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February 6 - May 2, 2010

62nd Exhibition of Central New York Artists

Category: Events & Exhibitions  
New works by artists celebrating our vibrant and thriving regional arts community will be showcased in the 62nd Exhibition of Central New York Artists opening with a members’ preview and reception 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, February 6 in the Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court. With 31 artists from 26 counties presenting a rich body of material, visitors can consider 21st-century perspectives on contemporary art and life... more...
February 26 - April 2, 2010

Painting and Photography Exhibition

Category: School of Art Gallery  
*Lecture* Friday, February 26, 2010 4 to 5 pm *Reception* Friday, February 26, 2010 5 to 6 pm Beb Schwab, Troy Beb Schwab, Troy, 2008, 12 x 20 in. more...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Nurture or Nature

Category: 62nd Exhibition Meet the Artist Gallery Talk Serie  
Time: 
12 pm
Lou Getty and Phil Young both address issues relating to health: Getty, about maintaining wellness and Young, coping with illness. Free and Open to the Public Thumnail Image: Phil Young, Signs of Hope and Healing for the Bay of Fundy, 2009, mixed media installation, detail. more...
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Category: Film Series  
Time: 
2 pm , 7:30pm
In Terry Gilliam's (Brazil) visually spectacular fantasy adventure, Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) has the extraordinary gift of inspiring the imaginations of others. Helped by his traveling theatre troupe, Parnassus offers audience members the chance to transcend mundane reality by passing through a magical mirror into a fantastic universe of limitless imagination. However, Parnassus' magic comes at a price. For centuries he's been gambling with the devil, Mr. Nick... more...

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Thursday, March 18, 2010

Book Group

Category: Events & Exhibitions   Museum Book Group  
Advanced registration is appreciated. Register by contacting the Museum Education Department at 315-797-0000, ext. 2158 or online[[sitetree_link id=519]] more...
Thursday, March 18, 2010

The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century

Category: Museum Book Group  
Time: 
6 pm — 8 pm
As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter who dared to impersonate him centuries later. The con man's mark was Hermann Goering, one of the most reviled leaders of Nazi Germany and a fanatic collector of art. It was an almost perfect crime. For seven years a no-account painter named Han van... more...
Friday, March 19, 2010

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Category: Film Series  
Time: 
2 pm , 7:30pm
In Terry Gilliam's (Brazil) visually spectacular fantasy adventure, Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) has the extraordinary gift of inspiring the imaginations of others. Helped by his traveling theatre troupe, Parnassus offers audience members the chance to transcend mundane reality by passing through a magical mirror into a fantastic universe of limitless imagination. However, Parnassus' magic comes at a price. For centuries he's been gambling with the devil, Mr. Nick... more...

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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Art and Yoga For Mind, Body and Spirit

Category: Events & Exhibitions  
Time: 
10:30am — 11:45am
10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Meet in the Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court Register for all Six Classes $45 MWPAI members; $70 general public Single session: $10 MWPAI members; $15 general public Art and Yoga takes place in a variety of the museum's galleries. Each session begins with a 15-minute introduction to a work of art by Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Mary E. Murray, followed by one hour of yoga... more...

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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Sunday Brunch and Tour, Music as Muse

Category: Music as Muse Exhibtion  
Time: 
11:30am
$16.50 MWPAI members; $20 general public Registration requested by March 17 The brunch menu, catered by “A Moveable Feast by O’Connor’s,” features Scones w/Condiments, Lox and Bagels, Fresh Fruit, Crepes w/Berry Toppings and Whipped Cream, Open-Face Hot Kentucky Brown (Oven-Roasted Turkey, Applewood Smoked Bacon, Sliced Tomato, Fried Egg and Cheddar Mornay on Sun-Dried Tomato Bread), Grilled Vegetables and Baby Spinach Salad with a Peaches and Hazelnut Vinaigrette, Coffee, Tea... more...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

An Occupational Hazard

Category: 62nd Exhibition Meet the Artist Gallery Talk Serie  
Time: 
12 pm
Kathy Budd and Jean Locey use their work to highlight important issues such as job-related stereotyping and gender bias as a cultural convention. Free and Open to the Public Thumbnail Image: Jean Locey, Sun Meng/Film Theorist at Work, 2007, ultrachrome print, 25 x 31 in. more...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Crazy Heart

Category: Film Series  
Time: 
2 pm , 7:30pm
Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the... more...

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Friday, March 26, 2010

Crazy Heart

Category: Film Series  
Time: 
2 pm , 7:30pm
Academy Award nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the... more...

