Object of the Week: Tea Temple Teapot by Mara Superior
Object of the Week: Tea Temple Teapot by Mara Superior Posted on: 2020-09-14 09:58:08 Share: Mara Superior (b. 1951) wields her knowledge of art history and historical decorative traditions to engage with the present day...
Object of the Week: Pigeon by Barry Anderson
Object of the Week: Pigeon by Barry Anderson Posted on: 2020-09-04 10:02:42 Share: Barry Anderson (b. 1969) was born in Greenville, Texas. He grew up in East Texas and in 1991 received his BFA from...
Object of the Week: Bowl by Edwin Scheier
Object of the Week: Bowl by Edwin Scheier Posted on: 2020-08-21 10:30:10 Share: Edwin Scheier (1910-2008) was born in the Bronx, the youngest son of two German immigrants. To supplement his family’s income, Scheier left...
Object of the Week: Innocent City by Kenneth Dierck
Object of the Week: Innocent City by Kenneth Dierck Posted on: 2020-08-14 10:01:54 Share: Kenneth Dierck (1927-2012) was a printmaker and ceramist born in Tacoma, Washington, known for his whimsical and figural works with a...
From the Archives: 1916 Installation Photographs
From the Archives: 1916 Installation Photographs Posted on: 2020-08-07 10:49:10 Share: The Everson Museum of Art has had several homes throughout its history. The Museum, which began as the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts in...
Object of the Week: Ridge by Frank Goodnow
Object of the Week: Ridge by Frank Goodnow Posted on: 2020-07-31 11:39:53 Share: Frank Goodnow (1923-2004) was born in Evanston, Illinois, and first studied art in Chicago at the now-closed Frederic Mizen Academy of Art...
Object of the Week: Casserole Dish by Glidden Parker
Object of the Week: Casserole Dish by Glidden Parker Posted on: 2020-07-24 09:57:49 Share: Born and raised in Maine, Glidden Parker (1913-1980) began his studies at Bates College in order to become a writer. He...
Object of the Week: The Potter’s Studio by Walter Griffin
Object of the Week: The Potter’s Studio by Walter Griffin Posted on: 2020-07-17 17:20:41 Share: Born in Portland, Maine, Walter Parson Shaw Griffin (1861-1935) was an American landscape painter. Griffin studied painting in Boston, and...
Object of the Week: Refrigerator Pitchers by Hall China Company
Object of the Week: Refrigerator Pitchers by Hall China Company Posted on: 2020-07-10 13:54:10 Share: Given that the Great Depression caused a worldwide economic downturn that specifically ravaged the United States, it may be surprising...
From the Archives: Ceramics at the Golden Gate International Exposition
From the Archives: Ceramics at the Golden Gate International Exposition Posted on: 2020-06-26 08:50:56 Share: A few weeks ago, we shared a blog post about a painting by Beatrice Wose-Smith in the collection of the...
Object of the Week: Where My Dream At? by Mildred Beltré
Object of the Week: Where My Dream At? by Mildred Beltré Posted on: 2020-06-22 09:30:16 Share: Humorous and sly, Mildred Beltré's (b. New York, NY, 1969) Where My Dream At? presents an everyday domestic object...
Object of the Week: Plate by Maria Martinez
Object of the Week: Plate by Maria Martinez Posted on: 2020-06-12 10:32:29 Share: Maria Montoya Martinez (1887-1980) was a celebrated potter from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. Maria was an active ceramist when modernism was...