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
Annual Open Exhibition: Pandemic Edition
Featuring submitted works by the Ithaca Community On view October 1 - January 28 This exhibition of works by more than fifty emerging and established artists celebrates the vibrancy, resiliency, and diversity of visual arts in our community. All entered works were...
El Vacio de la Memoria/ The Vacuum of Memory
Featuring works by Pedro Molina and Marilyn Boror Bor, curated by Paulina Velázquez Solís On view October 1 - November 20 The tragic erasure of cultural roots and political views is part of the power dynamics, violence, and metamorphosis that the Mesoamerican region...
Patti Capaldi
Through the month of August, experience Patti Capaldi’s Drift, a powerful window installation exploring the pandemic lexicon.
Terrance Vann
On view April 2, 2021 – May 1, 2021, Reflections by Terrance Vann. Going under the moniker “Terranceism” or “ismboy”, Vann’s work captures a vivid Afro Surrealist Expressionism in a signature style that makes for a one-of-a-kind viewing experience.