ON VIEW June 14 - August 17, 2025 | relearning Play
Relearning play
On view: June 14 - august 17, 2025
Everson Museum, 401 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY
Binghamton-based artist and poet Anna Warfield creates text-based fiber sculptures in order to consider identity and how we communicate through words both spoken and unspoken. Her work revolves around plush letterforms spelling out words and phrases that are often as prickly as her materials are soft and yielding. Warfield delights in the slippage between words and their meanings, leaving her viewers to read between the lines. Sculptures that appear at first glance to be about comfort reveal, upon closer examination, layers that address gender roles, queer identity, and the eternally fraught nature of human communication.
Relearning Play is built around the elements of Warfield’s work that speak to language learning during childhood—a time when books and games are inextricable from language itself. For many, the challenges of communicating as an adult strip away the fun and playful elements of language, leaving anxiety and uncertainty in their wake. Warfield’s sculptures remove the high stakes and risk from communication, instead allowing viewers to reconnect with the joy that comes from playing with words.
Anna Warfield: Relearning Play is part of the Everson CNY Artist Initiative, an exhibition program that celebrates the multi-faceted talents of regional artists. The CNY Artist Initiative is made possible with support from Terry and Bill Delavan.
U P C O M I N G E V E N T S :
PAVING THE WAY Art excursion [bus from binghamton to syracuse]
sunday, july 23rd, 2025 | 12pm - 7:30pm
Paving the Way Art Art Excursions next destination - the Everson Museum in Syracuse! This 30 passenger bus ($60 per passenger) will load up in Binghamton and head to the Everson Museum to explore its collections, Relearning Play, and experience the renowned I.M. Pei’s architecture. Included in the trip is an early dinner stop at Dinosaur BBQ. Interested? Email: jarnold4@stny.rr.com to learn more and book a seat!