April Th3 winner from our gallery!

Photo courtesy of John Dowling

As you may recall, last month for Th3 we had an interactive cupcake installation to promote the first Th3 giveaway- a cake designed by one of CNY’s premiere sugar artists, Jennifer Comfort of She Takes The Cake. We had an overwhelming interest as people showed up at the gallery in record numbers for Th3. All 108 cupcakes were gone by the end of the night. We had so many people participate in the drawing that the winner ended up being one of our visitors! The winner, Alysia Bonvino, a dentist/dancer from Cicero, is pictured above at Delavan Art Gallery as “she takes the cake” home just in time for Mother’s Day. The painting behind her is "Red Flow" by Lutz Scherneck. Congratulations Alysia!

Film Fest report

It was our pleasure to host film screenings as part of the Syracuse International Film Festival on May 2-4, 2008. Below are some photos of the events. The gallery windows were blocked off and Visual Technologies did a great job of installing a projector and screen with a black backdrop. Because of their work, the gallery worked surprisingly well as theater. As a plus, people enjoyed looking at the art before and after. The volunteers enjoyed it too because they were able to watch the films between breaks. At some venues, the volunteers are located outside the theater, but ours is so small and intimate they were part of the whole thing! All around, it was a great experience with some wonderful films.

cupcake report

On Thursday, April 17, for Th3, The Third Thursday, Jen Comfort of She Takes The Cake installed an interactive cupcake mural and cookie mosaic at Delavan Art Gallery as a promotion for her cake-making services, for which we were having a free drawing to win. The event was a delicious success! With an approximate 90 people attending throughout the evening, all 108 cupcakes were gone by the end of the night and I think that's proof of how good they tasted! For those of you who couldn't be there (aka "little one"), here's what the night looked like:

Jen Comfort of She Takes The Cake stands by her creation


Melanie, Gallery Assistant and current intern at Delavan Art Gallery, happily takes the first cupcake as lights flash and cameras record...


Students from SUNY Oswego found the cupcakes irresistible


the meandering crowd


In addition to the cupcakes, writer Jennifer Pashley presented her "feelthy fiction" (as I heard it called) as part of the Stone Canoe Writers Series


Overall a great night!

April's Th3 is Delicious!

Eat a Free Cupcake and Enter to Win:
Enter to win a cake designed by one of CNY's premiere sugar artists, Jennifer Comfort of She Takes The Cake, in the first of Th3's monthly drawings.

To promote the prize, Jennifer Comfort is installing an interactive cupcake mural and cookie mosaic at Delavan Art Gallery and OCC... and Yes! You get to eat a cupcake! Please stop by between 5 - 8 PM tonight (Apr. 17) to claim your free cupcake!

To enter to win a cake fill out a ticket at any of the Th3 locations open April 17th. You may enter as many times as you'd like but only once per location. The winner will be notified by April 25th. You could win a cake for Mom!

Read more about the project here: http://shetakesthecake.blogspot.com/2008/04/eat-art-in-syracuse.html
See some of Jennifer Comfort's delicious cakes here: www.shetakesthecake.com

Jennifer Pashley At 7 PM:

As another special event for Th3, The Third Thursday, April 17, Delavan Art Gallery will be hosting a poetry reading by Jennifer Pashley at 7 p.m. as part of the Stone Canoe Writers' Series.

Jennifer Pashley is a fiction instructor at the YMCA's Downtown Writer's Center in Syracuse, and an adjunct instructor at Le Moyne College. Her book of short fiction, States, was published in 2007. She lives in Central New York with her husband and two sons and is currently at work on a novel.

Websites for Reference:
www.jenniferpashley.com
www.stonecanoejournal.org
www.th3syracuse.com
www.delavanartgallery.com

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events:

Th3: Poetry Reading

As a special event for Th3, The Third Thursday, April 17, Delavan Art Gallery will be hosting a poetry reading by Jennifer Pashley at 7 PM as part of the Stone Canoe Writers' Series. The gallery will be open for Th3 from 5-8 PM.

Jennifer Pashley is a fiction instructor at the YMCA's Downtown Writer's Center in Syracuse, and an adjunct instructor at Le Moyne College. Her book of short fiction, States, was published in 2007. She lives in Central New York with her husband and two sons and is currently at work on a novel.

Websites for Reference:
www.jenniferpashley.com
www.stonecanoejournal.org
www.th3syracuse.com


Special Event: Baldwin Cultural Crawl

The gallery will be open as a participant of the Baldwin Cultural Crawl on Friday, April 25, from Noon - 6 PM and on Sat., April 26 from 10 AM - 4 PM. Admission to the gallery is free. Please visit the press release for information on where to buy passports.

The Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund of CNY has teamed up with community groups along the Connective Corridor for the first ever Baldwin Corridor Cultural Crawl. Planned in conjunction with the opening weekend of the Syracuse International Film Festival and the cultural venues of Th3: A City- Wide Art Open, this two-day event will celebrate the cultural richness and business diversity Syracuse has to offer.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund.

