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SUMMARY:Communities of Care: Documenting Reproductive Justice in a Post-Roe Country
DESCRIPTION:Join Light Work in Watson Theater (across from our galleries) on Thursday\, October 17 for a screening by The Abortion Clinic Film Collective\, a group of six feminist filmmakers with diverse backgrounds and distinctive styles who came together from around the country in the wake of the overturning of Roe v Wade to document the impact of the ruling on their own communities. The program includes new work by award-winning filmmaker Lynne Sachs\, who shot footage in Syracuse with local reproductive justice advocates from Layla’s Got You. \nThe screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and participants. \nThis special event is held in conjunction with the exhibition of Sachs’ new work at Light Work UVP’s architectural projection site on the Everson Museum facade October through December 2024. \nMORE INFO
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/communities-of-care-documenting-reproductive-justice-in-a-post-roe-country/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Screenings
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SUMMARY:2024 Newhouse Photography Annual
DESCRIPTION: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 seventeen photographs by students enrolled in the Visual Communications Department. Thematically diverse and representing various approaches to photographic practice and technique\, this collaboration showcases the breadth of images that today’s students are producing. Selected works will be on view in the Jeffrey J. Hoone Gallery at Light Work from October 21 to December 13\, 2024. \nLight Work congratulates the exhibiting artists: Troy Conner\, Justin Dalaba\, Reed Granger\, Md Zobayer Hossain Joati\, Ania Johnston\, Sadie Jones\, Kelsey Leary\, Arthur Maiorella\, So Nishitani\, Kailyn Peng\, Cassandra Roshu\, Malcolm Taylor\, Shuyang (Sky) Zhuang\, Surya Vaidy\, Diana Valdivia\, Joe Zhao\, and Emily Zheng. \n“The Newhouse Photography Annual is the first exhibition for many of our students and an important learning opportunity for them\, introducing their work to their peers and Light Work’s community.” \n—Michael Snyder\, Assistant Professor of Visual Communications\, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/2024-newhouse-photography-annual/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Educational,Openings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241107T180000
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SUMMARY:Lens-Based Open Studio
DESCRIPTION: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 working prints\, book dummy\, portfolio\, collage pieces\, etc.! In-progress and finished projects are welcome at this open studio. Whether you’re a seasoned photographer or just starting out\, this is the perfect opportunity to share your work and receive feedback. \nClick here to register!
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/lens-based-open-studio-3/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Educational
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250524T230000
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SUMMARY:Lines of Flight: Joiri Minaya | Miryam Charles
DESCRIPTION:Light Work’s Urban Video Project is pleased to present the exhibition Lines of Flight featuring short films by multimedia artist Joiri Minaya and filmmaker Miryam Charles exploring the tangled trajectories of displacement\, immigration\, invasion\, exploration and escape. \nThe exhibition will run from February 27 – May 24\, 2025 as an architectural projection venue on the Everson Museum facade. \nAdditional work by Joiri Minaya will be on view at the Syracuse University Museum in the show Joiri Minaya: Unseeing the Tropics at the Museum from January 21 to May 10\, 2025. \nIn conjunction with the exhibition\, Minaya and Charles will be present for a screening and Q&A on Thursday\, March 20 at 6:30pm in Watson Theater across from Light Work’s  galleries. \n  \nFebruary 27 – May 24\, 2025\nThursday – Saturday\, dusk – 11pm\nEverson Museum Plaza\n401 Harrison Street
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/lines-of-flight-joiri-minaya-miryam-charles/
LOCATION:Everson Museum Auditorium\, 401 Harrison St.\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13202
CATEGORIES:Screenings
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SUMMARY:Lens-Based Open Studio
DESCRIPTION:When: Thursday\, 3/6\, 6-8pm \nWhere: Light Work\, 316 Waverly Avenue\, Syracuse\, NY 13210 located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center \nCost: FREE \nREGISTER HERE\nOpen to members and non-members! \nCome 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 working prints\, book dummy\, portfolio\, collage pieces\, etc.! In-progress and finished projects are welcome at this open studio. Whether you’re a seasoned photographer or just starting out\, this is the perfect opportunity to share your work and receive feedback.
