Syracuse Public Art Commission

Waiting on the Night Train 🚂, 1982
Duke Epolito Sr. & Larry Zankowski

The iconic ghostly white sculptures on the defunct New York Central rail platform in Syracuse, NY have lasted for nearly 40 years - the train however, has yet to arrive.

These rogue sculptures have become an integral part of the cultural fabric of Syracuse and local favorite. The scarves 🧣 , not originally part of the “commuter art” piece were added by a local school teacher.

A petition to keep the sculptures on the platform after it was restored garnered enough support to save the well known series of fiberglass figures.

You can drive by them and catch a glimpse on 690 West just before the North Townsend st. Downtown exit (13.)

Filled with P.R.I.D.E. after successfully adding a new street mural at the intersection of Sunnycrest Road and Forrest Hill Drive in Eastwood to the catalog!!

The giant Panther Paw 🐾 and curb embankments will add safety to the crosswalk for students, staff and neighbors! This project was a collaboration between TNT, the Huntington School PTO and

A small team of volunteers led by Meg Vitale made this project happen! Who thinks we should add more of these to

Whale’s Tale 2013
Miriam Nelson
Red Aluminum Sculpture
On loan from Stone Quarry Hill Art Park

+ worked together to pioneer a program that would display works temporarily (2 year periods) in locations throughout downtown.

This collaboration came to fruition when the ‘tail’ took an epic journey from Cazenovia to downtown and was installed in Perseverance Park on the Washington Street side Monday, July 12th. Installed by skilled trades of

We plan to have a rotating roster of work on display as part of our temporary collection of Public Art in Syracuse.

We Are The Mighty Salt City
Sign here series 2016
Black Rabbit Studio project
Cayetano Valenzuela + Marcus Osmun

Cayetano Valenzuela of Black Rabbit uses illustration and hand lettering to craft curious painted signs and prints that evoke wonder, magic and fable. The phrase depicted on this mural grew from his fascination of Syracuse being a tough town that endures. It is a nod to creatives who stay and keep up the good fight!

brings his knowledge and techniques of traditional art disciplines, along with years of tattooing to the table for this iconic 22'x14' part of our collection, found on the facade of 420 East Genesee St.
Artist: Cayetano Valenzuela with Marcus Osmun
Historic consultant Michael John Heagerty
Sign Here: Syracuse
sponsored by + the Near West Side Initiative
November 2016
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Immersive Cloud
2017 Daekwon Park, MATR studios

Located at the intersection of S. Townsend and E. Genesee streets, this reflective installation is a part of our permanent public art collection.

Immersive cloud is intended to serve both as a medium for providing immersive experiences as well as a platform for fostering social interactions.

The installation consists of a school of polished stainless steel disks elegantly floating on top of a forest of thin columns. When immersed in the installation, the surrounding environment including the trees, people, sky and the city are reflected, distorted, and multiplied before the eyes. The variety of spaces, formed under and above the undulating disks, can also function as a canopy or street furniture for the public to rest, contemplate, converse, and play.


Date: November 2017
Project Designer: Daekwon Park, MATR Studio
Design Team: Jaegeun Lim, Yenhsi Tung, Yuchi Kuo, Bharat Krishnan
Project Manager: Anthony Rojas
Construction Manager: Charlie Breuer, Heuber Breuer Construction
Structural Engineer: Bob Palucci, Palucci Engineering
Fabricator: John Wozniczka III, JPW Structural Consulting

Irene Cheng + Brett Snyder designed a mural for downtown Syracuse that simultaneously celebrates Syracuse’s industrial past and its current status as an artistic hub. At first glance, the image is historical, depicting a pump house and brine distribution center, along the Erie Canal.

On closer inspection, viewers realize the image is a mosaic composed of dozens of unique QR code tile, each linking to a contemporary arts organization in the greater Syracuse region.

