Vanessa Johnson’s ‘Straddling Oceans’ is a wide-ranging retrospective exhibition.
Carl Mellor
Carl Mellor has done freelance writing for roughly 50 years. He contributed articles to the Syracuse New Times for many years and covered visual arts for that newspaper from 1994 thorugh 2019. He continues to write about artists and exhibits in Central New York. He's reviewed shows at the Everson Museum, Edgewood Gallery, Gandee Gallery, Community Folk Art Gallery, the Munson museum in Utica, and other venues.
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‘Back to the Toon Age’ showcases imagination, eccentricity of Central New York artists
“Back to the Toon Age,” now featured at the Edgewood Gallery, focuses on notions of artistic imagination, on the very different ways in which three artists express themselves.
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Everson’s ‘Hoop Dreams’ fuses basketball and art in Syracuse exhibit
The exhibition presents basketball-related artworks dealing specifically with social issues.
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Everson Museum celebrates 50 years of Light Work
Over five decades, Light Work forged bonds with visiting photographers and Central New York grant recipients, displaying their work at the venue.
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SU Art Museum hosts Rina Banerjee’s sprawling exhibition ‘Take Me to the Palace of Love’
The exhibit features three installations that have appeared at previous venues but are now on site at the SU Museum.
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‘Ode to Joy’ exhibit delights Edgewood Gallery with glass, acrylics and jewelry
The exhibition is on display through Feb. 24 at the 216 Tecumseh Road gallery, open from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and on Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m.
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Huge ‘World Mandala’ on display at Everson Museum, anchoring Common Ground exhibit
Common Ground is on display at the Everson through April 3.
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Holiday Show at Edgewood Gallery showcases local artists’ flexibility
The Edgewood Gallery’s holiday-time show showcases pieces by three artists: Jan Navales, Deborah Rogers and Mary Raineri.
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Guanyu Xu solo exhibit at Light Work explores ‘Suspended Status’ of visa holders
Suspended Status, Guanyu Xu’s solo exhibition at the Light Work Gallery, focuses on people — including the artist himself — who are in the United States by virtue of a visa issued by immigration authorities.
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Syracuse holiday shopping: 7 venues for handmade gifts and local creations
Central Current contributor Carl Mellor compiled a list of venues and events that operate well outside the realm of malls and mass-produced goods.