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Grant Reeher speaks with Steven Kern, director of the Everson Museum in Syracuse

By Grant Davis Reeher

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Oswego, NY – Steven Kern, director of the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, discusses the role of art and museums in a community, the challenges and opportunities for a museum in a smaller city located in a suburban and rural region, and the relation between art and politics. Along the way, he also describes the current exhibitions on tap, the thinking behind the Turner to Cezanne exhibition, and his own favorite museums beyond Syracuse.

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