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Press Release: 11/17/06 |
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE/OPPORTUNITY FOR COVERAGE TO: All News Directors Press Contacts: December 9, 2006 - January 6, 2007 Artist Reception: December 9, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Free admission to exhibition and opening reception; there is an admission fee for Cinema Thursday; metered parking on adjacent streets, paid parking in nearby lots; convenient to Centro and SU campus bus route  |
Three Brothers: The Art of Oren Lyons, Rick Hill and Tracy Thomas Syracuse, NY - The Community Folk Art Center, 805 East Genesee Street in Syracuse, will present the works of three Haudenosaunee artists in the exhibition, "Three Brothers: The Art of Oren Lyons, Rick Hill and Tracy Thomas," from December 9th, 2006 through January 6th, 2007. There will be an artist reception on Saturday, December 9th, 2006 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Regular Gallery hours are Tuesdays through Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission to the exhibition and opening reception is free. The Community Folk Art Center will continue its Cinema Thursday series on Thursday, December 14th at 7:00 p.m. with a screening of the films Hidden Medicine and Trudell. Hidden Medicine is a film that deals with the relationship between Native Americans and the environment. Co-written by Oren Lyons, the story takes place on Onondaga Nation territory. Trudell tells the story of Native American poet and activist John Trudell and his message of active personal responsibility to the earth, all its inhabitants, and our descendants. Admission to the films is $3.00 for adults and $1.00 for students. The artists will deliver gallery talks on Saturday, December 16th beginning at 12:00 p.m. at the Community Folk Art Center. Admission to the gallery talks is free. Oren Lyons, a member of the Onondaga Nation, is a Faithkeeper, a guardian of traditional knowledge, and a Professor of American Studies at SUNY Buffalo, where he is Director of the Native American Studies program. He holds a degree in Fine Arts from Syracuse University. He worked in New York City as a commercial artist, and served as planning director of Norcross Greeting Cards. Lyons has exhibited his works extensively. Since returning to Onondaga in 1970, he has been a leading advocate for Native American causes. On May 25, 2006, the Trustees of the New York State Department of Education awarded him their highest honor, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor. Rick Hill is a member of the Tuscarora Nation. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and holds a Master's Degree in American Studies from SUNY Buffalo. He has taught Native Art History and other courses at SUNY Buffalo. He has held numerous museum positions, including Museum Director at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico as well as Assistant Director for Public Programs of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. His artwork can be found in several museum collections. Tracy Thomas is a member of the Mohawk Nation. He resides at the Onondaga Nation. An artist since childhood, Thomas has exhibited his work internationally. He exhibits primarily with other Haudenosaunee artists. He has designed logos for Amnesty International's Year of the Indigenous Peoples, the North American Indigenous Games and Team Haudenosaunee. For more information about the exhibition, films and gallery talk, please call the Community Folk Art Center at 442-2230. The Community Folk Art Center is a unit 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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