The Everson Museum
Object of the Week: Sunrise, Grand Canal, Venice by John C. Johansen
Nov 20, 2019, 6:50 AM
John C. Johansen (1876-1964) was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, and moved to Chicago with his parents when he was one year old. In 1890, at the age of fourteen, Johansen began studying with Frank Duveneck, an American portrait painter. He showed enough talent to enroll at the Art Institute of Chicago, which he graduated from with honors in 1898. After graduating, Johansen embarked on a trip to Paris, where he briefly studied at the Academie Julian, a notable school of painting and sculpture. He returned to the United States in 1900 and enrolled in the Art Students League in New York City, studying there for three years. Read More
Object of the Week: Vase by Rick Dillingham
Nov 5, 2019, 12:14 PM
Rick Dillingham (1952-1994) was born in Lake Forest, Illinois, and moved to California as a child, where he attended high school and junior college. In 1974, he received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, and he completed his Master of Fine Arts degree at Claremont Graduate School at Scripps College in Claremont, California in 1976. Dillingham then returned to New Mexico, settling in Santa Fe, where he spent the remainder of his life working as an artist, dealer of Native American pottery, curator, and author. Read More
From the Archives: The Everson Opens in October 1968
Oct 28, 2019, 6:17 AM
Fifty-one years ago, on October 27, 1968, the Everson Museum of Art officially opened to the public after two and a half years of construction and three back-to-back days of special events. Opening weekend began on October 25 with a building dedication dinner and celebration of the Museum’s inaugural exhibitions. Guests explored the exhibitions Selections from the Collection of Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, Artists of New York State, and Traditional American Painting, before sitting down to dinner in the lower level gallery that today is dedicated to the display of ceramics. Read More
From the Archives: Jack Nelson at the Everson in 1971
Oct 11, 2019, 4:39 AM
On December 21, 1971, Jack Nelson opened at the Everson Museum of Art. The exhibition featured fifty-seven assemblage and mixed media sculptures by the artist, who taught design at Syracuse University. Read More
Object of the Week: Bamboo and Blossoms by Steven Young Lee
Oct 7, 2019, 5:43 AM
Steven Young Lee (b. 1975) grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and his Master of Fine Arts in ceramics from Alfred University in Alfred, New York. Today Lee is the Resident Artistic Director of the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Helena, Montana, a position he has held since 2006. Read More