Lens-Based Open Studio

Light Work 316 Waverly Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States

When: Thursday, 3/6, 6-8pm Where: Light Work, 316 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210 located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center Cost: FREE REGISTER HERE Open to members and non-members! Come hang with us in the lab! Bring your photos or other lens-based projects and check out what others are working on. Show us your […]

Free

Photoshop Crash Course: Masking

Light Work 316 Waverly Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States

When: Wednesdays 3/12, 3/19 from 10am-12pm Where: Light Work, 316 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210 located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center Cost: $100 REGISTER HERE Open to members and non-members! This two-week intermediate level class with Becky and Koz will cover how to isolate specific areas of a photograph for adjustment in Photoshop. […]

$100

Peppy Downer

Light Work 316 Waverly Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States

Curated by Lucas Blalock March 17 - April 25, 2025 | Jeffrey J. Hoone Gallery, Light Work Light Work presents Peppy Downer, a selection of photographs from our collection by Vikky Alexander, Mike Barth, Robert Benjamin, Phil Block, David Broda, John Collier, Larry Cook, Peter De Lory, Lucinda Devlin, Lydia Ann Douglas, Alex Harsley, Biff Henrich, […]

Free

Lines of Flight: Screening + Q&A with Miryam Charles and Joiri Minaya

Light Work 316 Waverly Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States

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 from Recess Coffee & Roastery will also be served. This event is FREE & OPEN to the public. Street parking is available on Waverly and Comstock Avenue outside of […]

Free

B&W Non-Toxic Developing Workshop

Light Work 316 Waverly Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States

When: Wednesday 4/23, 6-9pm Where: Light Work, 316 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210 located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center Cost: $130 All materials included, except film REGISTER HERE Open to members and non-members! Spend an evening with Cali and learn how to develop your black and white film using coffee! For black and white […]

$130

The Archive as Liberation Exhibition

Light Work 316 Waverly Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States

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 gathered a unique group of artists and writers to engage in dialogue around archival photographic methods. Contributors include Andre Bradley, calista lyon, Raymond Thompson Jr., […]

2025 Light Work Grants in Photography Exhibition

Light Work 316 Waverly Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States

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 Knobel (St. Lawrence), Joe Librandi-Cowan (Onondaga County), and Lida Suchy (Onondaga County). The two runners-up are Marna Bell (Onondaga County) and Adrian Francis (Onondaga County). This year’s judge was Marina Chao (a curator at […]

In Conversation: Courtney Rile

Everson Museum 401 Harrison St., Syracuse, NY

Light Work’s Urban Video Project is pleased to present the exhibition In Conversation from June 26 to August 30 at their architectural projection venue on the Everson Museum facade. In Conversation is new work created by Courtney Rile. This work explores the moving image and our human relationship to technology through the language of the canon of […]

Book Signing at Baxter St CCNY

Baxter St CCNY 154 Ludlow Street, New York, New York

Join us at Baxter St on July 23rd for a book signing with Aaron Turner! This event is open to the public and runs from 5-7 PM. Books will be available for purchase, and you can come check out Baxter Street's new space! Reach out to Light Work and Baxter St for any questions. We […]

Source Material: An Evening of Archival Explorations at Light Work

Light Work 316 Waverly Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States

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 […]

Sasha Phyars-Burgess: Everything Nice Opening Reception

Light Work 316 Waverly Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States

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 […]

2025 MFA Photography Survey Opening Reception

Light Work 316 Waverly Ave, Syracuse, NY, United States

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 […]