Community Arts Partnership’s CAP ArtSpace

Located at 110 N. Tioga Street,
In the Tompkins Center for History and Culture’s Ithaca College Gallery, on the Commons

For more information please go to artspartner.org

Vivinne Williams and Aidan Chambliss: Joint Exhibit showing: Mind Like A Blue Sky and 'Exploration of the Ecology within the Urban Context' 

Local artist Vivinne Williams presents a series of paintings devoted to sky and clouds. Clouds are something we often overlook, yet they float above all of us, a quiet connection shared by everyone on this planet. Within this visually minimalist exploration of blue and white, many themes are interwoven: water as our essential element, impermanence, and the ever-shifting nature of life.

Aidan Chambliss 'Exploration of the Ecology within the Urban Context' 

This exhibit explores the natural environment within the built environment and the importance of the animal/bird/insect/plant/fungi (.. etc) residents therein, whether they are migratory or permanent. The series will begin with a grouping of my animal prints depicting native species found in the area, combined with Celtic knot-work as infill or field. These have represented my connection to this place combined with elements of my ancestral heritage, and serve as a reminder for me of my place in the ecological webs here.

The second part of the series will highlight the different species observed at locations throughout the city of Ithaca at different times of year. Hallmarks of human infrastructures are included in the renderings, alongside the animal(s) featured: it invites a shift to think of ourselves as existing within a much broader web than the confines of our infrastructures. 

The viewer is invited in to consider these ecological landscapes, and their role in helping to steward these webs, of which we are all an active part. 

CAP would like to thank our annual ArtSpace sponsor, Coughlin & Gerhart, Attorneys.