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Recurring Events
Jewels from the Fire: 20th Century Enamels
On view February 10-April 28, 2024
Due to the use of similar materials and processes, enamels share a close relationship with ceramics. Rather than working on clay surfaces, enamellists work on metal, creating everything from functional jewelry and dinnerware to wall-mounted panels. The pigments used in the process of enameling, known as enamels, behave similarly to ceramic glazes. Made up of mineral pigments and a glassy powder called frit, enamels can be painted as a liquid or sifted and sprinkled onto a surface while dry. The enameled metal is then placed in a kiln at temperatures ranging from 1400°F to 1650°F. After cooling, artists often add and fire additional layers of enamel, which creates seductive, jewel-like surfaces.
The Everson Museum houses a significant collection of enamels by artists like Ellamarie and Jackson Wooley, June Schwarcz, and Edward H. Winter, and several leading ceramists like Gertrud and Otto Natzler and Carleton Ball also worked in enamel. Many venues that showed ceramics also championed enamels, including the Everson’s Ceramic National exhibitions. After waning in popularity in the mid-20th century, enamels are experiencing a comeback thanks to new technologies and the proliferation of community studios and makerspaces that provide shared equipment and knowledge.
Date | 4/25/2024 |
Multiple Times | Monday: Closed |
Runs | 2/10/2024 - 4/28/2024 |
Cost | Museum Admission- see everson.org for details |
Contact Phone | 315-474-6064 |
Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison Street Syracuse, NY |
A DIY CANDLE EXPERIENCE - COME MAKE YOUR OWN CUSTOM FRAGRANCE!
191 WALTON STREET, SYRACUSE NY 13202
CAMP is your one – stop destination for all your candle needs! We are a retail shop that allows customers to design and create their own custom candle with our variety of seasonal scents, curated jars, and accessories. Our knowledgeable Fragrance experts are always on hand to guide you through the process of creating your own unique blend, from initial scent selection to final creation. Camp is the perfect place to relax and unwind, whether individually or with a small group, all are welcomed. With handmade candles, USA sourced materials, and a cozy atmosphere, we offer a unique experience designed to soothe the soul while connecting locally. Ignite your happy place at CAMP Candle Bar.
Date | 4/25/2024 |
Multiple Times | Monday + Tuesday : Closed |
Runs | 1/24/2024 - 8/31/2024 |
Cost | $45.00 + tax |
Contact Phone | (680) 322-7406 |
Contact Email | hello@campcandlebar.com |
Venue | Armory Square Armory Square Syracuse, NY 13202 |
Off the Rack
On view through May 5, 2024
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 | 4/25/2024 |
Multiple Times | Museum Hours |
Runs | 1/03/2024 - 5/05/2024 |
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 |
Sana Musasama: Returning to Ourselves
On view February 3, 2024-April 28, 2024
Throughout her career, Brooklyn-based artist Sana Musasama has drawn inspiration from travel and research into global cultures. Returning to Ourselves centers around a series of dolls that Musasama produced that mirror African-American topsy turvy dolls containing a white doll whose skirt can be flipped up to transform it into a Black doll. Musasama uses this formal structure to juxtapose different figures drawn from the global Black diaspora. Returning to Ourselves is rounded out by a series of ceramic houses Musasama began early in her career but returned to during the pandemic to combat looming depression.
Sana Musasama
Topsy Turvy Doll, 2022
Date | 4/25/2024 |
Multiple Times | Monday: Closed |
Runs | 2/03/2024 - 4/28/2024 |
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 |
Janet Biggs: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape
On view February 10, 2024-May 12, 2024
In 2009 and 2010, Janet Biggs traveled to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard with a crew of artists and scientists to document the changing Arctic landscape. As the subject of centuries of exploration, the Arctic was once seen as indifferent to human enterprise, so vast and inhospitable as to be immune to any imposition. Today, scientists expect climate change to leave Arctic summers ice-free as early as the next decade, and Svalbard, located halfway between Europe and the North Pole, finds itself at the epicenter of this metamorphoses. Using footage compiled on her voyages north, Biggs explores this history and the alarming consequences of human enterprise in three videos: Warning Shot (2016), Brightness All Around (2011), and Fade to White (2010). Shown together, these works are a clarion call for a heroic landscape that will completely transform within our lifetimes.
