CAP-a-Palooza Art Sale - Dec 6-14

THANK YOU!

The 2023 sale raised over $14,000 ($4,000 more than 2022!). Thank you to everyone who donated work and to everyone who came and bought work! We are now turning our attention to the 2024 sale!

WHAT IS CAP-a-PALOOZA?

CAP-a-Palooza is an annual fundraiser for the Community Arts Partnership, held over about 10 days each December.

We collect donations of not-new art from community members and then sell it at very affordable prices: (from $2 to $50, with only about 10% priced higher). Our goal is to sell out in 10 days!

Note: We do not ask local artists to donate their own work. 

We DO collect art that community members inherited, are downsizing, received as gifts, or are simply ready to pass on. This results in an eclectic collection (professional and amateur) of cool, vintage, and contemporary work that includes paintings, prints, pottery, fiber art, and so much more. And IT'S REALLY FUN to come and see what we have!

Not only do hundreds of people find joy in buying cool, vintage, eclectic, fun or contemporary art at very low prices, but community members also feel great about donating their unused or unloved art to a good cause.  
 

2024 EVENT DATES

DONATIONS ACCEPTED IN DECEMBER

We will be accepting donations the first week of December (probably 2, 3 and 4). If you'd like a reminder and more information send to you in November, send an email to Robin at programs@artspartner.org
Unfortunately we do not have storage so can not take work early, unless it is amazingly fabulous and will bring us some great income!

WE ACCEPT: We love donations of art that community members own. (We do not ask local artists to donate their own work.)  It can be art that you inherited, art you need to downsize, that you received as gifts, or simply never used or enjoyed. If it is languishing in your closets or attics, we may love it. It can be professional or amateur, old or new. (We love cool and funky vintage stuff!) We accept paintings, photography, and all other 2D types of work. We also love sculptures (small), embroidery, handmade pottery, fiber art, and other functional art.

PLEASE DONATE ART THAT: is in good shape (no mold, no broken glass or broken frames). is cleaned. If you can clean it before you donate it, that would be amazing.

INFORMATON AND STORIES (Totally optional, but greatI) If you can decipher a hard-to-read signature for us, have interesting stories about the work, or where you purchased it, it would be wonderful if you could type or write that down and tape it to the work. Short is best: i.e. "Aunt Ginny made this in her 1963 still life class;" "I purchased this in Alaska at a gallery in the 80's;" "This was a gift from a student."

WE DO NOT ACCEPT: (Note: There may be exceptions if something you have is fabulous. Contact info below)

Rolled up work.     
Loose posters or posters on foam core, unless framed.
Work that is not framed or matted. (Matted work is fine!)
No loose work unless on very thick paper.     
Work that has mold, broken glass, or broken frames.  
Work that is disintegrating in any way.   
Work that weighs over 20 pounds 
Work that is larger than 40" wide/high.

Location

The ArtSpace is located in the Tompkins Center for History and Culture, 110 N. Tioga Street, on the downtown Ithaca Commons.
 

Robin Schwartz, Program Director: Questions?... 

programs@artspartner.org

We thank our generous annual sponsor for this event! Thank you so much, Coughlin and Gerhart