Advisory Board
The Stone Canoe Advisory Board represents a broad range of accomplishments and points of view in the Central New York or SU arts community. They will assist the editorial group in seeking out the best work from their various contacts and constituencies.
Omanii Abdullah-Grace
Poet; performance artist;
Adjunct Professor, African American Studies Program,
SU College of Arts and Sciences
Paul Aviles
Poet; translator;
Professor of English,
Onondaga Community College
Judy Barringer
Photographer; chef;
Program Director,
The Constance Saltonstall Foundation of the Arts
Peter Blanck
Lawyer, scholar;
Chair, Burton Blatt Institute
University Professor,
College of Law, Syracuse University
Carole Brzozowski
Vocalist;
University Arts Presenter,
Syracuse University
Michael Burkard
Poet;
Associate Professor, Creative Writing Program,
SU College of Arts and Sciences
Carol Charles
Dancer; choreographer;
Community Engagement Manager,
Syracuse Stage
William Delavan
Arts patron;
Owner,
Delavan Art Gallery
Stephen Dunn
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet;
Syracuse University alum,
SU College of Arts and Sciences
Arthur Flowers
Novelist; performance artist; musician;
Associate Professor, Creative Writing Program,
SU College of Arts and Sciences
Wendy Gonyea
Novelist; poet; journalist;
Former editor, Onondaga Nation Newsletter
Faithkeeper, Onondaga Nation
Kenneth Hine
Art Director; graphic designer; writer;
Associate Professor, Communication Design Department,
SU College of Visual and Performing Arts
Jeffrey Hoone
Photographer; museologist;
Director, Light Work,
Johanna Keller
Poet; editor; author; journalist;
Director, Goldring Arts Journalism Program,
SU Newhouse School of Public Communications
Christopher Kennedy
Poet;
Director, Creative Writing Program,
SU College of Arts and Sciences
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Writer; ecologist; botanist;
Director, Center for Native People and the Environment,
SUNY ESF
(winner of John Burroughs Medal for Natural History Writing)
David MacDonald
Ceramicist; community arts leader;
Professor of Art,
SU College of Visual and Performing Arts
Pamela McLaughlin
Artist;
Curator of Education,
Everson Museum of Art
Philip Memmer
Poet;
Director, Arts Branch,
YMCA of Greater Syracuse
Elizabeth "Lil" O'Rourke
Vice President and Chief Development Officer
Syracuse University
Minnie Bruce Pratt
Poet; essayist;
Professor, Women's Studies Program and Writing Program,
SU College of Arts and Sciences
Laura Reeder
Visual teaching artist;
Executive Director,
Partners for Arts Education
Maria Russell
Author; public relations consultant;
Professor and Director, Communications Management Masters Program,
SU Newhouse School of Public Communications
Eileen Strempel
Noted soprano and vocal instructor;
Assistant Professor of Fine Arts,
SU College of Visual and Performing Arts;
University Liaison for the Performing Arts;
Co-Director of Pulse
Suzanne Thorin
Musician;
University Librarian,
Dean of Libraries,
Syracuse University
Silvio Torres-Saillant
Comparative literature scholar; author;
Associate Professor and Director, Latino Latin American Studies Program,
SU College of Arts and Sciences
John von Bergen
Well-known sculptor based in Clinton, NY;
Founder of Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
Dr. Kheli R. Willetts
Mixed media artist;
Academic Director,
Community Folk Art Center
Marion Wilson
Multimedia artist; MOMA fellow;
Director of Community Initiatives in the Visual Arts at Syracuse University;
Adjunct Professor, Colgate University;
Former Curator of Education at the Everson Museum of Art
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