Useful Work vs Useless Toil

Useful Work vs Useless Toil

Sep 6 - Oct 24, 2024

Useful Labor vs Useless Toil is a pamphlet and lecture given by the decorative artist, poet and philosopher William Morris in 1884. It was a critique of the waste and inequality inherent in the capitalist system exacerbated by the Industrial Revolution. A new relationsh...

Image by Lindsey Potoff titled Searching for Something I Can't Find.

2024 Member Exhibit

2024 Member Exhibit

Nov 1, 2024 - Jan 22, 2025

Each year, The Ink Shop launches a Members’ show, giving our membership the opportunity to exhibit their newest work. This exhibit gives the public the opportunity to see the new work coming out of The Ink Shop, one of Central New York’s only community printmaking f...

2024 Holiday Print Sale

2024 Holiday Print Sale

Dec 6, 2024 - Jan 22, 2025

The Ink Shop has its Annual Print Sale before the holidays. Our collection of prints is extensive and it represents some of the best printmakers around. The work exhibited in this print sale will make great gifts. We encourage everyone to bring some wonderful handmade p...

The Ink Shop is sad to share the news that Fred Madden, Professor of English, photographer,  and long-time member of the Ink Shop Printmaking Center has died peacefully on December 6, 2021.

Fred was a multi-talented and creative artist. Visitors to the Ink Shop gravitate immediately to his work. Consistently brilliant and beautiful, Fred’s imagery is a digital form of impressionism that is both reflective and delightful. 

Fred has been a wonderful friend who has stepped up to help out in many ways. Helping annually with the Ithaca Artists Market with his humor and helping hands. Without fan-fare and with a warm heart, he made sure we knew his appreciation for Ink Shop and that appreciation is mutual.  He and his wife Taf have been the most incredible supporters of the Ink Shop for which we are forever grateful. 

We’ve lost a good friend and a beautiful light.