Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County

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Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County For over 30 years, CAP has been a driving force behind the vibrant arts community of Tompkins County.

Save the Date! Next Artist Networking Night! Meet other artists, eat snacks, and So What? Studio will be joining us with...
10/19/2026

Save the Date! Next Artist Networking Night!

Meet other artists, eat snacks, and So What? Studio will be joining us with a communal doodle hour. So What? Studio is a social arts club for adults that aims to be an inclusive community space for nurturing the artist within!

Friday October 23rd, 5:30-7:00 at the Trumansburg Conservatory of Fine Arts!

5 McLallen St. Trumansburg, NY, 14886

Registration Requested! Link in bio

Next up on the Art Trail Open Studio weekend spotlight is:  Inshik Lee. “I am a multi-media artist and my work is my int...
10/16/2026

Next up on the Art Trail Open Studio weekend spotlight is: Inshik Lee. “I am a multi-media artist and my work is my intertwined expressions of my one precious life.

Currently my conversations with myself express themselves on the land where I live. My works are inspired by interrogations about nature, work, art, aesthetics, social impact, cultural significance, history, self identity, daily strife, life and death.

It is about nothing and also about everything.”

On October 17-18, from 11:00am to 5:00pm each day, 36 fine & functional artists are open for the 28th annual Greater Ithaca Art Trail OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND!

Explore ArtTrail.com to get the Open Studio List/Map to see who is open AND check out the artists’ profile pages and location accessibility.

Gather your friends and family and go on this wonderful fall adventure through peak fall foliage with artist studios as your destinations! You’ll meet great people, have great conversations and see amazing art for sale. Find something you love!

The Art Trail is a program of the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County.

10/14/2026

On October 17-18, from 11:00am to 5:00pm each day, 36 fine & functional artists are open for the 28th annual Greater Ithaca Art Trail OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND!

Explore ArtTrail.com to get the Open Studio List/Map to see who is open AND check out the artists’ profile pages and location accessibility.

Gather your friends and family and go on this wonderful fall adventure through peak fall foliage with artist studios as your destinations! You’ll meet great people, have great conversations and see amazing art for sale. Find something you love!

The Art Trail is a program of the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County.

Next up on the Art Trail Open Studio weekend spotlight is: Jen Meyers of Perfect Mug Pottery! “I am a small batch artisa...
10/08/2026

Next up on the Art Trail Open Studio weekend spotlight is: Jen Meyers of Perfect Mug Pottery!

“I am a small batch artisan potter, living and working in Trumansburg, NY. Also an artist, novelist, and coloring book creator, I am a compulsive creator who loves to learn. I’ve loved pottery my entire life, but only learned how to make my own when, out of the blue, my husband gifted me a pottery class in 2018, knowing I’d always wanted to learn. It was the most romantic gift of my life. On the card, he wrote, “You love to create and I love you…that’s why.” I fell in love on day one of class (of COURSE I did), and that started me on this particular creative path.

The natural warmth and beauty of black and brown clays inspired me to develop my signature style of hand-carved designs with the surrounding clay left bare—the clays are simply too beautiful to keep fully hidden beneath glaze. My style is time-consuming and challenging to glaze, but I love the results too much to do it any other way.”

On October 10-11 and 17-18, from 11:00am to 5:00pm each day, 36 fine & functional artists are open one or both weekends for the 28th annual Greater Ithaca Art Trail OPEN STUDIO WEEKENDS!

Explore ArtTrail.com to get the Open Studio List/Map to see who is open AND check out the artists’ profile pages and location accessibility.

Gather your friends and family and go on this wonderful fall adventure through peak fall foliage with artist studios as your destinations! You’ll meet great people, have great conversations and see amazing art for sale. Find something you love!

Register your name and email for over 20 chances to win participating artists’ work or discounts.

The Art Trail is a program of the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County.

Next up on the Art Trail Open Studio weekend spotlight is: Arthur Bucknor!  “My current paintings reflect my life-long e...
10/06/2026

Next up on the Art Trail Open Studio weekend spotlight is: Arthur Bucknor!

“My current paintings reflect my life-long exploration of the influence of my father, but more than that they tell the story of a profound and traumatic reinvention of my own artistic practice. After being born in Ithaca (while my father was a PhD student at Cornell) I moved with my family to Ghana when I was 5 years old, where I grew up in a creative home surrounded by my father’s art and exploring my own creativity as a painter and DJ. I returned to Ithaca for high school at the age of 18, and then traveled back to Ghana as an adult. In 2010, a traumatic brain tumor left me without the use of my dominant (left) hand, and needing to use a wheelchair for mobility.

