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...
Object of the Week: An Unselfish Articulation of Form by Nakamura Kimpei
Nakamura Kimpei (b 1935) has a strong family connection to ceramics reaching back to the Meiji era. Born in the town of Kanazawa, which is best known for its sixteenth-century castle for feudal lords of...
Remembering Ronald Kuchta, 1935-2020
Remembering Ronald Kuchta, 1935-2020 Posted on: 2020-12-11 11:42:13 Share: It is with great sadness that the Everson Museum of Art acknowledges the passing of former director Ronald Kuchta, who passed away peacefully on November 22,...
Object of the Week: Cake Walk by Kate Gilmore
Object of the Week: Cake Walk by Kate Gilmore Posted on: 2020-12-04 10:11:23 Share: Kate Gilmore (b. 1975) is a multidisciplinary artist specializing in installation, sculpture, performance, and video art. Born in Washington D.C., Gilmore...