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Canal as Collaborator - Closing Event

  • September 18, 2026 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM

  • Erie Canal Museum

    318 Erie Boulevard East
    Syracuse, New York 13202
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Description

The public is invited to join the artists and their collaborators for a special closing event for Canal as Collaborator.

  • 4-5 PM DEEP LISTENING WATER WALK with Sarah Cameron Sunde and Joey Latka

  • 5-6 PM EXHIBITION VIEWING & RECEPTION

  • 6-8 PM CATALOG LAUNCH CONVERSATIONS, hosted by Sinéad Mac Namara

    Awakened Attention along the Erie Canal: Opening a Path Toward Reconciliation - Claire Schneider

    Canal as Collaborator: Time and Again - Nancy Keefe Rhodes

    In Conversation with the Artists - Kari Varner, Sarah Cameron Sunde and Jeremy Dennis

 

Canal as Collaborator Exhibit Information

How do we reconcile our engineered past with an ecological future?

2025 Erie Canal Artists-in-Residence Sarah Cameron Sunde and Kari Varner explore the Canal from an environmental lens.

Kari Varner, a distinguished photographer and educator, explored key ecological sites along the canal, integrating harvested plants into her photographic artworks. Sarah Cameron Sunde, an innovative interdisciplinary artist, engaged with canal communities to create pieces that physically and ecologically connect with the canal. She also developed work in collaboration with Jeremy Dennis, a contemporary fine art photographer and an enrolled Tribal Member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation in Southampton, NY.

A partnership between the New York State Canal Corporation and the Erie Canal Museum, the AIR program is a celebration of creativity, history, and stewardship.

Date & Time

Fri, Sep 18, 2026 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Venue Details

Erie Canal Museum

318 Erie Boulevard East
Syracuse, New York 13202 Erie Canal Museum
Erie Canal Museum

The Erie Canal Museum, located in Downtown Syracuse, NY, engages the public in the story of the Erie Canal’s transformative impacts on peoples and places in the past, present, and future. We are stewards and interpreters of Erie Canal related materials and heritage. The Museum is housed in the 1850 National Register Weighlock Building, the last remaining structure of its kind. Visit us for exhibits with interactive displays and original artifacts, and engaging programs. The Erie Canal Museum is a must-see for adults and children of all ages.


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