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Events for Thursday, April 23, 2026
10:00 AM-8:00 PM
Possible Worlds: 20 Years of the Wynn Newhouse Awards Syracuse University Art Museum
10:00 AM-8:00 PM
Undressed: The Nude in Dutch Art, circa 1550-1800 Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-8:00 PM
Laurent Craste: Iconoclasts Everson Museum of Art
Events for Friday, April 24, 2026
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Undressed: The Nude in Dutch Art, circa 1550-1800 Syracuse University Art Museum
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Possible Worlds: 20 Years of the Wynn Newhouse Awards Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Laurent Craste: Iconoclasts Everson Museum of Art
8:00 PM
Jerron Paxton & Dennis Lichtman Folkus Project
8:00 PM
Preview: Baltimore Syracuse University Drama Department
Events for Saturday, April 25, 2026
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Laurent Craste: Iconoclasts Everson Museum of Art
12:00 PM-4:00 PM
Possible Worlds: 20 Years of the Wynn Newhouse Awards Syracuse University Art Museum
12:00 PM-4:00 PM
Undressed: The Nude in Dutch Art, circa 1550-1800 Syracuse University Art Museum
1:30 PM
Special Event: Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)
7:30 PM
The Cadleys Steeple Coffee House
7:30 PM
Special Event: Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria)
8:00 PM
Baltimore Syracuse University Drama Department
Events for Sunday, April 26, 2026
10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Laurent Craste: Iconoclasts Everson Museum of Art
12:00 PM-4:00 PM
Undressed: The Nude in Dutch Art, circa 1550-1800 Syracuse University Art Museum
12:00 PM-4:00 PM
Possible Worlds: 20 Years of the Wynn Newhouse Awards Syracuse University Art Museum
2:00 PM
Baltimore Syracuse University Drama Department
4:00 PM
Prize Winners Society for New Music
Events for Tuesday, April 28, 2026
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Possible Worlds: 20 Years of the Wynn Newhouse Awards Syracuse University Art Museum
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Undressed: The Nude in Dutch Art, circa 1550-1800 Syracuse University Art Museum
Events for Wednesday, April 29, 2026
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Undressed: The Nude in Dutch Art, circa 1550-1800 Syracuse University Art Museum
10:00 AM-4:00 PM
Possible Worlds: 20 Years of the Wynn Newhouse Awards Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-5:00 PM
Laurent Craste: Iconoclasts Everson Museum of Art
8:00 PM
Baltimore Syracuse University Drama Department
Events for Thursday, April 30, 2026
10:00 AM-8:00 PM
Possible Worlds: 20 Years of the Wynn Newhouse Awards Syracuse University Art Museum
10:00 AM-8:00 PM
Undressed: The Nude in Dutch Art, circa 1550-1800 Syracuse University Art Museum
11:00 AM-8:00 PM
Laurent Craste: Iconoclasts Everson Museum of Art
8:00 PM
Baltimore Syracuse University Drama Department
Thursday, April 23, 2026
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Possible Worlds: 20 Years of the Wynn Newhouse Awards Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
This landmark exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of the Wynn Newhouse Award, a pioneering initiative that has recognized and elevated artists of excellence who happen to live with disabilities. Established in 2006 by Wynn Newhouse, the award has championed bold, boundary-defying voices in contemporary art — highlighting practices that are as varied in form as they are unified in vision: a vision of art as a space where representation, identity, and access are not peripheral concerns, but central to the discourse. At the heart of the exhibition is a curatorial inquiry: How do artists with disabilities navigate the art world, and the world at large, on their terms? And how does that navigation inform their work, influence its reception, and expand the field of cultural production? The goal is not to position disability as a central or singular theme, but to acknowledge it as one of many intersecting conditions that inform artistic practice. In doing so, this exhibition prompts us to reconsider who gets seen, whose experiences shape the canon, and how institutions can create more equitable conditions for artistic participation and recognition. Exhibiting artists include Beverly Baker, Derrick Alexis Coard, Courttney Cooper, Joseph Grigley, Em Kettner, Reverend Joyce McDonald, William Scott, Kambel Smith, Katz Tepper, Melvin Way, and Peter Williams.
