Tompkins County Launches Arts & Culture Organizational Development Stabilization & Recovery Fund of $685,000 |
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We are grateful to the Tompkins County Legislature,
Strategic Tourism Planning Board, Tourism Department, and everyone
who advocated for this additional funding of $685,000 of funding to stabilize vulnerable arts and culture organizations in Tompkins County.
Current recipients of the Tourism Program's Arts & Culture Organizational Development grants who meet specific eligibility criteria are eligible to apply.
This funding will go a long way to stabilizing vulnerable organizations and the sector as a whole, helping organizations make important investments in staffing and operations that will pay off for years to come in terms of economic impact, tourism impact and local quality of life.
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Welcome New board Member Nick Goldsmith! |
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We are so pleased to have Nick Goldsmith
joining our board of directors.
Nick works with the Park Foundation as a Program Officer for the Sustainable Ithaca program. Previously, Nick was the Sustainability Planner for Ithaca, NY for over a decade, where he played a key role in the development and implementation of the Ithaca Green New Deal and the Ithaca Energy Code Supplement. Nick holds an M.S. in Energy Management from New York Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Mathematics from Brown University. Before joining the sustainability field, Nick worked worldwide as a juggler and acrobat. We're excited to learn from his perspective as a performing artist and his passion for civic engagement through the arts!
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CAP Grantee Spotlight
Bree Barton's Exhibit: Naming the Unnameable
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By encouraging 10 young artists to share their unique mental health journeys through art, Bree Barton (left in photo) is helping the Ithaca community hear the voices of those who often go ignored and feel less alone.
Bree Barton is the author of several young adult novels published in seven countries and four languages. Bree teaches dance and writing and loves connecting with readers of all ages. Zia Erases the World is her middle grade debut.
Barton received our Strategic Opportunity Stipend grant for her project Naming the Unnamable: Youth Stories of Resilience and Survival that was shown in the CAP ArtSpace in January of 2023.
Through an open invitation, she found young artists who have struggled or are currently struggling with homelessness, political migration, violence, racism, misogyny, and homophobia. Using artistic forms from film to writing, these artists created works for the larger exhibit which would focus on the personal fallout of these often too-abstract-to-identify-with themes.
Today, the news makes many feel desensitized to the sorts of stories Naming the Unnamable addresses. When asked how we can overcome this desensitization, Barton said,
“For me, the answer is always about empathy and connection. If I'm at home scrolling through my daily feed of heartbreak, I feel hopeless. But if I'm out in the world connecting with live human beings, hearing their stories in their own voices—told with wisdom and vulnerability and truth—it gives me hope. That's what I felt, working with these ten young artists. Hope. They reminded me that stories have raw power, and the more we can give marginalized youth (and disenfranchised people more generally) space to tell those stories, the more we wake up. Action begins with awareness. Stories are so much more effective than statistics at catalyzing change.”
Reflecting on the artists she worked with, Bree noted,
“I'd love to be in their lives for a long time—to see them take the world by storm. My priority with this project was to make each participant feel 100 percent safe and supported; I checked in with them often to make sure they felt that way. It's a big ask, to bring in ten artists between the ages of 11 and 23 and say, ‘Hey! Talk about your mental health journeys, your most vulnerable personal stories—and do it in a public forum!’ I felt very protective of them every step of the way. My sense was that the opposite happened: they felt seen and heard. My dream was that it would be a validating, uplifting, hopeful experience—and from what they've shared with me, it seems like it was.”
Art like Barton’s continues to foster these sort of connecting experiences in Ithaca and grows not only awareness for our community’s marginalized, but a hopeful ambition to make systemic changes.
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Thank you nicole v. basta! |
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We thank nicole v. basta for her invaluable role as our 2023 Spring Writes Literary Festival Artistic Director & Coordinator.
