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Priya Kambli—Aajooba and Me, 2006
Light Work is pleased to announce the 2009 participants in the Artist-in-Residence program. The program offers artists active in photography and related media a chance to spend one month working in a state-of-the art darkroom and digital lab facility. Artists-in-Residence for 2009 include: Yolando del Amo (Brooklyn, NY); Karen de Luna (Brooklyn, NY); Meggan Gould (Topsham, ME); Leslie Hewitt (New York, NY); Priya Kambli (Kirksville, MO); Dean Kessman (Washington, DC); Doug Manchee (Pittsford, NY); Rachelle Mozman (Brooklyn, NY); Demetrius Oliver (New York, NY); Eileen Perrier (England); Shawn Records (Portland, OR); and Chad States (Rehoboth, DE).
Each year Light Work invites twelve to fifteen artists to participate in the residency program. Each artist is invited to live in a furnished apartment in Syracuse for one month, with a private darkroom to work in, and 24-hour access to our facility. Their work is also featured in Light Work's quarterly journal Contact Sheet, which is an award-winning photography publication distributed throughout the United States and internationally. This opportunity is open to artists in the United States as well as internationally.
Participating artists are expected to spend the month pursuing their own projects, whether they are photographing in the area, printing, preparing a book or portfolio, or another goal. There are no obligations to teach at the Light Work facility, although it is always a hope that participants will be friendly and accessible to local artists. In return, each artist leaves Light Work with a few examples of the work made during their residency to add to the growing Light Work Collection.
The lab facility can accommodate just about any black-and-white process from alternative processes to mural printing, and the color facility includes a Hope 32" color processor. In addition to the black-and-white and color darkrooms, artists have the opportunity to work in a color managed digital imaging lab, featuring Macintosh G5 workstations equipped with flatbed & film scanners. Output includes three 44" Epson seven-color printers (9600 and 9800) that can render continuous gray-scale and color prints onto a broad variety of materials. Artists have access to Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, and Macromedia Director Studio, Flash, Dreamweaver, Adobe Premiere, Apple Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro software packages, iLife, and more.
The Artist-in-Residence program has no official application forms or deadlines. Applicants are required to submit a letter of intent, which generally describes the project or type of work they would like to do during the residency. They also must submit slides, proof prints, or a CD of recent work, a resume, an artist statement, and any other supporting material that may be helpful in evaluating the application.
Located in Syracuse, NY, Light Work is a non-profit, artist-run organization dedicated to the support of artists working in photography and electronic media.
For more information about the Artist-in-Residence program, please visit the Light Work website at www.lightwork.org, send email to info@lightwork.org, or call (315) 443-1300.