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10:00 AM - 8:00 PM, April 23 |
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Undressed: The Nude in Dutch Art, circa 1550-1800 Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
This exhibition, encompassing 21 works in various media, surveys the portrayal of nudity and semi-nudity in a variety of subjects rendered by Dutch artists over several centuries. It will explore how the nude has been articulated, both artistically and contextually, to disrupt traditional ideas of nudity in art, which were primarily argued by Sir Kenneth Clark in The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form (1956). In this influential text, Clark posited that the presence of the nude in art, existed above and beyond cultural circumstances, as a timeless, almost abstract ideal. He advanced a distinction between "naked" and "nude," with the latter explained as an idealization, or an evocation of timeless ideals. To the contrary, this exhibition presents nudity in art as a phenomenon that is time-bound and culturally determined.
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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, April 23 |
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Laurent Craste: Iconoclasts Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
"Iconoclasts" marks the American museum debut for French-born Canadian ceramist Laurent Craste. Over the past decade, Craste has committed a wide range of indignities and abuse against his ornate vases and urns, including pummeling them with baseball bats and crowbars and piercing them with arrows. Despite the violence that runs through his work, Craste has a great passion for historical porcelain. Working with porcelain allows Craste to explore the prestige and power of upper-class society, but also inequality and the strain that is placed on working people. The anthropomorphic nature of Craste's vases echoes the human body, making it no surprise that people feel strong emotions when seeing a helpless vase struck by a baseball bat. Triggering these strong emotions in his audience allows Craste to connect on a deeper level as he asks questions about class, money, and power.
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Friday, April 24, 2026
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, April 24 |
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Undressed: The Nude in Dutch Art, circa 1550-1800 Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
This exhibition, encompassing 21 works in various media, surveys the portrayal of nudity and semi-nudity in a variety of subjects rendered by Dutch artists over several centuries. It will explore how the nude has been articulated, both artistically and contextually, to disrupt traditional ideas of nudity in art, which were primarily argued by Sir Kenneth Clark in The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form (1956). In this influential text, Clark posited that the presence of the nude in art, existed above and beyond cultural circumstances, as a timeless, almost abstract ideal. He advanced a distinction between "naked" and "nude," with the latter explained as an idealization, or an evocation of timeless ideals. To the contrary, this exhibition presents nudity in art as a phenomenon that is time-bound and culturally determined.
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Possible Worlds: 20 Years of the Wynn Newhouse Awards Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
This landmark exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of the Wynn Newhouse Award, a pioneering initiative that has recognized and elevated artists of excellence who happen to live with disabilities. Established in 2006 by Wynn Newhouse, the award has championed bold, boundary-defying voices in contemporary art — highlighting practices that are as varied in form as they are unified in vision: a vision of art as a space where representation, identity, and access are not peripheral concerns, but central to the discourse. At the heart of the exhibition is a curatorial inquiry: How do artists with disabilities navigate the art world, and the world at large, on their terms? And how does that navigation inform their work, influence its reception, and expand the field of cultural production? The goal is not to position disability as a central or singular theme, but to acknowledge it as one of many intersecting conditions that inform artistic practice. In doing so, this exhibition prompts us to reconsider who gets seen, whose experiences shape the canon, and how institutions can create more equitable conditions for artistic participation and recognition. Exhibiting artists include Beverly Baker, Derrick Alexis Coard, Courttney Cooper, Joseph Grigley, Em Kettner, Reverend Joyce McDonald, William Scott, Kambel Smith, Katz Tepper, Melvin Way, and Peter Williams.
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, April 24 |
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Laurent Craste: Iconoclasts Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
"Iconoclasts" marks the American museum debut for French-born Canadian ceramist Laurent Craste. Over the past decade, Craste has committed a wide range of indignities and abuse against his ornate vases and urns, including pummeling them with baseball bats and crowbars and piercing them with arrows. Despite the violence that runs through his work, Craste has a great passion for historical porcelain. Working with porcelain allows Craste to explore the prestige and power of upper-class society, but also inequality and the strain that is placed on working people. The anthropomorphic nature of Craste's vases echoes the human body, making it no surprise that people feel strong emotions when seeing a helpless vase struck by a baseball bat. Triggering these strong emotions in his audience allows Craste to connect on a deeper level as he asks questions about class, money, and power.
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8:00 PM, April 24 |
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Jerron Paxton & Dennis Lichtman Folkus Project
Price: $25 regular, $22 Folkus members May Memorial Unitarian Society
3800 E. Genesee St.,
Syracuse
Two extraordinary musicians and storytellers with a mutual love of the history, stories, and significance of the music they play... Jerron Paxton and Dennis Lichtman are world-renowned multi-instrumentalists and vocalists whose formal musical partnership began with a video shoot at the Louis Armstrong House Museum in 2017. Since 2019, the duo has toured across the United States and internationally, and they served as artists-in-residence at New York City's Symphony Space for the 2024-25 season. They released their first duo album in 2021. Paxton and Lichtman share a mutual love of the history, stories, and significance behind the music they play. Their energetic sets feature acoustic blues, ragtime, Tin Pan Alley pop songs, 1920s jazz, twin fiddle hoe-downs, and original songs and compositions. This is roots music in the true sense of the word, performed by two extraordinary musicians and storytellers.
