Reviving Place Exhibition

The Onondaga Environmental Institute, the Onondaga Historical Association and the Ska-nonh Center will hold a special event with the artists behind the Reviving Place Exhibition from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, at the Ska-nonh Center.

Artists Sandra Fioramonti-Sabene, Roland Powless, Kamiiron Pritchard and Kate Woodle will be on hand for informal conversations on their thoughts and perspectives on creating paintings that encompass community values and visions of the Onondaga Lake Watershed. Comment and coloring stations will be available for kids and adults to share their own values and visions.

The Reviving Place: Onondaga Lake Watershed Community Mapping exhibit showcases four original works of art that were developed as part of a multi-year-long project which asked communities, geographically located within the large Onondaga Lake watershed, what they found unique, special or important about their particular neighborhoods, locales and environments. The findings were then translated to an original visual graphic by local artists.

The areas mapped include the Tully Valley, Syracuse’s South Side and the Village of Liverpool. Additionally, Students at the Ed Smith School in Syracuse also had the opportunity to explore not only what they found special in their neighborhood, but also what they wanted for the future of their broader community as part of the Onondaga Lake watershed. Students and their parents worked with a professional artist to create a map of what they wished for Onondaga Creek and Onondaga Lake. Reproductions of the art work and a 2017 wall calendar based upon the paintings will be available for free.

To learn more, visit here. Exhibit runs through Oct. 2