At first, it was a small program with five poetry and fiction workshops that would invite four writers annually. But with high neighborhood response the DWC has grown to host more than 20 writers and 40 various workshops yearly expanding into non-fiction and drama.

New creative writing workshops are interactive and aimed for all ages and writing levels. Their visiting author reading series expanded to feature new novelist as well as Pulitzer Prize-winning poets! Today the YMCA is looking into the future to expand and further renovate the Writer’s Center and Gallery Art space in order to adjust to the growing number of participants.

The Writer’s Center is only one of the many programs the YMCA offers; others include aquatics, health & wellness, sports, and music lessons.  To learn more visit, Downtown Syracuse YMCA.

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“Jazz Central prides itself in being an incubator for not only jazz, but music and talent in all disciplines,” says Executive Director Larry Luttinger.  “We’re now entering our fourth complete season, and we’re the busiest theater in downtown Syracuse, producing more than 150 shows and public presentations.  We are open to both community groups and individuals who need a public space to develop and showcase their talents.”

Founded in 1996, CNYJAF trains more than 4,000 students annually and presents and performs to a public audience of 80,000 each year.  In addition to bringing world-class musicians to Syracuse, CNY Jazz Central is also home to the prize-winning big band sound of the CNY Jazz Orchestra with performances scheduled throughout the region.  CNYJAF is also the principal organizer of the Northeast Jazz and Wine Festival, held in Clinton Square each summer as an anchor event for Artsweek along the Connective Corridor.

For more information on their many programs, visit cnyjazz.org. 

Courtesy Light Work

From August 14 until October 21, 2009 Light Works is holding the exhibition, Impressions made by Barry Anderson. As a video and photographic artist Anderson is using his collective art works as a way to connect the community and student body.

A Gallery reception and artist lecture will be held on September 29, 200 at 5 pm – 8 pm. His works are being exhibited at multiple Syracuse venues, several Syracuse University galleries and many more.

For more information on the exhibition click here.

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Syracuse Stage hosts one of four Urban Video Project (UVP) installations planned for the Connective Corridor.  UVP is a public arts and cultural initiative bringing art and community together in a dynamic series of video displays on the sides of buildings in Syracuse.  UVP marks the first major installation of the Connective Corridor project, and UVP Stage presents a large-scale visual installation in the windows of the Regent Theater Complex, 820 E. Genesee St.

An initiative of Syracuse University with technology partner Time Warner Cable, the display will be active daily from dusk to 11 p.m. throughout the year. The display uses new LED technology covering a surface area of 300 square feet. Approximately 5,000 individual lights hang on transparent curtains, each comprised of a red, green and blue LED, for an approximate total of 15,000 bulbs capable of producing 16 million color combinations. The result is a carefully controlled sequence timed to the millisecond that creates moving images.

Images include artwork created by students and faculty in SU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) and Educated Guess Work, an interactive design firm from Philadelphia that is providing project management and support to UVP.  UVP will hold workshops for local artists and art educators interested in providing artwork; dates and times will be posted on this website closer to the event.

First established in 2007 by the student artist team Avalanche Collective in VPA’s Department of Transmedia, UVP has developed into one of the first permanent series of urban projection installations in the United States. Several UVP venues along the Corridor are being developed, including the Monroe Building at 333 E. Onondaga St.; the Onondaga Historical Association building at 321 Montgomery St.; and the John H. Mulroy Civic Center Theatres at Oncenter.

The gallery is an art exhibition and sales venue that features fine art by area artists in its best possible setting. Exhibits generally feature four to five artists and run four to five weeks.

History of the Delavan
Delavan Art Gallery is located in a complex of buildings first constructed in the 1870’s by the Syracuse Chilled Plow Co. The buildings were later acquired by the John Deere Company, which made farm equipment on-site through the mid 1940’s. Bill Delavan, the present owner, has managed the buildings since 1971, renting spaces to traditional businesses and to artists for working studios. The space was formerly used as an office until 1998 before being converted to the Delavan Art Gallery.

Showcasing Area Artists
The work shown at Delavan Art Gallery is limited to that produced by artists who live or work in Onondaga and surrounding counties, including Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Oneida, Oswego, Seneca, Tompkins and Wayne counties. There are many fine artists in the Central New York area who need an appropriate setting for their work, and Delavan Art Gallery seeks to help fill that need and support Central New York’s artists.

LEARN MORE:
The gallery is open Thursday and Friday from noon to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

http://delavanartgallery.com

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