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DWC Author Readings-Poets Cyrus Cassells and Sara Parrott

Join us for an evening of poetry from Nine Mile Press!

A 2019 Guggenheim fellow, Cyrus Cassells has won the National Poetry Series, a Lambda Literary Award, a Lannan Literary Award, two NEA grants, a Pushcart Prize, and the William Carlos Williams Award. His 2018 volume The Gospel According to Wild Indigo was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award and the Balcones Prize. Still Life with Children: Selected Poems of Francesc Parcerisas, translated from the Catalan, was awarded the Texas Institute of Letters’ Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translated Book of 2018 and 2019. His 7th book, More Than Watchmen at Daybreak, was published by Nine Mile Books in April 2020. Photo by Rachel Eliza Griffiths.

Sara Parrott is the author of Tipping the Water Jar of Heaven, new from Nine Mile Press. Her poetry has appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, The Literary Nest, Dappled Things, Stone Canoe, Nine Mile Magazine, Ghost City Review, and a Lawrence Ferlinghetti tribute anthology from Jambu Press. Several of her haiku are featured on posters created by the Syracuse Poster Project, including a commemorative poster celebrating Onondaga Community College’s 50th anniversary. Photo by Philomena Leavitt.

This event is online and is free and open to the public. All event times are Eastern Standard. Zoom lobbies for all events will open at 6:50pm the day of the event.

DWC Author Readings-Poets Cyrus Cassells and Sara Parrott

Join us for an evening of poetry from Nine Mile Press!

A 2019 Guggenheim fellow, Cyrus Cassells has won the National Poetry Series, a Lambda Literary Award, a Lannan Literary Award, two NEA grants, a Pushcart Prize, and the William Carlos Williams Award. His 2018 volume The Gospel According to Wild Indigo was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award and the Balcones Prize. Still Life with Children: Selected Poems of Francesc Parcerisas, translated from the Catalan, was awarded the Texas Institute of Letters’ Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translated Book of 2018 and 2019. His 7th book, More Than Watchmen at Daybreak, was published by Nine Mile Books in April 2020. Photo by Rachel Eliza Griffiths.

Sara Parrott is the author of Tipping the Water Jar of Heaven, new from Nine Mile Press. Her poetry has appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, The Literary Nest, Dappled Things, Stone Canoe, Nine Mile Magazine, Ghost City Review, and a Lawrence Ferlinghetti tribute anthology from Jambu Press. Several of her haiku are featured on posters created by the Syracuse Poster Project, including a commemorative poster celebrating Onondaga Community College’s 50th anniversary. Photo by Philomena Leavitt.

This event is online and is free and open to the public. All event times are Eastern Standard. Zoom lobbies for all events will open at 6:50pm the day of the event.

Virtual Pottery & Pour

March 11th, 6:00pm-8:00pm

Class available online via Zoom
*You MUST pre-register for class by March 9th
$40 Members | $50 Non-Members

Experience the joy of clay in these evenings of creativity and fun. Learn the basics of hand-building to create your own ceramic piggy bank in any shape your imagination can come up with. You will be provided a kit of all necessary materials to be picked up at the Museum on a specified date ahead of the workshop. Your work will be fired for you and available for pick up several weeks following the workshop. Follow Zoom link provided through e-mail after registration of class.

Contact Kimberly Griffiths with questions, kgriffiths@everson.org

Virtual Pottery & Pour

March 11th, 6:00pm-8:00pm

Class available online via Zoom
*You MUST pre-register for class by March 9th
$40 Members | $50 Non-Members

Experience the joy of clay in these evenings of creativity and fun. Learn the basics of hand-building to create your own ceramic piggy bank in any shape your imagination can come up with. You will be provided a kit of all necessary materials to be picked up at the Museum on a specified date ahead of the workshop. Your work will be fired for you and available for pick up several weeks following the workshop. Follow Zoom link provided through e-mail after registration of class.

Contact Kimberly Griffiths with questions, kgriffiths@everson.org

The Beauty in Returning Home: A Discussion with Jaleel Campbell

*You MUST pre-register to receive zoom link

In his first solo museum exhibition, local artist and activist Jaleel Campbell brings a powerful collection of work to the Everson stemming from the exploration of his family history and created with the intention of, in the artist’s own words, “empowering and inspiring Black people in particular to know their worth.” Everson curators Steffi Chappell and Garth Johnson will sit down with Jaleel to discuss his creative process and inspirations.

