Gatherings

The New York Council for the Humanities' board and staff were hosted by Imagining America on May 1, 2009 for a conversation, luncheon, and bus tour. SU Chancellor Cantor led a conversation on Scholarship in Action, and Marilyn Higgins, Vice President of Community Engagement and Economic Development, presented on The Connective Corridor and The Near West Side Initiative, before attendees took a bus tour of Syracuse. To see the Program & Participant Directory, click here.

The Higher Education Summit was co-hosted by SU Chancellor Cantor and Mary Schmidt Campbell, Chair of New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) on October 13, 2008. The topic was the intersection of higher education, the arts, and the revitalization of New York State. The gathering brought together leaders from Bard, Colgate, Cornell, Hamilton, Ithaca, Le Moyne, Onondaga Community College, Rochester Institute of Technology, Skidmore, Rochester, and Wells.

Workshops

Imagining America’s Publicly Active Graduate Education (PAGE) Initiative is working with SU’s Graduate School and the Central New York Humanities Corridor on opportunities for Central New York graduate students who care about public scholarship. IA convened two workshops in May 2008 and March 2009. To get involed, contact Kevin Bott.

Theater Club at the Center for New Americans is a weekly after-school theater workshop for refugee youth. In 2008 - 2009, Burmese students participated in classes on storytelling, song, dance, and movement. Class facilitators included SU Professor Stephen Cross, Drama Department interns, and Imagining America staff.

LogoThe Hyphenated Artist Series was a ten-month collaboration with Partners for Arts Education (PAE), a Syracuse-based organization that provides funding and support to deepen and enrich educational experiences in and through the arts for students, teachers, and artists. The series enhanced and promoted the region’s cultural activity by exploring expanded opportunities for artists in hyphenations such as artist-educator, artist-organizer, and artist-therapist. Funded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, the 2008 Series featured performances and workshops by artists whose work goes beyond aesthetics. Read Press Release Here