Onondaga County poet laureate Georgia Popoff was named to her post in September and brings multiple skills to the position.
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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Expansive exhibit at Syracuse University showcases 40+ veterans’ artwork, poems, essays
The Syracuse Veterans Creative Arts Competition, a large exhibit on display at Syracuse University, showcases a variety of artworks, poems and essays, and performances on video.
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‘Degenerate’ art show at Station Gallery features prints of 80 works condemned by Nazis
“Night Terrors: The Degenerate Art Show of Nazi Germany, 1937,” on display at the Station Gallery, deals with the implications of a propaganda campaign implemented by Adolph Hitler, Joseph Goebbels and their subordinates.
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Time-traveling exhibit at Everson gives visitors a look at museum’s mixed media collection
The show, selected entirely from the Everson’s permanent collection, is more than a time traveler although it looks at artistic movements, at the values influencing various artists and at how society has evolved over the years.
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Light Work exhibit: ‘Caribbean Dreams’ explores identity, exodus through still life
Discussing nuanced themes in an exhibition is a complex undertaking, but photographer Samantha Box has no problem meeting the challenge.
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Norman Rockwell exhibit brings more than just a slice of Americana to Utica
“Norman Rockwell,” on display at Utica’s Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, showcases an artist both beloved for his view of small-town America and reviled by a coterie of art critics during the 1950s.