About the cupcakes served at DISHES.....

Yummmy.... nothing like a delicious cupcake to follow-up a delicious dinner! I was talking with your sweet-tooth the other day about the cupcakes served at the DISHES dinner last weekend and they asked me, "Who made those and can I get the recipe?" Absolutely! One of the lovely co-directors, Briana, made those special not only for the vegan's at heart but for everyone! Now, you too can share these cupcakes with those you love. Enjoy!

Vegan Vanilla Cupcake Recipe & Icing

Documenting DISHES

In addition to fantastic video documentation of the event done by Daylight Blue Media, we were fortunate enough to have Robyn Stockdale capturing the energy and emotion of the evening with her photo-camera.

Simply put: Robyn blew us away with her photographs.

Check out the full album on our facebook fan page.

Like what you see? Give the talented woman some love on her site and Graphik Nature Studios facebook page.

The winning presentation - SUBPAR!

What an exciting time we all experienced watching the presentations at the debut DISHES event! Enjoy this live recording of Joel and Tonja's presentation, SUBPAR, and share in our enthusiasm for this winning project. Congratulations!

SUBPAR Winning Presentation at 1/23/11 DISHES from Daylight Blue Media on Vimeo.

Congratulations to Tonja Torgerson and Joel Weissman! Their project, SUBPAR, presented at the first Salt City DISHES on 1/23/11, won the audience over and secured themselves a $1000 grant to realize their project. Hurray!

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“Syracuse Urban Beautification Public Art Resistance” SUBPAR is meant to integrate challenging art into the visual landscape of Syracuse. Dereliction and mass media advertising dominate the physical and mental environment of our city. SUBPAR aims to create street art installations that offer critical perspectives while forcing beauty into the urban surroundings.

As an initial venture, SUBPAR’s founding members (Tonja Torgerson and Joel Weissman) are creating hand-made ceramic tiles as a form of unconventional street art. This project involves multiple installations that are spread throughout the city. Due to the hand-made nature of these tiles we are able to create a huge array of shapes and sizes that are specific to the location. This project also utilizes screen-printed imagery and text on these tiles to draw attention to the current neglect of Syracuse’s urban environment.

Syracuse has suffered from a vicious cycle of urban decay. As businesses have failed and buildings have become abandoned, the center of the city becomes more vacant while new, excessive, business complexes are constructed away from the city’s heart. Even more detrimental to the street life of Syracuse is the placement of the interstate system through the city’s center. This makes it difficult to traverse and experience the city in any means besides a vehicle. These conditions create an atmosphere that is crippling to the creation of a pedestrian culture and urban vibrancy within Syracuse. SUBPAR intends to counteract this lackluster environment by developing beauty in the urban environment and re-appropriating spaces for art within the public realm.

The creation of site-specific street art installations is only a catalyst for the greater objective. The works created by SUBPAR serve to prompt individuals and collectives to recognize the need for civic improvement.

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Join us at the next Salt City DISHES dinner on May 1st to hear how their project is going.

DISHES inaugural event is SOLD OUT!

It's astonishing to be SOLD OUT for the debut DISHES event, though we were crossing our fingers and toes the entire time. Thanks for purchasing your tickets in advance and ensuring that the winning project will receive the prize of $1000 to realize their project. In fact, all the presenters are winners because they are promoting their projects to many hungry people (mind and belly!)

Just to clarify, sold out means sold out. We are unable to admit anyone without a ticket to this evening's event and we would like to apologize in advance if we have to turn you away. The St. Clare theatre is at capacity and we want to ensure everyone's safety.

The next DISHES dinner/community art event will be on May 1st.

Thanks everyone!!

Where is The St. Clare Theatre?

St. Clare theatre is located off N. Salina St - up the parking lot between Assumption Church and Pavia's Market. Use address 840 N. Salina for your gps or online map search. There is plenty of parking in the lot of off-street.

Sponsor Spotlight: Wegmans and TOPS

An enormous thank you to the Pond Street Wegmans and to the Shop City TOPS, which donated the gift cards that made it possible for us to put together a delectable menu.

We thank the management of both stores for their commitment to the North Side, and to recognizing the energy in our community!