Janet Biggs: Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape is organized by the Barry Lopez Foundation for Art & Environment. Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Barry Lopez Foundation works with contemporary artists to organize exhibitions addressing climate change, biodiversity, habitat loss, and our relationship with the land in a time of environmental crisis.
Janet Biggs
Fade to White (video still), 2010
Single-channel HD video with sound, 16×9 format, running time 12:28
Courtesy the artist and Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York
Date | 4/25/2024 |
Multiple Times | Monday: Closed |
Runs | 2/10/2024 - 5/12/2024 |
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 Claytacular Spring Camp (Ages 7-12)
April 22–26, 2024
9:00am–4:00pm
$244 Members | $305 Non-Members
Ages: 7-12
Everson Museum of Art
Get ready to be totally immersed in the world of clay at our “Claytacular” Spring Camp at the Everson Museum of Art! Surrounded by the Museum’s unparalleled ceramics collection, campers will delve into sculpting, hand-building, wheel-throwing, and glazing techniques.
Outside of the classroom, campers will enjoy curated tours, scavenger hunts, improv games, and more, fostering friendships and fun.
Join us for a week of creativity and exploration at Syracuse’s cultural hub, the Everson Museum of Art!
Visit Everson.org/classes-list to register now.
Date/Time | 4/25/2024 9:00 AM |
Runs | 4/22/2024 - 4/26/2024 |
Cost | $244 Members | $305 Non-Members |
Contact Phone | 315-474-6064 |
Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |
Salty Spring Poets Club
Salty Spring Poets Club
$68 Members | $85 Non-Members
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Sign up at any time!
Dates: March: 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th | April: 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th | May: 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd
"Poetry is language at its most distilled and powerful." -Rita Dove
In this first four-week installment of Salty Spring Poets Club, we will pour language into classical poetic forms. What can forms like the sonnet and haiku teach us about calibrating language with power and intentionality? How does the prose poem emerge as a tool for breaking the rules and sequencing images? Each session, we will investigate a handful of poems written by contemporary poets and write our own poems in conversation with form and immediate environment.
Using the Everson’s permanent collection and rotating exhibitions, we will write in response to visual artworks relevant to our desires and interests. Sessions will prioritize generative writing and supportive, encouraging feedback. At the end of the month, we will perform for our loved ones and peers, coming away with a portfolio of four or more carefully crafted poems.
Instructor Bio:
Misha Tentser is the Arizona-born son of Ukrainian immigrants. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Crosswinds Poetry Journal, Sonora Review, Terrain.org, and North American Review, where his poem "Half Kaddish" was a finalist for the 2023 James Hearst Poetry Prize. Misha is a community educator, translator, MFA candidate in Poetry at Syracuse University, and the author of the chapbook Born in the Wrong Desert (Mouthfeel Press, 2023).
Visit Everson.org/classes-list to register now.
Date/Time | 4/25/2024 6:00 PM |
Runs | 3/07/2024 - 5/23/2024 |
Cost | https://21573a.blackbaudhosting.com/21573a/Poet-Club-23May2024 |
Contact Phone | 315-474-6064 |
Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |
Food Truck Fridays
Fridays, April 26–October 11, 2024
11:00am–2:00pmLive Music, Every Other Friday
Stop by the Everson Community Plaza each Friday during the summer to enjoy food truck fare, live music, and art! In partnership with the Syracuse Food Truck Association.
Date/Time | 4/26/2024 11:00 AM |
Runs | 4/26/2024 - 10/11/2024 |
Contact Phone | 315-474-6064 |
Contact Email | jneuner@everson.org |
Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |
Saturday Community Programming
$10 per family to participate with Museum Admission!
Come join us for our Saturday drop-in art activities! Experience the Everson's engaging and interactive sessions, available every Saturday from February to May.
