tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28121033049015320162024-03-12T21:42:01.492-04:00Exhibits at TCPLUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger106125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-23900553442827648292017-01-18T11:22:00.002-05:002017-01-18T11:22:50.562-05:00YOU ARE HERE: Exploring Human Evolution
Ithaca Explores Human Origins continues at TCPL with this exciting new exhibit which will be on display in the Avenue of the Friends through the end of January.
For centuries, people have explored potential answers to the
question “What Does It Mean To Be Human?”
Scientists look to our physical history for clues. The bodies of our ancestors tells us about
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-25700276703746394062016-11-29T15:31:00.001-05:002016-11-29T15:31:52.760-05:00"On Being Human" a multi media exhibit opens at TCPL Friday, December 2, 2016
This exhibit, which was made possible by the Tompkins County Public Library Foundation with grant support from the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County, opens on Friday, December 2, 2016 from 5:00 - 8:00 PM during Gallery Opening Night. Refreshments will be served in the BorgWarner Room and the artists will be present to talk about their work and what being human means to them.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-61847732599504613882016-11-29T14:57:00.002-05:002016-11-29T14:58:24.357-05:00Exploring Human Origins: What Does It Mean To Be Human? Opens at TCPL
This exhibit was organized by the the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in collaboration with the American Library Association Public Programs Office. This project was made possible through the suppor a grant from John Templeton Foundation and support from the Peter Buck Human Origins Fund.
A wonderful series of opening events from November 29 to December 4 has beenUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-89626044059708132422016-09-19T20:25:00.001-04:002016-09-19T20:25:39.815-04:00Four new exhibits open at TCPL during Gallery Opening Night, October 7, 2016
Loading Dock by Noah Levin
In Progress: Images from the portfolios of photography students is curated by Robyn Wishna lecturer in photography at the Park School at Ithaca College. The work is eclectic and shows the different perspectives with which students approach their work. The images displayed include work from the portfolios of Christian Savini, Hristina Tasheva and Noah Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-29315473734473003092016-07-25T09:52:00.001-04:002016-07-25T09:52:15.910-04:00ITHACA EXPLORES HUMAN ORIGINS - November 23, 2016 through February 28, 2017
TCPL is excited to be able to bring the Smithsonians's national traveling exhibition "Exploring Human Origins: What Does It Mean To Be Human?" to our community during the holiday season this year.
This exhibit was organized by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in collaboration with the American Library Association, and was made possible through the support of a grant from Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-56243415575428953042016-07-25T09:43:00.000-04:002016-07-25T17:04:11.563-04:00TCPL’s presents Grace Miller White and her 1909 novel Tess of the Storm CountyThis small exhibit on display in the Avenue of the Friends presents Tess of the Storm County, the 1909 novel by Ithaca author Grace Miller White (1868-1957) and will be on display during August 2016. White is known for her Storm Country Series, as well as numerous other novels. Tess of the Storm Country was made into a film four times.
Featuring film posters, covers of early Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-29347507570610746192016-06-15T16:28:00.001-04:002016-06-15T16:28:20.341-04:00Visual Culture at IHS Opens at TCPL - Saturday, June 25, 2016
Sophie Becraft
Once again, TCPL is delighted to be able to present Visual Culture at IHS, Ithaca High School’s annual show of artwork created during the past year.
Zareth Halaby-Perez
Selected by students and art faculty, the work represents some of the best work created during the year by some very talented students. Students who study art, whether or not they intend to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-84783405854052160912016-05-05T17:22:00.001-04:002016-05-05T17:22:29.459-04:00Two exhibits open at TCPL during Gallery Night, Friday, May 6, "It Takes More Than Nostalgia" and "Four Artists"
This photographic exhibition highlights key moments and contributions from Historic Ithaca’s 50-year history, beginning in 1966 when the loss of Old City Hall, and the threat of demolitions to come, galvanized community members.
Together they organized to create Historic Ithaca, in part to preserve historic architectural treasures in Ithaca and Tompkins County.
In addition, differentUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-20108881951097937982016-04-29T15:33:00.000-04:002016-04-29T15:33:29.229-04:00"It Takes More Than Nostalgia" - A new exhibit from Historic Ithaca opens at TCPL
TCPL is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibit in the Avenue of the Friends at Gallery Opening Night on Friday May 6. The exhibit is sponsored by Historic Ithaca and will be on display through the end of June.
