Clayscapes

When he was in college in the 1970s, Syracuse artist and entrepreneur Don Seymour named a series of ceramic landscape sculptures Clayscapes. This hybrid word, with roots in both the earth and the ceramic community that is built around shaping it, felt so powerful that when he founded his ceramic supply business in 1982, he also named it Clayscapes.

This exhibition pays tribute to the powerful connection between artists and the world around them. From the large-scale pastoral sculptures of Robert Arneson to the diminutive cityscapes of Lidya Buzio, the Everson’s ceramic collection is filled with work that documents the joys and sorrows of humankind’s relationship with the Earth.