Ithaca’s Art Bike Racks In 2017, the Downtown Ithaca Alliance (DIA) and the City of Ithaca together with the Tompkins County Tourism Program and Bike Walk Tompkins launched a Community Bike Rack Design Competition with the idea of encouraging cycling as a desirable mode of transportation as well as enhancing downtown Ithaca with creative functional art, designed by and for … Read More
Local artist transforms Commons kiosks into a public art piece
Downtown Ithaca recently teamed up with a local artist to add eye-catching public art on the Commons by repurposing its informational kiosks. Portrait paintings and line drawings of people of color along with the slogan Black Lives Matter on the side panels now wrap the former digital directories. This inspiring art piece was curated by local painter Terry Plater. “When … Read More
