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Press Release: 06/04/07 |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/OPPORTUNITY FOR COVERAGE TO: All News Directors Press Contacts:
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COMMUNITY FOLK ART CENTER OPENS TWO NEW EXHIBITIONS: "Bag-It: Works by Lori Crawford" "Illuminate the Arts: Portraits by Brantley Carroll" June 16 - July 31, 2007 Artists Reception and Gallery Talks: The Community Folk Art Center, 805 East Genesee Street in Syracuse, will present the exhibitions "Bag-It: Works By Lori Crawford" and "Illuminate the Arts: Portraits By Brantley Carroll" from June 16th through July 31st, 2007. There will be an artist reception and gallery talks on Saturday, June 16th, 2007 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Regular Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. "Bag-It: Works By Lori Crawford" is based on the "Brown Paper Bag Test," which dealt with the complexion of one's skin and whether it was lighter or darker than a brown paper bag. The works in the exhibition speak of the biases faced by each of the artist's subjects. The works offer a strong commentary on issues of prejudice faced every day in our modern society. The artist writes, "By creating images directly onto actual paper bags I attempt to bring the viewer face to face with the ignorance of judging others by his/her hue or race, weight, age, religion, sexuality, etc." Lori Crawford is an Associate Professor of Art at Delaware State University. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Morehead State University in Eastern Kentucky and a Master of Fine Arts from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. "Illuminate the Arts: Portraits By Brantley Carroll" contains photographs taken during the Illuminate the Arts Winter Break Camp at the Community Folk Art Center in February 2007. The portraits are of participants in the camp. Brantley Carroll is a self-taught photographer. He has taught courses in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University as well as at Community Darkrooms. He has received grants from Light Work and the New York Foundation For the Arts. He has been a commercial photographer in the Syracuse area for fifteen years. For more information about the exhibitions, please call the Community Folk Art Center at 442-2230. The Community Folk Art Center is a program of the Department of African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University. |
The Community Folk Art Center is a program of the African American Studies Department in the College of Arts & Sciences at Syracuse University and |
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