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Downtown Committee Signature Events
Recurring Events
Roberta Griffith: Trophies
For 42 years, Roberta Griffith served as a professor of ceramics and drawing at Hartwick College, cementing her status as a Central New York legend. Griffith now splits her time between Upstate New York and Kaua’i, Hawai’i.
After receiving her Master’s degree from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 1962, Griffith was awarded a Fulbright grant that took her to Spain to study with ceramist Josep Llorens i Artigas, who was then at the height of a 30-year collaboration with painter Joan Miró. Griffith returned to the United States in 1964 and has always retained ties to Surrealism and abstraction.
In 1971, Griffith produced Trophies, a body of work combining inverted stoneware vessels with ethereal constellations of feathers to evoke both body adornments and undersea organisms. While Griffith’s Trophies are in tune with 1970s aesthetics, they also challenged the orthodoxy of a field dominated by men.
More than 50 years later, this exhibition celebrates Griffith’s work for its bold innovation and continuing ability to shock, surprise, and delight.
| Date | 9/21/2023 |
| Multiple Times | Wednesday: 11:00am – 5:00pm |
| Runs | 9/09/2023 - 12/31/2023 |
| Cost | Museum Admission- check Everson.org for details |
| Contact Phone | 315-474-6064 |
| Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |
Pick & Mix
On View April 29, 2023 - October 1, 2023
As the Everson prepares to renovate an incredible new storage area for its ceramics collection with hi-tech space saver technology, the ceramics gallery will serve double duty as Museum staff unpack and sort collection treasures.
To stay flexible and nimble, the ceramics gallery will present Pick & Mix, four small exhibitions centered on art pottery, new acquisitions, and more. Pick & Mix will present a variety of sweet and unexpected treats as the Museum builds toward the future.
| Date | 9/21/2023 |
| Multiple Times | Wednesday: 11:00am – 5:00pm |
| Runs | 4/29/2023 - 10/01/2023 |
| Cost | Museum Admission- check Everson.org for details |
| Contact Phone | 315-474-6064 |
| Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |
Off the Rack
On view June 2-December 31, 2023
Off the Rack is the happy by-product of a major renovation of the Everson's on-site art storage. As hundreds of paintings and framed works are displaced from their racks while renovations take place, the public has an unprecedented opportunity to view objects that have been in deep storage for years, never-before-seen recent acquisitions, and some perennial favorites—all hung together salon-style in our exhibition galleries. This smorgasbord of paintings and works on paper showcases the breadth and depth of the Museum's collections and provides a glimpse into the world of collections management and care.
Jonas Lie
The Black Teapot, 1911
Oil on canvas, 35 x 42 inches
Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, 13.121
| Date | 9/21/2023 |
| Multiple Times | Museum Hours |
| Runs | 6/03/2023 - 12/31/2023 |
| Cost | Museum Admission- check Everson.org for details |
| Contact Phone | 315-474-6064 |
| Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |
A Little Bit of Syracuse
Drawing on the visual narrative techniques of Japanese graphic novels and traditional Chinese landscape painting, students in the Syracuse University School of Architecture developed A Little Bit of Syracuse, an artistic tableau of the city.
Consisting of an eighty-foot scroll drawing and eighty hand-made models of local buildings, the exhibition is a narrative study of the often-overlooked structures that form the backdrop of everyday life in Syracuse. Under the direction of visiting studio professors Li Han and Hu Yan, principals of acclaimed Beijing-based Drawing Architecture Studio, ten students explored the city, each selecting eight normal, unremarkable buildings—coffee shops, laundromats, residences, etc.—to use as architectural elements in their visual narrative of the city.
Those familiar with Syracuse will immediately recognize many, if not all, the building models—the Dunkin Donuts drive-through, CNY Jazz Central, the Byrne Dairy Deli and Convenience Store.
These and other familiar structures can also be identified in the Syracuse cityscape depicted in the eighty-foot scroll drawing, which stitches together each building into a visual story that is at once both realistic and abstract, familiar and unfamiliar.
