Object of the Week: Shu To by Itsue Ito
Itsue Ito is a contemporary Japanese ceramist known for her experimental approach to traditional Japanese stoneware. She began her study of ceramics and sculpture in the 1970s and 1980s....
Reintroducing the Everson Museum of Art
Welcome to the Everson Museum of Art’s newly redesigned website and brand identity. We are incredibly excited to provide visitors with an enhanced user experience that allows us to better engage with everyone in our...
Object of the Week: Inner Landscape by Miyashita Zenji
Miyashita Zenji (1939-2012) was born into a family well known for their work in ceramics. While his family had a long history working with clay, Miyashita’s early years were dominated by works made by his...
From the Archives: Fourth Ceramic National Exhibition
In 1932, Anna Wetherill Olmsted, director of the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts (today the Everson Museum), established the first annual Robineau Memorial Ceramic Exhibition...
Object of the Week: Cabin Interior by Richard Buswell
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...
Remembering Tony Martin
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...
Object of the Week: Blue Walls and Light by Pete Turner
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...
Object of the Week: Untitled #2736 by Todd Hido
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....
Recent Acquisition: Protest Shield #2 by Sharif Bey
SYRACUSE, NY (February 10, 2021): 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...
Object of the Week: The Boxer by Vanessa German
Vanessa German (b. 1976) is a visual and performance artist and activist based in Homewood, a neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Self-described as a “citizen artist,” German creates work that explores the transformative capabilities of art...
Meet the Artist: 5 Questions with Lacey McKinney
Lacey McKinney: Reconfiguration is currently on view at the Everson. In her paintings, collages, and cyanotypes, McKinney explores the power of images to construct—and subvert—identity. Her work draws upon the theories of embodiment and feminism,...
Object of the Week: Package-73 by Mishima Kimiyo
Object of the Week: Package-73 by Mishima Kimiyo Posted on: 2021-01-22 11:57:12 Share: Mishima Kimiyo (b. 1932) is a prolific contemporary, sculptural ceramist currently living and working in Osaka, Japan. She is known for her...