"Make & Take" from 10:30am –12:30pm
In this drop-in arts activity, children and families are invited to attend a clay forming session led by Everson staff and docents. Participants will be provided blocks of air-dry clay, sculpting tools, and creative guidance in an encouraging setting. Participants are also welcome to explore the museum after the activity, or even use pieces in the Everson’s permanent collection and rotating exhibitions as inspiration for their clay formations. Join us for a creative morning of communal artmaking.
Young Poets Club from 2:00pm – 4:00pm
Children aged 12-17 are invited to attend Young Poets Club—an encouraging creative writing community led by Everson staff and docents. Participants will generate stories and poems in response to pieces in the Everson’s permanent collection and rotating exhibitions, and learn about forms of creative writing relevant to their interests. Participants will also receive writing prompts and have the opportunity to perform their creations for their peers and families.
Date | 4/27/2024 |
Multiple Times | "Make & Take" from 10:30am –12:30pm |
Runs | 2/24/2024 - 5/25/2024 |
Cost | $10 per family to participate with Museum Admission! |
Contact Phone | 315-474-6064 |
Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |
Sketch and Tell (ages 12-17)
Saturday Afternoons
2:00-4:00pm
$20
Teenagers (12–17) are invited to attend Sketch and Tell—the first in a series of artmaking afternoons led by local artists and Everson staff. Participants will have the option to choose an analog or digital format: charcoal pencil and paper, or iPad and Procreate software.
We’ll provide guided studio time and instruction while participants dive deep into the Everson’s collection, exploring ceramics, sculptures, and paintings.
All ability levels are welcome and materials will be provided, though students are welcome to bring their own sketchbooks and pencils if they prefer.
Visit everson.org/classes-list to register now.
Date/Time | 4/27/2024 2:00 PM |
Runs | 3/02/2024 - 5/25/2024 |
Cost | $20 |
Contact Phone | 315-474-6064 |
Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |
BFA Exhibition, Part Two Reception Spring 2024
Every semester, students earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree prove their strengths, determination to their study, and ability to learn and improve by presenting a body of their best work.
For the first set of BFA candidates' work, the gallery is open for viewing from April 30th to May 10th, with a reception on May 3rd, 5-7 p.m. The campus is invited to come, support students, and see amazing artwork.
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday–Friday, 2–6 pm
Saturday & Sunday, 11 am-3 pm
Closed Monday, and when classes are not in session
Classes and groups may arrange after-hours visitation
Date | 4/30/2024 |
Multiple Times | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 2 to 6pm |
Runs | 4/30/2024 - 5/10/2024 |
Contact Email | mperch@oswego.edu |
Venue | Tyler Art Gallery @ SUNY Oswego 7060 Route 104 Oswego, NY 13126 315-312-2112 |
Walking & Talking Wednesdays: Historical Lunchtime Tours of Downtown Syracuse
Spanning from spring to fall, our Walking & Talking Wednesdays give you the chance to spend your mid-week lunch hour with Curator of History Robert Searing, listening to some local history as you get in a midday walk around town.
The tours will leave from OHA’s downtown museum at 321 Montgomery Street at 12:00 and end in Clinton Square. Each will last approximately 45-60 minutes and cover a wide array of topics, including abolition, architecture, general historical happenings, and some of the city’s lost historical treasures. Please arrive and check in at OHA’s front desk 10 minutes prior to the start of your tour.
Tour dates are 5/1, 5/15, 6/5, 6/26, 7/10, 7/24, 8/14, 8/28, 9/4, 9/18, 10/2, & 10/16
Each tour group is capped at 15 guests, so book your spot soon!
Date/Time | 5/01/2024 12:00 PM |
Runs | 5/01/2024 - 10/16/2024 |
Cost | $20 ($15 for members) |
Contact Phone | 315-428-1864 |
Contact Email | ohamuseum@cnyhistory.org |
Venue | Onondaga Historical Association Museum 321 Montgomery St. Syracuse, NY 13202 |
Godspell
Conceived and Originally Directed by JOHN MICHAEL TEBELAK
Music and New Lyrics by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
Originally Produced on the New York Stage by
EDGAR LANSBURY / STUART DUNCAN / JOSEPH BERUH
With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, the Broadway legend behind Wicked, and based on the Gospel of St. Matthew, Godspell is a modern imagining of the last days of Jesus. An eclectic blend of songs, ranging in style from pop to vaudeville, is employed as the story of Jesus' life dances across the stage. Often comedic and at times haunting, Godspell is a religious experience, a demonstration of joy, and a celebration of the family of man.
