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DEAR CAP FAMILY: by E.D. Megan Barber
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THANK YOU: Visions FCU!
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FEATURE: Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz
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EVENT: Friday, August 6; Gallery Night! at CAP ArtSpace
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EVENT: Saturday, August 7: First Saturday on the Art Trail
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EVENT: Friday, August 13: Ithaca Artist Market
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Dear CAP Family:
A Season of Giving
from Executive Director, Megan Barber
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Dear CAP Family,
I hope you're all doing well and getting outside to play this summer. Put in your orders now for beautiful weather for the Artist Market on August 13. We're excited to see you there!
We are in a season of giving - always a nice season to be in! We will soon be announcing the amazing recipients of our first ever Creative Recovery Fund grant cycle, with support from the Community Foundation of Tompkins County and individual donors. We can't wait to share these powerful projects with you - projects that truly put in art in service of our community.
We are also pleased to announce additional Statewide Community Regrant funding from the New York State Council on the Arts. We will be announcing the application process later this month.
And Tompkins County not only provided additional funding this summer to boost the Arts & Culture Organizational Development grants that CAP administers, but also entrusted CAP with funding to market the arts. Look for the launch of our campaign to welcome you back to the arts this fall.
As you can see, this truly is a community that cares and that understands the value of the arts to all our lives. We are honored to play a role in supporting the creative expression of all our neighbors.
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Thank you Visions FCU
Our ArtsLetter sponsor
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August is Youth Month at Visions Federal Credit Union, and they are celebrating with special bonuses and giveaways. New members aged 19 and younger can earn a $25 bonus for opening an account, plus get entered to win prizes like backpacks, laptops, and more! Stop by their Ithaca office at 408 Elmira Rd with your child or grandchild to take advantage of this offer.
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Grantee Artist Feature
Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz
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(by CAP Ithaca College intern, Isabella Grassia)
This is an edited version of the full article. Click here to read more.
Local artist Juan Manuel Aldape Muñoz is a recent recipent of CAP's 2021 Artist in Community Grant for Regio, a production of contemporary dance, storytelling, and puppetry that addresses the issues of safety that Latinx migrant workers, specifically in meat supply factories, had to face during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Telling stories about the experiences and struggles of Mexican and Central American immigrant communities is a goal of Juan Manuel, coming from a migrant family himself. He believes it is important to represent the complexities and specific details of these Latinx people’s lives as opposed to how they are often represented: in characters and generalizations.
One of the most eye-catching elements of Regio is the puppetry. While Juan Manuel was inspired to include puppets in his project from taking his toddler to a children’s show organized by Lilypad Puppet Theatre, the ones in Regio are no hand puppets. Juan Manuel had seen the giant 11-foot tall Mojigangas years prior when he visited Mexico in 2012. He was struck by their “other-worldly and magical” qualities but wondered how they would function with more dynamic movement. Read the full article here!
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Gallery Night, August 6th
Spirit of Tompkins
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Come see us on Gallery Night!
Friday, 5pm to 8pm.
110 N. Tioga Street, Ithaca 14850 (on the Commons)
"Spirit of Tompkins" features portraits of people, individually or as groups, in their homes, work, farms, or other meaningful places by local photographer Robyn Wishna. Participants chose their own place to be photographed and each participant was asked to provide a short explanation of why they chose that place. Their words are used alongside their portraits to help tell their stories.
The project is a collaboration of The Discovery Trail, the Town of Ithaca (celebrating its bicentennial in 2021) and photographer/project director Robyn Wishna.
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Live Exhibit: Aug 5 -29
Hours- Wed - Sat, 10-5
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First Saturday, August 7
Greater Ithaca Art Trail
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On Saturday, you can visit up to 15 studios (and one performance)
Free - no registration. Just travel the picturesque roads of Tompkins County with artists as your destination. They are all hoping you stop by!
Hours: 11am to 4pm.
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Ithaca Artist Market, August 13
Greater Ithaca Art Trail
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A once-a-year can't miss event!
On Friday. August 13th from noon to 7:30pm, the Community Arts Partnership will take over the beautiful 88 booth Ithaca Artist Market on the Cayuga Lake inlet.
You'll find a juried selection of local and regional fine and functional artists with a truly amazing variety of work for sale.
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Artists will be selling their paintings, photographs, ceramics, altered books, fine jewelry, fiber art, fused glass, collage, mosaics, fine furniture, wood-turned functional items, mixed media, sculpture, drawings, and etchings. And it's not just visual artists - there will be two authors, a comedian, and performers!
Local arts and cultural organizations will be there, along with food, wine, and beer vendors. The East Hill Jazz Group sets the mood throughout the day, and some performances from local artists will be scheduled.
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Location: Ithaca Farmers Market, (for GPS: 545 Third Street, Ithaca, NY 14850). Or turn off Route 13 at Third Street between Aldi's and B&W Supply.
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Local Artistic Offerings
Stay Connected Locally
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Hangar Theatre
See Sweeney Todd through the 27th (and check out the rest of their summer season) hangartheatre.org
Cherry Arts
presents An Odyssey, a community-created theatrical spectacular co-produced with the Hangar Theater! August 26 to September 4
Civic Ensemble
Running to Places
Cayuga Chamber Orchestra
Concert and Cruise on the Lake on August 7th and Brass Fanfare (Chamber Music Series) on August 8. ccoithaca.org
History Center in Tompkins County
Saltonstall Foundation
Cinemapolis
Downtown Concert Series
Gallery Night Ithaca - galleries are open!
Community School of music and Arts
in person classes are back!
Tompkins County Public Library
There are always many virtual events happening at the library! tcpl.org.
State of the Art Gallery
Buffalo Street Books
Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts
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Consider a Donation to CAP
Support Tompkins County Arts!
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Your support of our annual fund makes our work of strengthening the arts throughout Tompkins possible!
Learn about all we do on our website (ArtsPartner.org) and please consider a donation!! If you would like to pay via check, see our address below. Donations are tax deductible and we'll follow up right away with a thank you/receipt!
THANK YOU!!! We love what we do and hope you do too!
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