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/lens-based-open-studio-4/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Educational
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250319T120000
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SUMMARY:Photoshop Crash Course: Masking
DESCRIPTION:When: Wednesdays 3/12\, 3/19 from 10am-12pm \nWhere: Light Work\, 316 Waverly Avenue\, Syracuse\, NY 13210 located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center \nCost: $100 \nREGISTER HERE\nOpen to members and non-members! \nThis two-week intermediate level class with Becky and Koz will cover how to isolate specific areas of a photograph for adjustment in Photoshop. Ranging from basic to complex masking methods\, we will discuss dodging and burning\, making localized color tweaks\, selecting intricate details\, and more! Each class will be one hour of instruction followed by a work period for practice. At the end of the two weeks\, participants will leave with a written guide on the course material. \nCompensation for participants who cancel will not be available.
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/photoshop-crash-course-masking/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Educational
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T170000
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SUMMARY:Peppy Downer
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Lucas Blalock \nMarch 17 – April 25\, 2025 | Jeffrey J. Hoone Gallery\, Light Work \nLight 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\, Jeffrey Hoone\, Saiman Li\, Pipo Nguyen-duy\, Diane Neumaier\, Ernesto Pujol\, Jon Reis\, Patricia Reynolds\, Coreen Simpson\, Aaron Siskind\, Lenard Smith\, Miso Suchy\, and James Welling. \nThe works selected here form a picture of our common plot. They are whistling a song about time\, history\, and experience. They are a collective of individuals in the present that coordinate the real differences of their pasts. There is some not so sublimated violence here\, alongside cheap gags\, hard-won beauty\, and everyday disbelief. There is Americana\, conceptual ploys and surrealism. There are documents and fictions. I called the show Peppy Downer as a nod to a feeling of disappointment that is somehow still ringed in giddiness\, an optimism that is cruel to the believer\, or an overly caffeinated doldrum. It is a mirror to our times and a window. \nPeppy Downer draws exclusively from the Light Work Collection and pulls together works whose makers might have never imagined exhibiting together. It is a portrait through difference as much as similarity\, but its music is a mixtape of our time\, laid down by our importantly diverse and complicated cohort. Power to the people. \n– Lucas Blalock\, Artist and Assistant Professor of Art at Bard College
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/peppy-downer/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T183000
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SUMMARY:Lines of Flight: Screening + Q&A with Miryam Charles and Joiri Minaya
DESCRIPTION: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. \nLight refreshments from Recess Coffee & Roastery will also be served. \nThis event is FREE & OPEN to the public. \nStreet parking is available on Waverly and Comstock Avenue outside of the building. \nThis special event is held in conjunction with the exhibition Lines of Flight at Light Work UVP’s architectural projection site on the Everson Museum facade February 20 through May 24\, 2025. \n  \nThursday\, March 20 | 6:30pm\nLight Work\, Watson Theater\n316 Waverly Ave
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/lines-of-flight-screening-qa-with-miryam-charles-and-joiri-minaya/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Openings,Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T210000
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SUMMARY:B&W Non-Toxic Developing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:When: Wednesday 4/23\, 6-9pm \nWhere: Light Work\, 316 Waverly Avenue\, Syracuse\, NY 13210 located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center \nCost: $130 All materials included\, except film \nREGISTER HERE\nOpen to members and non-members! \nSpend an evening with Cali and learn how to develop your black and white film using coffee! For black and white non-toxic processing\, there are many formulas that allow you to experiment with different looks and feels to your work. Caffenol (coffee-based) processing dates back to 1995\, created by Dr. Scott Williams at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Participants will learn how to mix their own negative processing chemistry using a combination of items from the grocery store\, and then develop their roll of film. \nPlease note: this is a DIY and very experimental process. There may be some inconsistencies during processing\, so we suggest not using your most precious film.  \nAll materials are provided EXCEPT film – bring one roll of your own EXPOSED black & white film*. We will also have film dryers and light tables. \n*Super 8mm\, 16mm\, 35mm\, Medium Format\, etc. ALL FORMATS WELCOME! \n*Includes a DIY flatbed scanning certificate to come back and scan your processed film! (Still images only.) \nCompensation for participants who cancel will not be available.
