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Call for Entries:
Light Work Announces 2010 Light Work Grant Competition
 Application deadline: Drop off or postmark by March 31, 2010
Light Work is pleased to announce the 36th Annual Light Work
Grants in Photography competition. Light Work began offering
grants to CNY artists in 1975 to encourage the production of new
photographic work in the region.
Three $2,000 grants
will be awarded to photographers, critics, or photo-historians that
reside within an approximate 50-mile radius of Syracuse, NY. The
recipients of these grants are invited to display their work in a
special exhibition at the Light Work Gallery, and their work will also
be reproduced in Light Work's award-winning publication, Contact Sheet.
In
its thirty-six year history, our grant program has supported over 110
artists, some multiple times. With the help of the regional grant, many
artists have been able to continue long term projects, purchase
equipment, frame photographs for exhibitions, promote their work,
collaborate with others, or otherwise continue their artist goals.
Laura Adams Guth, 2009 Light Work Grant recipient, used her grant award
to purchase a new computer to continue her photographic work. Karen
Brummund, who also received a grant in 2009, used her grant to purchase
10,000 sheets of copy paper to continue with her installation based
photographic project. Nancy Keefe Rhodes, 2008 grant recipient,
utilized her award to fund the printing of an exhibition and catalogue.
Light Work is a non-profit, artist-run photography
organization and imaging center located in Syracuse, NY. The
organization is dedicated to helping artists who work in photography
and related media, and supports artists from all over the world through
its exhibitions, publications, and Artist-in-Residence program.
All
applications must be postmarked or delivered to Light Work by March 31,
2010. All applicants must reside in of one of the following
Central New York counties: Broome,
Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis,
Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Schuyler, Seneca, St. Lawrence,
Tioga, or Tompkins.
Three
judges, from outside the grant region, will review the applications.
Their decisions are based solely on the strength of the candidate's
portfolio and completed application. Individuals who received this
award prior to 2006 are eligible to reapply. Full-time students are not
eligible for this competition. Grantees will be notified of the results
by May 15, 2010.
[Image: Laura Guth, 2009 Light Work Grant Recipient - China Girl]
[Banner Image: Steve Skopik, 2005 Light Work Grant Recipient - Untitled, 1993]
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Renee Mussai Lecture and Reception
Light Work/Watson Theater
March 2, 6:30pm
Light
Work presents a lecture by Renee Mussai about developing a collection
that represents artists of diverse backgrounds for London photography
organization Autograph ABP, as well as the right to representation. Our
Suggestion: Come to campus early for a brief gallery talk at 5:00pm by
Karl Baden at Special Collections Research Center, located at Bird
Library, just 2 buildings west of Light Work.
Transmedia Colloquium: Michael Light
Shaffer Art Building
March 9, 2:30pm
The
Transmedia Department in SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts
will bring Michael Light to campus to speak as part of the TRM
Colloquium.
 Karen Halverson Lecture
Light Work/Watson Theater March 11, 5:00pm
Light
Work presents a lecture by Karen Halverson talking about her career and
photographic work. Her photographs will be on view at Light Work
through May 29.
Transmedia Colloquium: Sarah Stolfa
Shaffer Art Building
March 30, 2:30pm
The
Transmedia Department in SU's College of Visual and Performing Arts
will bring Sarah Stolfa to campus to speak as part of the TRM
Colloquium.
Unmarked Gallery Reception
Light Work
April 1, 5:00-7:00pm
Light Work will host a gallery reception to celebrate its exhibition Unmarked, featuring work by Stephen Chalmers, as well as the exhibition Downstream, featuring work by Karen Halverson.
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About Light Work:
Light Work's mission is to provide
direct support through exhibitions, artist residencies, special
projects, and publications to emerging and under-recognized visual
artists working in photography and related digital and electronic
media.
Light Work is dedicated to the support of the creation
of new work and the promotion of photography as a medium. The
state-of-the-art darkrooms and digital facilities are designed to make
it easy for artists to produce museum-quality work. All services are
geared toward the needs of artists.
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