Lisa Mackie, Sea Forest, mixed media with solor plate monted on wood

Lisa Mackie | The Forest for the Trees – and the Sea

Oct 2 - Nov 20, 2026 at Fred Madden Studio Gallery, Ink Shop Printmaking Ctr

The upcoming Lisa Mackie exhibition at The Ink Shop in Ithaca is a meditation on the phrase “The Forest for the Trees.”  To not see the forest for the trees means to not appreciate a larger situation because one has focused on only a few individual details.  Ma...

Workshop with Lisa Mackie, Monoprints in the Style of Wolf Kahn. 

November 22, 2026

This workshop focuses on one of the art practices that Wolf employed in over 20 years of printmaking experiences with Lisa Mackie. Mackie worked with Wolf Kahn and Emily Mason starting in 1989 at Kathy Caraccio’s second floor walkup on the NYC Bowery. Kahn and Mason b...

H Peter Kahn "White House" 2 color woodcut

Peter Kahn | Painter, Printmaker, and Typographer

Dec 4, 2026 - Jan 22, 2027

This exhibition is both a celebration of Kahn’s artistic achievement and an opportunity to encounter the breadth of his practice through works gathered from his own collections. From woodcuts and drawings to books and typographic explorations, these pieces reveal an a...

October 2026

November 2026

December 2026

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.