Friday, May 10 at 7:00 PMSaturday, May 11 at 2:00 PM and 7:00 PMSunday, May 12 at 2:00 PM**Thursday, May 16 at 7:00 PMFriday, May 17 at 7:00 PMSaturday, May 18 at 2:00 PM* and 7:00 PMSunday, May 19 at 2:00 PM
* ASL Available
** Talkback following performance
GODSPELL-2012 REVISED VERSION is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
Date | 5/10/2024 |
Multiple Times | Friday, May 10 at 7:00 PM |
Runs | 5/10/2024 - 5/19/2024 |
Cost | Visit Our Website |
Contact Phone | 315-362-2785 |
Contact Email | info@theredhouse.org |
Venue | Redhouse Arts Center 400 So. Salina St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-425-0405 |
Finding Nemo, Jr.
Syracuse Children's Theatre's production of Finding Nemo, Jr.
Date | 5/10/2024 |
Multiple Times | Friday, May 10th at 7:00PM (Pink Cast) |
Runs | 5/10/2024 - 5/18/2024 |
Cost | $19.50 each |
Contact Phone | 315-432-5437 |
Contact Email | todd@sctkids.com |
Venue | Carrier Theater at The Oncenter Civic Center Theaters 800 South State Street Syracuse, NY 13202 315-435-2121 |
Six: The Musical
From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over!
Date | 5/28/2024 |
Multiple Times | 5/28 - 7:30PM |
Runs | 5/28/2024 - 6/02/2024 |
Contact Phone | 315-475-7979 |
Contact Email | info@landmarktheatre.org |
Venue | Landmark Theatre 362 S. Salina St. Syracuse, NY 13202 |
EmbroiderED: Youth & Design Stitch Workshop
a 3-day hands-on educational initiative aimed at introducing the youth of the City of Syracuse to the art of custom embroidery and design. This project seeks to educate and Inspire, promote skill development, and empower future Entrepreneurs.
Date/Time | 5/31/2024 12:30 PM |
Runs | 5/31/2024 - 6/02/2024 |
Cost | 0.00 |
Contact Phone | 315-925-5569 |
Contact Email | customersupport@shopallthingsplush.com |
Venue | Commonspace 201 E Jefferson St Syracuse, NY 13202 800-674-3350 |
Juneteenth Inc
African American Cultural Festival
Date/Time | 6/08/2024 (All day) |
Runs | 6/08/2024 - 6/15/2024 |
Contact Phone | 315-395-1447 |
Contact Email | Kitrice2@gmail.com |
Venue | Clinton Square N Clinton St & W Genesee St. Syracuse, NY 13202 |
Juneteenth Inc
African American Cultural Festival
Date/Time | 6/08/2024 (All day) |
Runs | 6/08/2024 - 6/15/2024 |
Contact Phone | 315-395-1447 |
Contact Email | Kitrice2@gmail.com |
Venue | Clinton Square N Clinton St & W Genesee St. Syracuse, NY 13202 |
Syracuse Polish Festival
The three-day Syracuse Polish Festival is a family-friendly celebration of Polish culture, heritage, and traditions. Festival goal is to provide a variety of entertainment, including the sounds of Polka, Pop/Jazz, Dance-Funk music along with beautiful folklore dance performances.
Our event offers attendees a taste of Polish and American cuisine and Polish beer along with Polish and American arts and crafts. One of the main attractions is the annual “Pierogi Eating Contest” and “Miss Polonia” presentation.
During the festival, kids can enjoy a variety of hands-on arts and crafts and interactive games and inflatable activities for them. Our efforts are based on providing a fantastic, fun time to those who visit by holding high standards and ensuring comfort. We keep the whole family busy.