This photographic exhibition highlights key moments and contributions from Historic Ithaca’s 50-year history, beginning in 1966 when the loss of Old City Hall, and the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-74555961380941427562016-04-27T13:09:00.002-04:002016-04-27T13:09:42.520-04:00TCPL presents "Four Artists"an exhibit curated by local art critic and curator Arthur Whitman
Big Moon by Madeleine Bialke
On April 29 Four Artists an exhibit featuring four talented picture-makers curated by Arthur Whitman will open at Tompkins County Public Library and will be on display through the end of June.
For Four Artists, local art critic and curator Arthur Whitman has assembled a quartet of diverse and talented picture-makers. Madeleine Bialke was raised in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-56551667708384810542016-04-11T16:39:00.000-04:002016-04-11T16:39:07.476-04:00Ordinary People: Stories and TreasuresThere is still time to visit TCPL to view the exhibit Ordinary People: Stories and Treasures, whch highlights the cultural experiences of the local Muslim community. This exhibit in the Avenue of the Friends will be on display through April 22.
When discussing the exhibit with curator Nagiane Lacka Arriaza and asking for signage describing the different cultural items on display such Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-37228800051925381362016-03-21T19:18:00.000-04:002016-03-21T19:18:01.225-04:00New Exhibit Highlighting Local Muslim Experience opens in Avenue of the Friends
Ordinary People: Stories and
Treasures, an exhibit highlighting the cultural experiences of the local
Muslim community has opened in the Avenue of the Friends and will be on display
through April 22.
Through family stories and heirlooms, “Ordinary People: Stories
and Treasures” shares the values and struggles of Tompkins County residents who
identify as Muslim and offers insight into the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-63692027198740299592016-02-05T12:15:00.000-05:002016-03-02T16:45:11.847-05:00Project for a Re-Volution in New York opens on February 5, 2016
The exhibit, Project for a Re-volution in New York, gets its theme of
revolution from the eponymous novel by the French writer Alain Robbe-Grillet.
While Robbe-Grillet’s work has been called a cross between an erotic and a
detective novel, it follows a character’s fears of culture being subverted—in
this case, a gritty 1970s New York City. It offers a window into a man’s
fantasies of an Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-16834423256987147652016-02-05T11:54:00.002-05:002016-02-05T11:54:47.856-05:00Downton Abbey Farewell - an Exhibit of Hats, Shoes and Accessories of the Downton Abbey EraTompkins County Public Library is hosting many events to celebrate the final PBS series Downton Abbey as well as presenting a special exhibit in the Avenue of the Friends during February, 2016.
Drawing from the Cornell Costume and Textile Collection, as well as the History Center in Tompkins County and the Lansing Historical Association, this exhibit extends our glimpse of life at Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-30972752297827055962015-10-02T16:10:00.001-04:002015-10-02T16:10:36.974-04:00Streetscapes opens during Gallery Opening Night, Friday October 2nd
Streetscapes a collection of work that draws on creativity and inspiration from our urban surroundings. Using a mixture of diverse media, artists explore the influence of the urban environment through color, energy, movement and personal experience culminating in sincere straight-from-the-gut expressions. Streetscapes is an inherent appreciation of urban culture, in all its Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-20421975448248213602015-09-28T23:25:00.000-04:002015-09-24T23:25:26.240-04:00TCPL and Cap Matches Color present three days of live street art painting September 25 - 27Join 50 of the world's best graffiti artists at Get-Up State 2015 as they once again transform Cornell University Press Building at 770 Cascadilla Street Ithaca, with fabulous murals.
This event is sponsored by Ironlak Ink. who are providing all the artists with a selection of Sugar Artists' Acrylic and Yard Master spray paint. Grant support is provided by Tompkins County Tourism ProgramUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-28225478988482818642015-09-27T23:35:00.000-04:002015-09-24T23:35:26.875-04:00Get-Up State Artists move to LOT 10 on Cayuga Street from 5 - 7 pm on Saturday 26 SeptemberA group art show is planned for Saturday September 26 from 7 to 9 PM at LOT 10 on Cayuga Street. It is open to the public and will feature works bymany of the artists who are painting on the Cornell University Press Building at 770 Cascadilla Street. This will provide a unique opportunity to purchase original, and portable, works of art from your favorite graffiti artist.
