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

Saturday, September 7, open 10 - 1, 4 - 6
Tuesday, September 10, open 11 to 4
Thursday, September 12, open 10 to 2
Saturday, September 14, open 10 to 5
Wednesday, September 18, open 10 to 5
Friday, September 20 - closed
Saturday, September 21 - 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

 

September 2024 

Safara Kalei Vachė, Girl Embellish

See this exhibit online in 3D!

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

This exhibit by Ithaca College student Safara Vache is rooted in 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.  Safara's work navigates both girlhood and womanhood through nostalgia and identity. 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.

October 2024 

Greater Ithaca Art Trail Group Exhibit 

Gallery Night:
Friday, October 4, 5pm to 8pm

The Greater Ithaca Art Trail is a mix of about 50 artists throughout Tompkins County who are open for "Open Studio" days and weekends year-round.  This group exhibit includes functional art, paintings, photographs, ceramics, sculpture, etchings, jewelry, fiber art, and more! (Photo of Art Trail artist Thomi McInyre admiring the work of Inshik Lee. Photo credit Joe McIntyre) ArtTrail.com

 

November 2024 

Present Conversations II : Showcasing Talent of Indigenous & POC Artists

Gallery Night:
Friday, November 1, 5pm to 8pm

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 their creative contributions. Work will include fiber, traditional, watercolor, needlework, clothing, digital art, and mixed media. instagram.com/orozcogalleryithaca/     yenospina.com/pages/orozco-gallery

 

 

December 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.)

 

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!

 

Jennifer Whitaker, Healing through Unity

Jennifer's painting of the mandala symbolizes a path she's taken on a healing journey that continues today.   https://fineartamerica.com/art/jennifer+whitaker

Tommy Beers & Peaches Gillette, Four Seasons of Farms

A selection of Tommy Beers landscape paintings were accompanied by poetic reflections by Peaches Gillette from her book "Walking the Land." painteronabicycle.com

 

 

 

Lauren Reid, Shifting Perspectives: A Palette of Transformation

See the exhibit online in 3D
"Exploring who I am as I take on new journeys and appreciating 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 online in 3D
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 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. 

 

Greater Ithaca Art Trail Group Exhibit 2023

See Virtual Exhibit at this link
The Greater Ithaca Art Trail is a mix of about 50 artists throughout Tompkins County who are open for special days and weekends year-round.  This group exhibit includes functional art, paintings, photographs, ceramics, sculpture, etchings, jewelry, fiber art, and more!

 

 

Yen Ospina, Fluida Vida

See Virtual Exhibit 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 (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

 

Grant, f

See Virtual Exhibit at this link
This exhibit by local artist Grant, includes colorful paintings with themes of aquatics, florals, figurative/dance, animals, and abstraction. Grantiste.com

 

Hugo Medina, Portraits

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