Streetscapes Exhibit Opening at Tompkins County Public Library

ITHACA-- Streetscapes, an art exhibit curated by British graffiti artist Jay Potter, will open April 5 at the Tompkins County Public Library. An Opening Reception for the exhibit will be held Thursday, April 10 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM.

Streetscapes will feature a collection of work which draws on creativity and inspiration from our urban surroundings. Using a mixture of diverse media, artists will explore the influence of the urban environment through color, energy, movement and personal experience culminating in sincere straight-from-the-gut expression. Streetscapes is an inherent appreciation of urban culture, in all its dangerous, poetic, authentic - and sometimes rebellious - glory.

Featured artists include blacksmith Durand Van Doren; painter, designer Kevin Dossinger; mixed-media artist Tara Finlay; cartoonist Jim Garmhausen; designer, goldsmith and lecturer Rebecca Hannon; designer and letter press printer Joe Lamarre; and graffiti artist and designer Jay Potter.

The reception is free and open to the public, and will include a power-point presentation of images too large to display inside the library. The exhibit will be on display from April through May 30, 2008.

The exhibit is made possible in part by the Tompkins County Public Library Foundation through a grant from the Community Arts Partnership.

For more information contact: Sally Grubb at sgrubb@tcpl.org or call 272-4557 ext 232