calamity
According to this second Journal article:
The Ithaca community was quick to offer help to the businesses affected by the fire. The Ink Shop Printmaking Center, on the second floor of the damaged building, has experienced an outpouring of community support. The shop's current exhibition, which displayed a group of prints from Lafayette College, was the most expensive one ever to be in the space.“We think it's amazing how the downtown area has immediately offered support,” said Christa Wolf, president of the Ink Shop board of directors.
The Ink Shop was granted several spaces that will allow it to continue operating. The State Theatre provided an apartment above its box office to put the damaged prints, the Community Arts Partnership offered the shop a space in the Clinton House to display the coming “Light in Winter” show as scheduled Jan. 18, and Dryden High School promised the use of its ink shop as a place to hold workshops.
“We thought we would be renting a truck and renting a spot to put everything, but (the response) has just been great,” Wolf said.
The rest of it goes into the impact of the disaster on the dance studio and on the street-level Handwork, a cooperative crafts store.
The Journal also has a picture gallery of the firefighters in action.
Labels: calamity, ink shop, ithaca, printmaking
2 Comments:
Honestly, that is sad. I had always planned to visit this place sometime...
They'll go on in some form or other. They are opening a new show -- "The Birth Portfolio"-- this coming Friday in a space just around the block.
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