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8:00 PM, April 24 |
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Preview: Baltimore Syracuse University Drama Department Michelle Chan, director
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St.,
Syracuse
A New England college campus becomes a battleground when a racially-charged incident divides the student body and the community in this timely play by Kirsten Greenidge.
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Saturday, April 25, 2026
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, April 25 |
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Laurent Craste: Iconoclasts Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
"Iconoclasts" marks the American museum debut for French-born Canadian ceramist Laurent Craste. Over the past decade, Craste has committed a wide range of indignities and abuse against his ornate vases and urns, including pummeling them with baseball bats and crowbars and piercing them with arrows. Despite the violence that runs through his work, Craste has a great passion for historical porcelain. Working with porcelain allows Craste to explore the prestige and power of upper-class society, but also inequality and the strain that is placed on working people. The anthropomorphic nature of Craste's vases echoes the human body, making it no surprise that people feel strong emotions when seeing a helpless vase struck by a baseball bat. Triggering these strong emotions in his audience allows Craste to connect on a deeper level as he asks questions about class, money, and power.
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12:00 PM - 4:00 PM, April 25 |
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Possible Worlds: 20 Years of the Wynn Newhouse Awards Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
This landmark exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of the Wynn Newhouse Award, a pioneering initiative that has recognized and elevated artists of excellence who happen to live with disabilities. Established in 2006 by Wynn Newhouse, the award has championed bold, boundary-defying voices in contemporary art — highlighting practices that are as varied in form as they are unified in vision: a vision of art as a space where representation, identity, and access are not peripheral concerns, but central to the discourse. At the heart of the exhibition is a curatorial inquiry: How do artists with disabilities navigate the art world, and the world at large, on their terms? And how does that navigation inform their work, influence its reception, and expand the field of cultural production? The goal is not to position disability as a central or singular theme, but to acknowledge it as one of many intersecting conditions that inform artistic practice. In doing so, this exhibition prompts us to reconsider who gets seen, whose experiences shape the canon, and how institutions can create more equitable conditions for artistic participation and recognition. Exhibiting artists include Beverly Baker, Derrick Alexis Coard, Courttney Cooper, Joseph Grigley, Em Kettner, Reverend Joyce McDonald, William Scott, Kambel Smith, Katz Tepper, Melvin Way, and Peter Williams.
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12:00 PM - 4:00 PM, April 25 |
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Undressed: The Nude in Dutch Art, circa 1550-1800 Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
This exhibition, encompassing 21 works in various media, surveys the portrayal of nudity and semi-nudity in a variety of subjects rendered by Dutch artists over several centuries. It will explore how the nude has been articulated, both artistically and contextually, to disrupt traditional ideas of nudity in art, which were primarily argued by Sir Kenneth Clark in The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form (1956). In this influential text, Clark posited that the presence of the nude in art, existed above and beyond cultural circumstances, as a timeless, almost abstract ideal. He advanced a distinction between "naked" and "nude," with the latter explained as an idealization, or an evocation of timeless ideals. To the contrary, this exhibition presents nudity in art as a phenomenon that is time-bound and culturally determined.
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1:30 PM, April 25 |
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Special Event: Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria) Sean O'Loughlin, conductor
Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
The Syracuse Orchestra will present Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert featuring a screening of the complete film with composer John Williams' iconic Oscar-winning score performed live to the film. Since the release of this first Star Wars movie over 45 years ago, the Star Wars saga has had a seismic impact on both cinema and culture, inspiring audiences around the world with its mythic storytelling, captivating characters, groundbreaking special effects and iconic musical scores composed by Williams. Fans will experience the scope and grandeur of this beloved film in a live symphonic concert experience. Luke Skywalker begins a journey that will change the galaxy in Star Wars: A New Hope. Nineteen years after the formation of the Empire, Luke is thrust into the struggle of the Rebel Alliance when he meets Obi-Wan Kenobi, who has lived for years in seclusion on the desert planet of Tatooine. Obi-Wan begins Luke's Jedi training as Luke joins him on a daring mission to rescue the beautiful Rebel leader Princess Leia from the clutches of Darth Vader and the evil Empire.
