Silent Movie Month 2023
In 2012, City of Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick proclaimed October in Ithaca as Silent Movie Month, a month-long celebration of silent film and Ithaca’s role in early movie making history produced by Wharton Studio Museum in collaboration with many local organizations. Join WSM each October for screenings, exhibits, and events at Cornell Cinema, Cinemapolis, and many other local venues. October 1-31 New Wharton Studio Museum Exhibit at the Tompkins Center for History and Culture WSM ...
Party for the Park
Join us for Friends of Stewart Park and Wharton Studio Museum's 8th annual fundraiser for park revitalization on Saturday, September 23 from 6-8:30 PM in the Picnic Pavilion and outside by the Waterfront Trail and Cayuga Lake. We’re celebrating a groundbreaking year for Stewart Park with the literal imminent groundbreaking for the Splash Pad and seasonal restroom, plus the upcoming Picnic Pavilion Addition. The addition paves the way for the Wharton Studio & Café. There ...
Quiet on the Set! Film Festival– It’s a Wrap for 2022
Quiet on the Set! was a roaring success on the afternoon of June 4th at Cinemapolis, with an enthusiastic audience cheering on the fourteen wonderful films by thirteen to eighteen year-olds from throughout the Southern Tier. Thank you to festival Presenting Sponsor, the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College, for its generous support! Here are the winners: 1st Prize -- "You've Done It This Time" by Marcella W. from Tompkins County. At ...
Virtual Tour of Ithaca’s Movie Theaters Then and Now
Crescent Theatre circa 19 teens Take a self-guided virtual tour of Ithaca's historic movie theaters! The tour complements WSM's and Historic Ithaca's new multimedia exhibit Biggest Little Movie City: Ithaca's Theaters Then and Now at the Tompkins Center for History and Culture on the Commons in downtown Ithaca. Take the tour here ...
Digital Program on Race Films from Finger Lakes Film Trail
Race Films/Race Matters: Starting Conversations About Race in America premiered one year ago and is still going strong! The digital series features five important race films, corresponding video presentations about each film by scholars from Cornell University, Ithaca College, University of North Carolina/Chapel Hill, the George Eastman Museum, and Ithaca High School; and other resource materials. The series, which is free and available to all -- aims to encourage conversations about race, racial tension, and ...
Walk This Play
You’re Invited to WALK THIS PLAY! WSM and The Cherry Arts, in collaboration with The History Center in Tompkins County, proudly present WALK THIS PLAY, a download hub where two unique local walking headphone plays – The Missing Chapter and Storm Country — can be accessed for the first time without advance tickets — just a minimum $5.00 donation — and whenever audience members desire. Experience these critically-acclaimed immersive outdoor headphone walking-plays during this socially-distanced ...
WSM has created a Wharton Studio Silent Film Tour. This self-guided tour takes you to a number of Ithaca’s silent movie history locations, beginning with the historic Wharton Studio building in Stewart Park and on to Cornell University’s campus and then on to Upper Treman! It’s fun and informative! WSM thanks Randi Kepecs for her help in producing the tour.