This is a project in conjunction with Syracuse University School of Architecture.
| Date/Time | 9/21/2023 (All day) |
| Runs | 9/16/2023 - 12/31/2023 |
| Cost | Museum Admission- check Everson.org for details |
| Contact Phone | 315-474-6064 |
| Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |
Food Truck Fridays
Fridays, April 21–September 29, 11:00am–2:00pm
Stop by the Everson Community Plaza each Friday during the summer to enjoy food truck fare, live music, and art! Visit streetfoodfinder.com/eversonmuseum to order ahead from select trucks. In partnership with the Syracuse Food Truck Association.
| Date/Time | 9/22/2023 11:00 AM |
| Runs | 4/21/2023 - 9/29/2023 |
| Cost | Free |
| Contact Phone | 315-474-6064 |
| Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |
MEAN GIRLS
Direct from Broadway, MEAN GIRLS is the hilarious hit musical from an award-winning creative team, including book writer TINA FEY (“30 Rock), composer JEFF RICHMOND (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”), lyricist NELL BENJAMIN (Legally Blonde) and director CASEY NICHOLAW (The Book of Mormon).
Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. Soon, this naïve newbie falls prey to a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady devises a plan to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a Queen Bee without getting stung. New York Magazine cheers, “MEAN GIRLS delivers with immense energy, a wicked sense of humor, and joyful inside-jokery.” USA Today says, “We’ll let you in on a little secret because we’re such good friends: GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!”
Run time: 2 hours and 45 minutes with a 15-minute intermission.
Age recommendation: 10+
| Date | 9/26/2023 |
| Multiple Times | September 26 at 7:30PM |
| Runs | 9/26/2023 - 9/30/2023 |
| Contact Phone | 315-254-8702 |
| Contact Email | amasters@landmarktheatre.org |
| Venue | Landmark Theatre 362 S. Salina St. Syracuse, NY 13202 |
Intro to Digital Illustration – Using Procreate for the iPad
6:00–8:00pm
Thursday, October 5 and 12, 2023
$48 Member | $60 Non-Member
Join us for this two-part course, for a general introduction to Procreate, a popular digital drawing software used on the iPad by many contemporary artists. The course will take students through sketching techniques that will provide the tools to explore Procreate and streamline the sketch-to-final process of any digital artwork they seek to create. Using Procreate techniques and tools, students will complete the sketch process for a small spot-sized custom sticker illustration and begin to explore basic color palettes to apply to the sketch. Students will explore basic technical concepts such as layers, creating and coloring linework, importing reference photos in Procreate, and more concepts students can use to take their work into the digital world.
The Everson can provide the iPad, Apple Pencil, and Procreate software for the class. Students are also welcome to bring in their own.
Visit everson.org/classes-list to register now.
| Date/Time | 10/05/2023 6:00 PM |
| Runs | 10/05/2023 - 10/12/2023 |
| Cost | $48 Member | $60 Non-Member |
| Contact Phone | 315-474-6064 |
| Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |
Disney’s ALADDIN
Discover a whole new world at Disney’s ALADDIN, the hit Broadway musical. From the producer of The Lion King comes the timeless story of ALADDIN, a thrilling new production filled with unforgettable beauty, magic, comedy, and breathtaking spectacle. It’s an extraordinary theatrical event where one lamp and three wishes make the possibilities infinite.
Hailed by USA Today as “Pure Genie-Us,” ALADDIN features all your favorite songs from the film as well as new music written by Tony® and Academy Award® winner Alan Menken (Newsies) with lyrics penned by the legendary Howard Ashman (Beauty and the Beast), Tony Award winner Tim Rice (The Lion King, Aida), and book writer Chad Beguelin (The Wedding Singer).
Directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Casey Nicholaw (The Book of Mormon, Something Rotten!), this “Fabulous” and “Extravagant” (The New York Times) new musical boasts an incomparable design team, with sets, costumes, and lighting from Tony Award winners Bob Crowley (Mary Poppins), Gregg Barnes (Kinky Boots), and Natasha Katz (An American in Paris). See why audiences and critics agree, ALADDIN is “Exactly What You Wish For!” (NBC-TV).
Disney on Broadway performances are recommended for a general audience. As an advisory to adults who might bring young people, Disney recommends its productions for ages 6 and up. All guests entering the theater, regardless of age, must have a ticket.
Run time: 2 hours and 30 minutes with a 20-minute intermission.
| Date | 11/07/2023 |
| Multiple Times | November 8 at 7:30PM |
| Runs | 11/08/2023 - 11/12/2023 |
| Contact Phone | 315-475-7979 |
| Contact Email | info@landmarktheatre.org |
| Venue | Landmark Theatre 362 S. Salina St. Syracuse, NY 13202 |
