Exhibits
Exhbition: Active Repair: Works from the Social Justice Sewing Academy
The Community Folk Art Center will host an exhibition of group and individual quilts from the Social Justice Sewing Academy, a non-profit organization that empowers individuals to utilize textile art for personal transformation, community cohesion, and begin the journey toward becoming an agent of social change.
This event is organized by the School of Information Studies and supported by the Humanities Center’s Syracuse Symposium on “Repair”.
Exhibition on View: December 12, 2022 – February 17, 2023 ; Monday – Friday 10am – 7pm and Saturday 11am – 3pm
How SHALL WE BE KNOWN? Illustrating Black Lives by London Ladd
This exhibition features mixed media art by renowned illustrator, London Ladd.
Ladd, is a two-time Syracuse University alum. Click the link to learn more about the artist: https://www.londonladd.com/about
50th Teenage Competitive Art Art Exhibition
50th Annual Teenage Competitive Art Art Exhibition
We are celebrating our 50th Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition taking place at the Community Folk Art Center May 16th – June 4th, 2022.
The mission of this teenage competitive exhibition is to provide a platform for high school students from diverse backgrounds, especially those of African descent to exhibit their artwork.
DEADLOCKED AND LOADED: Disarming America
“Stories My Grandmother Told Me,” by Lavett Ballard
VIRTUAL – 48th Annual Teenage Competitive Art Exhibition
Artist: Various
Jun 08, 2020 – Jun 29, 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has significantly impacted our country, state and local communities. While the building may be closed, we are still “here” and have been working diligently to produce exciting virtual exhibitions and content.
The virtual submission period has ended, judging has been finalized and winners notified. This year’s exhibition will be presented on a virtual platform and also available for viewing here:
https://www.artsonia.com/schools/school.asp?id=177284
Thank you for your continued Support!
-Community Folk Art Center in partnership with the Syracuse Chapter of the Links, Inc.
About the Annual Teenage Art Competition:
In 1972, three high school art teachers, Charles Wollowitz, Roberta Braen, and Nancy Peck of Nottingham and Corcoran High Schools with Herb Williams, Director of CFAC, engaged in a strategic planning process that led to the development of an art show and competition in response to a need to provide competition and exhibition opportunities for African American, Asian, Latinx, Native American and other underrepresented students attending high schools in the Syracuse area. Subsequently, the Syracuse Chapter of The Links, Incorporated in conjunction with the Syracuse City School District joined CFAC and art teachers from the local community to continue these efforts.