S.alt City mural 2012


**the key to this fully interactive mural is to stand on the corner of Salina & Fayette outside Wildflowers Armory for best view. It’s meant to be digested through a viewfinder (phone or camera.) If you’re 50 feet away or more the image becomes more clear of Salt Barge docking on the left side in downtown Syracuse, along the Erie Canal.

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Meet Ally Walker, the Syracuse artist behind many of downtown's holiday window displays Ally Walker has been an artist in Syracuse for more than two decades.

Syracuse’s newest massive mural celebrates the ‘village within the city’ The new mural in Eastwood is part of the "City as Canvas" program run by Tomorrow's Neighborhood Today.

City as Canvas: Northside TNT Request For Proposals (RFP)   City as Canvas Request for Proposals Call Type: Public Art Mural Theme: Civic Pride Requirements: Artist must live or operate a creative space within the City of Syracuse, NY. Artist must be able

Southside muralist, Rosario Freeman, has begun work on the mural for City as Canvas!

MPA Student’s Asphalt Mural Brightens Syracuse City Hall | Syracuse University News The paved area in front of Syracuse City Hall that was previously used as a parking spot is now a vibrant space to be enjoyed by the public, thanks to the efforts of city officials and a member of the Maxwell School’s current cohort of master of public administration students.

The first legal street art in the city of Syracuse is located just outside the courthouse at 317 East Jefferson Street. ‘Grazers’ was created in 2007, by Leon Reid IV, aka VERBS or Darius Jones, widely credited as being among the pioneers of 21st century street art.

Three winding twisting parking meters elongate to make the appearance of them grazing on the tree like a certain long-necked herbivore.

Although Leon began his street art career with aerosol spray cans as VERBS, he would soon work increasingly with steel, pushing the limits of 3-dimensional street art as Darius Jones. By adding titles to his illegal works, such as "Fleur D'acier" and "The Kiss", Leon IV urged the public to consider street art as more than a random act of vandalism.

The Grazers
2007, Darius Jones (Leon Reid IV)
Steel, parking meter parts
Located at 317-319 East Jefferson st.

New RFP's for Southside and Eastside neighborhoods for the City as Canvas Program are live.

TNT Syracuse x S**C

About — Tomorrow's Neighborhoods Today The City as Canvas initiative is the first community based city-wide public art mural program of its kind within the City of Syracuse.   This initiative is driven by the community throughout the entire process; from submitting ideas for mural locations within each neighborhood, to voting on the lo...

Inventive Spirit, Tino Ferro. 2022
Forman Park.

The Rothschild family commissioned this newly installed sculpture as a gift to the City of Syracuse in memory of Alan Rothschild (1941-2021).

The site and subject matter were selected because the Rothschild family has owned businesses on East Genesee Street in Syracuse for over 100 years. Alan W. Rothschild was president of the Rothschild Companies and was president of the East Genesee Regent Association (EGRA) as well as being one of its founding members in 1972.

Rothschild was an entrepreneurialbusinessman, civic leader, philanthropist, and the grantee of two U.S. Patents. The sculpture, Inventive Spirit, is intended to represent the spirit of the thousands of creative Syracusans who established the city as a center of invention and innovation.

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Request for Proposals - CITY AS CANVAS RFP #2 Central New York Jazz Arts Foundation

Call Type: Public Art Mural

Theme: Civic Pride

Eligibility: Must live or operate creative space within Syracuse, NY

Entry Deadline: June 10, 2022 11:59 pm EST

Location: 441 East Washington Street

Scale: 12’ x 90’

Sector: Downtown TNT

Budget: Up to $24,000.00 (contingent upon scale of project)

Submissions Accepted Online Only: https://forms.gle/Ne9XCJgofoBBm1Sk8

Location Specifications:
CNY Jazz Central has a long history of serving the urban arts community at large. Located on the west facing section of the building, the site is approximately 12’ x 90’. Minor work is needed to areas of the surface prior to painting. The artist will be responsible in coordinating necessary repairs with the building owner.

