Posts by mwelych
Fossil Memory, by Ellery Bryan
May 31 to August 16, 2025
“Fossil Memory” traces history through direct and indirect artifacts, using planetary movements and geological records as jumping-off points for memory and subjectivity. Shooting on celluloid film, Ellery Bryan collapses vignettes of past gestures into mineral composition, activating silver to visually explore recollection.
Read MoreAfter Flowers, by Patrick Costello
May 31 to August 16, 2025
“After Flowers” takes inspiration from a Jacquard woven coverlet, produced in 1838 by the incarcerated weavers at Auburn State Prison. Under what became known as the ‘Auburn System,’ inmates alternated between periods of silent labor and solitary confinement, forced to manufacture a wide variety of products, including shoes, home goods, and raw silk. The system resulted in the country’s first for-profit prison, an institutional paradigm we still see today.
Read MoreSongs from the Sky, by Patrick McGuan
May 31 to August 16, 2025
“Songs from the Sky” uses text and multimedia sculpture to trace ways that language shifts from description to inscription as it moves across the landscape. Patrick McGuan explores the contradictions in how we create meaning and highlights strains of interdependence that run counter to narratives of extraction.
Read MoreImprinted on Cloth
May 31 to August 16, 2025
The exhibit Imprinted on Cloth showcases four fiber artists whose work crosses the boundaries between quilting and printmaking: Petra Fallaux, Pat Pauly, Karen Schulz, and Margaret Boys Wolf.
Read MoreREST STOP, by Julia J. Wolfe
May 31 to August 16, 2025
Rochester artist Julia J. Wolfe is the second of two Emerging Artists to be featured simultaneously in the Schweinfurth Art Center and Cayuga Museum of History & Art. Her work explores the struggle to practice true rest in our contemporary capitalist society with its emphasis on remaining productive.
Read MoreRibbon cutting for West End Arts Campus set for May 2
The major element of the Downtown Revitalization Initiative project for the Schweinfurth is a new entrance addition and elevator that provides access from the parking lot, eliminating the need to walk up the driveway to the front entrance.
Read MoreJOY!, an exhibit by Ellen M. Blalock
May 3 to May 17, 2025
Enjoy this fiber/quilt exhibition by Syracuse artist Ellen M. Blalock, conceived during her two-year artist-in-residency at the Schweinfurth Art Center. She recaptures her childhood joy in these expressive artworks.
Read MoreAuburn’s Black Family Album
May 3 to 17, 2025
Syracuse artist Ellen M. Blalock spent a year taking photographs of people, places, and events in Auburn’s Black community, and has put together a book, “Auburn Black Family Album,” to demonstrate its richness.
Read MoreMany Made in NY artists draw on their experiences for their work
Rachel Dickinson’s painting “Nice Porch” is one of 67 artworks by 66 artists included in “Made in NY 2025,” an annual juried exhibition at Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn that features artwork from artists across New York State. The show, selected by jurors David MacDonald and Sayward Schoonmaker, opens April 4 and runs through May 17, 2025.
Read MoreMade in NY 2025
April 4 through May 17, 2025
View 67 artworks from 66 New York State artists in Made in NY 2025, an annual juried exhibit at Schweinfurth Art Center in Auburn, NY. Opening will be 4:30 to 7:30 pm April 4.
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