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 care package sent to America—one filled with the absurd, the folkish, and the wonderfully weird cultural treasures of Poland. The exhibition features a dynamic mix […]
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 seniors from the Art Photography program in the Film and Media Arts Department at the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. […]
Join Light Work UVP for a free film screening and panel talk! The program features a special cut of Alisha B Wormsley's latest film, The Temple of Our Survival, exploring Black womxn's stories of and strategies for survival. A panel talk with the artist and local doulas Asteir Bey and SeQuoia Kemp, who appear in […]
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 father was absent during his childhood due to his incarceration. After his release, he rebuilt his life in Vietnam, remarried, and gradually disappeared from 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 photography. Through online features and group shows, a library of small personal projects began to build, and, excitingly, as more people were invited to share […]
POSTPONED: NEW DATE TBA Join Light Work and Penumbra Foundation to celebrate the release of We’re Just Here for the Bad Guys, the debut monograph by 2025 Workspace resident Brian Van Lau, published by Light Work. The evening will feature a conversation between the artist and Light Work’s Director, Dan Boardman, followed by a book […]
Friday, August 7 | 5-8 p.m.
Light Work
316 Waverly Ave.
Friday, September 4 | 8-9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 16 | 7:30 p.m.
Please join us for our opening reception of museum, works by Sayler/Morris and Christina Seely Artist talk at 6pm
Wednesday, October 14 | 4-6:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 15 | 6-7:30 p.m.