Light Work Receives Darryl Chappell Foundation Grant of $10,000
The Darryl Chappell Foundation has honored Light Work with a $10,000 grant. The award will support the residency of two lens-based artists from the African Diaspora. Artists-in-residence is selected through Light Work’s annual residency juror review process, with an anticipated announcement of all residents, including Darryl Chappell Foundation recipients, in late summer 2021.
The Darryl Chappell Foundation seeks to enable emerging and established artists to achieve their highest potential,” said Foundation Chair and CEO Darryl Chappell. “We accomplish this by providing grants as well as by sponsoring artist-in-residence programs designed with the needs of artists, art patrons, mentors, and key partners in mind. Through this work, we believe a more authentic artist voice can be made visible, and heard, on a global scale.
Every year Light Work invites between 12 and 15 artists to come to Syracuse to devote one month to creative projects. More than 400 artists have participated in Light Work’s Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program, and many of them have gone on to achieve international acclaim. The residency includes a $5,000 stipend, a furnished artist apartment, 24-hour access to our state-of-the-art facilities, and generous staff support. Work by each Light Work AIR appears in a special edition of Contact Sheet: The Light Work Annual along with a commissioned essay.
About Darryl Chappell Foundation
The mission and purpose of the Darryl Chappell Foundation is to foster an appreciation of the fine arts (for example, painting, drawing, sketching, sculpture, ceramics, photography, and metallurgy) among members of the African Diaspora (descendants of Sub-Saharan Africa) through grants, as well as to help foster an appreciation of the fine arts within the community.
