Light Work presents the 2024 Newhouse Photography Annual, featuring work by photography students in the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. The exhibition is a collection of […]
Join Light Work in Watson Theater (across from our galleries) on Thursday, March 20 for a screening and Q&A with filmmaker Miryam Charles and multimedia artist Joiri Minaya. Light refreshments […]
May 12–August 29, 2025 Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery Reception: Friday, July 25th, 5-7pm The Archive as Liberation is a publication and exhibition organized by Aaron Turner (Light Work artist–in-residence, 2018, and Light Work exhibiting artist, 2021). Turner has […]
May 12–August 29, 2025 Jeffrey J. Hoone Gallery Reception: Friday, July 25, 5-7pm With enormous pleasure, we present the 50th Annual Light Work Grants in Photography! The 2025 recipients are Sarah […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
January 22 – March 6, 2026 | Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery, Light Work Opening Reception: January 22, 5-7 PM Made in Poland, Karolina Wojtas’ first U.S. solo exhibition, unfolds like a […]
January 22–March 6, 2026 Jeffrey J. Hoone Gallery Reception: Thurs, January 22, 5-7pm With great pleasure, Light Work presents the 2026 BFA Art Photography Annual. This exhibition features work by […]
March 20–May 22, 2026 Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery Reception: Thurs, March 26, 5-7pm We’re Just Here for the Bad Guys chronicles Brian Van Lau’s relationship with his estranged father. Lau’s […]
March 20–May 22, 2026 Jeffrey J. Hoone Gallery Reception: Thurs, March 26, 5-7pm Arcanite Pictures was started to highlight emerging artists, emphasizing the personal narrative angle and diaristic storytelling in […]
Friday, August 7 | 5-8 p.m.
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