Arts + culture

SUNY Oswego's annual Festival of Fire -- a collaboration between the Department of Technology and the Department of Art and Design, brings an opportunity to heat up creativity on Friday, Oct. 17.

Acclaimed photographer and 1994 alumnus Daniel Weiss returns to campus for a three-day visit Oct. 14 to 16 to present his “Holocaust Survivor Portrait Series” in the Penfield Library lobby, culminating in a public artist talk on Wednesday, Oct. 15.

SUNY Oswego’s Theatre Department will open its season with a production of “Silent Sky.” which follows pioneering astronomer Henrietta Leavitt in the 19th century and her groundbreaking discovery of calculating the distance of the universe using Cepheid variable stars.

Not only has renowned musician and educator Tim Herron returned to teach guitar at his alma mater of SUNY Oswego, but he recently contributed a tune to Central New York’s Acoustic Guitar Project that was dedicated to a faculty mentor, the late Stan Gosek.

The author of this year's Oswego Reading Initiative book, "Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants," Robin Wall Kimmerer, will speak on campus today while also discussing her latest grassroots community movement.

Stu Krieger, who wrote the beloved animated classic "The Land Before Time," will appear on campus as part of the Living Writers Series at 3 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 6, in the Marano Campus Center auditorium (Room 132).

SUNY Oswego’s Living Writers Series is excited to return in person this year, kicking off a diverse series of visiting writers with poet Sara Borjas on Sept. 15.

Grammy Award-winning trio the Villalobos Brothers will bring vibrant Mexican flair to SUNY Oswego’s Waterman Theater to launch this season’s ARTswego’s Performing Arts Series on Sept. 19 at 7 p.m.

"Rhino World Order," featuring artwork by Buffalo resident Richard Tomasello, will open this season's series at SUNY Oswego's Tyler Art Gallery.

Mario Pietra, a new faculty member in SUNY Oswego’s Music Department, and his TRIO 315 will perform the first concert in the renovated Hewitt Hall ballroom on Wednesday, Sept. 3.