Materials:
All materials purchased must be sourced from a local business. TNT is currently partnering with Sherwin Williams, the Commercial Art Supply Store and Purcell’s to source paint products. The project must utilize an anti-graffiti sealant product.

Selection process
Public engagement is required. Qualifying submissions received by the deadline, June 10th, will be reviewed by the Downtown TNT sector at the next public meeting. Each artist will be asked to present their submissions to the Downtown TNT sector members in attendance at the meeting. To be a Downtown TNT sector member, one must either live, work or own property within the Downtown TNT sector. The final design will be selected by the community through a ranked-choice ballot voting process. The ballots will be tallied after the meeting and the winner announced the following week.


Project timeline (subject to change)
June 10, 2022 | RFP Deadline
July, 2022 (TBD) | Attend the Downtown TNT meeting to present your submission.
July, 2022 (TBD) | Ranked-Choice winner announced.
August, 2022 (TBD) | Meeting with the TNT Operations Manager & S**C Coordinator to discuss project details and next steps.
Aug, 2022 (TBD) | Syracuse Public Art Commission (S**C) approval process.
September, 2022 (TBD) | Artist purchases materials and begins project.
October, 2022 (TBD) | Ribbon cutting event.

TNT Syracuse + City of Syracuse - Office of the Mayor

City of Syracuse - Office of the Mayor, in partnership with Adapt CNY, seeks an artist to assist in the transformation of the driveway and parking area in front of Syracuse City Hall into a welcoming community plaza.

This project is funded through a $25,000 grant from the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Asphalt Art Initiative, which aims to improve street safety through community engagement, art, and design.

Artists are requested to submit designs for a unifying ground mural to be located in front of the formal entrance to City Hall.
Proposals must be received by 11:59 p.m., Friday, May 6, 2022.

Here's link to press release: https://ourcity.syrgov.net/2022/04/mayor-walsh-announces-open-call-for-artists-to-reimagine-city-hall-plaza/?fbclid=IwAR1mlOnBcdDvU3RlN5JZMV8oAsyFQDAFhRYNiSw9V4qGrdR3dwYbw-H1PMw

And here Is the formal application:
https://beta.syrgov.net/Projects/Active-Projects/2022-Reimagining-City-Hall-Plaza

For further information, please contact Kate Auwaerter, City of Syracuse Public Art Coordinator, at [email protected].

Here’s the official RFP for City as Canvas from TNT Syracuse

TNT Syracuse + The Syracuse Public Art Commission have secured funding for the "City as Canvas' mural program which will be dedicated to providing opportunities for local artists to put their mark on their favorite neighborhoods.

This 2-year program will bring educational components, including mural workshops for local artists and new public art to each of the eight downtown neighborhoods!!!!

Syracuse to spend $250K from Covid relief fund for murals in city neighborhoods The City as Canvas program will provide work opportunities for Syracuse-based artists impacted economically by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Delavan Studios will host their annual Holiday Open Studios with all ticket Sales going towards the Westside 's TNT Syracuse 'City As Canvas' program.

$5 tix for Saturday December 4th 10am - 6pm
Get access to the Delavan and dozens of local artists, support small businesses and future public art - including a mural on the Delavan In 2022!!!

https://delavanstudios.com/shop/holiday-open-studios-2021/

Ticket Sales will go towards the Westside TNT's 'City As Canvas' program.

https://delavanstudios.com/shop/holiday-open-studios-2021/

The Syracuse Public Art Commission (S**C) is developing a public database of regional visual artists representing a wide variety of media and approaches. The registry is a great way to expose your craft to potential funders and the growing audience of public art enthusiasts. You can also opt-in to receive news from S**C about upcoming public art opportunities.

The registry is free to join and available to all public artists of all experience levels. Spread the word and help S**C grow the database to become a powerful tool to facilitate more public art in Syracuse, NY!

Registry Form:
https://forms.gle/7w5QHsrY3oW9QiH3A
We Are the Mighty Salt City Mural by
Cayetano Valenzuela with Marcus Osmun

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