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.

Anouk Kruithof

Jason Eskenazi

John D. Freyer

George Gittoes

Alexandra Demenkova

Brijesh Patel

John Chervinsky

Valerio Spada

Heidi Kumao

Irina Rozovsky

Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman

Claire Beckett

Raymond Meeks

Justyna Badach

Michael Bühler-Rose

Aspen Mays

Shimon Attie

Karen Miranda-Rivadeneira

Dana Popa

Andrew Miksys

Shane Lavalette

Ohm Phanphiroj

Calla Thompson

Amy Elkins
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.