chief marketing officer, will deliver the 2024 convocation address to bachelor’s and master’s degree candidates of Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) at the college’s convocation ceremony on Saturday, May 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the JMA Wireless Dome (livestream available). Read More...

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  Intangible Cultural Heritage Showcase Celebrates Cultural Diversity

  Museum studies students will host a series of events highlighting elements of intangible cultural heritage at the Sue and Leon Genet Gallery at the Nancy Cantor Warehouse.   Students in the master of arts degree program in museum studies taking Museums and Intangible Cultural Heritage (MUS 400/600) explored aspects of their own lives and brought them into the gallery space. The project provided students with the chance to engage in a reflective exercise on how to display and musealize the intangible.   “It is so exciting to be...

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  ‘The Droll (Or, a Stage-Play about the END of Theatre)’ Closes Out Department of Drama’s 2023-24 Season

  The Department of Drama in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts concludes the 2023-24 season with “The Droll (Or, a Stage-Play about the END of Theatre)," by Meg Miroshnik. Read More...

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  Applications Open for 2024 Intelligence++ Innovation Showcase of Inclusive Design

  Applications are now open for the Intelligence++ Innovation Showcase, which takes place on Thursday, April 25, from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the first floor auditorium of the Nancy Cantor Warehouse, 350 West Fayette St., Syracuse. The event will highlight undergraduate and graduate student teams from across campus who have created concepts for products, services and technologies that can assist intellectually disabled people and their families.

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  Graduate Music Students Receive Grant to Compose, Perform New Work for Organ

  A composer-organist pair of graduate students in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. School of Music received a $1,000 grant from the American Guild of Organists (AGO) to compose and perform a new piece for organ. Composer Ryan McQuay Meredith and organist Joseph Maxwell Ossei-Little were among four pairs selected for the grant from the AGO’s Student Commissioning Project this year. The students used the opportunity to explore the vast capabilities of the organ, pushing its limits. Read More...

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  Digging Into Nature

  Students and professors turn to art, architecture, and storytelling to better understand the environment.

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  ‘Touch(ed)’ Continues Department of Drama’s 2023-24 Season

  The Department of Drama in the College of Visual and Performing Arts continues the 2023-24 season with “Touch(ed)”, a darkly comic drama about sisterhood, mental health and the realistic limits of love from Tony Award-nominated playwright Bess Wohl (“Grand Horizons”). Directed by Christine Albright-Tufts, performances of “Touch(ed)” will be held April 5-14 in the Loft Theatre at the Syracuse Stage/SU Drama Complex, located at 820 East Genesee St. Tickets are available through the Syracuse Stage Box Office or by calling 315.443.3275.

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  College of Visual and Performing Arts Presents ‘Unsettled, Unbridled, Unbound,’ the 2024 M.F.A. Exhibition

  The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) at Syracuse University is pleased to announce the exhibition "Unsettled, Unbridled, Unbound," featuring the work of 38 artists completing their master of fine arts degree in studio arts, illustration and film and media arts. Read More...

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  Resurrecting Song: Professor Wendy Moy’s New Book Documents Choral Music’s Resilience During COVID-19

  In her new book, Wendy Moy, professor of music education in the College of Visual and Performing Arts and School of Education, brings together first-person accounts to offer a sometimes heartbreaking, many times joyful portrait of how choral musicians weathered the coronavirus pandemic.

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  NVRC Gallery Exhibition Provides Graduate Students With Curatorial Experience

  A new exhibition co-curated by three museum studies graduate students represents multiple collaborations across the University. It connects current students and alumni; pairs the College of Visual and Performing and Arts (VPA) and the National Veterans Resource Center (NVRC); and uses treasured art from the Syracuse University Libraries archives to create an interesting new military-themed public display.

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  American Artist James Little G’76 Gifts Painting to Syracuse University Art Museum

  American artist James Little G’76, who earned a master of fine arts degree from the School of Art, has donated an oil painting he created, “Euclidean Squares,” to the Syracuse University Art Museum’s permanent collection.

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  Spring Break Immersions in Los Angeles Offer Career Inspiration, Industry Connections

  & Two groups of College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) students will travel to Los Angeles for Spring Break (March 10-17) to immerse themselves in the city’s rich cultural scene and meet with industry professionals, many of whom are Syracuse University alumni. Read More...

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  College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces Fall 2023 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 Fall 2023 semester. Read More...

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  Using Her Voice

  Music industry student Gabrielle Pinkney promotes diversity and inclusion within the music profession.

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  New Study Away Opportunity for Athletes Will Be Offered in Los Angeles This Spring

  A new study away opportunity for student-athletes will be offered this year as a Maymester course in Los Angeles. The course, Networking and the Art of the Pitch, was developed by Rachel Dubrofsky, professor and chair of communication and rhetorical studies (CRS) in the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), and Anna Proulx, director of VPA’s Los Angeles program, working with Tommy Powell, assistant provost for student-athlete academic development in the Department of Athletics.

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  Addressing Belonging Among Neurodiverse Students, ‘Dialog’ Wins No Code Design Sprint

  Dialog, an application to increase a sense of belonging on campus for students with disabilities, won the fast-paced, seven-day No Code Design Sprint, hosted by Syracuse University Libraries, the College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA), and School of Education (SOE), in partnership with Intelligence++.

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  Setnor School of Music Announces 2023 Gregg Smith Choral Composition Contest Winner

  Patrick Vu, a master’s candidate in choral conducting at Texas Tech University, has been announced as winner of the 2023 Gregg Smith Choral Composition Contest in the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA). Read More...

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  College of Visual and Performing Arts Announces 2024 VPA Scholars

  Twelve seniors in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) have been named VPA Scholars, the college’s highest undergraduate academic honor. Read More...

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  Film Professor Receives Creative Capital Award for Documentary Feature

  Experimental filmmaker and animator Kelly Gallagher, an associate professor of film in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Film and Media Arts, has received a 2024 Creative Capital Wild Futures: Art, Culture, Impact Award in Visual Arts and Film/Moving Image. The award provides each winning artist with unrestricted project funding of $50,000.

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  VPA Industry Day Offers Students Opportunities to Network with Alumni

  On Friday, Feb. 16, the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ (VPA) Office of Academic and Career Advising will host its third annual VPA Industry Day in partnership with Syracuse University Career Services at the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel and Conference Center. Nineteen alumni and industry professionals will meet with VPA students for panel discussions; one-on-one sessions (portfolio reviews, resume reviews and interviews); and a networking lunch. Panel discussions include “Be Your Own Advocate,” “Networking in the Creative Fields,” “Dealing with Disappointment,” “Transferable Skills and Career Transitions” and “Rock Your Interview.” Read More...