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L.A. Amira exhibit up through April

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Arts Partnership Success Story

Sarah Lopez - SOS Grant Awardee

The Community Arts Partnership is proud to support artists through our grant programs! This month our featured artist is Sarah Lopez, recipient of a Strategic Opportunity Stipend ("SOS").

(Written by CAP Intern, Ithaca College Writing major, Peter McNerney) 

The Community Arts Partnership is proud to support artists through our grant programs! This month our featured artist is Sarah Lopez, recipient of a Strategic Opportunity Stipend (“SOS”). The grant gives Tompkins County artists the opportunity to further their art careers (anywhere in the world)!  

Sarah is a gifted Polish, Mexican- American fiber artist who specializes in hand-dyed and hand-spun art yarn on canvas, also known as fiber painting.

Sarah began her artistic journey knitting scarves to feel a connection to her grandmothers...  Read more