Currently On View at CSMA
Upstairs Gallery: Jesse Wright & IHS Student Artists: "Painting With Hurricanes"
Ithaca Gallery Night debuts June 5th from 5:00-8:00 pm.
Main Gallery – Artist, educator Jesse Wright’s layered visual language references his blended Jamaican American heritage and speaks of a diverse reverence to a longing for home physically and spiritually. These paintings, made with the assistance of Ithaca High School students artists, are inspired by ongoing relief efforts in Jamaica in response to category 5 hurricane Melissa. Hope and resilience are given attention in the complexity of ancestral narratives and present-day experiences. Wright’s committed to empowering and uplifting community through creative engagement projects and global humanitarian initiatives. More info: www.starlightjamaica.org Artist info: @sunday.rebel on Instagram or www.sundayrebel.com
Downstairs Gallery: Rob Whitcomb: Donde Permanece la Luz (Where the Light Remains)
Ithaca Gallery Night debuts June 5th from 5:00-8:00 pm.
“Influenced by Paul Strand’s Mexican Portfolio, from the 1930’s, my photographs were shot in the Yucatan region of Mexico. My goal was to explore the quiet presence of ordinary architecture and the histories embedded in the walls, and urban surfaces. Weathered plaster, exposed stone, faded signage, and improvised repairs reveal layers of occupation, memory, and change. Working in high-contrast monochrome, I reduced the familiar structures to elemental relationships of light, oppressive heat, and texture, allowing the images to move between documentation and abstraction. Rather than romanticizing decay, the work examines endurance, erosion, and adaptation, revealing how built environments continue to bear witness to the human condition.”
— Rob Whitcomb, artist
Previously on view in the Gallery
CSMA Faculty Exhibition 2023
We warmly invite you to the annual Faculty Exhibition at the Community School of Music and Arts. View the diverse creative styles of CSMA’s talented teaching artists – and get inspired to take a class this fall! Featured artists include Manuela Amzallag, Rachel...
Muhamed Kafedzic – Muha 無派 | Hanami 花見 (Flower Viewing)
On view: April 7 - May 26, 2023 Hanami is a Japanese tradition of flower (blossom) viewing during springtime. In this case, it is an invitation to view a selection of Muha´s works from 2009-2022 showing the artist´s views of Ukiyo-e, reinterpretations of art...
Transcendence: Queer Restoryation
Please join us for Gallery Night from 5-8 PM, including an artist talk with Cai Quirk at 6:30 PM.
CSMA Annual Open Exhibition!
On view: December 2, 2022 – January 27, 2023 Curator: Jennifer Gibson The Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) is excited to showcase students, emerging artists, and established artists in our annual Open Exhibition. These amazing submitted works are by artists...
Semillas al Viento: We Are Scattered Seeds
Semillas al Viento: We Are Scattered Seeds Cultura Ithaca Latinx Heritage 2022 Art Exhibition Curated by Daniela Rivero On View October 7 - November 27 Latinx Heritage month coincides with the fall equinox and the Northern Hemisphere’s descent into the darker months...
Faculty Show 2022
On View September 2 - October 1 We warmly invite you to the annual Faculty Show at the Community School of Music and Arts. View the diverse creative styles of CSMA’s talented teaching artists – and get inspired to take a class this fall. The Faculty Show features...
The Eclectic Work of JOYCE STILLMAN-myers
On View July 1 - August 26 Joyce started making art seriously in the early 1970’s. She soon developed a super-realistic style, which she exhibited in major galleries in NYC and internationally. Her paintings of Christmas ornaments won international awards and were...
L’Atelier
On View June 3 – 24 This exhibition features the work of 5 and 6 year old students from Ms. Jessica Custer-Bindel's Kindergarten class at the Beverly J. Martin Elementary School. After a visit to the State of the Art Gallery, the students asked, “Who gets to show...
confluencial
On view April 1 – May 27 confluencial presents the work of al aguas and Sonja Lockhart together. Individually submerging into their experiences of Black and Indigenous peoples’ vitality in bountiful to barren social scapes, they recognize the refuge in turning to...
the climate will determine the green of the future forests
On view February 4 - March 25, 2022 Graphic design students from the Ithaca College Art Department Graphic Design Program, under the guidance of Professor Patti Capaldi, exhibit a series of posters designed to address the challenging issues of climate change and...