Artist-in-Residence Program
Interested in applying for a residency at Light Work?
Please review our guidelines.
Every year Light Work invites between twelve and fifteen artists to come to Syracuse to devote one month to creative projects. Over 400 artists have participated in Light Work’s Artist-in-Residence 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 Artist-in-Residence is published in a special edition of Contact Sheet: The Light Work Annual along with an essay commissioned by Light Work. Work by former Artists-in-Residence is also part of the Light Work Collection.

Jennifer Garza-Cuen

Hrvoje Slovenc

Flurina Rothenberger

Maija Tammi

John Edmonds

Mila Teshaieva

Regine Petersen

Eyakem Gulilat

Morgan Ashcom

Pacifico Silano

John Mann

Suné Woods

Paul D’Amato

Takahiro Kaneyama

Christina Seely

Marcia Michael

Richard Rothman

Samantha Box

Saya Woolfalk

Dan Boardman

Zanele Muholi

George Awde

Pixy Liao

Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa
Artists-in-Residence earlier than 1999 are not archived online, however we hope to do so in the future.
Information about earlier artists can be found within individual issues of Contact Sheet: The Light Work Annual.