SPECIAL EVENTS

FREE Museum Admission on City Market Sundays
Museum hours: 10:00am–5:00pm

​Every second Sunday from May through October you’ll find vendors from all over the region selling ceramics, vintage clothing, furniture, home décor, handmade crafts, antiques, and much more. Parking at OnCenter garage is $2.50 with Everson Museum validation.​

Fridays, June 14–August 30, 11:00am–2:00pm

Come to the Everson Community Plaza this summer to enjoy food truck fare and music! In partnership with the Syracuse Food Truck Association. Syracuse Farm Fresh Mobile Market also joins us on the plaza throughout the summer. Join us June 21 for a special performance by the Henninger High School Jazz Ensemble. Food Truck Friday is presented by M&T Bank

August 1, August 15, August 30
7:30pm Pre-show activities, Films begin at dusk
FREE and open to the public
Everson Community Plaza

Presented by M&T Bank

Bring your blankets, beverages, snacks, and lawn chairs to enjoy films projected onto the façade of the Museum building. Stop by the plaza before the film to enjoy art-making, dancing, food, tea and sweet treats from Roji Tea Lounge, and more!

5:30–8:00pm
FREE Members | $8 Non-Members

Get the weekend started with the Everson Museum of Art’s First Fridays! The First Friday of each month is an evening of art, music, art-making, and more. Cash bar.

FREE Third Thursday, 6:00pm

Free Third Thursday docent-led tours.

12:15–1:00pm
Pay-What-You-Wish Wednesdays

Bring your own lunch and learn about works in the Everson’s collection! Each month a new work is pulled from the vault specifically for this discussion, allowing visitors to get up close and personal with select objects.

August 30, 6:00-8:00pm
Curator Conversation, 6:15pm
FREE Members | $15 Non-Members

Join the Everson’s Director & CEO Elizabeth Dunbar, Curator of Art & Programs DJ Hellerman, and Curator of Yoko Ono Exhibitions Jon Hendricks for a conversation about YOKO ONO: REMEMBERING THE FUTURE.

September 12, 6–7:30 pm
Free with Museum Admission

Join artists Katie Shulman and Franco Andres for close consideration of Mend Piece (1966) in YOKO ONO: REMEMBERING THE FUTURE. Afterwards, return to the Rosamond Gifford Sculpture Court for discussion and tea tasting provided by Roji Tea Lounge.

September 12, 6:30pm

Artist Gareth Mason, who specializes in dramatic porcelain vessels, will discuss the ways in which the potter’s wheel permeates his process, despite the seeming madness of his pots.

September 19, 5:30–7:30pm
Free Third Thursday, Pre-registration required

Experience the thrill and excitement of speed chess while exploring artist Yoko Ono’s Play it By Trust, an installation of chess sets in the Rosamond Gifford Sculpture Court. Games will be timed at 5 minutes per player with a 2 second per move delay. Players are assigned randomly to boards for the first round. After each round winners will move up a board while losers move down for the next round. The winner on board #1 in the last round is the champion. Come prepared to play or have fun watching the excitement unfold. Enjoy tasting a variety of teas compliments of Roji Tea Lounge.

Septemer 26 & November 14, 12:15–1:15pm
Everson Lounge
FREE for Members

Introducing the new Everson Book Club! Read art themed books, and then join us for a discussion led by Everson Docents. For more information contact Kimberly Griffiths.

October 3 & 24, 6:00pm
FREE with Museum Admission

Curator of Art & Programs, DJ Hellerman will discuss themes from YOKO ONO: REMEMBERING THE FUTURE.

October 5, 1:00pm, open to all ages
$8 Members | $10 Non-Members, pre-registration required

Join us in this exhilarating event with chess master Bob Nasiff, National Life Master USCF, as he simultaneously plays with amateur participants. Players sit on the outside of the tables and the chess master walks on the inside. When the master arrives at a players board the player must immediately make a prepared move, the master quickly replies and moves to the next board. Come prepared to play or have fun watching the excitement unfold. In partnership with Syracuse Chess. Space is limited to 24 participants, pre-registration required.

Seeking Agency in the City
October 10, 6:00pm
FREE with Museum Admission

​It is well understood that the 21st century will be an urban era. With this transformation, the contemporary city also faces seemingly insurmountable challenges in the coming years: environmental, social, political and economic. By examining historic case studies of urban transformations, as well as work from his own practice, Jeffrey Kruth suggests that the architect and urbanist's disciplinary toolkit is both well-suited to investigate these contemporary challenges, while also pointing out the broader disciplinary frameworks that might further foster agency in the city.

October 31, 5:30pm
Lecture begins at 6:30pm

Artist Adam Milner will discuss his recent work in conjunction with Late Night Space Force. The lecture is co-sponsored by Syracuse University’s School of Art Visiting Artist Lecture Series.

October 31, 6:00pm
FREE with Museum Admission

Join us for a bewitchingly good time at the Everson Museum on Halloween night, all ages invited. Tour the galleries in your finest, frightening costume (art-themed costumes encouraged!). Enjoy Halloween music, special games, a selfie station, sweet treats, and have a chance to win a prize at our costume contest.

November 7, 6:00pm
Free with Museum Admission

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, join us for a talk at the intersection of art and science. In conjunction with Adam Milner: Late Night Space Force whose work draws upon the Moon’s presence in our lives. Explore the Moon and learn about the incredible work of scientists from the Carl Sagan Institute at Cornell University.

Everson Museum Hours
$5 Members | $8 Non-Members

The Festival of Trees is an annual ten-day event featuring over 100 uniquely decorated trees, wreaths, and special holiday displays. In addition to the beautiful visual displays, there will be holiday music and dance performances offered by individuals and groups who perform in the Rosamond Gifford Sculpture Court and the Hosmer Auditorium.