Join us Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-73882164184367363152015-09-27T16:05:00.000-04:002015-09-24T22:23:31.540-04:00TCPL and Cap Matches Color are getting Ready for Get-Up State 2015
Do you remember Get-Up State in April 2013 during Hip-Hop: Unbound from the Underground, the Ithaca Community's celebration of Hip Hop together with Cornell University Library Rare and Manuscript Collection? Well, Get-Up State 2015 returns this year for the weekend of September 25, 26 and 27.
The walls at the Cornell University Press Building at 770 Cascadilla StreetUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-28797183207579550812015-09-05T17:30:00.000-04:002015-09-02T17:31:33.873-04:00TCPL is participating in Gallery Opening Night on Friday, September 5. Please join us.
Stealing Scenes - The Illustrators Look at Shakespeare opens in the Avenue of the Friends on Friday, September 5. Joins us between 5 and 8 pm and meet some of the artists as they discuss their work.
Rhino Toys created by Rich Tomasello are also on display in the Avenue of the Friends.
Entry to the Library after closing time at 6:00 pm is through the BorgWarner Community Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-81974733026123412452015-09-04T14:34:00.000-04:002015-08-29T18:05:18.982-04:00TCPL hosts Stealing Scenes: The Illustrator's Look at Shakespeare September 4 - October 31
Last year, while the world celebrated the 450th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s birth, a group of regional illustrators and artists decided to pay homage to the playwrite by using passages from Shakespeare as the inspiration for a new series of artwork. Unique imagery and personal interpretations of Shakespeare's timeless works are the result. Their varied artistic practices and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-1095788529744687462015-09-02T17:10:00.000-04:002015-09-02T17:10:17.359-04:00Street Art returns to Ithaca with Get-Up State 2015 - Sept 25 to 27
Tompkins County Public Library, Ironlak and Cap Matches Color are proud to announce Get-Up State 2015.
You are invited to join 50+ of the world's best graffiti artists hailing from overseas and 10 US States who will display their awesome talents in a live painting event over one incredible weekend, September 25, 26, and 27. Watch the murals develop during the weekend long celebration. Be Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-77197656703012900012015-08-31T10:00:00.000-04:002015-08-29T18:06:30.445-04:00Exhibit of Rhino Toys created by Rich Tomasello opens Friday, August 28 at TCPL
Rhino Toys, a thought-provoking exhibit featuring hand-crafted toys designed to highlight current events and social issues opens at Tompkins County Public Library on Friday, August 28 and will be on display through the end of October.
Created by Buffalo-based artist and public school art teacher,
Rich Tomasello, Rhino Toys examines—through specially-designed toys reflecting Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-2074310442635534052015-08-27T16:34:00.002-04:002015-08-27T16:34:45.872-04:00Streetscapes opens at TCPL Friday October 2, 2015
Mural in the Dryden Rd Parking Garage painted by Andy Dolan
Streetscapes, curated by Jay Potter, opens at Gallery Night on Friday, October 2. This dynamic exhibit will feature a collection of work
that draws on creativity and inspiration from our urban surroundings. Using a
mixture of diverse media, local street artists will explore the influence of the urban
environment Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-51659539399292680152015-06-12T16:33:00.000-04:002015-06-12T16:33:54.641-04:00TCPL celebrates the summer with exciting new exhibitDreamtime: Surreal, Allegorical & Fantastic Art curated by Frances Fawcett and Margaret Nelson opens at the Library on Friday, June 19 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at a special, after-hours, opening reception.
Carcasone Abstract by Nancy V. Ridenour
Curators Frances Fawcett and Margaret Nelson are both working artists at the State of the Art Gallery, are scientific illustrators and both Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2812103304901532016.post-17844571132847098522015-06-05T15:09:00.000-04:002015-06-05T15:09:09.423-04:00Cornell Alums invited to tour special exhibits at TCPL June 5TCPL offers special behind the scenes tours of the exhibit "Cornell Off Campus" in honor of Alumni weekend.
Curator Julee Johnson leads a tour for Ithaca Rotary
Join Julee Johnson at 5:15 and 6:15 PM during Gallery Opening Night this Friday, June 5 in the Avenue of the Friends. Johson leads fascinating tours of this exhibit celebrating Cornell's 15th Anniversary. She explains Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0