The exhibition showcases work from 45 photographers of all backgrounds, from students, Syracuse natives, as well as professional and amateur photographers alike, interested in capturing different aspects of the city.ĪrtRage Gallery exhibits art for social change and has practiced progressive social activism in Central New York since 1982.Ĭommunity Engagement Organizer for ArtRage Gallery Kimberley McCoy said the Photo Walk is an important way to create a visual history of the South Side. “And there can be no unity without community.” As a Syracuse native from the South Side, born and raised, he’s happy to have his home shared through the lenses of others, highlighting it as he knows it: a place of love, strength and care. Ryan, founder and vice chair for OG’s Against Violence, said he loves his community. This year, 51 of the more than 11,000 photos accumulated over the last 12 years are displayed at ArtRage Gallery in a retrospective exhibition, “From Where We Stand: Photographs from The Stand’s Annual South Side Photo Walk.” This is merely one of the thousands of moments captured for The Stand’s Photo Walk, an annual social photography event designed to highlight and memorialize life within urban neighborhoods. He leans alongside the still sprouting “tree of life” planted in memory of his son Duriel Lamar Ryan, who he lost to gun violence in 1999. In a photo taken by Keith Waldron in 2021, Clifford Ryan crouches next to a tree on Cannon Street on Syracuse’s South Side. Ryan stands by “the tree of life” planted along Cannon Street in memory of his son, Duriel Lamar Ryan. The gallery opened with its first exhibition, Combat Paper in October 2008.This photo of Clifford Ryan is one of 51 images on display at ArtRage Gallery. In gratitude of Ruth Putter’s gift, the gallery was named in honor of her late husband, Norton Putter. With a generous donation from funding donor, Ruth Putter, renovations to the building at 505 Hawley Avenue began in 2007. ![]() The first project of The CORA Foundation was to establish ArtRage Gallery. And thus, a new organization, The CORA Foundation was formed. From this work, Dik Cool realized there was a need to show this type of art, and more of it, to a local audience. Since 1982, the Syracuse Cultural Workers has published the work of artists creating work on social justice and environmental themes. ![]() The gallery, with its unique mission to exhibit art for social change, continues a long tradition of progressive social activism in Central New York. “ArtRage, the Norton Putter Gallery, celebrated its 10 th Anniversary in the fall of 2018.ĭik Cool the president of Syracuse Cultural Workers, and Rose Viviano, now the Gallery Director, founded ArtRage Gallery. ![]() For twenty years it has been the mission of Americans Who Tell the Truth to teach responsibility for the injustices we create and provide role models for how to remedy them for a just society.”įor the past 20 years, Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth portrait series has tried to be a lantern that throws its light forward and back–knowing the truth of the past’s struggles for justice is essential to seeing clearly the obstacles and possibilities in the future. Shetterly selects his subjects as “real, complex human beings, whose acts for the common good can be emulated by all of us, any of us – they need to be emulated by all of us! The saving grace of a healthy democracy is not a handful of heroes but a culture of engaged citizenship inspired by the courage of truth tellers. Artist Shetterly will offer an artist’s talk On October 27, 7-9 p.m. Portrait subject Clifford Ryan will speak October 7, 7 – 9 p.m., about his important work advocating for his home community of Syracuse. The show will run from September 10 to October 29, 2022. ArtRage Gallery, in Syracuse, New York, welcomes back Robert Shetterly and Americans Who Tell the Truth with this exhibition of twenty portraits not previously exhibited in their space.
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