The exhibition season at Tyler Art Gallery in SUNY Oswego
's Penfield Library will open Friday, Sept. 4, with "Tradition & Innova
tion," a show whose works connect contemporary art to traditional forms, cr
aft and folk art. The free display runs through Oct. 4.
A free, public reception for the 13 artists featured in the exhibiti
on will take place, with a special musical performance, from 5 to 7 p.m. We
dnesday, Sept. 16, at the gallery on the library's second floor.
Accomplished cellist Matt Haimowitz will open the reception with a spe
cially commissioned short overture by contemporary composer Du Yun -- who u
ses folk music traditions from Greece, China and Eastern Europe as a source
of inspiration -- followed by Bach's Suite No. 2 for unaccompanied cello.<
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"Tradition & Innovation" will feature a variety of media
, including quilts with photographic and other narrative imagery, a sculptu
ral Adirondack chair and a mailbox made from a tuba. The exhibition illumin
ates ways in which artists incorporate outside cultural influences, and is,
in part, intended to cause the viewer to question the differences between
high and low art, and between fine art and craft.
The show i
ncludes works from regional art institutions, SUNY Oswego's permanent colle
ction and from the artists' own collections. Artists include Steve Bowers a
nd John Monroe, Lauren Bristol, Mike Cousino, Sue Ellen Herne, Zeke Leonard
, David MacDonald, Fred Morgan, Faith Ringgold, Donna Sharrett, Veronica Te
rrillion, Kara Walker, Rudolph Wiezel and Patricia Kennedy-Zafred.
The Richard S. Shineman Foundation recently awarded a grant to make
the exhibition more available to local K-12 students.
Galler
y hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m
. Saturdays and 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Parking on the SUNY Oswego ca
mpus requires a permit; drivers without a current campus parking sticker ca
n visit oswego.edu/administration/parking for information on obtaining a da
y-use permit.
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The exhibition season at Tyler Art Gallery in SUNY Oswego
's Penfield Library will open Friday, Sept. 4, with "Tradition & Innova
tion," a show whose works connect contemporary art to traditional forms, cr
aft and folk art. The free display runs through Oct. 4.
A free, public reception for the 13 artists featured in the exhibiti
on will take place, with a special musical performance, from 5 to 7 p.m. We
dnesday, Sept. 16, at the gallery on the library's second floor.
Accomplished cellist Matt Haimowitz will open the reception with a spe
cially commissioned short overture by contemporary composer Du Yun -- who u
ses folk music traditions from Greece, China and Eastern Europe as a source
of inspiration -- followed by Bach's Suite No. 2 for unaccompanied cello.<
/p>
"Tradition & Innovation" will feature a variety of media
, including quilts with photographic and other narrative imagery, a sculptu
ral Adirondack chair and a mailbox made from a tuba. The exhibition illumin
ates ways in which artists incorporate outside cultural influences, and is,
in part, intended to cause the viewer to question the differences between
high and low art, and between fine art and craft.
The show i
ncludes works from regional art institutions, SUNY Oswego's permanent colle
ction and from the artists' own collections. Artists include Steve Bowers a
nd John Monroe, Lauren Bristol, Mike Cousino, Sue Ellen Herne, Zeke Leonard
, David MacDonald, Fred Morgan, Faith Ringgold, Donna Sharrett, Veronica Te
rrillion, Kara Walker, Rudolph Wiezel and Patricia Kennedy-Zafred.
The Richard S. Shineman Foundation recently awarded a grant to make
the exhibition more available to local K-12 students.
Galler
y hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m
. Saturdays and 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays. Parking on the SUNY Oswego ca
mpus requires a permit; drivers without a current campus parking sticker ca
n visit oswego.edu/administration/parking for information on obtaining a da
y-use permit.
