Jun
2
6:30 PM18:30
Mar
20
to Apr 17
Community Altar
Celebrate | honor | release
Your interpretation is the right interpretation.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE ALTAR
1. Bring an offering. For example:
· a photograph or image.
· a note, poem or quote to, or about, someone or something.
· a collage
· a piece of cloth from a special blanket or item of clothing.
· a personal object, a trinket, a keepsake.
· A stone from a special place.
· Whatever you decide to bring!
2. Secure your offering well so that it isn’t carried away by wind or
squirrels. (bring fasteners from home; duct tape, sticky putty, tacks etc.)
3. Please be mindful of each other’s contributions.
4. Enjoy the layering and collage as the altar evolves.
Please only make offerings that you are willing to let go of. *
*Because of the nature of the project, we will not be able to return or guarantee safekeeping of any items placed on the altar
Dec
21
7:00 PM19:00
Sidewalk Stroll To Bring In The Light
Art Club invites you for a......
Our Embarkment Begins
Wednesday
December 21st
7pm
Dewitt Park
Whether it's a
personal or communal
light you seek...
A seasonal, spiritual
or symbolic
light you stroll for...
-Come as you are! OR wear a costume!*
Represent the metaphorical light you thirst for or simply drape yourself with fairy lights...
Your vision is the right vision!
-Bring your lantern & LED candle to help guide us through the darkness! **
(We'll have a few to share.)
"I don't know what you're seeing but if there's light move towards it."
-David Wojnarowicz
We can't wait to stroll with you!
-Art Club.
* Check out this Pinterest page for our costume inspirations!
https://www.pinterest.com/endlessdaysofra/light-walk-costume-ideas/
**Please no flame candles for safety reasons!!
***We plan to stroll at a calm pace for 45 minutes - 1 hour. The pre-planned route allows those that need to modify the distance to do so easily. The route and distance will be shortened if the weather is inclement.
Jun
5
12:00 PM12:00
Interactive, Promenade Theater @ the Ithaca Festival
Art Club
& Dacha Presents...
I SENSE A PRESENCE
An interactive, promenade theater experience.*
Sunday, June 5th
@ the Ithaca Festival
12-8pm
BACK-TO-BACK, ONE-OF-A-KIND
15 MINUTE FREE PERFORMANCES
Step on in…
For you, the audience, have a role to play!
Wander curiously, investigate & devour.
Respond adventurously or perch silently.
EXPLORE AND ENGAGE
We can’t do it without you!
*What is “interactive, promenade theater”?
A performance where the audience literally steps into the set and becomes an active member in the scene. The audience is encouraged to hands-on explore & uncover their surroundings. To be present & alive in the action and conversation.
Every comfort level is WELCOME!
Curiosity did not kill this cat.
Jun
4
12:00 PM12:00
Hands-On Environmental Art @ the Ithaca Festival
Art Club. presents…
Hands-On Environmental Art
SATURDAY, JUNE 4TH
@ THE ITHACA FESTIVAL
12-6pm
Goldenrod Galls, Acorn Cups, Cigar Tree Seed Pods, Grapevine Tendrils, Sycamore Bark…
PICK. PLACE. REPEAT.
Design an intuitive, simple &
individual creation in the
round.Then sweep it all away.*
*After photographing, each creation will be swept into one communal pile to be used Sunday, June 5th in the set design for “I Sense A Presence”— an interactive, promenade theater experience!
Saturday = interactive art. Sunday = interactive theater. One tent. Two ways to play.
Art Club’s version of
mandalas, meditation
&
making art together.
We can’t do it without you!
Feb
5
5:00 PM17:00
Gallery Night Exhibit: Your Community Art Project
YOU CAME. YOU PLAYED. YOU CREATED.
and now...
Art Club. presents:
Your Community Art Project
Shadow Portraits/Shadow Films:
Somewhere Between Darkness & Light
February 5th
First Friday Gallery Night
5-8pm
Just Be Cause Center
1013 W. State St, Ithaca
On Wednesday January 27th, Art Club invited the town to participate in shadow themed visual art and film stations at the Tompkins County Public Library with the purpose of gathering together to play and to create community art projects. On Gallery Night, we will proudly display these art pieces that were all created by you, members of our community.
We can't wait to see you again and celebrate your innovation and vision!
Gallery Night at the Just Be Cause Center brought to you in partnership with our amazing friends at the Ithaca Children's Garden ithacachildrensgarden.org
Check out their Fire & Ice Festival coming Feb 6th from 3-6pm!!!
For all Participants--
ART-PICK-UP TIMES AND DATES:
Your fantastic contributions will be available for you to take home
immediately after Gallery Night Friday Feb 5th at 8pm
OR
Monday Feb 8th from 5-7pm at the Tompkins County Public Library
(We will set up in the library proper at a table closest to the BorgWarner room we can find. We can't thank you enough!)
Jan
27
5:30 PM17:30
Shadow Portraits/Shadow Films: Somewhere between Darkness & Light
BorgWarner Room
Tompkins County Public Library
101 East Green St. Ithaca, NY
Come experiment and make art with us!!
We will be making Portraits and Films while playing with shadows for your very own community art exhibition...
- Shadow Self Portraits --hand traced silhouettes decorated with your own unique "headdress"
- Life-size Shadow Puppet Theater --your bodies become human shadow puppets with costumes, masks and movement
- Abstract Object Shadow Theater --boxes of knickknacks and curios to set up, manipulate and encourage shadow and light play
Sep
27
2:00 PM14:00
Art Club at Porchfest
Find us at 523 N. Aurora St.
Art Club
Presents:
The Collective Cacophony Company
Come make a racket!
A cacophonous clamor!
We invite you to join the band!
Play around, making sounds with
Our handmade music makers….
Shakers & Clangers
Pluckers & Twangers
Of all kinds!
Dissonance & Discord
Rule the yard
All are welcome!