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/bw-non-toxic-developing-workshop/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250512T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250829T170000
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SUMMARY:The Archive as Liberation Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:May 12–August 29\, 2025\nKathleen O. Ellis Gallery\nReception: Friday\, July 25th\, 5-7pm \nThe 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.\, Harrison D. Walker\, and Savannah Wood\, alongside writing by Chisato Hughes\, Alec Kaus\, Andrew Martinez\, Aaron Turner\, Amelia Wallin\, and Wendel A. White\, with a foreword by the book’s editor\, Donasia Tillery. The publication was designed by Elana Schlenker.  \nTo mark the launch of this publication\, Light Work has mounted an exhibition highlighting many of the contributing artists. This exhibition includes work by Andre Bradley\, Chisato Hughes\, Alec Kaus\, calista lyon\, Raymond Thompson Jr.\, Harrison D. Walker\, Wendel A. White\, and Savannah Wood.  \n“The artists included in this publication and exhibition are engaged in resilience\, ancestral understanding\, counter-memory\, translation\, activism\, tension\, narrative\, and critique. Through their artistic gestures\, they illustrate freedom in the Archive.” —Aaron Turner  \nThe exhibition also includes a unique reading room curated by Turner with artists’ books from his personal collection and pieces from Light Work’s collection.  The reading room will be in Light Work’s Lab for the duration of the exhibition.
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/the-archive-as-liberation-exhibition/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Openings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250512T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250829T170000
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SUMMARY:2025 Light Work Grants in Photography Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:May 12–August 29\, 2025\nJeffrey J. Hoone Gallery\nReception: Friday\, July 25\, 5-7pm \nWith 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). \nThis year’s judge was Marina Chao (a curator at CPW in Kingston\, NY)\, who writes: “From an unexpected approach to plastic waste to portraits of Ukrainian civic leaders to an exploration of home\, family\, and memory\, this year’s grantees address subjects that are intimate and personal\, urgent and political\, in innovative\, collaborative\, and deeply felt ways.” \nThe Light Work Grants are part of our ongoing effort to support and encourage Central New York artists working in photography and related mediums within a fifty-mile radius of Syracuse. Established in 1975\, the Light Work Grants are among the oldest photography fellowships in the country.
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/2025-light-work-grants-in-photography-exhibition/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Openings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250626T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250830T230000
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SUMMARY:In Conversation: Courtney Rile
DESCRIPTION: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. \nIn 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 video art. \n  \nIn Conversation \n2025  \nIn the early 1970s\, Syracuse was a center of innovation — the Everson Museum hired one of the first curators of video art and hosted seminal media artists from around the world. At the same time\, Synapse\, an experimental media collective at Syracuse University\, provided fertile ground for explorations of this new technology as both art form and revolutionary tool of communication. \nIn Conversation is a dialogue with the work of Bill Viola\, Shigeko Kubota\, and Peter Campus\, all of whom exhibited at the Everson Museum in the early 70s. Structured in a series of modules that function like musical movements or songs on an album\, motifs recur throughout In Conversation: reflections\, the distortion of time\, video as an extension of self\, and video as an observational tool\, exploring the individual\, intimate experience of video as a way to see ourselves from another perspective or in another time\, a step beyond the present tense of the mirror. These explorations\, which trace their lineage to the earliest days of video art\, are more relevant than ever in today’s world\, a world in which audiovisual technologies have become integral to nearly every facet of our lives.
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/in-conversation-courtney-rile/
LOCATION:Everson Museum Auditorium\, 401 Harrison St.\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13202
CATEGORIES:Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T190000
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SUMMARY:Book Signing at Baxter St CCNY
DESCRIPTION: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! \nReach out to Light Work and Baxter St for any questions. We hope to see you there!
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/book-signing-at-baxter-st-ccny/
LOCATION:Baxter St CCNY\, 154 Ludlow Street\, New York\, New York\, 10002
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250725T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250725T220000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172647
CREATED:20250626T143947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250702T153406Z
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SUMMARY:Source Material: An Evening of Archival Explorations at Light Work
DESCRIPTION: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. \nEnjoy 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. \nThen 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. \nAll events are free & open to the public.
