FOR ARTISTS. FOR COMMUNITY. FOR EVERYONE.
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UPDATED MUSEUM HOURS: Thursday – Sunday: Noon to 5:00pm. Every Third Thursday: Noon to 8:00pm. Special hours for members and high-risk individuals: Saturday: 10:00am – Noon.
ADMISSION: FREE: Everson Members, Children 12 & Under, Military (with ID), $8 Adults, $6 Seniors (65+), $6 Students (with ID), $1 with EBT/NY Benefits card, FREE Admission: Every Third Thursday from 5:00 – 8:00pm
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The Everson honors the life of a devoted patron, supporter of the arts, and all-around wonderful person, Noreen Falcone. Noreen passed away on February 6, 2021, at nearly 84 years old. She was an honorary lifetime Board Member at the Everson and served on the New York State Council on the Arts Board.
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This week at the Everson! |
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MONDAY!
Happy #MugshotMonday everybody! As you might already know, the Everson’s reputation in the ceramics world is founded in part on our collection of works from our Ceramic National exhibitions, which spanned the years 1932-1972. In those four decades, the prestigious Nationals also actively promoted the field of enameling, a close sibling of ceramics. If you need a bit of floss & gloss this Monday, bask in the glory of this 1958 award winner from the Ceramic Nationals by German metalworker Ragna Sperschneider. Sperschneider crafted this cup from bronze, then applied a patina of gold, along with the enamel, using the ancient champlevé technique, in which areas are carved out of the cup before the enamel is applied. If you’d like to learn more about champlevé enameling, check out this video from the Victoria and Albert Museum (@vamuseum).
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TUESDAY!
We continue our look back at groundbreaking artists this Black History Month by highlighting the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose art made a significant impact though his life was cut far too short. Basquiat’s piece 3 Heads, seen here, was gifted to the Everson by Henry Geldzahler.
“Before Brooklyn native Jean-Michel Basquiat became a world-renowned Neo-Expressionist painter, he was tagging subway trains under the graffiti artist name "SAMO." After his art was featured in a group exhibit, the right people began to take notice. From there Basquiat's painting career took off, which included works displaying his crown motif, a celebration of Black power. He also used social dichotomies, appropriated text and images, and included historical elements in his paintings to express contemporary criticisms. Beginning in the mid-1980s, he began collaborating with the likes of Andy Warhol, and within a short time, a Basquiat original was selling for $50,000 apiece. But as his fame took him to new heights, so did his addiction to drugs. At 27 he died of a heroin overdose.” (Bio information provided by Eudie Pak on Biography.com)
Jean-Michel Basquiat, 3 Heads, 1982, Crayon on paper, 32¼ x 63¾ inches, Everson Museum of Art; Gift of Henry Geldzahler, 85.84.2
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WEDNESDAY!
Wednesday, February 24, 7:00-8:00pm
$8 Members | $10 Non-Members
*You MUST pre-register to receive the Zoom link to participate
Brought to you in collaboration with The Zen Center of Syracuse, Rev. Sherry Chayat, a Zen Master and writer on the arts, will lead us in a period of silent meditation, following the breath as it flows from moment to moment, letting us enter into a relaxed state of awareness and discovery. Inspired by the Everson’s current exhibition The Floating Bridge, this practice will focus on accessing our own creativity, being present, and letting go of our fears. Read more about Rev. Sherry Chayat.
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THURSDAY!
Before the murder of George Floyd and the Covid-19 pandemic rocked 2020, the Syracuse University campus was roiled by protests about systemic racism and representation. The crystallization of the Black Lives Matter movement propelled Bey to add overt protest imagery to a series of ceramic shields featuring faces derived from African sculptures surrounded by embedded nails that referenced nkisi nkondi figures from the Congo Basin whose power is activated through hammering nails into them. Protest Shield #2 brings together elements from Bey’s previous works, including Black portraiture and body adornment, but is updated to reference the Black Lives Matter movement through a row of raised fists that form the figure’s crown. Protest Shield #2 will make its debut at the Everson in the exhibition Who What When Where, which opens on April 10, 2021. Click HERE to read more.
Image credit: Sharif Bey, Protest Shield #2, 2020, earthenware, nails, and mixed media, 20 x 20 x 12 inches, Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2020.14. Photo credit: Jamie Young.
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FRIDAY!
Closes February 28
Using portraiture as her point of departure, Lacey McKinney examines themes of identity and embodiment through the human face and figure. Painting with acrylic and oil, she merges multiple faces into one composition—blurring together moments in time. Calling attention to our shifting identities and challenging the history of genre portraiture, McKinney questions how much information can be gleaned from a single portrait.
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SATURDAY!
Class available online via Zoom
Saturday, February 27
10:00am–11:15am
$8 Members | $10 Non-Members
Purchase all 4-weeks at a discount $28.80 Members | $36 Non-Members
*You must pre-register for class no later than 24-hours before the class.
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Be sure to check out our other offerings! |
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Every Sunday through March 28
2:00-3:00pm, On Zoom
$12 Members | $15 Non-Members per child per week
Pre-registration required by Thursday of each week to participate
Warm up with fun for the whole family this winter with the Everson. Every Sunday, enjoy a different art-making activity inspired by exhibitions and works from the collection. Kits will be available for pick up at the Museum each week.
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February 4 – April 3, 2021
Thursday – Saturday | Dusk – 11:00pm
Light Work UVP | Everson Museum Plaza
Light Work’s Urban Video Project (UVP) program is pleased to present What Happened, a group show featuring the work of Luis Arnias, Simon Liu, and Zhou Tao that takes us on a tour of ambivalent landscapes in which it isn’t clear what already has or is about to happen, or even whether we find ourselves before, after, or during the event. Are we in a terrain of the mundane or the extraordinary? Autonomy or oppression? Recovery or impending disaster?
Image: Installation view of Luis Arnias’ Terror Has No Shape at Light Work UVP on the Everson Plaza
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During the month of February, participating Delicious Downtown Deal restaurants will be including museum passes with dine in or carry out orders! Bring your pass to any ONE of these Downtown Syracuse Museums and receive the deals listed on the card. Head to downtownsyracuse.com for a list of participating restaurants and their delicious deals.
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EVERSON MUSEUM OF ART MISSION STATEMENT
Through dynamic and meaningful encounters with modern and contemporary American art, the Everson Museum of Art engages diverse communities, inspires curiosity and lifelong learning, and contributes
to a more vital and inclusive society.
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