SouthWorks Ithaca

10/04/2026

09/30/2026

Mural Jam is right around the corner! 🎨

Here’s the schedule for the weekend:

Saturday, October 3 💙
DJ Ha-Meen () | 11AM–4PM
Poetry Break with Jada Simone (), Oliver Rose (.rising) & Clara (.mindmeadow) @ 1PM

Sunday, October 4 🧡
DJ Hot Cole () | 11AM–4PM
Poetry Break with Jamaica Baldwin (), Nicole V Basta () & Yessica Martinez () @ 1PM

Come make some art on our Community Paint Wall, watch our featured artists create their murals, hang out, listen to great music, and enjoy poetry throughout the weekend. We’ll see you there!

09/25/2026

🎨 MURAL JAM 2026 IS LOOKING FOR YOU! 🎨

Want to be part of the magic behind this year’s Mural Jam? We’re looking for volunteers + community tablers to join us for a weekend celebrating creativity, art, and community in Ithaca! ❤️

✨ VOLUNTEERS: Help us bring the event to life! We’re looking for folks who can help with setup, event support, artist needs, welcoming guests, & cleanup.

🌱 TABLERS: Are you a local businesses, artist, maker, creative, or community group? We’d love to have you share what you do with the Mural Jam community!

📅 October 3 + 4
⏰ 11am–4pm
📍 SouthWorks, Ithaca

Whether you can lend a hand for a few hours or want to set up a table and connect with the community, we’d love to have you! 🫶

Interested in volunteering or tabling? Fill out the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6HP1tEfPQ7IO1y1jWjZfOezUFNgQhEx_Y43G7U754ZQHrxg/viewform

07/10/2026

The site is open every day when Found in Ithaca: antiques, vintage and unusual objects is open, Wed-Sun 10am-6pm!

06/10/2026

06/10/2026

In 1917, Ithaca’s Wharton, Inc. Studio released its fifteen-part wartime serial Patria, starring world-famous dancer and actress Irene Castle, and shot many scenes on location at the Morse Chain Factory on South Hill, where roller chains, bike chains, and WWI aircraft were produced.

A hundred and ten years later, this former factory site is being transformed into SouthWorks, an exciting adaptive reuse that will include retail, housing, workforce development, hiking trails, and food & drink; the antiques mart, Found, has already moved in!

Wharton Studio Museum’s a big fan of this project and its ties to the moviemaking Wharton brothers’ enterprise. We’re grateful to the folks at SouthWorks for collaborating with us and bringing a small photo installation to their office headquarters.

There were many fascinating connections between the industries flourishing in Ithaca in the early part of the 20th century: from the motion picture industry (Wharton Studio) to the Morse Chain factory, to the aviation industry (Thomas Aviation).

WSM looks forward to future collaborations with SouthWorks!

Photo: Irene Castle with her co-star Milton Sills on location during the filming of “Patria” in 1916.

06/05/2026