utica proud college edition

Volume Two • Spring 2019

CELEBRATING THE PAST, PRESENT & POTENTIAL CELEBRATING THE PAST, PRESENT & POTENTIAL 1 utica proud college edition Volume Two • Spring 2019

Dedicated

to

Becky DeCusatis Joe Owens

Logan Patenaude

and

Bridget Swayne

2 utica proud | college edition CELEBRATING THE PAST, PRESENT & POTENTIAL 3 INTRODUCTION utica contents

proud Introduction ...... 5 college edition What’s in a name? ...... 9 Stanley Theater ...... 12 Refugee Community ...... 18 VOLUME 2 • SPRING 2019 Oneida Square Project ...... 20 Utica Club ...... 26

St . Volodymyr ...... 30 Union Station ...... 32 ComD 240 | 2017 - 18 Barber Shop ...... 38

Research, Analysis and Process Historic View of Genesee Street ...... 40 Body Alive ...... 46 St . Joseph St . Patrick ...... 48

Professor Cindiana Koren, Editor Sounds of Utica ...... 50 PrattMWP College of Art and Design Forest Hills Cemetery ...... 52 310 Genesee Street Utica, NY 13502 Mohawk Airlines ...... 54 ckoren@mwpai edu. Munson-Williams-Proctor Museum of Art ...... 60 Fountain Elms ...... 64 ACR Health ...... 71 © All Rights Reserved Utica Public Library ...... 74 All content of artwork, photography, and illustration is Made In Utica ...... 76 original and created by the authors unless otherwise noted. Authors retain full copyright. Reproduction in Varick Street Nightlife ...... 79 part or in whole, without written permission, is not permitted. Rutger Park ...... 90 students team up Refugee Center ...... 92 #uticaproud Inkorporated ...... 96 A challenge turns into a movement Min Htet Win Oriental Market ...... 100 to be proud of.

Deja Vu ...... 102 by Becky DeCusatis ...... 104 Utica, is a classic Rust Belt city moving toward re- O’Scugnizzo Pizzeria ...... 108 newed prosperity .We, as college students see the potential this Off Center Records ...... 110 city has and believe in what it can become . Once a thriving city, Q Center ...... 112 Utica New York has suffered from population and economic de- Cover Art: Mark Pei cline . Even though it has been referred to as “the city that God Planned Parenthood ...... 116 Back Cover: Sage Lilly forgot" we as students have lived here for the majority of two Contributors ...... 118 years and we see that it is a beautiful city­—and we are proud .

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LEFT: Original typeface design by Joe Owens

“Design for Good” Trophy Emerging Designers Award

This project showcases Utica from a college student point of view .We celebrate the past, present and po- tential of the city . In 2017 four PrattMWP students set off on a journey to lift the spirits of the people of Utica by designing a fresh campaign around the mayor's new slogan Utica Proud.

The uplifting logo design and customized typeface in- spired a media campaign that encourages action; Eat UP, Read UP, Listen UP, Be UP!

We, the sophomore PrattMWP ComD class of 2018 were responsible for finding research topics in Utica to be proud of .We we were then required to con- duct interviews, take photographs, illustrate, and apply graphic standards to our stories .The following pages are a collaboration that we imagine will be the first edition of an ongoing project focusing on the city of Utica .

2017 Award Winners: Becky DeCusatis, Professor Cindiana Koren, Logan Patenaude, Bridget Swayne, and Joe Owens

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a piece for eternity

“ you’re creating something that’s forever ”

by Shannon Krieg

Tattoos often hold an immense significance types of pieces he has completed, including in people’s hearts .They are a way that skulls and flames then hibiscus flowers people commemorate a passed loved the next session .Through these different one, remind themselves of their roots, or customers, artists are introduced to many just simply a way to put a smile on their walks of life and a strong community is face . However, there used to be a strong built . On this, Hunter explained that he stigma and stereotype associated with used to own other tattoo shops but chose tattoos .Todd Hunter, owner of Utica’s to close them down as he found that he local tattoo shop Eternal Images, spoke of was turning into strictly a business owner his experience growing up and seeing this and was no longer able to take part in shift of ideologies . Hunter spoke upon this the creative process . Hunter spoke about change by saying, “I saw it progress from how the payment of his work comes from the beginning, it was bikers and military people’s reaction to his work .Through my men .That’s who got tattooed . I was the talk with Todd Hunter, I understand that first place [in the city of Utica], that you being a successful tattoo artist does not could go into a place and get a tattoo, come only from the ability, but from the and look around and see what it’s about . passion and drive to fully give back to the To show people it’s not a scary place” . I community one builds through artistic was extremely impressed by how Hunter expression . I see this in Eternal Images saw the acceptance grow from a firsthand as the team that works there truly “gives experience . Hunter responded by the gift of eternal ink” . Eternal Images is commenting, “Now it’s art! It’s finally came a unique location in Utica, decorated to fine art” .As an art student coming from with taxidermy, interesting masks, classic a family of artists, I resonated with Hunter’s tattoo illustrations, and passionate artists view of tattoos greatly .As a tattoo artist, like Todd Hunter who appreciate the you must be well versed in many styles opportunity to decorate their clients with based upon the client’s taste, and confident their own passions . in the execution of each piece . Hunter is definitely a confident artist as he named

