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Richard Buswell was born in Helena, Montana in January 1945, a fourth-generation Montanan. His parents, Howard and Agatha Buswell, were avid adventurers and hikers, who would take young Richard on trips to abandoned locales throughout Montana. These early explorations instilled an interest in the ruins and remnants of “ghost towns,” a subject he eventually revisited in his photography. Read More

Pioneering intermedia artist Tony Martin passed away on March 24 at the age of eighty-three. With its early focus on collecting and showing video, digital, and intermedia art, the Everson is fortunate to have had a long history with Martin, which includes The Well, his breakthrough work, as a beloved part of the Museum’s permanent collection. The Well, which traveled the United States in 2015’s acclaimed Hippie Modernism exhibition, was created in 1967 after Martin took up a position as a visiting artist at NYU’s newly formed Intermedia department. Read More

Pete Turner (1934-2017) was born in Albany, New York. The only son of a Canadian touring bandleader and a stay-at-home mom, Turner discovered his passion for photography as a young boy. By fourteen he had already began to experiment with color film and developed a deep interest in color hues and saturation. “I remember going to the art supply store as a kid and looking at watercolor paint boxes and thinking, ‘These are beautiful,’” Turner recalled. The pairings of saturated colors and tones became a common theme that Turner returned to in his photography throughout his career. Read More

Todd Hido (b. 1968) grew up in Kent, Ohio, a city known for the tragic slaying of four university students by the Ohio National Guard on May 4, 1970. While Hido has not lived in Ohio since 1989, his haunting photographs provoke feelings of lost promise emblematic of his infamous childhood town. But the long shadow cast by the Kent State shootings only amplified Hido’s personal challenges growing up in his rustbelt home. "Let's just say I had a difficult childhood," Hido said about growing up in Kent, Ohio. Read More

Sharif Bey (b. 1974) has called Syracuse home since he accepted a position as a professor in Syracuse University’s Art Education department. During that time, his roots in Central New York have grown deep as he raised his family and became a valuable part of Syracuse’s social fabric. Bey is unique among ceramic artists for the many facets of his art practice. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Bey began learning pottery as a teenager at the Manchester Craftsman’s Guild, an educational nonprofit founded by legendary African-American potter Bill Strickland. Read More