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March 27 - July 7, 2010

Exhibition Organized by Area Students Considers “Edgy” Art

Category: Events & Exhibitions   Exploring Museum Careers High School Partnership  
On Edge, an exhibition of fine and decorative arts opening to the public Saturday, March 27 in the Museum of Art, examines works from the Museum of Art permanent collection that are unusual, bold, or even groundbreaking. A gallery talk presented by the exhibition curators, students in the Exploring Museum Careers High School Partnership Program, is scheduled for the opening of the exhibition 11 a.m. Saturday, March... more...
Saturday, March 27, 2010

Gallery Talk and Reception

Category: Exploring Museum Careers High School Partnership  
Time: 
11 am
A gallery talk presented by the exhibition curators, students in the Exploring Museum Careers High School Partnership Program, is scheduled for the opening of the exhibition 11 a.m. Saturday, March 27. A reception will follow the talk. more...
Saturday, March 27, 2010

On Edge Exhibition Gallery Talk and Reception

Category: Exploring Museum Careers High School Partnership  
Time: 
11 am
A gallery talk presented by the exhibition curators, students in the Exploring Museum Careers High School Partnership Program, is scheduled for the opening of the exhibition 11 a.m. Saturday, March 27. A reception will follow the talk. On Edge remains on view through July 7. more...
Saturday, March 27, 2010

Art Talk and Chinese Dumpling Workshop

Category: Events & Exhibitions  
Time: 
3 pm — 6 pm
$30 MWPAI members; $40 general public Registration requested by March 20. Space is limited. Anna T. D’Ambrosio, Assistant Director and Curator of Decorative Arts will begin with a brief talk in the galleries on the Asian aesthetic. Participants will then learn to make a variety of Chinese dumplings from pan-fried; boiled; traditional pork, shrimp and cabbage; beef and onion to vegetarian. Taught by Marguerite Cheung. The menu will... more...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

The Last Station

Category: Film Series  
Time: 
2 pm , 7:30pm
The Last Station is a love story set during the last year of the life and turbulent marriage of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife the Countess Sofya (Academy Award nominees Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren). Tolstoy, having rejected his title and embraced an ascetic life style, finds himself increasingly at odds with Sofya. As his devoted disciple Vladimir Chertkov (Paul Giamatti) urges... more...

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Friday, April 2, 2010

The Last Station

Category: Film Series  
Time: 
2 pm , 7:30pm
The Last Station is a love story set during the last year of the life and turbulent marriage of the great Russian writer Leo Tolstoy and his wife the Countess Sofya (Academy Award nominees Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren). Tolstoy, having rejected his title and embraced an ascetic life style, finds himself increasingly at odds with Sofya. As his devoted disciple Vladimir Chertkov (Paul Giamatti) urges... more...

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Saturday, April 3, 2010

Art and Yoga For Mind, Body and Spirit

Category: Events & Exhibitions  
Time: 
10:30am — 11:45am
10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Meet in the Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court Register for all Six Classes $45 MWPAI members; $70 general public Single session: $10 MWPAI members; $15 general public Art and Yoga takes place in a variety of the museum's galleries. Each session begins with a 15-minute introduction to a work of art by Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Mary E. Murray, followed by one hour of yoga... more...

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Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Information Overload

Category: 62nd Exhibition Meet the Artist Gallery Talk Serie  
Time: 
12 pm
Sylvia de Swaan’s photographic diptychs and Lynn Schwarzer’s computer-scanned prints offer similar views on information—how it’s transmitted, received, processed, and its ultimate credibility. Free and Open to the Public more...
Friday, April 9, 2010

ArtReach

Category: Events & Exhibitions  
ArtReach is an arts-in-education summer program for children 8-12 years old, offered through area community centers. The program introduces young people to unique art-making projects and to the Museum of Art. The goal is to encourage creativity, offer art and museum learning, to instill pride in their work and increase their comfort in the museum setting. The program runs the last three weeks of July and culminates... more...
April 09 - 24, 2010

ART Adventures Day bus trips to local places of interest

Category: 62nd Exhibition of Central New York Artists  
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April 09 - 30, 2010

PrattMWP

Category: School of Art Gallery  
*Reception* Friday, April 9, 2010 4 to 5 pm more...
Friday, April 9, 2010

Drawing Her Story

Category: First Friday Shorts Gallery Talk  
Time: 
1:10pm
Mary E. Murray, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art   Thumbnail Image: Susan D’Amato, Untitled (Chasm), 2008, charcoal on paper, 42 x 30 in. more...
Friday, April 9, 2010

Discover the Museum Collection With First Friday Shorts

Category: Events & Exhibitions  
Time: 
1:10pm
Learn more about the museum collection by joining us on the first Friday of each month at 1:10 p.m. for a 15-minute gallery talk focused on a single artwork in the museum’s galleries. These talks will be presented by museum curators, docents and Decorative Arts Guides. more...
Saturday, April 10, 2010

ART Adventures Griffiss International Sculpture Garden

Category: 62nd Exhibition ART Adventures  
Time: 
9 am
Griffiss International Sculpture Garden, Rome, N.Y.   $25 MWPAI members; $35 general public Registration is requested by March 26. The new public Sculpture Garden at the Griffiss Business and Technology Park (former Griffiss Air Force Base) was conceived as part of a master plan for Park development and enhancement. Working closely with Sculpture Space, an international artists’ residency program based in Utica, N.Y., Griffiss Business and... more...
Saturday, April 10, 2010

Art and Yoga For Mind, Body and Spirit

Category: Events & Exhibitions  
Time: 
10:30am — 11:45am
10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Meet in the Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court Register for all Six Classes $45 MWPAI members; $70 general public Single session: $10 MWPAI members; $15 general public Art and Yoga takes place in a variety of the museum's galleries. Each session begins with a 15-minute introduction to a work of art by Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Mary E. Murray, followed by one hour of yoga... more...