The unexpected loss of control forced me to relearn the basic mechanisms of painting as well as living. Despite initial struggles, my journey of reinvention became transformative. Inspired by my late father’s artistic legacy, I embraced the connection with my roots, allowing my artwork to flow through me. My right hand, initially weakened by the trauma, emerged as a newly-freed vessel of expression, infusing newfound fluidity and emotion into my paintings.”

On October 10-11 and 17-18, from 11:00am to 5:00pm each day, 36 fine & functional artists are open one or both weekends for the 28th annual Greater Ithaca Art Trail OPEN STUDIO WEEKENDS!

Explore ArtTrail.com to get the Open Studio List/Map to see who is open AND check out the artists’ profile pages and location accessibility.

Gather your friends and family and go on this wonderful fall adventure through peak fall foliage with artist studios as your destinations! You’ll meet great people, have great conversations and see amazing art for sale. Find something you love!

Register your name and email for over 20 chances to win participating artists’ work or discounts.

The Art Trail is a program of the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County.

Next up on the Art Trail Open Studio weekend spotlight is: Graham Ottoson. “When I met my first gourd, I didn’t know muc...
10/05/2026

Next up on the Art Trail Open Studio weekend spotlight is: Graham Ottoson.

“When I met my first gourd, I didn’t know much. I knew about mothers and babies, because I was a midwife. But I didn’t know much about gourds. I didn’t know that they were among the first domesticated plants, or that they have been used throughout history as musical instruments, personal flotation devices, religious icons, and kitchen utensils. There was a time when every good cook had her favorite gourd. I didn’t know that, and I didn’t know I would be spending the next 20 years (and counting) washing, staining, carving, and illuminating gourds. There was so much I didn’t know.”

On October 10-11 and 17-18, from 11:00am to 5:00pm each day, 36 fine & functional artists are open one or both weekends for the 28th annual Greater Ithaca Art Trail OPEN STUDIO WEEKENDS!

Explore ArtTrail.com to get the Open Studio List/Map to see who is open AND check out the artists’ profile pages and location accessibility.

Gather your friends and family and go on this wonderful fall adventure through peak fall foliage with artist studios as your destinations! You’ll meet great people, have great conversations and see amazing art for sale. Find something you love!

Register your name and email for over 20 chances to win participating artists’ work or discounts.

The Art Trail is a program of the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County.

Up next on the Art Trail Open Studio Weekends Spotlight: Robert Roemisch. “I was raised on a farm in Ohio and spent most...
10/03/2026

Up next on the Art Trail Open Studio Weekends Spotlight: Robert Roemisch.

“I was raised on a farm in Ohio and spent most of my adult life in Southern California building mansions on the beach and creating art.

I started in wood as a master carpenter and expanded to any other material I could get my hands on. I do indoor and outdoor sculptures in wood, bronze, metal, paper and stone, furniture, paintings, crafts (I taught 19th century woodworking at Shaker Village in Kentucky for a time), longbows, knifes, bowls, etc.”

On October 10-11 and 17-18, from 11:00am to 5:00pm each day, 36 fine & functional artists are open one or both weekends for the 28th annual Greater Ithaca Art Trail OPEN STUDIO WEEKENDS!

Explore ArtTrail.com to get the Open Studio List/Map to see who is open AND check out the artists’ profile pages and location accessibility.

Gather your friends and family and go on this wonderful fall adventure through peak fall foliage with artist studios as your destinations! You’ll meet great people, have great conversations and see amazing art for sale. Find something you love!

Register your name and email for over 20 chances to win participating artists’ work or discounts.

The Art Trail is a program of the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County.

Up next on the Art Trail Open Studio Weekends Spotlight: Robert Roemisch. “I was raised on a farm in Ohio and spent most...
10/02/2026

Up next on the Art Trail Open Studio Weekends Spotlight: Robert Roemisch.

“I was raised on a farm in Ohio and spent most of my adult life in Southern California building mansions on the beach and creating art.

I started in wood as a master carpenter and expanded to any other material I could get my hands on. I do indoor and outdoor sculptures in wood, bronze, metal, paper and stone, furniture, paintings, crafts (I taught 19th century woodworking at Shaker Village in Kentucky for a time), longbows, knifes, bowls, etc.”

On October 10-11 and 17-18, from 11:00am to 5:00pm each day, 36 fine & functional artists are open one or both weekends for the 28th annual Greater Ithaca Art Trail OPEN STUDIO WEEKENDS!

Explore ArtTrail.com to get the Open Studio List/Map to see who is open AND check out the artists’ profile pages and location accessibility.

Gather your friends and family and go on this wonderful fall adventure through peak fall foliage with artist studios as your destinations! You’ll meet great people, have great conversations and see amazing art for sale. Find something you love!

Register your name and email for over 20 chances to win participating artists’ work or discounts.

The Art Trail is a program of the Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County.

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110 N. Tioga Street
Ithaca, NY
14850

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