Image:

Jaleel Campbell
Jalethal Print, 2019
Digital image
Courtesy of the artist

The Beauty in Returning Home: A Discussion with Jaleel Campbell

*You MUST pre-register to receive zoom link

In his first solo museum exhibition, local artist and activist Jaleel Campbell brings a powerful collection of work to the Everson stemming from the exploration of his family history and created with the intention of, in the artist’s own words, “empowering and inspiring Black people in particular to know their worth.” Everson curators Steffi Chappell and Garth Johnson will sit down with Jaleel to discuss his creative process and inspirations.

Image:

Jaleel Campbell
Jalethal Print, 2019
Digital image
Courtesy of the artist

Hidden in Plain Sight: Exploring the Unrecognized Role of the Canal in Irrigating Western New York

As part of the Erie Canal Museum's ongoing Erie Eats: Erie Canal Foodways Project, March's Lunchtime Lecture features Dr. Stephen Shaw of SUNY ESF discussing irrigation efforts in Western New York using Erie Canal water, Wednesday, March 17 at 12 p.m. EDT. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the program will be streamed live on the Museum's Facebook page. Please consider making a $5 donation, as is typical of all Lunchtime Lectures. Everyone who donates will receive a personal link to watch the lecture live on Zoom and participate in a Q&A session. Donations may be made here: tinyurl.com/2rhqhea9

While the waters of the Erie Canal are usually considered in regards to boating, for close to a century the Canal has also served as a conduit to provide water for irrigation. In particular, the western portion of the canal was constructed above the elevation of the surrounding land surface, allowing for the diversion of Lake Erie water into numerous streams by gravity alone. The ability to use the canal for irrigation is a unique but little-recognized natural resource within Western New York that supports thousands of acres of high value crops, fruits, and vegetables as well as a number of golf courses.

This talk will introduce the geography, infrastructure, and hydrology related to the canal in Western New York. It will explore how farms and others currently use water from the canal. Additionally, the talk will discuss plans to expand irrigation to support the region’s agricultural economy and to provide some resiliency to the increased occurrence of drought.

Hidden in Plain Sight: Exploring the Unrecognized Role of the Canal in Irrigating Western New York

As part of the Erie Canal Museum's ongoing Erie Eats: Erie Canal Foodways Project, March's Lunchtime Lecture features Dr. Stephen Shaw of SUNY ESF discussing irrigation efforts in Western New York using Erie Canal water, Wednesday, March 17 at 12 p.m. EDT. Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the program will be streamed live on the Museum's Facebook page. Please consider making a $5 donation, as is typical of all Lunchtime Lectures. Everyone who donates will receive a personal link to watch the lecture live on Zoom and participate in a Q&A session. Donations may be made here: tinyurl.com/2rhqhea9

While the waters of the Erie Canal are usually considered in regards to boating, for close to a century the Canal has also served as a conduit to provide water for irrigation. In particular, the western portion of the canal was constructed above the elevation of the surrounding land surface, allowing for the diversion of Lake Erie water into numerous streams by gravity alone. The ability to use the canal for irrigation is a unique but little-recognized natural resource within Western New York that supports thousands of acres of high value crops, fruits, and vegetables as well as a number of golf courses.

This talk will introduce the geography, infrastructure, and hydrology related to the canal in Western New York. It will explore how farms and others currently use water from the canal. Additionally, the talk will discuss plans to expand irrigation to support the region’s agricultural economy and to provide some resiliency to the increased occurrence of drought.

DWC Author Readings-Poet Mathew Olzmann

Matthew Olzmann is the author of two collections of poems, Mezzanines, which was selected for the 2011 Kundiman Prize, and Contradictions in the Design. His third book, Constellation Route, is forthcoming from Alice James Books in January 2022. A recipient of fellowships from Kundiman, MacDowell, and the Kresge Arts Foundation, Olzmann’s work has appeared in Best American Poetry, Pushcart Prize XLV Kenyon Review, New England Review, Southern Review, and elsewhere. He’s previously taught poetry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and for the InsideOut Literary Arts Project in Detroit, Michigan. He is now a Senior Lecturer of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College and also teaches in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.

This event is online and is free and open to the public. All event times are Eastern Standard. Zoom lobbies for all events will open at 6:50pm the day of the event.

DWC Author Readings-Poet Mathew Olzmann

Matthew Olzmann is the author of two collections of poems, Mezzanines, which was selected for the 2011 Kundiman Prize, and Contradictions in the Design. His third book, Constellation Route, is forthcoming from Alice James Books in January 2022. A recipient of fellowships from Kundiman, MacDowell, and the Kresge Arts Foundation, Olzmann’s work has appeared in Best American Poetry, Pushcart Prize XLV Kenyon Review, New England Review, Southern Review, and elsewhere. He’s previously taught poetry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and for the InsideOut Literary Arts Project in Detroit, Michigan. He is now a Senior Lecturer of Creative Writing at Dartmouth College and also teaches in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.

