Teaching Workshop: “Homeward to the Prairie I Come”: Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art

Syracuse University Art Museum

This teaching workshop will focus on the Museum’s major fall 2024 exhibition, “Homeward to the Prairie I Come”: Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art. The workshop will provide Syracuse University faculty and graduate students with key information and pedagogical tools that will help them to teach from the exhibition. The workshop includes:        An…

Gordon Parks’s Curated Photographs and His Ideas About Community

160 Link Hall

Join Aileen June Wang, Ph.D., (Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University), co-curator of the exhibition Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art as she discusses the legendary photographer, followed by a reception from 5 - 6:30 p.m. at the museum to view the exhibition. Free and…

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Opening Reception: Gordon Parks

Syracuse University Art Museum Shaffer Art Building, Syracuse, NY, United States

Join the museum staff and curator of the exhibiton Aileen Wang (Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University) for a reception celebrating the newly opened exhibition Homeward to the Prairie I Come: Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art. Free and open to the public, this program is sponsored by the Syracuse…

Process: Artist Talk & Reception

Louise and Bernard Palitz Gallery 11 E 61st Street, New York, NY

Join the Syracuse University Art Museum and "Process" exhibiting artists Margie Hughto, Beth Bischoff, and Darcy Gerbarg for a reception celebrating the exhibition. The artists will join curator Melissa Yuen for an artist talk at 6:30 p.m.

The Duke Ellington Orchestra

Hendricks Chapel

Performing worldwide for more than 101 years under the guidance of three generations of Ellington’s family, this Grammy Award-winning supergroup has produced more iconic jazz classics than any other band. Today, The Duke Ellington Orchestra comprises brilliant musicians who dedicate themselves to performing Duke’s music while adding—just as their predecessors did–their own creative styles. Together…

Film Screening of “Shaft” (1971)

Westcott Theater 524 Westcott Street, Syracuse

Join the museum and the Syracuse community for a free screening of the movie Shaft (1971), directed by Gordon Parks, at the Westcott Theater. Presented in conjunction with the current exhibition "Homeward to the Prairie I Come": Gordon Parks Photographs from the Beach Museum of Art, this screening is free for all to enjoy. Doors open at 7…