Latest Past Events

2025 MFA Photography Survey Opening Reception

Light Work 316 Waverly Ave, Syracuse

Light Work announces with great pleasure our triennial exhibition in partnership with the Art Photography MFA program from the Film and Media Arts Department in Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts. In this survey of candidates, we see a wide range of approaches that complement and vary from each other: ideas of documentary […]

Sasha Phyars-Burgess: Everything Nice Opening Reception

Light Work 316 Waverly Ave, Syracuse

Sasha Phyars-Burgess’s photographic project Everything Nice traces her family history through Portugal, the Dominican Republic, Florida, and Louisiana, following the paths of sugarcane farmed on colonial plantations and the transatlantic slave trade in relation to her ancestors. The pictures provide clues and details that are layered into a larger story. Looking back at history and […]

Source Material: An Evening of Archival Explorations at Light Work

Light Work 316 Waverly Ave, Syracuse

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 […]