This event is online and is free and open to the public. All event times are Eastern Standard. Zoom lobbies for all events will open at 6:50pm the day of the event.

Tea, Chit-Chat, and the Problem of Politeness

March 21, What did the tea table look like in the Georgian era? Focusing on representations of tea drinking in Britain, India, and North America, Romita Ray will analyze how the histories of porcelain and silver in Britain created new ways of engaging with an expensive Chinese drink. She will also look at how tea utensils produced the spectacle of politeness at a time when the Chinese import emerged a controversial commodity.

Participants that are Members of the Museum receive a free take-home bag that can be picked up at the Museum. Included are tea and other treats to enjoy during the talk.

Bi: Romita Ray is associate professor of art history in the department of Art and Music Histories (College of Arts and Sciences) at Syracuse University. She received her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph. D degrees in art history from Yale University, and her B.A. degree in art history from Smith College. Ray is currently working on a book manuscript about the visual cultures of tea in India, tentatively titled Leafy Wonders: Art, Science, and the Aesthetics of Tea in Colonial and Modern India, for which she has been awarded numerous grants and fellowships.

Contact Kimberly Griffiths with questions, kgriffiths@everson.org

Tea, Chit-Chat, and the Problem of Politeness

March 21, What did the tea table look like in the Georgian era? Focusing on representations of tea drinking in Britain, India, and North America, Romita Ray will analyze how the histories of porcelain and silver in Britain created new ways of engaging with an expensive Chinese drink. She will also look at how tea utensils produced the spectacle of politeness at a time when the Chinese import emerged a controversial commodity.

Participants that are Members of the Museum receive a free take-home bag that can be picked up at the Museum. Included are tea and other treats to enjoy during the talk.

Bi: Romita Ray is associate professor of art history in the department of Art and Music Histories (College of Arts and Sciences) at Syracuse University. She received her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph. D degrees in art history from Yale University, and her B.A. degree in art history from Smith College. Ray is currently working on a book manuscript about the visual cultures of tea in India, tentatively titled Leafy Wonders: Art, Science, and the Aesthetics of Tea in Colonial and Modern India, for which she has been awarded numerous grants and fellowships.

Contact Kimberly Griffiths with questions, kgriffiths@everson.org

Virtual Jewelry Making

March 25, 7:00pm-8:30pm

$24 Members / $30 Non-Members

*You MUST pre-register to receive zoom link

Enjoy the easy, but fun process of making your own colorful wire wrapped ring from the comfort of your own home. Materials list provided.

Contact Kimberly Griffiths with questions, kgriffiths@everson.org

Virtual Jewelry Making

March 25, 7:00pm-8:30pm

$24 Members / $30 Non-Members

*You MUST pre-register to receive zoom link

Enjoy the easy, but fun process of making your own colorful wire wrapped ring from the comfort of your own home. Materials list provided.

Contact Kimberly Griffiths with questions, kgriffiths@everson.org

DWC Author Readings-Author Mathew Gavin Frank

Matthew Gavin Frank’s next nonfiction book, Flight of the Diamond Smugglers (about, among other things, the ways in which carrier pigeons were used by diamond smuggling rings in coastal South Africa) will be published by W.W. Norton: Liveright in February 2021. He is also the author of the nonfiction books, The Mad Feast: An Ecstatic Tour Through America’s Food (W.W. Norton: Liveright, 2015), Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer (W.W. Norton: Liveright, 2014), Pot Farm (The University of Nebraska Press, 2012), and Barolo (The University of Nebraska Press, 2010), as well as several collections of poems.

This event is online and is free and open to the public. All event times are Eastern Standard. Zoom lobbies for all events will open at 6:50pm the day of the event.

DWC Author Readings-Author Mathew Gavin Frank

Matthew Gavin Frank’s next nonfiction book, Flight of the Diamond Smugglers (about, among other things, the ways in which carrier pigeons were used by diamond smuggling rings in coastal South Africa) will be published by W.W. Norton: Liveright in February 2021. He is also the author of the nonfiction books, The Mad Feast: An Ecstatic Tour Through America’s Food (W.W. Norton: Liveright, 2015), Preparing the Ghost: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer (W.W. Norton: Liveright, 2014), Pot Farm (The University of Nebraska Press, 2012), and Barolo (The University of Nebraska Press, 2010), as well as several collections of poems.

This event is online and is free and open to the public. All event times are Eastern Standard. Zoom lobbies for all events will open at 6:50pm the day of the event.