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Since the 1970s sales of Utica Club a modern way .At this time the Matt have declined, only to make a resur- Brewing Company is still produc- gence nation-wide in the mid 2000s ing Utica Club beer along with many with what can only be called the “ret- other beverages . In order to keep up ro beer movement” among millennials . with the craft beer and microbrewery Stewart stated, “I don’t think UC ever movement the Matt’s flagship beer is went away, it was just forgotten­—but actually their Saranac line, named af- today what’s old is new and there will ter the popular Adirondack Region to always be a place for the north . John ex- UC in the pantheon of plained the complex great American beers . “Utica Club has market that is craft The Matt Brewing beer in the United Company is currently been extremely States to me .The within its fourth gen- phrase used was eration of family own- significant to “cannibalization” . ership under Nick and Microbreweries are Fred Matt .They run the footprint of pitted against large the brewery and pro- scale Brewers and duce beer in the very Utica.” The Matt Brewery same building that F .X . is stuck somewhere Matt did more than a century earlier . in the middle . But with all of these new Who’s to say where the city of Utica choices consumers are confused on would be today without its beer . John what to buy, but John assured me that Stewart said it best; “Utica Club has Saranac is a “top quality product” and been extremely significant to the foot- “when consumers taste it they will un- print of Utica ”. Growing with the city derstand ”. Along with Saranac they also was not an easy task but John believes produce craft sodas . But at the center that he is helping to market Utica Club of the brewery and the hearts of lo- and the Brewery’s other products in cals­—Utica Club still stands strong .

LEFT: An Illustration of the famous copper kettles at the F.X. Matt Brewery on Varick Street.

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Nicole Abrokwa Matthew Dempster Nicole Abrokwa is a current student at Pratt Institute in Utica, Matthew Scott Dempster (born January 29, 1998) is a New Jer- New York, Studying Communications Design with a focus in sey native with a story yet to be told . Equipped with a unique Illustration .When she is not in school She is continuously imagination, unparalleled work ethic, can do attitude, and a immersing herself in art .After graduating she plans to pursue a hunger to start working in the world career in illustration living in New York City . of Communications Design .

Emma Doty Emma Doty is a student at PrattMWP . She is from Atlanta Georgia, she is an illustrator, animator and painter . She hopes to one day work for and have her own cartoon on a major network, like Cartoon Network .

Katie Besenty Katie Besenty is an illustration major at PrattMWP College of Art and Design . Bethany Dunn Bethany Dunn is a current student at Pratt Institute in Utica, NY, studying Communication Design with a focus in illustra- tion .When she is not in school she can be found exploring different art forms in her hometown Mesquite, TX . She strives Bailey Chairez-Nelson to be an illustrator loving the work she produces . Bailey Chairez-Nelson an advertiser, photographer, and creator currently studying at PrattMWP College of Art and Design . From Granite Bay, California she's been in media production for six years . Anastasia Eren Anastasia Eren was born in Ankara, Turkey and moved to Washington, DC in 2013 .With her great experience in fine and digital arts, she enjoys working with a vast range of materials Kaitlyn Cammer and subjects .Anastasia is an experienced artist with focuses Kaitlyn Cammer is a graphic designer from Bel Air, Maryland . that include drawing, murals, digital illustration and advertising . She has worked on various catalogs, calendars, logos, and She is currently a sophomore Communication Design student illustrations for a variety of companies and businesses . She cur- focusing on Advertising at PrattMWP . rently attends Pratt Institute School of Art’s satellite campus, Pratt MWP in Utica, NY .

Ashlie Glasper Peter Corbin Ashlie Glasper is a Chicago based illustrator, painter, and char- Peter Corbin is a student at PrattMWP . He was born and acter designer . She takes commissions to do logos and paint- raised in a small town in New York . Currently studying Com- ings . She is also working towards being a freelance designer and munications Design, his work focuses on illustration, sculpture, having her own studio and equipment . writing, and poetry .

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