This poem by nicole, a word so close to soil first appeared in North American Review.
lattice-topped pies
when the money was good
beauty despite circumstance
there is a beginning and an end to all things
myth and perennials not included
day lillies on the east planted decades ago
by the farmer’s mother with a name i know
to translate to soul from another language
a word so close to soil, to the fabric beneath
that allows the trees to share: water, nutrients
maybe a laugh— the woman in the lily beds
a lifetime ago pruning with anna
a name that most often translates
to grace
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nicole v basta is a poet with proud familial roots in the coal mines and garment factories of Wilkes-Barre, PA. Read more: nicolevbasta.com
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Artist Market Applications due 6/12
Individual Artists and NFP organizations
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Guidelines and Applications
for Artists and NFP community groups
Due Due: June 12th
Event Date: Friday, August 11, noon to 7:30pm (Save the date!)
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Art Grants Available: Due 6/16 |
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Arts grants are available for arts events, in-school
or after-school residencies, and arts in community projects.
For projects from: June 2023 to December 2024
Due Date: June 16th.
Read all about our upcoming grants and check out the great grant writing advice PDF at
Got an idea? Questions? Email anytime!
I can read drafts, help develop ideas, help you decide what grant to apply for.
Robin Schwartz, Program & Grant Director
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At the CAP ArtSpace
Current and Upcoming
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May Exhibit
through May 29
Fluida Vida, Yen Ospina
This exhibit features 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.
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June Exhibit
Gallery Night: Friday, June 2
Present Conversations is a Visual expression of culture and art featuring a group of POC and Indigenous artists.
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ArtSpace Hours: Wed - Sat, 10 to 5
(Note: above link has some exceptions to these hours)
Location: 110 N. Tioga Street, on the Commons,
Tompkins Center for History and Culture
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Spring Writes Literary Festival continues!
June through September Workshops
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There are 7 more free literary themed workshops
from June through September.
Some live in downtown Ithaca, some Zoom.
Take some or all of them!
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So Many Local Art Events!
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Live Music Listings!
Buffalo Street Books
Cayuga Chamber Orchestra
ChamberSeries: Iberian Enchantment on Sunday, May 28
Family Concert Series on Thursday, June 15
Cherry Arts
e-Motion, a dance/theater hybrid
May 26 – June 4
Cherry Gallery
Through June 4: Entre Sombras | Between Seams, Multimedia works by Queens-based Colombian artist Luis A. Gutierrez; thecherry.org
Cinemapolis
Civic Ensemble
Fertile Grounds, a community based play.
June 2 to June 11
Cornell Concert Series
Community School of Music and Arts
Lots of workshops, and events! Currently on display in their gallery is
Muhamed Kafedzic – Muha 無派 | Hanami 花見 (Flower Viewing) through May 26
Corners Gallery
Lived Experience: Diane Newton & Terry Plater. June 3 to July 29.
Reception: Sat, June 17
Downtown Ithaca
Downtown concert Series
Gallery at South Hill
Michael Sampson through May 21
Molly Lunn and Zachery Kei, June 2 – June 25
History Center in Tompkins County
Knot Sew Fast , current exhibit, and more activities and programs!
Ink Shop Printmaking Center
Hannah Law | Day to Day, Jun 2 - Jul 19
Ithaca Concert Band
Many upcoming free summer performances
Johnson Museum
Kitchen Theatre & Hangar Theatre
What the Constitution Means to Me, May 30 to June 11 at Kitchen Theatre
June 15 - 24 at The Hangar Theatre
Lilypad Puppet Theatre
Shadow Puppet Party. Saturday, June 3 10:30am
Mix Art Gallery
Amy Hauer,"Wonder." April and May
Running to Places
Honk! a musical June 30, July 1 & 2
Call to Poets, Open Mic, Musiciand and More
Savage Club Performance Space (Lansing)
Inviting poets to participate in an upcoming poetry series (locals and open mic) starting June 3 at 3pm with featured local poets followed by an open mic.
Collaborations (music, dance...) encouraged. Inquires to Mark Zuss
State of the Art Gallery
Daniel McPheeters: Bubbletrees and the Forest Fantasia, May 4–28
Juried Photography Show, June
State Theatre
Tompkins County Public Library
There are always great events at the library! tcpl.org.
Trumansburg Conservatory
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