Dan Shanahan: Scenes of Syracuse

Dan Shanahan’s paintings highlight the quiet beauty found in everyday scenes of city life. The watercolors, which Shanahan paints en plein air and on location, depict residential and downtown city streets. While Shanahan’s paintings are mostly devoid of people, they teem with evidence of a small but bustling city: cars line the roads, and businesses prosper along downtown city blocks. Featuring renderings of popular locations, including Armory Square, Franklin Square, and the Westcott and University neighborhoods, Scenes of Syracuse is a love letter to our distinctive urban environment.

Shanahan is a selected artist from the Everson’s CNY Artist Initiative, a competitive program that highlights the multi-faceted talents of artists living in Central New York.

Everson CNY Artist Initiative made possible with support from Terry and Bill Delavan.

Curious Vessels: The Rosenfield Collection

On View March 12—October 23, 2022

Louise Rosenfield is among the most avid pottery collectors in the United States. Over the past thirty years, she has amassed a collection of more than 4,000 pieces of functional pottery from artists across the globe. Her ambition for her collection has always been clear—instead of donating work to a museum, she would rather donate it to a restaurant, where patrons could enjoy the work as originally intended.

Curious Vessels is a celebration of both Rosenfield’s eclectic taste and her unrivaled generosity. Museum visitors will be able to touch many of the pieces in this exhibition while watching videos of Rosenfield and notable potters from the collection pointing out details of the work. After viewing the exhibition, viewers are invited to become participants and collaborators by eating a meal in the Everson’s innovative new café, Louise, which is entirely stocked with functional vessels from the Rosenfield Collection.

Brooks Oliver, Squiggle, 2015, Porcelain, 8 x 16 x 16 inches, Courtesy of the Rosenfield Collection

EVOLUTIONS

3 commissioned works & an Israel prize winner- Ryan Carter* (b. 1980) Floating Points, 2nd perf.; Sean O’Loughlin* (b. 1972) Pointillism PREMIERE; Natalie Draper* (b. 1985), Evolutions PREMIERE; Alexandros Darna+ (b. 1998) ; SOCIETY PLAYERS bring these works to life!

Minnaloushe was inspired by the poem The Cat and the Moon by William Butler Yeats. Overall, the poem considers how change affects our lives and whether or not change brings a desired effect.

* = SNM commissioned composer; + = Israel winner