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7:30 PM, April 25 |
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The Cadleys Steeple Coffee House
Price: $15 suggested donation covers entertainment, dessert, coffee/tea United Church of Fayetteville
310 E. Genesee St.,
Fayetteville
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7:30 PM, April 25 |
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Special Event: Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert Syracuse Orchestra (formerly Symphoria) Sean O'Loughlin, conductor
Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, Mulroy Civic Center
411 Montgomery St.,
Syracuse
The Syracuse Orchestra will present Star Wars: A New Hope in Concert featuring a screening of the complete film with composer John Williams' iconic Oscar-winning score performed live to the film. Since the release of this first Star Wars movie over 45 years ago, the Star Wars saga has had a seismic impact on both cinema and culture, inspiring audiences around the world with its mythic storytelling, captivating characters, groundbreaking special effects and iconic musical scores composed by Williams. Fans will experience the scope and grandeur of this beloved film in a live symphonic concert experience. Luke Skywalker begins a journey that will change the galaxy in Star Wars: A New Hope. Nineteen years after the formation of the Empire, Luke is thrust into the struggle of the Rebel Alliance when he meets Obi-Wan Kenobi, who has lived for years in seclusion on the desert planet of Tatooine. Obi-Wan begins Luke's Jedi training as Luke joins him on a daring mission to rescue the beautiful Rebel leader Princess Leia from the clutches of Darth Vader and the evil Empire.
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8:00 PM, April 25 |
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Baltimore Syracuse University Drama Department Michelle Chan, director
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St.,
Syracuse
A New England college campus becomes a battleground when a racially-charged incident divides the student body and the community in this timely play by Kirsten Greenidge.
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Sunday, April 26, 2026
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10:00 AM - 5:00 PM, April 26 |
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Laurent Craste: Iconoclasts Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
"Iconoclasts" marks the American museum debut for French-born Canadian ceramist Laurent Craste. Over the past decade, Craste has committed a wide range of indignities and abuse against his ornate vases and urns, including pummeling them with baseball bats and crowbars and piercing them with arrows. Despite the violence that runs through his work, Craste has a great passion for historical porcelain. Working with porcelain allows Craste to explore the prestige and power of upper-class society, but also inequality and the strain that is placed on working people. The anthropomorphic nature of Craste's vases echoes the human body, making it no surprise that people feel strong emotions when seeing a helpless vase struck by a baseball bat. Triggering these strong emotions in his audience allows Craste to connect on a deeper level as he asks questions about class, money, and power.
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12:00 PM - 4:00 PM, April 26 |
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Undressed: The Nude in Dutch Art, circa 1550-1800 Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
This exhibition, encompassing 21 works in various media, surveys the portrayal of nudity and semi-nudity in a variety of subjects rendered by Dutch artists over several centuries. It will explore how the nude has been articulated, both artistically and contextually, to disrupt traditional ideas of nudity in art, which were primarily argued by Sir Kenneth Clark in The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form (1956). In this influential text, Clark posited that the presence of the nude in art, existed above and beyond cultural circumstances, as a timeless, almost abstract ideal. He advanced a distinction between "naked" and "nude," with the latter explained as an idealization, or an evocation of timeless ideals. To the contrary, this exhibition presents nudity in art as a phenomenon that is time-bound and culturally determined.
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12:00 PM - 4:00 PM, April 26 |
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Possible Worlds: 20 Years of the Wynn Newhouse Awards Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
This landmark exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of the Wynn Newhouse Award, a pioneering initiative that has recognized and elevated artists of excellence who happen to live with disabilities. Established in 2006 by Wynn Newhouse, the award has championed bold, boundary-defying voices in contemporary art — highlighting practices that are as varied in form as they are unified in vision: a vision of art as a space where representation, identity, and access are not peripheral concerns, but central to the discourse. At the heart of the exhibition is a curatorial inquiry: How do artists with disabilities navigate the art world, and the world at large, on their terms? And how does that navigation inform their work, influence its reception, and expand the field of cultural production? The goal is not to position disability as a central or singular theme, but to acknowledge it as one of many intersecting conditions that inform artistic practice. In doing so, this exhibition prompts us to reconsider who gets seen, whose experiences shape the canon, and how institutions can create more equitable conditions for artistic participation and recognition. Exhibiting artists include Beverly Baker, Derrick Alexis Coard, Courttney Cooper, Joseph Grigley, Em Kettner, Reverend Joyce McDonald, William Scott, Kambel Smith, Katz Tepper, Melvin Way, and Peter Williams.
