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Barry Anderson, still from the video Soft Velvet Float,
included in the exhibition project Intermissions
Light Work to Screen Student Films as part of Intermissions
SuKc: Syracuse University/Kansas City Student Video Exchange
At Syracuse University—Tuesday, October 13, 6:00pm
(Watson Auditorium, Robert B. Menschel Media Center)
At UMKC Gallery of Art in Kansas City— Thursday, October 15 from 7–8pm; on Friday, October 16 from 9am–2pm; and on Saturday, October 17 from 1–5pm.
In conjunction with Intermissions, the innovative art exhibition and related programs featuring the video and photographic art of Kansas City artist Barry Anderson, Light Work is pleased to invite you to a screening of films by students at Syracuse University and in Kansas City. The same screening will take place in Kansas City as well, thus creating a connection between the two schools as part of the Intermissions project. The exchange builds on a connection that has already been created through the city-wide video project. The videos represent some of the best work currently being done in the participating school programs. While the students will not be meeting in person, they have the opportunity to see each other's work in either city.
The Syracuse University/Kansas City Student Video Exchange presents student video work by students from Syracuse University, the University of Missouri Kansas City, and the Kansas City Art Institute. It was curated by Barry Anderson, associate professor of Art at the University of Missouri Kansas City; and Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby, assistant professors in the Department of Transmedia, Syracuse University. Vey Duke will introduce the videos at the Syracuse screening, while Anderson will introduce them at the Kansas City screening. The student videos will be shown in Kansas City at UMKC Gallery of Art on Thursday, October 15 from 7–8pm; on Friday, October 16 from 9am–2pm; and on Saturday, October 17 from 1–5pm.
Anderson currently lives in Kansas City. He participated in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence Program in 2006. He holds an MFA from Indiana University Bloomington and a BFA from the University of Texas at Austin. Anderson's work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions throughout the country, as well as in Thailand, South America, Russia, and the UK. Intermissions is an innovative art exhibition and related programs featuring the video and photographic art of Barry Anderson. In a time of economic uncertainty and other societal stresses, this project was designed to provide viewers a welcome artistic interruption to daily life. Anderson's work, and the entire project, is brings art into the community, and focuses on reminding people of the importance of remembering to stop and enjoy the moment. Anderson's work is featured in over a dozen galleries in Syracuse, as well as installed in windows, on billboards, and projected onto downtown buildings.
Intermissions has received generous support from the Central New York Community Foundation; Syracuse University's Division of Student Affairs through co-curricular funding; the 2009 Syracuse Symposium, themed "Light"; and Lamar Outdoor Advertising. Syracuse Symposium is a semester-long intellectual and artistic festival celebrating interdisciplinary thinking, imagining, and creating, presented by The College of Arts and Sciences to the entire Syracuse community. The Central New York Community Foundation connects the generosity of donors with community needs by making grants to organizations working to enhance the quality of life of those who live and work in Central New York.
Gallery hours at Light Work are Sunday to Friday, 10am–6pm; and by appointment. The gallery is closed during Syracuse University holidays. To schedule an appointment, please call 315-443-1300. Both the exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. Paid parking is available in the Marion parking lot and Booth Garage.
Light Work invites groups and individuals to schedule tours and gallery talks of the exhibition and facility. Light Work is a non-profit, artist-run organization dedicated to the support of artists working in photography and electronic media. Light Work is a member of CMAC, the Coalition of Museum and Art Centers at Syracuse University.
For more information about any of these exhibitions, please contact Jessica Heckman at Light Work, 315-443-1300 or jhheckma@syr.edu.
**Digital press images and image information from both exhibitions are available upon request.