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SUMMARY:Ribbon Cutting for The Cherry Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Tompkins Chamber and City of Ithaca officials for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the inaugural exhibit in the Cherry Gallery!\n\n\n\nRemarks by:\n\nLaura Lewis\, Acting Mayor\, City of Ithaca\n\nJennifer Tavares\, President & CEO\, Tompkins Chamber\n\n\n\nAbout the Cherry Gallery: \n\nWe're thrilled to announce the grand opening of the Cherry Gallery. After a beautiful "soft open" summer\, the Gallery will formally open on Wednesday\, September 21st at noon with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Mayor Laura Lewis.\n \n\nDuring our "soft open summer"\, the Gallery hosted Journey Beyond Time\, an interactive immersive art experience from the Beyond Collective\; Pursuit: Exhibition\, a collection of new works by Cornell graduate students in poetry\, architecture\, and fine art\; and Essence\, a show of works by Yen Ospina and Michael Sullivan.\n \n\nTwo days after our ribbon cutting\, our inaugural show Local Futurities will open on Friday\, September 23rd from 5PM 8PM. Local Futurities is a satellite exhibition of the 2022 Cornell Biennial exhibit Futurities\, Uncertain. Featuring six upstate New York artists\, Local Futurities invites celebratory imaginations and enactments in line with this year's Cornell Biennial theme. The show will run through October 30\n\nFrom November 2022 through May 2023\, the Gallery will present four shows on the topics of Migration\, Racism\, and Dispossession\, generously supported by Cornell University's Migrations Initiative. Dates and artists will be announced in the coming weeks.\n\n\n\nThe ribbon cutting also coincides with our 2022-23 membership drive\, as the Cherry Arts launches into a new season of innovative programming in both performance and visual arts. Opportunities will be available to purchase memberships and enjoy Cherry member benefits throughout the year.\n\nThe Cherry is grateful to the Ithaca community for an abundance of fruitful artistic collaboration over the last half decade. We're thrilled to be expanding into visual arts exhibition and hope you can join us for a grand opening to the Cherry Gallery and a whole new world of works!
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;">Please join the Tompkins Chamber and City of Ithaca&nbsp\;officials for a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the inaugural exhibit in the Cherry Gallery!<br />\n<br />\nRemarks by:<br />\nLaura Lewis\, Acting Mayor\, City of Ithaca<br />\nJennifer Tavares\, President &amp\; CEO\, Tompkins Chamber<br />\n<br />\nAbout the Cherry Gallery:&nbsp\;</span></span></p>\n\n<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38\;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f4bec89-7fff-3872-1ccc-950a122ad0d7"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">We&rsquo\;re thrilled to announce the grand opening of the </span><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-weight: 700\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Cherry Gallery</span><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">. After a beautiful &ldquo\;soft open&rdquo\; summer\, the Gallery will formally open on </span><a href="https://business.tompkinschamber.org/events/details/ribbon-cutting-the-cherry-artspace-188006" style="text-decoration-line: none\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Wednesday\, September 21st at noon with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Mayor</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;"> Laura Lewis.</span></span></p>\n&nbsp\;\n\n<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38\;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f4bec89-7fff-3872-1ccc-950a122ad0d7"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">During our &ldquo\;soft open summer&rdquo\;\, the Gallery hosted </span><a href="https://www.thecherry.org/beyond/" style="text-decoration-line: none\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-weight: 700\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; text-decoration-line: underline\; text-decoration-skip-ink: none\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Journey Beyond Time</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">\, an </span><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">interactive immersive art experience from the Beyond Collective\; </span><a href="https://www.thecherry.org/pursuit/" style="text-decoration-line: none\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-weight: 700\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; text-decoration-line: underline\; text-decoration-skip-ink: none\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Pursuit: Exhibition</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">\, a collection of new works by Cornell graduate students in poetry\, architecture\, and fine art\; and </span><a href="https://www.thecherry.org/essence/" style="text-decoration-line: none\;"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-weight: 700\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; text-decoration-line: underline\; text-decoration-skip-ink: none\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Essence</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">\, a show of works by Yen Ospina and Michael Sullivan.</span></span></p>\n&nbsp\;\n\n<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f4bec89-7fff-3872-1ccc-950a122ad0d7"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Two days after our ribbon cutting\, our inaugural show </span><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-weight: 700\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Local Futurities</span><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;"> will open on Friday\, September 23rd from 5PM&ndash\;8PM. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-weight: 700\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Local Futurities</span><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;"> is a satellite exhibition of the 2022 Cornell Biennial exhibit </span><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-weight: 700\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">Futurities\, Uncertain</span><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">. Featuring six upstate New York artists\, Local Futurities invites celebratory imaginations and enactments in line with this year&rsquo\;s Cornell Biennial theme. The show will run through October 30</span></span></p>\n\n<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38\; margin-top: 0pt\; margin-bottom: 0pt\; padding: 0pt 0pt 15pt\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f4bec89-7fff-3872-1ccc-950a122ad0d7"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">From November 2022 through May 2023\, the Gallery will present four shows on the topics of Migration\, Racism\, and Dispossession\, generously supported by Cornell University&rsquo\;s Migrations Initiative. Dates and artists will be announced in the coming weeks.</span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">The ribbon cutting also coincides with our 2022-23 </span><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-weight: 700\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">membership drive</span><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">\, as the Cherry Arts launches into a new season of innovative programming in both performance and visual arts. Opportunities will be available to purchase memberships and enjoy Cherry member benefits throughout the year.</span></span></p>\n\n<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38\;margin-top:0pt\;margin-bottom:0pt\;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-4f4bec89-7fff-3872-1ccc-950a122ad0d7"><span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Georgia\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; background-color: transparent\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; vertical-align: baseline\; white-space: pre-wrap\;">The Cherry is grateful to the Ithaca community for an abundance of fruitful artistic collaboration over the last half decade. We&rsquo\;re thrilled to be expanding into visual arts exhibition and hope you can join us for a grand opening to the Cherry Gallery and a whole new world of works!</span></span></p>\n
LOCATION:130 Cherry St Ithaca NY 14850
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URL:https://business.tompkinschamber.org/events/details/ribbon-cutting-for-the-cherry-gallery-191672
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