More than 40 business and cultural organizations inside and on the perimeters of the Connective Corridor will offer free samples, discounts, giveaways and other activities throughout the two-day event. The passports will offer unique access to an array of cultural, dining and shopping opportunities. Patrons who have their passports stamped at five participating venues can turn it in to be eligible for a drawing to win a grand prize currently worth more than $2,300.

For more information, please visit the PRESS RELEASE.


Special Event: Film Festival

For the first time, Delavan Art Gallery will be a venue for the Syracuse International Film and Video Festival! Screenings will be held in the gallery on May 2nd, 3rd and 4th of 2008.

Screening Schedule for Delavan Art Gallery:
Note- subject to change... To see the full screening schedule, visit the website of the Syracuse International Film and Video Festival, at http://www.syrfilm.com/screenings.html
Admission tickets for regular festival screenings: $8 ($6 for seniors and students)

Friday, May 2

(38) 5:15pm
With Kisses From Your Love by Jan Sikl (Czech Republic) 52 minutes, documentary
Escape From Hell (Korea) 6 minutes, animation USA Premiere
Little Fairy Tale by Gor Margaryan (Armenia) 28 minutes, documentary USA Premiere

(39) 7:30pm
Juju Factory by Balufa Bakupa-Kanyinda (Congo) 93 minutes, fiction
Wedding Day by David Schmoeller (USA) 25 minutes, fiction

(40) 10:00pm
Fragments of Disappearance Foretold by Oliveir Meys (Belgium) 74 minutes, documentary
Naus by Lukas Glaser & Roman Stetina (Czech Republic) 14 minutes, animation
Dinner Time by Gor Baghdasaryan (Armenia) 3 minutes, documentary USA Premiere
A Clear Sky On a Bad Day by Akinobu Ikeno (Japan) 17 minutes, fiction World Premiere

Saturday, May 3

(64) 11:30am
Americano by Carlos Ferrand (Quebec/Canada), 110 minutes, documentary USA Premiere

(65) 2:00pm
Let’s Finish!!! by Cheol Mean Hwang (Korea), 100 minutes, fiction

(66) 4:30pm
Fragmentby Gyula Maar (Hungary), 86 minutes, fiction World Premiere
Fission by Kun-I Chang (Taiwan), 5 minutes, animation USA Premiere

(67) 7:00pm
The Tunnel (El Boquete) by Mariano Mussi (Argentina), 83 minutes, fiction
Cold Joint (Studeny Spoj) by Miroslav Remo (Slovakia) 20 minutes, fiction USA Premiere
Camera (Korea), 10 minutes, animation USA Premiere

(68) 9:30pm
Dolina by Zoltan Kamondi (Hungary), 122 minutes, fiction

Sunday, May 4

(87) 12:00pm
El Benny by Jorge Luis Sanchez (Cuba), 120 minutes, fiction

(88) 2:30pm
Unfinished Stories by Pourya Azarbayjani (Iran), 76 minutes, fiction
William Klein – “Out Of Necessity” by Douglas Sloan (USA), 8 minutes, documentary
Son by Daniel Mulley (England), 17 minutes, experimental

5th Annual Exhibition for Art Students

Fifth Annual Exhibition and Fundraiser for Art Students at Delavan Art Gallery on Th3 in March

"Untitled" by Moreece Armstead, 6th Grade Student at Blodgett, oil pastel and black glue

Delavan Art Gallery is pleased to present the fifth annual exhibition and fundraiser of art by students in three Syracuse School District Elementary Schools: Blodgett, Seymour Magnet and Solace. Each year, students from the classes of Stacy Griffin, Kristin Dugger, Kelly Moser-Vogler, Paul Bova and Simone Montgomery have the chance to see their work displayed and sold in a professional setting to raise money for themselves as burgeoning artists and for school art supplies. Donations of art supplies are also encouraged and can be dropped off at the gallery at any point during the exhibition. A special reception will be held during Th3, The Third Thursday, on March 20 from 5 - 8 p.m. For those not able to attend the reception, the gallery will be open to the public on Friday, March 21 from Noon - 6 p.m. and by appointment during business hours, Tuesday through Friday, of the following week, ending March 28, 2008. To make an appointment, please call the gallery at (315) 425-7500.

Delavan Art Gallery is a 3,800 square foot showcase and sales venue for fine art created by area artists. Conveniently located downtown at 501 West Fayette Street in Syracuse, the gallery is free and open to the public. Off-street parking is available and the gallery is handicapped accessible.

Effective February 23, 2008, Delavan Art Gallery is taking a break from the normal exhibition schedule, opening only for Th3 each month and for special events such as this. The gallery is scheduled to reopen with regular programming for its Five Year Anniversary in September of 2008. For more information visit www.DelavanArtGallery.com.

Masquerade Ball Polaroids!!

Polaroids from the Masquerade Ball!!



Here are our winners:




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