March CAP ArtsLetter: A Poem, Opportunities, Shout Outs, Events

Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County

Megan Barber, Executive Director

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Robin Schwartz, Program & Grant Director

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CAP Grantee Spotlight

Damaris Vazquez

along with partner Myztico Campo (a team called Ultraviolet Alchemy) received a 2022 CAP Strategic Opportunity Stipend (SOS) for a photography project with Black Girl Alchemy.

BGA, a program of Southside Community Center, is a series of projects and events that create a culture of sisterhood and innovation, fostering Black Girl leadership and empowerment.

Damaris' project breaks new ground, with creations of unique Blacklight Reactive Bodypaint psychedelic portraiture, empowering black women by honoring their black joy, bodies, and specific personal expressions.

@damaris_vazquez_photography

damarisvazquez.com

myzticocampo.com

We are THRILLED to announce

our first round of "SCR" grant funding.

$230,000 in 2023, up from $60,480 in the past!

This February, CAP awarded $177,500 to Tompkins County artists and organizations for three of our six grant programs.

(There's another round of funding for these three grants in June with $52,500 available, for a total of $230,000, up from $60,480 in previous years!)

The following grant programs are part of New York State Council on the Arts "Statewide Community Regrant" (SCR) program, which makes exemplary arts programming available to geographically, ethnically, and racially diverse segments of the State's population, and supports the continued development of local cultural resources responsive to community cultural needs.

CAP administers SCR in Tompkins. 2023 funding is from both NYSCA and Tompkins County.

2023 Grants for Arts Programs

Brooktondale Community Center: music, dance and performances

Cayuga Vocal Ensemble: Alzheimer Stories concert

Cherry Arts: dance performances

Circus Culture: summer tour

Civic Ensemble: "Fertile Grounds," community based play

CUMEP: annual performances

Danby Community Council: concert series

Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers: annual concerts

Downtown Ithaca Alliance: Gallery Night events

Dryden Intergenerational Band and Chorus: concert season

Dryden (Town) Recreation Dept: summer concerts

Friends of Stewart Park: waterfront performances

Greater Ithaca Activities Center: Black History month talent show

Greater Ithaca Activities Center: Festival of Nations performances

Greater Ithaca Activities Center: senior event programming

Groton Public Library: arts and cultural series

Groton Village: Groton annual art exhibit

Groton Village: outdoor concerts

Guitars Upstate (Sponsor: Triphammer Arts): concert series

Hangar Theatre: FutureNow Wedge Series on the Commons

Ithaca Ballet: "Giselle"

Invisible Lives (Sponsor: Triphammer Arts): spoken word and dance

Ithaca City of Asylum (Sponsor: Center For Transformative Action): Voices of Freedom event

Ithaca Community Orchestra: concert season

Ithaca Concert Band: free concert season

Ithaca Festival: live visual art demos at the festival

Ithaca Underground: Naked Noise and core programming concerts

Ithaca Murals (Sponsor: Center for Transformative Action): ReAwakening Underground Railroad mural

Lansing Library: summer and after school art programs

Lansing Parks and Rec: summer Music in the Park

Latino Civic Association: Latino Heritage Month celebration events

Lily Pad Puppet Theatre: Ithaca Puppet Slam series & Puppet Runway Show

New Roots Charter School: Rootstock concert

Newfield Public Library: Stories Unite Us family programs

Opera Ithaca: festival of events

Savage Club: Jazz Stars concerts

Southside Community Center: Toni Morrison/Audre Lorde Birthday Performance Party, A Blues for Nina, & Dollar Dance

Southworth Library: Music & Movement / Puppet Play events

State of the Art Gallery: exhibit season

Story House Ithaca (Sponsor: Center for Transformative Action): community storytelling Events

Tea Leaves: live art demos at Reggae Festival

Triphammer Arts: outdoor dance and music performances

Theatre Incognita: MacBeth performance

Ulysses Library: arts programming

Village at Ithaca: "Our Seats at the Table," exhibit

Walking on Water Productions: theatre performances

2023 Artist in Community Grant:

Funds are for artists to create new work, and share that work in an immersive way with a community.

Ben Altman: Gayogohó:nǫˀ land stewardship with arts initiatives

India Sada Hackle: reading & workshop of her play, “Say Solarium”

Clare Jones: Poetry workshops with Hospicare

West Lalanne: creation of Reclaim the Dance Floor DJ Project

Beth Miles: "Heading into Night" theater, themes of aging and memory loss.

Nia Nunn: Interdiscplinary artist poems and CUMEP workshops and performances

Sue Perlgut: Women Activist arts project

2023 Arts Education Grant

brings teaching artists into schools and after-school programs for immersive residencies

George Jr. Republic: storytelling with Regi Carpenter

Circus Culture: with Village at Ithaca youth

Civic Ensemble: Youth Forum Theatre Troupe

Greater Ithaca Activities Center: GIAC Jumpers Cultural Exchange program

Ann Reichlin and Caroline Elementary: two grades: "Make Way for Play" wilderness study

Yayra Ami Tamakloe and Belle Sherman Elementary: Pan African storytelling project

CAP ArtSpace

Current and Upcoming

March Exhibit

though April 2

Planned Chaos, collages

Doug Landau (aka Dugwah)

‘Planned Chaos’ is an exhibit of collage work that spans decades! Doug is a spartan who harvests imagery from found magazines and likes to collage over recycled paintings.

