Currently On View at CSMA
"Love is a Verb" and "The Journey of Hope, Beauty, and Wonder"
July 2025 – Upper & Lower Galleries
Ithaca Gallery Night debuts July 11th from 5:00-8:00 pm.
Upstairs: Love is a Verb: A Celebration of the Art and Life of Jann Rowe
This exhibit is dedicated to the memory of Jann Rowe, an amazing creative being who inhabited this world for a time and blessed it with a multitude of beautiful and evocative works of her heart and hands and voice. Through a selection of her work we will share with you a sampling of the creations that poured out of her on a near daily basis – paintings and poems, songs and stories, doodles and drawings and paper cups made into art. Jann was a firm believer in the transformative power of love and the potential of art to speak to the heart. Perhaps her art will have something to say to you.
Downstairs: The Journey of Hope, Beauty, and Wonder by Raymond Crognale
My paintings, along with other creative adventures, have spanned over fifty years. This is not a hobby to me, it’s a way of life. Every expression, every painting or poem comes from a deep and sustaining belief that creativity is a mark and an evidence that humans are delightfully created in God’s image and likeness. I believe that my art is a language that attempts to translate what life is all about, a kind of visual poetry. The overarching motivation behind my painting is to express eternal realities into tangible visual form, hopefully creating a connecting bridge with my audience. My paintings range from child-like wonderings to deeply serious philosophic reflections. For me creating painting, like all of life, is always an unfolding adventure. a journey full of surprises and happy happenings.
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...