From New York to Corrymore: Robert Henri and Ireland

February 11, 2012 - May 13, 2012

From New York to Corrymore: Robert Henri and Irelandis the first exhibition to examine the American artist’s work focused on the Irish landscape and people, particularly children, created between the time of his first trip to Ireland in 1913 and his last trip there in 1928. Long celebrated as an iconic American artist due to his important early work as a teacher and as the leader of The Eight, Henri’s paintings have received less attention on their own. Most projects explored his career as it related to his role as a member of The Eight or in a broadly retrospective manner. Few projects focused on his landscapes, drawings, or foreign portraits.

Henri’s Irish portraits constitute his largest focused body of work, and often depict the same sitters year after year. These paintings offer a unique and fascinating window onto the genre about which Henri felt most strongly—portraiture—and also chart his experiments with paint handling and color theories over time. He wrote that the time spent in Ireland was extremely valuable to him (it was the only other place besides New York where he purchased a residence), for only there was he able to focus on his painting without the distractions of life in New York. It is not surprising, then, that the periods Henri spent in Ireland were among his most prolific, and the paintings produced there among his most accomplished. Just before his death, Henri composed a list of his most important paintings; many of the works on this list were his Irish subjects. Forty-one paintings of Irish people and landscapes will be on view in the upcoming exhibition.

From New York to Corrymore: Robert Henri and Ireland is organized by The Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Reliquaries: New Work by Drew Goerlitz

March 24, 2012 - May 13, 2012

 

Well-known for his graceful yet imposing steel sculpture, Drew Goerlitz, Associate Professor of Sculpture at the State University of New York Plattsburg, presents a new body of work at the Everson Museum of Art. Reliquaries continues the reoccurring theme of containment, concealment and privacy best described by Goerlitz himself: “My interpretation of reliquary is not to hold a sacred object or relic, but to engage the viewer with the form and tension of the unknown interior. The adornment of these objects relates to architectural details and the idea of facade. Facade is what we are presented with upon first appearance, whether speaking of people or architecture, and it isn't until we look inside that we discover the true structure.”

CNY Art Showcase Juried Preview & Live Auction!

March 24, 2012 - April 19, 2012

CNY Arts Showcase Juried Preview of the Live Auction!, presented in conjunction with the Eastwood Rotary Club, highlights the great and diverse artistic talents within our community. The exhibition at the Everson will precede the Eastwood Rotary Club’s Annual CNY Art Showcase Live Auction! on April 20. Save the date for the Live Auction! preview at the Everson on April 12 from 5.00-6.30pm. Proceeds of the CNY Art Showcase Live Auction! benefits the Everson Museum of Art and the Eastwood Rotary Foundation in support of their community efforts.

People, Place and Progress: Local Landscapes in Paint and Print

June 3, 2012 - September 2, 2012

In a partnership between the Everson Museum of Art and the Onondaga Historical Association, this exhibition will feature paintings from the collections of both institutions featuring local historical scenes. The works will include views of the Erie Canal, rural vistas, area waterfalls and gorges, plus local architectural landmarks such as former breweries, mills and stagecoach inns. The exhibition will also pair these paintings with historic photos and prints of the same scene, documenting either the particular image or the actual historic landscape that inspired the artists. The exhibition will uncover how the artist chose to interpret that Central New York setting and why those places help shape our regional identity.

The Other New York: 2012

September 22, 2012 - January 6, 2013

The Other New York: 2012 is a community-wide, multi-venue biennial exhibition that is the result of a major collaboration among fourteen art organizations in Syracuse. This ambitious project aims to highlight the rich talent of artists across Upstate New York, with a special focus on Central New York and the surrounding counties. The project will offer diverse arts venues and outdoor public spaces for contemporary creative expression on a scale not before seen in Syracuse. In addition, TONY: 2012 demonstrates the power of artistic partnerships to boost public awareness of the arts by presenting opportunities for the community to connect with exhibitions, programs, and events offered simultaneously throughout the city.

TONY: 2012 is organized by the Everson Museum of Art in collaboration with ArtRage—The Norton Putter Gallery, Community Folk Art Center, Erie Canal Museum, Light Work, Onondaga Historical Association, Punto de Contacto/Point of Contact, Rosamond Gifford Zoo, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, SUArt Galleries, Urban Video Project, The Warehouse Gallery, City of Syracuse and XL Projects. Major funding is provided by The Central New York Community Foundation through the John F. Marsellus Fund.

Alternative art spaces in the form of freight containers will provide temporary exhibition/installation sites. The containers will be strategically located in the city to link arts venues and encourage visitors to walk and experience art along the way.

The Other New York: 2012 has grown out of a long tradition of regional exhibitions organized by The Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts (now the Everson Museum of Art) as early as 1901. The first exhibition showcasing Central New York artists was held in the Onondaga Savings Bank located in downtown Syracuse where the Museum converted a leased space into a gallery. The SMFA continued to feature regional artists after it relocated to the second floor of the Syracuse Public Library in Columbus Circle and later the Mansion House on James Street. Not long after the Everson settled into the current I.M. Pei building in 1968, it carried on the Biennial tradition. Since 1974, the Biennial has evolved into a showcase for Central New York artists, offering a rich survey of the vibrant art scene that thrives in this region. In 2008, the Everson expanded the Biennial to include artists from all of New York State and devoted the entire Museum building to the exhibition. In 2010, the Biennial was reinvented as The Edge of Art: New York State Artists Series, four smaller, but tightly focused exhibitions scheduled throughout the year.

In the past few years the Everson has emerged as the cultural leader in the region, increasing its profile in the arts community which, as a result, has become energized, engaged, and eager for more artistic interaction. With this in mind, the Everson aims to transform the Biennial into a multi-venue, community-wide regional exhibition by collaborating with arts organizations in Syracuse to present The Other New York: 2012.

Media support for The Other New York: 2012 is provided by WRVO.