The Community Arts Partnership is happy to support organizations like the Latino Civic Association (LCA) through our Grants for Arts Programs (GAP).

LCA has received annual funding through GAP for the Heritage Month Celebrations and Heritage Fiesta. In 2025 they also sponsored a grant to host Spanish puppet shows by artists Leonor Lypszic (pictured), and LilySilly Puppets.

The GAP grant supports artistic programs open to the Tompkins County general public. It is through grants like the GAP grant that CAP helps keep Ithaca’s art scene vital!

Leonor is a professional Argentinian puppeteer, dancer, and actress and has been an artist for over 40 years. Her most recent project is the theater company “Los Salvatierras” (The Earth-savers). Her show, “Pedro and the Odyssey of the Parana," has won many awards and nominations from Argentinian entities, and now Leonor is adventuring into international spaces to keep sharing her...  Read more