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Syracuse Loses Again

A public forum devoted to providing information on the controversial dismissal of Astria Suparak from The Warehouse Gallery at Syracuse University in September 2007. Here you will find news about the situation, as well as a selection of the hundreds of emails and letters concerning the Warehouse Fiasco that have been sent in protest of her dismissal.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Mike Everleth

Save Astria!

Astria Suparak is a phenomenal film and art curator. I caught a couple of her exhibits at past New York Underground Film Festivals, but for the past year she’s been the Director of the Warehouse Gallery in Syracuse, NY. I was actually gearing up to write a post on her current exhibit “Come On: Desire Under the Female Gaze” and a special screening next month.

However, today I just learned that Astria is being forced out of her post. Not much reason has been given about her letting go, but apparently it seems extremely abrupt. She’ll be out of her job at the end of the month. A lot of grassroots Syracuse support to re-instate Astria has popped up, so if you want to learn more and maybe do something to help I’ll just direct you to two websites devoted to the cause: Keep Astria! and Syracuse Loses Again. Currently there’s no info on Astria’s official site, but check that out, too.


[Reposted from Bad Lit blog]


Posted by CNXY at 5:11 PM  

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BACKGROUND

Syracuse has lost one its greatest assets. Astria Suparak, Inaugural Director of The Warehouse Gallery of Syracuse University, was removed from her position as of Sept. 30th, 2007, despite widespread support from community members, students, faculty, and the international art community. This decision was made unilaterally by Jeffrey Hoone, Executive Director of the Coalition of Museum and Art Centers (CMAC).

At the time of Suparak's dismissal, Hoone also canceled her forthcoming exhibitions, including "Keep It Slick: Infiltrating Capitalism with The Yes Men," due to open in November 2007.


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Who do I write to?

Write how you feel about this issue to:

Nancy Cantor, S.U. Chancellor, ncantor@syr.edu
Eric Spina, Vice Chancellor/Provost, efspina@syr.edu
Carole Brzozowski, Dean of CVPA, Brzoz@syr.edu
Ann Clarke, Associate Dean of CVPA, anclarke@syr.edu

me, Blog Maintainer, jessefrasier@yahoo.com
NY Times Letter to the Editor, letters@nytimes.com
Post Standard Letter to the Editor, letters@syracuse.com
Syracuse New Times Letters, editorial@syracusenewtimes.com

EMAIL TO ALL
To: ncantor@syr.edu,efspina@syr.edu,
Brzoz@syr.edu,anclarke@syr.edu
CC: jessefrasier@yahoo.com, letters@nytimes.com,letters@syracuse.com,
editorial@syracusenewtimes.com

Press Coverage

  • Flash Art (Sept. 18)
  • Daily Orange (Sept. 18)
  • Syracuse Post-Standard (Sept. 19)
  • Daily Orange (Sept. 19)
  • Assonance (Sept. 20)
  • New York Times (Sept. 21)
  • Artforum (Sept. 21)
  • Syracuse Post-Standard (Sept. 21)
  • Syracuse Post-Standard: Blog (Sept. 21)
  • ArtInfo (Sept. 21)
  • Phoenix and Salamander (Sept. 21)
  • NEWSgrist (Sept. 24)
  • Syracuse Post-Standard: Blog (Sept. 24)
  • Bad Lit (Sept. 24)
  • Daily Orange (Sept. 26)
  • Bad Lit (Sept. 27)
  • The Buffalo News (Sept. 28)
  • The Jane (Sept. 29)
  • Syracuse Post-Standard: Blog (Oct. 23)
  • menkiller blog (Oct. 24)
  • Syracuse Post-Standard (Oct. 24)
  • Daily Orange (Nov. 2)
  • Fanzine (Nov. 7)
  • Daily Orange (Nov. 12)
  • Syracuse Post-Standard (Nov. 25)
  • Chicana Feliz blog (Dec. 9)
  • Syracuse Post-Standard (Dec. 13)
  • Syracuse New Times (Dec. 18-26)
  • Curating.Info (Jan. 4)
  • Artforum (Feb. 18)
  • Syracuse Post-Standard (Feb. 18)
  • Artinfo (Feb. 19)
  • Grographics Blog (Feb. 20)
  • Daily Orange (Feb. 20)

Selected Letters

  • Alison de Lima Greene, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
  • Allison Fox, Spark Contemporary Art Space
  • Bard College, Faculty of the Department of Film & Electronic Arts
  • Carolee Schneemann
  • Carolyn Tennant, Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center
  • Caspar Stracke, University of Ulsan, Korea
  • Courtney Rile, Delavan Art Center
  • Emily Roysdon, LTTR
  • Geri Wittig, C5 Corporation
  • Jon Rubin, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Kathy High, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
  • Lauren Cornell, Rhizome
  • Leah DeVun, Texas A&M University
  • Rebekah Scotland and Kenneth White
  • Rita Gonzalez, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
  • Roslyn Esperon
  • Saul Levine, Massachusettes College of Art and Design
  • Scott Miller Berry, The Images Festival
  • Sherry Miller Hocking, Experimental Television Center
  • Stephen Vitiello, Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Syracuse University, Chairs of the College of the Visual and Performing Arts
  • Vicky Chainey Gagnon, Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop's University
  • William C. Wees, McGill University

Letter Archive

  • ►  2008 (4)
    • ►  May (1)
      • ►  May 04 (1)
    • ►  March (1)
      • ►  Mar 01 (1)
    • ►  February (1)
      • ►  Feb 16 (1)
    • ►  January (1)
      • ►  Jan 05 (1)
  • ▼  2007 (169)
    • ►  December (7)
      • ►  Dec 23 (1)
      • ►  Dec 21 (1)
      • ►  Dec 06 (5)
    • ►  November (6)
      • ►  Nov 25 (1)
      • ►  Nov 23 (1)
      • ►  Nov 16 (1)
      • ►  Nov 12 (2)
      • ►  Nov 02 (1)
    • ►  October (17)
      • ►  Oct 24 (2)
      • ►  Oct 21 (2)
      • ►  Oct 14 (1)
      • ►  Oct 09 (2)
      • ►  Oct 05 (1)
      • ►  Oct 04 (4)
      • ►  Oct 03 (1)
      • ►  Oct 02 (2)
      • ►  Oct 01 (2)
    • ▼  September (139)
      • ►  Sep 30 (3)
      • ►  Sep 29 (2)
      • ►  Sep 28 (7)
      • ►  Sep 27 (7)
      • ►  Sep 26 (13)
      • ►  Sep 25 (9)
      • ▼  Sep 24 (6)
        • Post-Standard -- News
        • Mike Everleth
        • Lauren Cornell
        • Post-Standard -- Cartoon
        • Double Negative Collective
        • Kenneth White
      • ►  Sep 23 (4)
      • ►  Sep 22 (8)
      • ►  Sep 21 (10)
      • ►  Sep 20 (13)
      • ►  Sep 19 (14)
      • ►  Sep 18 (20)
      • ►  Sep 17 (19)
      • ►  Sep 16 (4)

Should Astria Suparak be retained/reinstated as Director of The Warehouse Gallery?

Should Mr. Jeffrey Hoone resign?

Should the CMAC be dismantled?

Links

  • Astria Suparak
  • Keep Astria
  • The Yes Men
  • The Warehouse Gallery
  • Nancy Cantor Syracuse University Chancellor
  • CMAC -- Coalition of Museum and Art Centers

Art Imitates Life

Art Imitates Life
From the Syracuse Post Standard, Sunday, September 23, 2007