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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Queen Nur

Category: For Kids and Families  
Time: 
11 am , 1 pm
Incomparable, enthralling and nationally renowned storyteller Queen Nur presents Sweet Potato Pie and Such, a flavorful seasoning of tales from the African and African-American Oral Traditions. These tales, grounded in tradition, joyfully sweeten the mind as audience members are encouraged to participate, celebrate and “Jubilate!”     more...
Saturday, April 17, 2010

Art and Yoga For Mind, Body and Spirit

Category: Events & Exhibitions  
Time: 
10:30am — 11:45am
10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Meet in the Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court Register for all Six Classes $45 MWPAI members; $70 general public Single session: $10 MWPAI members; $15 general public Art and Yoga takes place in a variety of the museum's galleries. Each session begins with a 15-minute introduction to a work of art by Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Mary E. Murray, followed by one hour of yoga... more...

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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Moscow Festival Ballet Swan Lake

Category: Great Artists Series  
Time: 
8 pm
Set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score, this romantic tale of love and forgiveness is the world’s most beloved ballet. Audiences will be transported to a magical world of fairy tales, sorcerers and witches, performed in the unmistakable Russian tradition. The Moscow Festival Ballet features leading dancers from across Russia, dedicated to staging new productions of timeless classics and led by legendary Bolshoi principal dancer Sergei Radchenko. more...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Illustrated Lecture

Category: Events & Exhibitions  
Time: 
4 pm — 5:30pm
The Federal Art Project (FAP), a branch of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal Works Progress Administration (WPA),  helped support artists including Jackson Pollock, Diego Rivera, Thomas Hart Benton, Arshile Gorky and Willem de Kooning during the Great Depression.  This first government-funded program for the arts resulted in the creation of more than 200,000 works of art that were displayed in public spaces including libraries, post offices, schools... more...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

An Affinity for Assemblaget

Category: 62nd Exhibition Meet the Artist Gallery Talk Serie  
Time: 
12 pm
Printmaker Lisa Gregg Wightman and assemblage artist Dan Bacich combine seemingly unrelated materials to evoke a narrative.   Thumb Nail Image: Dan Bacich, Whereabouts Unknown, 2009, assemblage, 5 x 4 x 2 in. Free and Open to the Public more...
Saturday, April 24, 2010

ART Adventures Artist Susan D’Amato’s Favorite Syracuse Haunts

Category: 62nd Exhibition ART Adventures  
Time: 
9 am — 4 pm
Central New York Artist Susan D’Amato’s Favorite Syracuse Haunts Saturday, April 24, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. $39 MWPAI members; $49 general public Registration is requested by April 9. Visit several places in Syracuse frequented by artist Susan D’Amato, whose work is on view in the 62nd Exhibition of Central New York Artists. A few sights on the tour include art galleries in Armory... more...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Panel Discussion: Art! What is it Good For?

Category: 62nd Exhibition of Central New York Artists  
Time: 
4 pm
Join a discussion on local and national support for the arts and the impact that art, art museums, art centers, art foundations and artists have on the economy, education, and our consciousness. Panelists will discuss local arts initiatives including the newly developed Sculpture Garden in the Griffiss Business and Technology Park in  Rome, N.Y., local and national funding for the arts, and the idea of a 21st-century... more...
Friday, May 7, 2010

"Sunset" by Frederick Edwin Church

Category: First Friday Shorts Gallery Talk  
Time: 
1:10pm
Mary Spath Museum of Art Docent more...
Thursday, May 13, 2010

A Sweeper-up After Artists

Category: Museum Book Group  
*Book Group Selection for May* Frank O'Hara called him, in a memorable poem, "the balayeur des aristes," the sweeper-up after artists. He has been a friend or acquaintance of virtually every important American artist of the postwar period, and his art criticism and books constitute the first and most comprehensive critical and historical account of this extraordinary period. In the early 1950s, Irving Sandler, then a graduate... more...
Sunday, May 16, 2010

Claire Chase

Category: Young Artist Series  
Time: 
2:30pm
A passionate performer, flutist Claire Chase is First Prize Winner of the 2008 Concert Artists Guild Competition. She made her concerto debut at age 14 with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra and at age 17 was named a Presidential Scholar in the Arts by the White House Department of Education. Claire has taken top prizes at the National Young Artist Competition and the National Foundation for Advancement... more...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Luncheon of the Boating Party

Category: Museum Book Group  
Time: 
6 pm — 8 pm
*Book Group Selection for July* Bestselling author Susan Vreeland returns with a vivid exploration of one of the most beloved Renoir paintings in the world. Instantly recognizable, Auguste Renoir’s masterpiece depicts a gathering of his real friends enjoying a summer Sunday on a cafe terrace along the Seine near Paris. A wealthy painter, an art collector, an Italian journalist, a war hero, a celebrated actress, and Renoir’s future... more...