A group exhibit organized by the Ithaca Pride Alliance. “Queer Visions, Queer Voices” will feature art from eleven members of our community exploring a vibrant and diverse spectrum of queer experiences and identities. Through paintings, sculptures, photography, installations, and performance art, queer artists will be invited to express their unique perspectives and lived experiences and celebrate the beauty and complexity ... Read More

Plan a visit to Tompkins County, NY, for the Community Arts Partnership’s 33rd annual Ithaca Artist Market! This juried show and sale features over 80 local and regional artists showcasing fine and functional art (and some writers!) along with local arts groups, food, wine/beer/cider, music, a boat tour, and more, all on the beautiful Cayuga Lake inlet. The Community Arts ... Read More

How do you create a narrator that truly speaks to young readers? In this interactive workshop with Emily Sun Li and Tommy McAree, we’ll explore how to craft authentic voices across picture books, middle grade, and young adult fiction. We’ll begin with a guided discussion on narrative voice, analyzing syntax, diction, and tone through standout examples from children’s literature. Drawing ... Read More

Come and hang out with fellow artists and creatives. We'll do a few networking type conversation starters so you can meet new people!

With Dan Rosenberg. Writing poetry isn’t always about finding the perfect word; sometimes it’s about having fun together and making each other laugh. For this workshop, we will try out some collaborative poetry games, creating strange and surprising poems in pairs and as a whole group. Everyone is welcome, from established poets looking to lean into their sense of play ... Read More

Join us for an art-inspired creative writing workshop at the Johnson Museum of Art! Staff from the Museum’s education department will facilitate close-looking activities with artworks from the permanent collection and special exhibitions. Following these warm ups to hone our observation and descriptive skills, Yessica Martinez will lead the group in a writing process, with time for read-alouds, group discussion ... Read More

Many writers have an inner critic who loves to point out everything they’re doing wrong, making it hard to write. This workshop, co-led by creative coach Emily Mure and novelist Nancy Holzner, features exercises to keep your inner critic from blocking your writing. We’ll start by interrogating the critic to find out where that voice originates. Then, we’ll invite another ... Read More

Poet and screenwriter Lee Cotman will guide participants in creating their own “blackout” love poems from a variety of un-romantic source texts (e.g., junk mail and meeting minutes). In a blackout poem, the writer chooses an existing document and obscures all but a few selected words; the remaining words create the poem. This process puts the writer in direct conversation, ... Read More

How can queer poets use their work to define and redefine themselves? In this 1 hour workshop with Amir McClam, participants will explore poetry as a queer (non-normative) method of self-creation. Together we will study the work of June Jordan and KB Brookins, consider what we have to learn from them, and produce original writing. Through communal discussion, self-reflection, and ... Read More

Led by Gladys Brangman, this workshop will focus on the often-overlooked aspects of making a living as an artist — the practical, strategic, and business-related elements that many creatives don’t think about when trying to sell their work. Gladys is on CAP's board and is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Business Leaders of Colors, an organization that has ... Read More