See Exhibit in 3D Here

April Exhibit

“Interval,” Jill Lavetsky

Visit on Gallery Night:

Friday, April 7, 5pm to 8pm

"Interval" consists of paintings- both acrylic and watercolor- as well as black-and-white collages and fabric collages.

The artwork reflects on the subject of human connection. Themes of motherhood, relationships, vulnerability, and tenderness are personified through the tangling of bodies and the interlacing of limbs. jilllavetsky.com

See all 2023 CAP ArtSpace Exhibits Here

ArtSpace Hours: Monday - Sat, 10 to 5

Location: 110 N. Tioga Street, on the Commons

ompkins Center for History and Culture

Thank you to the Tompkins Community Bank for their year-round sponsorship of our CAP ArtSpace.

Join the Greater Ithaca Art Trail!

Applications due April 2

Note: Artist member requirements have changed in recent years (so if you think you don't qualify, keep reading)!

Now in its 25th season, the Art Trail is a consolidated marketing and publicity program valued at $23,000 annually. 50 artists a year take advantage of this opportunity.

Artist participation can take many forms. You don't need to be

a visual arts (although most are), you don't need your own space, and you don't have to open to visitors. The fee is sliding scale!

Information & Guidelines are at arttrail.com/join-the-trail

Questions anytime! programs@artspartner.org

More Artist Opportunities

Request for mural proposals!

THRIVING FUTURES

“Get Your GreenBack Tompkins" is funding 12 murals in the Ithaca area.

1 Award of $6,000 for a wall! (Opportunity open to all)

10 Awards of $450 for 10 electrical boxes! (Opportunity for local/regional artists)

March 20: proposals due.

May - June: wall & boxes painted.

https://www.ithacamurals.com/thriving-futures.html

Hangar Theatre

Call for Actors and registration for their Spring Break-a-Leg Camp.

AND apply for a Lab Company Performance Fellowship.

https://hangartheatre.org/

Hupstate Circus Festival

seeks innovative and diverse circus shows to perform in Ithaca Sept 1-4. Apply at hupstatecircus.org by April 15th.

The Poetry Vending Machine Project

is a literary art community outreach project in Corning, New York. Corning area and Steuben county residents (Tompkins is okay!) are invited to submit poems for consideration for inclusion. Parameters are at poetryvendingmachine.com

Call to indigenous and POC artists.

Deadline March 31 for "Present Conversations,"

June exhibit at the CAP ArtSpace in the Tompkins Center for History and Culture. Info here

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So Many Local Art Events!

Local Events: IthacaEvents.com

“Speaking Dance Wise"

roundtable reflections with Tompkins County long term dancers, movers and shakers. March 18, April 1, April 29, Tompkins County Public Library. Details here

The Factory Art Market Sprinkle at Artist Alley

Saturday, April 1, 10am-4pm and Sunday, April 2, 10am-4pm

thefactoryartmarket.com

Buffalo Street Books

Check out their event calendar buffalostreetbooks.com/event

Cayuga Chamber Orchestra

"Eastern Bloc, Sun, April 23, 3pm, First Uniterian " ccoithaca.org

Cayuga Vocal Ensemble

“Alzheimer’s Stories,” Sun, April 16, 4pm, St. Catherine of Siena Church cayuga-vocal.org/

Cherry Gallery

"At the Threshold," video installation by Cori Spencer, Sat-Sun 1-5 up though April 2. thecherry.org

The Cherry Artspace

"Heading into Night." world premiere: a soulful clown play about unexpected discoveries to be found in the fading of memory. Starring Cirque du Soleil clown Daniel Passer March 17-26

thecherry.org

Cinemapolis

See what's playing at cinemapolis.org

Civic Ensemble

Fly Mei to the Moon, Youth Forum Theatre Troupe

Friday, March 24 at 7pm at the Community School of Music & Arts

civicensemble.org

Cornell Concert Series

See their spring line up at cornellconcertseries.com

Community School of Music and Arts

Lots of workshops, and events! Currently on display in their gallery is Cai Quirk's "Transcendence: Queer Restoryation" csma-ithaca.org

Corners Gallery

Barbara Mink & Leslie Ford. Through April 15th.

Reception: March 17. cornersgallery.com

Downtown Ithaca

Gallery Night Ithaca, on the first Friday of every month. downtownithaca.com/events/

Gallery at South Hill

Jim Kwiatkowski – “Bars of a Cage," acrylic paintings through April 16.

Opening Reception, March 18, 5-7pm

First Friday Gallery Night, April 7, 5-8pm

southhillbusinesscampus.com/gallery-at-shbc/

Hangar Theatre

DSP Presents: James McMurtry w/BettySoo, March 19, 8pm.

HangarTheatre.org

History Center in Tompkins County

Knot Sew Fast pulls from the extensive textile and fabric arts collections held by The History Center to lay out the stories these functional artworks tell about Tompkins County history. There's always other activities and programs!

Ink Shop Printmaking Center

Erin Miller, "Casino," exhibit through March 22

Ink-Shop.org

Johnson Museum

Free and open to all. museum.cornell.edu

Kitchen Theatre

"NO CHILD... ," March 28 to April 16 kitchentheatre.org/nochil

Puppet Series @ the Cherry

Puppet Series and Puppet Making workshop

Monthly! Saturday, April 1, 10:30am

Mix Art Gallery

Josh Parrott;s "Improvisational RESOLVE," through end of March