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4:00 PM, April 26 |
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Prize Winners Society for New Music
Price: $25 regular, $20 seniors St. Paul's Syracuse
220 E. Fayette St.,
Syracuse
Concert featuring the winners of the Israel/Pellman Prizes and the Harpsichord Concerto by Armando Bayolo, performed by Ryan Chan.
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2:00 PM, April 26 |
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Baltimore Syracuse University Drama Department Michelle Chan, director
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St.,
Syracuse
A New England college campus becomes a battleground when a racially-charged incident divides the student body and the community in this timely play by Kirsten Greenidge.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, April 28 |
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Possible Worlds: 20 Years of the Wynn Newhouse Awards Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
This landmark exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of the Wynn Newhouse Award, a pioneering initiative that has recognized and elevated artists of excellence who happen to live with disabilities. Established in 2006 by Wynn Newhouse, the award has championed bold, boundary-defying voices in contemporary art — highlighting practices that are as varied in form as they are unified in vision: a vision of art as a space where representation, identity, and access are not peripheral concerns, but central to the discourse. At the heart of the exhibition is a curatorial inquiry: How do artists with disabilities navigate the art world, and the world at large, on their terms? And how does that navigation inform their work, influence its reception, and expand the field of cultural production? The goal is not to position disability as a central or singular theme, but to acknowledge it as one of many intersecting conditions that inform artistic practice. In doing so, this exhibition prompts us to reconsider who gets seen, whose experiences shape the canon, and how institutions can create more equitable conditions for artistic participation and recognition. Exhibiting artists include Beverly Baker, Derrick Alexis Coard, Courttney Cooper, Joseph Grigley, Em Kettner, Reverend Joyce McDonald, William Scott, Kambel Smith, Katz Tepper, Melvin Way, and Peter Williams.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, April 28 |
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Undressed: The Nude in Dutch Art, circa 1550-1800 Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
This exhibition, encompassing 21 works in various media, surveys the portrayal of nudity and semi-nudity in a variety of subjects rendered by Dutch artists over several centuries. It will explore how the nude has been articulated, both artistically and contextually, to disrupt traditional ideas of nudity in art, which were primarily argued by Sir Kenneth Clark in The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form (1956). In this influential text, Clark posited that the presence of the nude in art, existed above and beyond cultural circumstances, as a timeless, almost abstract ideal. He advanced a distinction between "naked" and "nude," with the latter explained as an idealization, or an evocation of timeless ideals. To the contrary, this exhibition presents nudity in art as a phenomenon that is time-bound and culturally determined.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2026
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, April 29 |
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Undressed: The Nude in Dutch Art, circa 1550-1800 Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
This exhibition, encompassing 21 works in various media, surveys the portrayal of nudity and semi-nudity in a variety of subjects rendered by Dutch artists over several centuries. It will explore how the nude has been articulated, both artistically and contextually, to disrupt traditional ideas of nudity in art, which were primarily argued by Sir Kenneth Clark in The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form (1956). In this influential text, Clark posited that the presence of the nude in art, existed above and beyond cultural circumstances, as a timeless, almost abstract ideal. He advanced a distinction between "naked" and "nude," with the latter explained as an idealization, or an evocation of timeless ideals. To the contrary, this exhibition presents nudity in art as a phenomenon that is time-bound and culturally determined.
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10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, April 29 |
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Possible Worlds: 20 Years of the Wynn Newhouse Awards Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
This landmark exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of the Wynn Newhouse Award, a pioneering initiative that has recognized and elevated artists of excellence who happen to live with disabilities. Established in 2006 by Wynn Newhouse, the award has championed bold, boundary-defying voices in contemporary art — highlighting practices that are as varied in form as they are unified in vision: a vision of art as a space where representation, identity, and access are not peripheral concerns, but central to the discourse. At the heart of the exhibition is a curatorial inquiry: How do artists with disabilities navigate the art world, and the world at large, on their terms? And how does that navigation inform their work, influence its reception, and expand the field of cultural production? The goal is not to position disability as a central or singular theme, but to acknowledge it as one of many intersecting conditions that inform artistic practice. In doing so, this exhibition prompts us to reconsider who gets seen, whose experiences shape the canon, and how institutions can create more equitable conditions for artistic participation and recognition. Exhibiting artists include Beverly Baker, Derrick Alexis Coard, Courttney Cooper, Joseph Grigley, Em Kettner, Reverend Joyce McDonald, William Scott, Kambel Smith, Katz Tepper, Melvin Way, and Peter Williams.
