In conjunction with “Intermissions,” the innovative art exhibition and related programs featuring the video and photographic art of Kansas City artist Barry Anderson, Light Work will present a screening of films by students at Syracuse University, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Kansas City Art Institute.

The Syracuse screening will take place Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 6 p.m. in Watson Auditorium. The same screening will take place in Kansas City as well, thus creating a connection between the schools as part of the “Intermissions” project. The exchange builds on a connection that has already been created through the citywide video project. The videos represent some of the best work currently being done in the participating school programs. While the students will not be meeting in person, they have the opportunity to see each other’s work in either city.

The gallery hours at Light Work are Sunday to Friday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. inside the Watson theater, at the corner of Comstock and Waverly avenues.  To access the market using the Connective Corridor bus, those traveling from the University Hill area can get off at the bus stop located at Euclid and College Place and walk north on College place towards Watson theater.  If traveling from downtown Syracuse, passengers can get off at Univesity and Waverly avenues and walk east on Waverly avenue towards Watson theater.

The Syracuse University/Kansas City Student Video Exchange presents student video work by students from SU, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the Kansas City Art Institute. It was curated by Anderson, associate professor of art at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby, assistant professors in the Department of Transmedia in SU’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. Vey Duke will introduce the videos at the Syracuse screening, while Anderson will introduce them at the Kansas City screening. The student videos will be shown in Kansas City at UMKC Gallery of Art on Thursday, Oct. 15, from 7-8 p.m.; on Friday, Oct. 16, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.; and on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 1-5 p.m.

Anderson currently lives in Kansas City. He participated in Light Work’s Artist-in-Residence Program in 2006. He holds an MFA from Indiana University Bloomington and a BFA from the University of Texas at Austin. Anderson’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions throughout the country, as well as in Thailand, South America, Russia and the United Kingdom. “Intermissions” is an innovative art exhibition and related programs featuring the video and Anderson’s photographic art. In a time of economic uncertainty and other societal stresses, this project was designed to provide viewers a welcome artistic interruption to daily life. Anderson’s work, and the entire project, brings art into the community and focuses on reminding people of the importance of remembering to stop and enjoy the moment. Anderson’s work is featured in more than a dozen galleries in Syracuse, as well as installed in windows, on billboards and projected onto downtown buildings.

“Intermissions” has received support from the Central New York Community Foundation; SU’s Division of Student Affairs through co-curricular funding; the 2009 Syracuse Symposium, themed “Light”; and Lamar Outdoor Advertising. Syracuse Symposium is a semester-long intellectual and artistic festival celebrating interdisciplinary thinking, imagining and creating, presented by The College of Arts and Sciences to the entire Syracuse community. The Central New York Community Foundation connects the generosity of donors with community needs by making grants to organizations working to enhance the quality of life of those who live and work in Central New York.

Gallery hours at Light Work are Sunday to Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and by appointment. The gallery is closed during University holidays. To schedule an appointment, please call 443-1300. Both the exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. Paid parking is available in the Marion parking lot and Booth Garage.

By Jessica Heckman, jhheckma@syr.edu