Gallery Talks & Lectures

Artist talks, art history lectures and panel discussions are offered throughout the year in conjunction with temporary and permanent exhibitions.

August 29, 2010

2.00pm

Focusing on Design: A Problem Solving Discipline

Free

From his background and experiences with Herman Miller, Mr. John Berry explores, presents and discusses the world of design as meeting real needs. His relationship with the Eames Office and George Nelson provides anecdotes and lessons on good design. His book, “Herman Miller: The Purpose of Design” is the basis for the current exhibition Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller.  

September 18, 2010

2.00pm

Lecture by Wendell Castle

Free

Join us for a talk by Wendell Castle, an American furniture artist and leading figure in American craft, and whose work is feature in Designed to Scale. He is often credited with being the father of the art furniture movement. A long record of acclaim, scholarship, and steady acquisition by public institutions gives Wendell Castle's work indelible historic importance. His groundbreaking unification of sculpture and furniture galvanized generations of artists and designers and contributed to the acceptance of design as an art form in its own right.

September 21, 2010

10.00am - 1.00pm

Lecture: D-Build

Free, registration required

D-Build, developed by Rob Englert and his team at ram industrial design, inc., is an innovative project that aims to connect artists, designers, and builders with desirable reclaimed materials through their website, www.d-build.orgD-Build.org acts as the central hub, where these connections are drawn, creating a vast intertwined network of information, along with a marketplace for users to exchange reclaimed materials and finished products made of these materials. Join Rob Englert for a presentation and conversation about the potential for community collaboration among individuals, companies, artists and designers to reclaim local resources and transform them into art, furniture and more – the potentials are endless! Please contact Pam McLaughlin, curator of education, at 474-6064, ext 308 or pmclaughlin@everson.org to reserve your place..

October 13, 2010

6.00pm

Lecture: Connections

FREE

Robert Blaich worked for Herman Miller from 1953 to 1979 in several capacities and served as the Vice President of Corporate Design & Communications from 1964-1979. He worked very closely with Herman Miller’s consultant Designers including Charles & Ray Eames, George Nelson, Alexander Girard and Robert Propst. In this presentation Mr. Blaich will share his stories about the early years at Herman Miller.

Artist Open

Artist Open exist to provide a space for expression, dialogue, and collaboration of local artists across disciplinary boundaries. Audiences will enjoy performances in visual art, poetry, screen writing, video, dance and music in an intimate, bistro-like setting. Artists share their work through presentations, gallery walks, video screenings and original works of art, and invite questions from audience members.

No Artists Open is currently scheduled.

Contemporary Film Series

The Everson Contemporary Film Series brings film as an art form to the Syracuse community and presents local, national and international film and video that would not otherwise be screened in Syracuse. The film series often includes guest filmmakers, outdoor screenings and student video presentations. The Contemporary Film Series is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council for the Arts, a state agency.

August 19, 2010

8.30pm

Sci-Fi Under the Stars: Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Everson Community Plaza
1956, directed by Don Siegel, 80 minutes
FREE

Bring your lounge chair and some munchies to our annual Sci-Fi “Film Under the Stars.” Dr Miles Bennell returns to his small town practice to find several of his patients suffering the paranoid delusion that their friends or relatives are impostors. He is initially skeptical, but he is eventually determines to find out what is causing this phenomenon. He begins to realize that there may be some truth to the wild stories he has been hearing. This genuine Sci-Fi classic offers thrills for the whole family!

September 12, 2010

2.00pm

Objectified

Everson Hosmer Auditorium
2009, directed by Gary Hustwit,  75 minutes                     
FREE

Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about the designers who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis. The film documents the creative processes of some of the world’s most influential product designers, and looks at how the things they make impact our lives.