Generating Joy Part 3: Art Bikes and Beyond at Ithaca Generator
by Laurence Clarkberg This is part three of a five-part series about the Ithaca Generator to accompany the Generating Joy show at the Cherry Gallery from 1/23/26 to 3/8/26. Ithaca Generator membership meeting November 2017. This photo was probably taken by Allison Usavage. This is the true story of my involvement with the Ithaca Generator, a small-town makerspace, and Beyond, an innovative artists collective that the Generator gave birth to in 2020. Origin of the Ithaca Gene
Dec 2215 min read
Generating Joy Part 2: Covid Heroes
by Laurence Clarkberg This is part two of a five-part series about the Ithaca Generator to accompany the Generating Joy show at the Cherry Gallery from 1/23/26 to 3/8/26. A happy medical professional wearing a 3D printed face mask made by Ithaca Generator volunteers. These are days that shake the world. Heady times that test our ideals. WYD? My girlfriend Judy and I have been weathering the pandemic by watching apocalyptic movies. First we watched the one in which Bruce Will
Dec 2213 min read
Generating Joy Part 1: Wizarding Weekend
by Laurence Clarkberg This is Part One of a five-part series about the Ithaca Generator to accompany the Generating Joy show at the Cherry Gallery from 1/23/26 to 3/8/26. Karin test rides a handmade broom at Caleb Harrington's Nothing Nowhere pop-up crafts store. It all began in the fall of 2015. It was a few weeks before Halloween and my bike shop intern Gabe Gaydos and I were trying to come up with marketing ideas for Press Bay Alley. Press Bay Alley is a collection of coo
Dec 228 min read
Hey Rudyard Lynch Stop Manipulating My Friends
My Friend Dave You probably have a friend like Dave. Happy-go-lucky, funny, kind and generous Dave. One day a couple of years ago I ran into Dave at the grocery store and he seemed agitated. He was concerned about something that he really wanted to get off his chest. I paused to listen. “Did you know Biden is spending billions of dollars on immigrants, on people who aren’t even from here!” he blurted out. I was surprised he was putting any of his usually happy thoughts into t
Nov 1824 min read
