Stop by Light Work’s galleries at 5 PM to check our shows, The Archive as Liberation and the 2025 Grants in Photography. At 5:30 PM, Aaron Turner will be present for a gallery talk.

Enjoy some food & stay for the premiere of Video Ocean at 7 PM, a documentary by our 2025 UVP Regional Commissioned Artist, Courtney Rile, followed by a panel discussion between Rile and curators DJ Hellerman (MoCA Cleveland) and Tara Merenda Nelson (Visual Studies Workshop) exploring media art history and preservation.

Then head down to the Everson Museum Plaza to see Rile’s commissioned piece In Conversation on the facade of the building at 9 PM and on exhibit at UVP through August 30.

All events are free & open to the public.