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Editorial: Department of Art needs a better space for classes

Editorial: Department of Art needs a better space for classes

November 1, 2017

The Department of Art is housed in the Ceracche Center; specifically, it is located on the lower level, under locker rooms. Classes for art majors and minors are crowded with both students and equipment,...

Novelist Yewande Omotoso reads an excerpt of her second novel “The Woman Next Door,” at the kickoff event of the New Voices Festival April 5 at Buffalo Street Books.

New Voices Literary Festival spotlights rising writers

By Kate Nalepinski, Life & Culture Editor • April 5, 2017
Henderson described “The Short Short” as a marathon: The two-hour event kept flowing until all the readers finished sharing their stories.
The Handwerker gallery will screen "Gen Silent," a documentary about the struggle members of the LGBTQ community face as they reach old age.

‘Gen Silent’ sparks LGBTQ discussion at the Handwerker Gallery

By Colette Piasecki-Masters, Staff Writer • February 8, 2017
Discrimination against elderly members of the LGBTQ community may include shunning them, neglecting their care or attempting to convert them.
Ben Altman's work, "The More That Is Taken Away," is featured in The Handwerker Gallery's new exhibition, "Dark Passage." It is made up of photos, photos on fabrics and video loops.

The Handwerker Gallery features new exhibition ‘Dark Passage’

By Preston Arment, Staff Writer • November 9, 2016
"Dark Passage" includes two bodies of work created by local artists: “Dissolve” and “The More That is Taken Away.” It will be open until Dec. 11.

College Briefs Oct. 20

October 20, 2016

College announces new director of Office of Civic Engagement After a nationwide search, Ithaca College has appointed David Harker as the new director of the Office of Civic Engagement. He will begin...

From right to left, Sophomore Anna Gardner reads to 5-year-old Cecilia and her three-year-old sister, Olivia. Nearly every Thursday and Friday Gardner can be found in the children's section of the Tompkins County Public Library at a miniature desk reading to young kids — just one of many volunteer programs Gardner is a part of.

IC volunteers: Sophomore fuses volunteer work into daily life

By Daniel Hart, Staff Writer • October 3, 2016
“She understands not only the value of service to community members,” he said, “but Anna also understands how service is integral to a student's learning process."
Art associate professor Nydia Blas’ work “The Girls Who Spun Gold” displays a remake of her childhood room at the Handwerker Gallery until Oct. 12. Her exhibit attempted to portray notions of sexuality, racism and gender discrimination through the lives of half a dozen young girls.

‘Sun Flare’ exhibit at IC addresses themes of passion and youth

By Erica Dischino, Staff Writer • September 21, 2016
The Handwerker Gallery’s first exhibit of the 2016–17 academic year, “Sun Flare,” which opened Aug. 31 and will remain open until Oct. 12.
Sophomore Anna Gardner, one of the student collaborators for the project “Official Unofficial Voting Station: Voting for all who legally can’t” took her ballot to the polls Aug. 31 when the piece opened. The station will be up until Nov. 8.

IC Handwerker Gallery opened its Unofficial Voting station

By Taylor Zambrano, Life & Culture Editor • August 31, 2016
On Aug. 31, the Handwerker Gallery debuted Sifuentes’ most recent project “Official Unofficial Voting Stations: Voting for all who legally can’t” which was inspired by her inability to vote due to her citizenship status.
Ithaca College senior Gabby Jorio holds an old photo of herself to represent her journey facing adversity in the fashion industry. Jorio wants to use her passions for art history and fashion to revolutionize the fashion industry and society’s definition of beauty.

Ithaca College senior hopes to change the fashion industry

By Maura Aleardi, Staff Writer • April 27, 2016
Ithaca College senior Gabby Jorio is using her passions for art history and fashion to revolutionize the fashion industry and society’s definition of beauty.
"Tell Us Where," a senior art exhibit, is on display at Ithaca College's Handwerker Gallery. Fernando Ferraz/The Ithacan

Seniors to display creative art at Handwerker Gallery

By Katherine Segovia, Staff Writer • April 27, 2016
To commemorate their four years at Ithaca College, 24 seniors from the art and cinema, photography, and media arts departments will celebrate and showcase their creativity and dedication to art in “Tell Us Where,” at the Handwerker Galley
Senior Andrea Aguirre poses with an art of the piece that combines watercolor and printmaking, and will hang with the other Bachelor of Fine Arts students’ capstone portfolios in the Handwerker Gallery starting April 28. Aguirre combines her many interests and personality traits through her art.

Ithaca College senior explores concept of control through art

By Maura Aleardi, Staff Writer • April 11, 2016
After a year of preparatory school at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, Aguirre injured her foot and left the military to pursue her career in art.
The Handwerker gallery's latest exhibit, "No/Good Place," features work from several Finnish artists commenting on the boundaries between utopia and dystopia in society.

Finnish art finds place in Handwerker exhibit

By Tyla Pink, STAFF WRITER • March 30, 2016
“No/Good Place: Utopian Art in Finland” creates a conversation about utopia from the lens of one of Europe’s most northern and isolated countries.
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