Coalition of Museum and Art Center-Sponsored Exhibitions, Events Fill the Fall Semester

A full slate of art exhibitions and cultural events coordinated by the University’s Coalition of Museum and Art Centers is on tap this fall, reflecting the diverse range and vibrancy of Syracuse University’s high-quality arts programs. Coordinated with and sponsored by the Office of Strategic Initiatives, the events extend the University’s mission to prepare students to learn, lead and create through rigorous academic programs, diverse experiential learning and engagement with global research.

The semester kicks off with several key events next week. All are free and open to the public.

Thursday, Sept. 14

Artist Reception: Peter B. Jones
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building

• Onondaga Nation artist Peter B. Jones’ ceramic works exhibition, “Continuity, Innovation and Resistance: The Art of Peter Jones,” is part of the museum’s 2023-24 Syracuse Symposium, “Landscape.” His work illustrates Haudenosaunee culture as a continuum that has resisted and persisted despite attacks on the confederacy’s lands, sovereignty and cultural identity.

Opening Reception, Exhibition: “The Sun Echoed Like a Song”
5 to 7 p.m.
Light Work, Watson Hall, 316 Waverly Ave.

• Photographs by Eduardo L. Rivera taken in his childhood hometown of Phoenix, Arizona explore personal histories of family, community and environment.

Grants in Photography Awardee Exhibition
5 to 7 p.m.
Light Work, Watson Hall, 316 Waverly Ave.

• Photographs from 2023 Grant in Photography award recipients Amy Kozlowski, Linda Moses and Tahila Mintz are featured.

Friday, Sept. 15

Gallery Talk: Peter B. Jones
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Syracuse University Art Museum, Shaffer Art Building

• Onondaga Nation artist Peter B. Jones will discuss how his art comments on the Haudenosaunee cultural continuance and the challenges the Haudenosaunee people have faced through time.

Opening Reception and Exhibition: Hispanic Heritage Month
6 to 8 p.m.
La Casita Cultural Center, 109 Otiso St., Syracuse

• Highlighting the works of Chicano artists Cayetano Valenzuela (Syracuse) and Zeke Peña (El Paso, Texas) “Futurismo Latino: Cultural Memory and Imagined Worlds” focuses on Latino futurism and includes art by La Casita’s summer program youth. This community event kicks off La Casita’s fall season and observes Latine Heritage Month, which runs Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

Open House: “Sounds of Coltrane”
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Community Folk Art Center, 805 E. Genesee St., Syracuse

• Local musicians perform music by African American jazz saxophonist and composer John Coltrane.

In addition, another exhibition opens the following week.

September 21

Special Collections Research Center Exhibition Opening:
“In Pursuit of Justice: Pan Am Flight 103”
4:30 to 6 p.m.
Bird Library, 6^th floor gallery, 222 Waverly Ave.

• The exhibition documents the Dec. 21, 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland that claimed the lives of 270 individuals, including 35 students returning from studying abroad through Syracuse University. Featuring materials donated to Libraries’ Research Center by victims’ loved ones and investigative team members, the exhibition provides an overview of the disaster, investigation and first trial.

For details about current and upcoming exhibitions and other events hosted by the Coalition for Museums and Art Centers, refer to the Syracuse University events calendar throughout the year.

(Featured photo: “Bomba, 2022 by Eduardo L. Rivera)