Arts Insert

Concept to Creation: The Ithacan’s 2026 Arts Insert

April 1, 2026

How artistic passion brings color to IC's campus

Behind the Scenes: Arts Insert 2026

By James Simpson, Beatrice Mantel, and Joseph Bucher • April 1, 2026

Associate Professor Mike Costello works to help physical therapy students assist performing artists, junior Julian Bingham composes film scores with comedic elements, junior Grace Commisso styles hair in her Circles Apartment bathroom, and more.

Darkroom photography develops creativity

By Lucia Iandolo, Photographer • April 1, 2026

At Ithaca College, film photography has been a part of the curriculum for decades. All photography classes at IC were taught in the darkroom before the transition to a combination of analog and digital photography courses in the 2010s. Although the college does not have a photography major, students have the opportunity to take photography classes as part of the Television, Photography, and Digital Media photography concentration or with a minor in Still Photography. 

Drinks in Ithaca

By Prakriti Panwar and Parker Anne Devine • April 1, 2026

From craft cocktails made using Italian liquor to meticulously brewed in-house German beer, one can find a variety of unique drinks in Ithaca that reflect creativity in an unconventional form. Life and Culture Editor Parker Anne Devine and editor-in-chief Prakriti Panwar explored bars in Downtown Ithaca to map a perfect night out for Ithaca College students and staff who might want to explore the city’s crafty and whimsical drinks scene.

Art behind the band scene

By Parker Anne Devine, Life & Culture Editor • April 1, 2026

Many Ithaca College students decorate the walls of their dorm rooms with posters of their favorite bands. However, juniors Avery Larson and Dan Boush’s Garden Apartment is adorned with another music-related decoration: setlists from shows they have played and attended in Ithaca. 

Cosmetic community brings expressive services to IC

By Julia Thorndike, Contributing Writer • April 1, 2026

Self-care and styling can offer a chance to make impressions and discover oneself, especially in college. Hair and nail salons are often places where customers can feel confident and empowered about the services they are getting. But what happens when the prices for these services are fairly high?

Henna Cones and Human Connection

By Meital Fried, Life & Culture Editor • March 31, 2026

Messy humanity was on full display Feb. 19, as tables in the Campus Center lobby filled with tissue paper, coloring pages and henna cones. Passersby stopped to participate in a gathering, part protest, part educational workshop and part block party. It was the first meeting of IC-GPT, a new club on campus using art and interpersonal interaction to oppose the use of generative artificial intelligence in the classroom.

IC student-scored compositions help short films sing

By Brian Murray, Staff Writer • March 31, 2026

As the semester approaches its final stretch, students in a variety of courses in the Roy H. Park School of Communications will begin to wrap production on their own films. The musical scoring of these projects has emerged as an unexpected opportunity for Ithaca College students of all majors to get involved with filmmaking.

Student organizations transform classrooms into stages

By Gianna Izzo, Staff Writer • March 30, 2026

On a typical weekday, the Hill Center room 104 is defined by the sterile environment of the School of Health Sciences and Human Performance. The tiered lecture hall usually plays host to kinesiology midterms and anatomy lectures, its whiteboard covered in diagrams of the human muscular system. 

Walk-in clinic helps IC performing artists rehabilitate

By Ava Suffredini, Staff Writer • March 30, 2026

While sports teams have professional athletic trainers, performing arts students have access to a community resource called the Performing Arts Walk-In Clinic. The clinic, which is over 30 years old, is a service dedicated to helping performing arts students on Ithaca College’s campus with performance-related injuries.