Events Calendar
Syracuse University has a vibrant and robust calendar of arts experiences including exhibitions, performances and programs for all ages.
Museums, Galleries and Performing Arts
Syracuse University Art Museum
The Syracuse University Art Museum, the University's fine arts museum, offers engaging exhibitions and public programs, emphasizing American art and its historical, cultural and social contexts. It serves as a museum-laboratory for students and the University community.
Light Work
Light Work has supported emerging and under-recognized visual artists in photography and lens-based media for over five decades through residencies, exhibitions, projects and publications. It offers a state-of-the-art photography facility with student, faculty and staff memberships. The Artist-in-Residence program brings 12 artists to Syracuse each year, and more than 500 artists have participated in the program to date.
Community Folk Art Center
The Community Folk Art Center, Inc. (CFAC) is a cultural hub dedicated to promoting artists of the African Diaspora through exhibitions, film screenings, gallery talks and studio arts courses like dance and ceramics. As part of the Department of African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, CFAC is a beacon of artistry, creativity and cultural expression in Syracuse, the region and the world.
La Casita Cultural Center
La Casita, located in the historic Lincoln Building in Syracuse’s Near Westside, promotes civic engagement through research, cultural heritage preservation, media and the arts, connecting the University and Central New York Hispanic communities. The center features an art gallery, classroom, bilingual library, performance space, workshop facilities, kitchenette and meeting space.
Point of Contact
Founded in 1975, Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact Inc. fosters a collaborative model to explore contemporary visual and verbal arts, working across disciplines and across cultures. Point of Contact is an open forum for diverse identities to engage in open dialogue, working expansively across intellectual, social and geographic boundaries.
Syracuse Stage
Founded in 1974, Syracuse Stage is Syracuse University's nonprofit, professional theater company. Nationally recognized for engaging Central New York audiences, it significantly contributes to the artistic life of Syracuse University and partners with the Department of Drama. Its mission is to tell stories that engage, entertain and inspire people to see life beyond their own experiences.
Special Collections Research Center
Part of Syracuse University Libraries, the Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) is a vibrant research environment for students, staff, faculty and the community. It preserves and provides access to renowned rare and archival collections, promoting personal discovery and new knowledge through hands-on classes, exhibitions, lectures and public programs. The SCRC documents Syracuse University and global history through rare printed materials, photographs, artworks, audio, video recordings and University records.
Urban Video Project
Urban Video Project (UVP), a program of Light Work with the Everson Museum of Art and Onondaga County, is an outdoor venue for public film, video and moving image art projections. As one of the few U.S. projects dedicated to ongoing public projections, UVP uses cutting-edge technology to enhance Central New York’s legacy as a birthplace of video art, bringing top-tier art to Syracuse.
Syracuse University Artist-in-Residence
Created in 2020, the Syracuse University Artist-in-Residence program brings prominent and emerging artists to campus to collaborate with faculty and students. Internationally renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems, the inaugural Artist-in-Residence, is a MacArthur Fellow and the first African American woman to have a retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum. Weems uses various mediums to explore cultural identity, sexism, class, politics, family and power.
Louise and Bernard Palitz Gallery
This New York City venue hosts several annual exhibitions, showcasing the Syracuse University Art Museum's collections, works by alumni, faculty and University partners including Light Work, Point of Contact Gallery, Community Folk Art Center and loaned pieces from collectors and other galleries, as well as site-specific installations by contemporary artists.
Having our class in the Community Folk Art Center breathes life into what we are studying. We get to feel like we are part of the community.
Contact
The Arts at Syracuse University is part of Academic Affairs at Syracuse University. For more information, contact:
Miranda Traudt
Assistant Provost for Arts and Community Programming
315.443.3821
mstraudt@syr.edu