Silent Movie Under the Stars returns to Taughannock on Saturday, August 28th, 2021 at 8pm for its 11th year with a screening of a newly-restored Sherlock Holmes (1916) starring William Gillette. The film, released by Flicker Alley, comes with a stellar accompanying original score by England’s Neil Brand Ensemble and this year, in a break with […]

Southern Tier Student Film Festival Film Festival for youth in the Southern Tier will not take place this year, but the fest will come back strong in 2022. Thank you to the Roy H. Park School of Communications at Ithaca College for its support.

  Giving Tuesday is December 1st and Wharton Studio Museum encourages you to support WSM’s programming and exciting plans to develop the historic Wharton Studio Building in Stewart Park. There are so many ways your gift to WSM will make a difference in what we are able to accomplish in 2021.  Help us make noise […]

Saturday, October 17th 10:30am-12pm – Youth ages 9-16 If you love comic books and think you might like to create one of your own or, if you just want to know more about how they’re made, then this workshop is for you! Join comic book writer and video editor Michael Watson on Saturday, October 17th […]

Saturday, October 24th 3pm-4pm  There’s a new comic book called ITHAQA — a Lovecratian horror comic set against the backdrop of the Wharton Studio era — and you’re invited to the virtual launch party!  Meet ITHAQA’s creator/ writer Michael Watson and illustrator Theresa Chiechi — both are IC alums — and hear how this creative […]

Join us Thursday, September 17th, 2020 from 6:30pm-7:45pm for Wharton Studio Museum’s and Friends of Stewart’s 5th annual benefit for Stewart Park revitalization. The night features musical performances, video segments on park history and park projects, cameos by Ithaca celebrities and…. a RAFFLE. All proceeds from the sale of raffle tickets will directly support the […]

WSM is excited to be a partner in the Tompkins Center for History & Culture, a new exhibit-based history and culture destination in downtown Ithaca. On June 6th, 2017, the Tompkins County Legislature voted unanimously to approve the purchase of the Tompkins Trust Co. building as a home for The History Center, Ithaca Aviation Heritage […]

Re-Envisioning the Wharton Studio Building: Transforming an Ithaca Landmark, WSM’s recently completed planning & design study for developing the Wharton Studio building in Stewart Park will begin review by the City of Ithaca this spring.  The study proposes a new vision and program —  through text, renderings and drawings, an implementation strategy and budget — […]