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11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, April 29 |
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Laurent Craste: Iconoclasts Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
"Iconoclasts" marks the American museum debut for French-born Canadian ceramist Laurent Craste. Over the past decade, Craste has committed a wide range of indignities and abuse against his ornate vases and urns, including pummeling them with baseball bats and crowbars and piercing them with arrows. Despite the violence that runs through his work, Craste has a great passion for historical porcelain. Working with porcelain allows Craste to explore the prestige and power of upper-class society, but also inequality and the strain that is placed on working people. The anthropomorphic nature of Craste's vases echoes the human body, making it no surprise that people feel strong emotions when seeing a helpless vase struck by a baseball bat. Triggering these strong emotions in his audience allows Craste to connect on a deeper level as he asks questions about class, money, and power.
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8:00 PM, April 29 |
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Baltimore Syracuse University Drama Department Michelle Chan, director
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St.,
Syracuse
A New England college campus becomes a battleground when a racially-charged incident divides the student body and the community in this timely play by Kirsten Greenidge.
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Thursday, April 30, 2026
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10:00 AM - 8:00 PM, April 30 |
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Possible Worlds: 20 Years of the Wynn Newhouse Awards Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
This landmark exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of the Wynn Newhouse Award, a pioneering initiative that has recognized and elevated artists of excellence who happen to live with disabilities. Established in 2006 by Wynn Newhouse, the award has championed bold, boundary-defying voices in contemporary art — highlighting practices that are as varied in form as they are unified in vision: a vision of art as a space where representation, identity, and access are not peripheral concerns, but central to the discourse. At the heart of the exhibition is a curatorial inquiry: How do artists with disabilities navigate the art world, and the world at large, on their terms? And how does that navigation inform their work, influence its reception, and expand the field of cultural production? The goal is not to position disability as a central or singular theme, but to acknowledge it as one of many intersecting conditions that inform artistic practice. In doing so, this exhibition prompts us to reconsider who gets seen, whose experiences shape the canon, and how institutions can create more equitable conditions for artistic participation and recognition. Exhibiting artists include Beverly Baker, Derrick Alexis Coard, Courttney Cooper, Joseph Grigley, Em Kettner, Reverend Joyce McDonald, William Scott, Kambel Smith, Katz Tepper, Melvin Way, and Peter Williams.
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Undressed: The Nude in Dutch Art, circa 1550-1800 Syracuse University Art Museum
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building
Syracuse University,
Syracuse
This exhibition, encompassing 21 works in various media, surveys the portrayal of nudity and semi-nudity in a variety of subjects rendered by Dutch artists over several centuries. It will explore how the nude has been articulated, both artistically and contextually, to disrupt traditional ideas of nudity in art, which were primarily argued by Sir Kenneth Clark in The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form (1956). In this influential text, Clark posited that the presence of the nude in art, existed above and beyond cultural circumstances, as a timeless, almost abstract ideal. He advanced a distinction between "naked" and "nude," with the latter explained as an idealization, or an evocation of timeless ideals. To the contrary, this exhibition presents nudity in art as a phenomenon that is time-bound and culturally determined.
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11:00 AM - 8:00 PM, April 30 |
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Laurent Craste: Iconoclasts Everson Museum of Art
Everson Museum of Art
401 Harrison St.,
Syracuse
"Iconoclasts" marks the American museum debut for French-born Canadian ceramist Laurent Craste. Over the past decade, Craste has committed a wide range of indignities and abuse against his ornate vases and urns, including pummeling them with baseball bats and crowbars and piercing them with arrows. Despite the violence that runs through his work, Craste has a great passion for historical porcelain. Working with porcelain allows Craste to explore the prestige and power of upper-class society, but also inequality and the strain that is placed on working people. The anthropomorphic nature of Craste's vases echoes the human body, making it no surprise that people feel strong emotions when seeing a helpless vase struck by a baseball bat. Triggering these strong emotions in his audience allows Craste to connect on a deeper level as he asks questions about class, money, and power.
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Theater |
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8:00 PM, April 30 |
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Baltimore Syracuse University Drama Department Michelle Chan, director
Storch Theater, Syracuse Stage
820 E. Genesee St.,
Syracuse
A New England college campus becomes a battleground when a racially-charged incident divides the student body and the community in this timely play by Kirsten Greenidge.
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