Providing grants, programs, and services to the artists and audiences of Tompkins County for 30 years
 
 
 
 
 
 

CAP ArtSpace - monthly

CAP ArtSpace Monthly Exhibits - Live & Virtual

Location: CAP ArtSpace, 110 N. Tioga Street, on the Commons (also home to the History Center and Visitor Center) 

Hours **:  Mon 10 - 5 / Tues 11 - 5 / Wed - Sat: 10 - 6

** Exceptions to the above hours
Nov, 28 and 29 - closed


See all First Friday Gallery Night Openings at IthacaGalleryNight.com

We thank Coughlin & Gerhart, LLP for their generous sponsorship of the CAP ArtSpace! 

 

 

Current & Upcoming Exhibits

2025 Exhibits will be on this page mid-December!


November 1 - 27, 2024 
 

Present Conversations II : Showcasing Talent of BIPOC Artists

This second annual Present Conversations exhibition, curated by Yen Ospina, highlights the talents of local Indigenous artists and artists of color.  This show aims to celebrate diversity, provide a platform for underrepresented voices in the art community, and foster a greater understanding and appreciation of the artist's creative contributions. Work  includes fiber, traditional, watercolor, needlework, clothing, digital art, and mixed media. Participating Artists: Sarah Lopez, Reid Palmer, Yen Ospina, Santia Eytina, Emily De Lima, Annie Sheng, Zach Scotton, Alexsandra Agim, Pyus Chan, Shiyi Li, Daniel Alex Rivera, AJ Tejera, Richard B. Colón, Jada Haynes, Geselle Dominguez, Marika Chew. 

instagram.com/orozcogalleryithaca   /  yenospina.com/pages/orozco-gallery

 

December 6 - 14, 2024 
 

CAP-a-Palooza Art Sale Extraordinaire

Gallery Night:
Friday, December 6, 5pm to 8pm

CAP-a-Palooza is an annual fundraiser for the Community Arts Partnership. At the end of November, we collect donations of not-new art from community members. Starting on Gallery Night and running through December 14th, we then sell over 500 pieces of professional and amateur art that is cool, eclectic, vintage, and contemporary, and includes paintings, prints, pottery, fiber art, and so much more. (Note: We do not ask artists to donate their own work.)

Not only do hundreds of people find joy in buying vintage art at very low prices, but community members also feel great about donating their unused or unloved art to a good cause.  (Prices are low! We sell out in 9 days.)

DONATE YOUR UNUSED ART!
Visit our CAP-a-Palooza page for more details.

 

January 2025
 

Ben Altman, I Own This Stolen Land

Gallery Night:
Friday, January 3, 5pm to 8pm

Ben Altman’s I Own This Stolen Land explores the artist’s ownership of 38 acres of rural land in Tompkins County, NY.  He asks: “My title to this land originates in settler-colonial genocide - what are my responsibilities? What threatens the land? What are the possibilities for repair?”  The project includes text-sculptures, photographs, video, and performance. It also provides collaborative access to the land for Gayogohó:nǫˀ (Cayuga) people, the displaced Indigenous inhabitants, for traditional and arts activities and for an enriched relationship to their homelands. benaltman.net

 

SOME PAST EXHIBITS are online in 3D!

 

Greater Ithaca Art Trail Group Exhibit 

See this exhibit online in 3D!

The Greater Ithaca Art Trail is a collection of over 55 artists across Tompkins County. This group exhibit eatures one piece each of over 40 art trail artists. There's functional art, paintings, photographs, ceramics, sculpture, etchings, jewelry, fiber art, illustrations, furniture, and more! VISIT ARTTRAIL.COM to see each artist's profile page. On the event page you'll also see links to two recorded Zoom talks where 8 artists each showed and shared their inspirations.

 

 

Safara Kalei Vachė, Girl Embellish

See this exhibit online in 3D!
This exhibit by Ithaca College student Safara Vache navigates both girlhood and womanhood through nostalgia and identity. The work is a comment on the practice of remaking and dress up and examines what women aren't allowed to be by playfully and emotionally leaning into characters and vocations we ascribe to them such as a housewife, a bride, etc.  There are clay frames ordained with childlike motifs that will house photos of the artist in 'costume', soft sculptures that replicate bedroom furniture, and clay body parts dismembered from the female body existing amongst the furniture emphasizing their objectification.

 

Lauren Reid, Shifting Perspectives: A Palette of Transformation

See Virtual Exhibit online in 3D
Lauren's show is an exploration of who she is as she takes on new journeys and appreciates every bit of growth! Shifting Perspectives: A Palette of Transformation is more than a new path; it's a celebration of the beauty found within moving forward. Out with the old, in with the new – this exhibition colorful oil painting portraits celebrates the joy of embracing change and fostering compassion for myself and others.

 

 

Cai Quirk, Queer Temple

See Virtual Exhibit in 3D at this link
The Queer Temple is a sacred space that uplifts, cherishes, and celebrates the humanity of queer folks, especially those that transcend gender. Through a combination of stained-glass-like tapestries, this space reclaims queerness as divine. Especially in the current political climate which often reduces queer and especially trans folks to very limited and often negative storylines, we desperately need nuanced sanctuaries for exploration, growth, renewal, healing, and re-story-ation. caiquirk.com

 

Fernanda Medina, You ART Here: Paintings and Memories from Two Cultures

See Virtual Exhibit in 3D at this link
Argentine American artist Fernanda Medina exhibited a new series of oil paintings, featuring intimate portraits, still lifes and images that remind her of the feeling of being “home.” A search for identity and belonging as an immigrant through art. @fernanda.artstudio.

 

Yen Ospina, Fluida Vida

See Virtual Exhibit in 3D at this link
Yen Opsina's new work using mixed media paint and a more abstract style than found in her previous work. The theme of Fluida Vida centers on generational trauma in latin culture and how first-generation children break that trauma. Yen's Artist Statement here.  YenOspina.com

 

Bree Barton, Naming the Unnamable, Youth Stories of Resilience and Survival

Read about this exhbit with local teens (Download PDF)
Link to a quick 1 minute video scan of the room (to get a sense of the exhibit): Here
QR CODES to see 6 films, audio files and a text story at this link

 

Hugo Medina, Portraits

See Virtual Exhibit in 3D at this link
"Portraits of individuals from my travels and day-to-day encounters, I intentially connect with the 'others' of society." hugosart.com