Contact: Lynn Usack, Publicist, 607-962-9417,

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Eleven Galleries open new shows on Gallery Night of Ithaca,

September 9th, 2005

Gallery Night of Ithaca opens the Fall 2005 showcase on

Friday, September 9th from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. with new

exhibits and receptions in eleven downtown galleries, all

located within easy walking distance of each other. The

evening promises to be an exciting opportunity for all art

lovers to see eclectic selections representing local,

national, and international artists while enjoying Ithaca’s

vibrant downtown. For this coming Gallery Night there will

be three group shows, seven solo shows, and a dual exhibit

by two local photographers. In addition, there will be a

free drawing for a $100 gift certificate good towards a

purchase in any of the participating galleries; watch for

other special discounts available that night. Information

will be available at each of the galleries and on the Web at

www.ink-shop.org.


Beginning at the Community School of Music and Arts, located

at 330 E. State Street, gallery visitors can enjoy new work

by featured faculty artist Annemarie Zwack, as inspired by

ancient Mesopotamian art, in her exhibit entitled “Where the

Wheel was Born”. Her quilt paintings and fabric art reflect

on Iraq's history and present stories. Walking west on

State Street and crossing over Aurora Street, visitors will

enter the Ithaca Commons. At 222 The Commons, The Titus

Gallery will be presenting a vibrant exhibit of pastels,

entitled “Plein-air Pastels” by Patricia Young, inspired by

trips along the Eastern US and in Europe.


Further down, at 156 The Commons, Shangri-La Gifts will host

a rare exhibit by renowned papyrus artist Said of the Delta

Papyrus Center, Egypt, entitled “Shadows of Pharoah”, an

exhibit of gouache paintings that includes information about

the papyrus-making process. Continuing west through the

Commons, visitors will come to Spirit and Kitsch Gallery, at

148 The Commons, which will be featuring a collection of

hand-built pots entitled “Spirit Pots”, by artist Pamela

Goddard, who uses an ancient technique from naturally

colored clay in diverse colors of the earth.


Leaving the Commons and crossing Cayuga Street, visitors can

slip into Handwork Gallery, 102 West State Street, to see

photographs of local scenes by Handwork members Richard

Welch and Harriet Sutherland in their show entitled,

“Photography of the Eastern Seaboard and the Southwest”,

which includes most of the waterfalls in the area. On the

second floor of the same building, The Ink Shop Printmaking

Center will showcase Ink Shop member Craig Mains’ unique

monotype collages and stenciled forms depicting destruction

and mishap in his solo show entitled “Calamity: Vehicles,

Dwellings and Structures”.


Less than half a block to the west, The State of the Art

Gallery at 120 W. State Street is excited to host a group

exhibit of current and recent Cornell MFA graduate students,

showcasing works in a wide range of media. Traveling north

on Cayuga Street, gallery visitors will come to Ithaca

Gallery on 112 North Cayuga Street, a new gallery

participating in their first Gallery Night event. There,

visitors can indulge in a visual feast of flora and fauna by

the local chapter of the Guild of Natural Science

Illustrators Finger Lakes in their first annual group

exhibit. Nearby at 116 N. Cayuga Street is the Clinton House

ArtSpace featuring artist Mark Iwinski’s large woodblock

prints created by printing directly on the end-grain of

ancient elms and other old growth stumps.



Diagonally across from the Clinton House at 215 N. Cayuga

Street, the DeWitt Mall houses the remaining two galleries

on the walking tour. Sola Gallery, on the first floor, will

feature Barbara Mink’s lyrical paintings in her solo exhibit

entitled, “Tables and Tableaux”, capturing a colorful range

of subjects from interiors and still-lifes to faraway skies.

On the second floor of the same building, The Upstairs

Gallery opens their 42nd season with a diverse invitational

representing over 50 artists, entitled “Ithaca Artists

2005”, with works as varied as the artists themselves.


Gallery Night of Ithaca is the collective endeavor of the

participating galleries, supported by grants from the

Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County/NYS Council on

the Arts Decentralization Program and the Constance

Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts.

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