National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Jane Chu announced on Wednesday, February 7 that Light Work is one of 936 not-for-profit national, regional, state, and local organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. In its first 50 years, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded more than $5 billion in grants to recipients […]

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $30 million in grants as part of the NEA’s first major funding announcement for fiscal year 2017. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $40,000 to Light Work to support Light Work’s Artist-in-Residence Program and the production of Contact Sheet: The Light Work […]

It is with great sadness that we share the news of the death of Nathan Lyons. Nathan passed away last night in Rochester, NY at the age of 86. It’s difficult to sum up the life and contributions of a visionary like Nathan. He began many important conversations about the medium of photography at a […]

In its first 50 years, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) awarded more than $5 billion in grants to recipients in every state and U.S. jurisdiction, the only arts funder in the nation to do so. Today, the NEA announced awards totaling more than $27.6 million in its first funding round of fiscal year […]

  2012 The Light Work Gallery is renamed and dedicated as the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery. An endowment to support exhibitions in the Gallery is established by her son Jeffrey Hoone, Light Work’s executive director. Long time friend and supporter Robert B. Menschel also makes a substantial donation to the Ellis Gallery Endowment Fund. Vernon […]

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Jane Chu announced today that Light Work is one of 919 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The grant will support Light Work’s Artist-in-Residence Program and the production of Contact Sheet: The Light Work Annual. Every year Light Work invites between twelve and fifteen […]

The Girl Next Door: Visiting Photographer’s Scoop on How She Finds Stories By Lauren Cavalli Adjectives. Adjectives and adverbs. When trying to capture a person’s character, professional documentary photographer Melissa Lyttle says to, “Ask people: How would you describe yourself to people who don’t know you?” Then, she recommends trying to embody one of the […]

May 15 – July 28, 2014
Light Work Hallway Gallery

March 1 – May 31, 2013
Light Work Hallway Gallery, Flatscreen Monitor
Reception: Thursday, April 4, 5-7pm