After reviewing a record number of applicants, the Everson Museum of Art (the Everson) is pleased to announce the 2026 selections for the CNY Artist Initiative! The program, launched in 2022, builds upon the Everson’s ongoing support of the region’s vibrant arts community by awarding four artists the opportunity to hold a solo exhibition at the Museum with corresponding programming such as artist talks, workshops, and more....
We are thrilled to announce that the Everson Museum of Art has been named a 2025 Economic Champion! The Everson is proud to help drive Syracuse’s growth through inclusive programs, community partnerships, and cultural experiences that bring people downtown. ...
Amid this surge of invention, largely led by men, a woman stood out. Adelaide Alsop Robineau refused to within the limits set for her. When most women were confined to painting decoration on someone else’s porcelain, she broke from tradition. She mixed her own clay, threw her own forms, and created new glazes, work that, at that time, only men were permitted to do....
Along with developing a career in pottery over the last three decades, Louise Rosenfield spent that time building an extensive and impressive collection of thousands of pieces of functional ceramics. Rosenfield has since donated the collection to the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York. A portion of these vessels are used at the museum’s specialty café, which combines art and creative dining for patrons to experience the work with food, as intended. To date, the Rosenfield collection is ...
The title Dream Map and Cornucopia reminds me of the fall season itself — and it also describes Colombian-American arist Nancy Friedemann-Sánchez’s work. Overflowing with organic energy and the promise of growth, her large-scale ink works and delightful clay sculptures fill the Everson Museum of Art with a mythical-magical energy. Painted vases are laden with imaginative and magnificent flowers — “Dream Mao and Cornucopia with Totumo” (2018), with its beautiful wrangling limbs against a black ba...
An art non-profit is calling for local artists to project video art onto the facade of the Everson Museum. Light Work, a Syracuse-based group supporting “lens-based” art, is looking for artists living in Central New York to create new work for their Urban Video Project in the summer of 2026. The UVP projects video art, film, and still images onto the Everson Museum of Art’s building in downtown Syracuse....
When the Everson Museum of Art decided to redo the café in its Syracuse, New York, home—a 1968 building by I.M. Pei—there was an unusual requirement: The winning proposal would need to incorporate some 4,000 ceramic works from the collection of Louise Rosenfield. The terms of her donation dictated that patrons use the wares, pouring water from a Roberto Lugo pitcher or sipping tea from a Betty Woodman mug....
Syracuse, N.Y. — On Sunday, the Everson Museum of Art and Flower Skate Shop held a celebratory sendoff for DEAD END., an exhibit at the museum. People were encouraged to bring their own board and participate in open skate sessions and competitions. They also had the chance to try out the half-pipe inside the museum galleries....
Syracuse.com writes about the Everson's new café, Louise, which features ceramic works from the Rosenfield Collection. ...
As a teen in Syracuse in the early 1990s, William Strobeck had an innate desire to be different. He would occasionally try sports to conform to the “follow the leader” culture in high school, but couldn’t summon the interest. Simply doing what his peers did wasn’t appealing, so he turned to skateboarding....
Federal changes are having a ripple effect at museums across New York. Funding cuts have impacted many organizations. Many museums rely on grants and donations from the public and without that money, it can be difficult to move forward with big projects, because every dollar counts....
Claymania at the Everson Museum of Art! The Everson is proud to host a spring and summer dedicated to clay and ceramics with several new exhibitions and events inside the Museum and at the Community Plaza, adjacent to the Museum’s north side, on State Street, directly across from the Oncenter....
Everson Director and CEO Elizabeth Dunbar appeared on Syracuse's WSYR-Ch. 9...
The Everson Museum of Art is excited to announce their partnership with well-known Syracuse-based restaurateurs Drēmer Restaurant Group, who will be operating its new café Louise—a unique and interactive dining experience inside the Museum. Louise is scheduled to open in late spring 2024....
February 27 is International Polar Bear Day. "The Day was created by Polar Bears International to coincide with the period when polar bear moms and cubs are snug in their dens. As part of the celebration, PBI focuses on the need to protect denning families across the Arctic. Denning is the most vulnerable time in a polar bear’s life. And in a warming Arctic, where polar bears face enormous challenges, the survival of every single cub is critically important. Eco-videographer Janet Biggs traveled...
Although Svalbard may be a long 3,000 miles from Syracuse, it’s closer than you think! The Everson Museum of Art, in downtown Syracuse, is proud to present the opening of its latest exhibition, Janet Biggs: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape, on view February 10, 2024-May 12, 2024, with an Opening Night Reception at the Everson on February 9, 2024....
Thursday, February 1, 2024, 8:00pm on WCNY-TV. J. Daniel Pluff visited the Everson Museum of Art on December 14, 2023, to interview Museum Director and CEO Elizabeth Dunbar for WCNY's On the Money program. The interview was conducted in the Pepe Mar: Clay Garden gallery, and during the Festival of Trees & Light....
The Everson Museum of Art welcomed seven new Trustees to the Everson Board on January 1, 2024. These individuals, according to Everson Director & CEO Elizabeth Dunbar, “bring unique community and professional experiences that complement our existing Board leadership skills and expertise. Board Chair Heather Schroeder and I are excited to work with our new class of Trustees as we begin developing a new strategic plan for Central New York’s premiere arts organization.” Everson Board members serve ...
It is with great sadness that the Everson has learned of the recent passing of Juan Cruz, a beloved artist and member of our community for more than fifty years. It is no secret that Juan’s early life was marked by violence. In 1960, he was convicted for a shooting during a gang fight, and was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison. In 1968, while serving time in Auburn Prison (now the Auburn Correctional Facility), Juan’s life was forever changed....
The Central New York Artist Initiative builds upon the Everson Museum of Art’s ongoing support of the region’s vibrant arts community. Launched in January 2022, the Everson CNY Artist Initiative is a competitive program that highlights the multi-faceted talents of regional artists. Each year, Everson curators select artists to display their work in solo exhibitions at the Museum. Selections are based on the innovative quality of the work, how the work aligns with the Museum mission, and its rele...