Date/Time | 6/21/2024 (All day) |
Runs | 6/21/2024 - 6/23/2024 |
Cost | Free |
Contact Phone | 315-663-8452 |
Contact Email | mirka_banach@yahoo.com |
Venue | Clinton Square N Clinton St & W Genesee St. Syracuse, NY 13202 |
Syracuse Jazz Fest 2024
Syracuse Jazz Fest is an annual 4-day free admission jazz festival staged outdoors in downtown Syracuse at historic Clinton Square Park and indoors on opening night at various clubs, bars and restaurants and hotels located in Armory Square, Havorver Square and within the Downtown Entertainment District.
Date/Time | 6/26/2024 (All day) |
Runs | 6/26/2024 - 6/30/2024 |
Cost | Free Admission; non ticketed |
Contact Phone | 315-635-8045 |
Contact Email | fmalfitano@syracusejazzfest.com |
Venue | Clinton Square N Clinton St & W Genesee St. Syracuse, NY 13202 |
Disney's The Little Mermaid, Jr.
Syracuse Children's Theatre Summer Camp - Disney's the Little Mermaid, Jr.
Date | 7/26/2024 |
Multiple Times | Friday, July 26th at 6:00PM |
Runs | 7/26/2024 - 8/09/2024 |
Cost | $19.50 each |
Contact Phone | 315-432-5437 |
Contact Email | todd@sctkids.com |
Venue | Carrier Theater at The Oncenter Civic Center Theaters 800 South State Street Syracuse, NY 13202 315-435-2121 |
I've Learned To Hold Myself Softly: Cali M. Banks
Comprised of 30 images and one film, Banks has created an exhibition with Syracuse as her muse.
She began documenting her hometown of Syracuse in November 2022. When she traveled back to places of importance during my "coming of age" years, she realized many places of both solace and nostalgia have been demolished or abandoned. Banks started to rework this experimental, documentary project with ideas of "teardown towns" and blind tradition. She utilizes self-portraiture, still-lives, and architecture that is specific to Syracuse, and symbolism depicting bodies, ritual, and sensuality, which in turn uses nonverbal communication as a way to emphasize tradition. This project also explores the complexities of layers of existence through materialistic remnants and the essence of non-tangibility. With a rapidly changing hometown as the core of the work, Banks is capturing attention with a familiar setting to the community.
Date | 8/24/2024 |
Multiple Times | Monday: Closed |
Runs | 8/24/2024 - 10/27/2024 |
Contact Email | calibanksart@gmail.com |
Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |
In/Visible Breaths: Afro-poetics in Technology
An Afro-Surrealist public humanities project that uses museum-based archives—from the Syracuse University Art Museum and Special Collections Research Center at SU—within virtual- and extended-reality (VR/XR) technology to generate meditation-based visual art experiences that incite literacy development. Navigating mindfulness at the intersection of technology and literacy, this project hopes to inspire moments of stillness and reflection by embedding various breathing techniques and mantras within the VR/XR installation and the Afro-poetic stimuli itself. Participants will be able to interact with the virtual environment and create poems based on their own experiences.
Date/Time | 8/25/2024 5:00 PM |
Runs | 8/25/2024 - 9/08/2024 |
Cost | FREE BECAUSE WE DESERVE FREE THINGS |
Contact Email | evanstarling.davis@gmail.com |
Venue | Everson Community Plaza 401 Harrison Street Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |
Crime of the Century: Evelyn Nesbit, Harry Thaw, and the Murder of Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit first captivated Americans with her beauty and charm, then became the sympathetic focus of the Crime of the Century in 1906, following the murder of her former paramour, famed architect Stanford White, by her unhinged millionaire husband, Harry K. Thaw. The staged reading of a new play by Syracuse playwright Garrett Heater mixes early musical theater sensationalism with the tragedy of Nesbit's abuse by men, money, and the media.
Date | 10/04/2024 |
Multiple Times | Oct 4 & 5 at 7:30 PM and Oct 6 at 2:00 PM |
Runs | 10/04/2024 - 10/06/2024 |
Cost | 25 |
Contact Email | coveynews@gmail.com |
Venue | Everson Museum of Art 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13202 315-474-6064 |