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/source-material-an-evening-of-archival-explorations-at-light-work/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Openings,Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250918T190000
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SUMMARY:Sasha Phyars-Burgess: Everything Nice Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION: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. \nLooking back at history and locating the present\, Phyars-Burgess is thinking through the idea that we are all living in a history\, whether it is acknowledged or not. Once acknowledged\, and if we allow ourselves to live with the past\, with choices made by and for others\, we can access a wider view of the present day. \nThrough research and picture-making\, Phyars-Burgess’s ongoing project affords us a better understanding of globalization and its languages\, and shows us that places which at first glance look “ethnic” can be regarded differently. \nThe work’s title\, Everything Nice\, is the name of a song by Popcaan. In it\, he speaks about the hardships and struggles that people are going through while also joining together in community\, getting to the heart of the matter\, and being present. This exhibition invites us to slowly look\, ask questions\, and decipher information to uncover possible and actual answers. \n— \nSasha Phyars-Burgess. \nb. 1988. \nScorpio. \nBlack. \nAlive. \nsashaphyars-burgess.com
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/sasha-phyars-burgess-everything-nice-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Openings
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SUMMARY:2025 MFA Photography Survey Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION: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 and fictionalized documentary\, the landscape\, the personal archive combined with found imagery\, female gender\, power dynamics\, a reworking of personal histories\, cultural histories\, and mass media. Altogether\, this selection presents both a curious and confident showcase in experimental and traditional picture-making processes that highlights the ever-expanding field of photography through distinct perception and follow-through. \nThe goal of the Art Photography MFA program is to help artists develop their unique voice. Through intensive study that includes individual and group critique along with courses in history\, theory\, and criticism\, candidates benefit from an intense and passionate learning environment that emphasizes contemporary art and practice. \nThe exhibition includes work by: Reyad Abedin\, Lucas Cobb\, Jared Dominique\, Taylor Gearhart\, Suihang Huang\, Christian Jones\, Jacobb Nichol\, Tony Rayo\, Lia Teeuwissen\, and Jiayue Yu.
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/2025-mfa-photography-survey-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Openings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T203000
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SUMMARY:Build Your Own Portal: Motion Capture and Avatar Creation Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Light Work UVP is partnering with Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) and La Casita Cultural Center to present a FREE workshop with our fall artists exploring the possibilities of emerging technologies! \nMedia artists LaJuné McMillian and Manuel Molina Martagon will guide participants through exercises in self-expression through movement and the use of simple motion capture and avatar creation software\, exploring the ways we can creatively “mis-use” these technologies as tools of liberation. \nNo technical expertise or equipment required!  \nCopórea Digital\, the workshop at La Casita\, will include instruction and discussion in both Spanish and English. \nSpace is limited and registration is required. \nPlease sign up for only one session.
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/build-your-own-portal-motion-capture-and-avatar-creation-workshop/
LOCATION:Community Folk Art Center\, 805 E Genesee St\, Syracuse\, 13210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Educational
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ORGANIZER;CN="Light Work UVP":MAILTO:info@lightwork.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251108T160000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172647
CREATED:20250905T151350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250905T151350Z
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SUMMARY:Corpórea Digital: Bilingual Motion Capture and Avatar Creation Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Light Work UVP is partnering with Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) and La Casita Cultural Center to present a FREE workshop with our fall artists exploring the possibilities of emerging technologies! \nMedia artists LaJuné McMillian and Manuel Molina Martagon will guide participants through exercises in self-expression through movement and the use of simple motion capture and avatar creation software\, exploring the ways we can creatively “mis-use” these technologies as tools of liberation. \nNo technical expertise or equipment required!  \nCopórea Digital\, the workshop at La Casita\, will include instruction and discussion in both Spanish and English. \nSpace is limited and registration is required. Use the buttons on the sidebar to register. \nPlease sign up for only one session.
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/corporea-digital-bilingual-motion-capture-and-avatar-creation-workshop/
LOCATION:La Casita\, 109 Otisco St.\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13204\, United States
CATEGORIES:Educational
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ORGANIZER;CN="Light Work UVP":MAILTO:info@lightwork.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T190000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172647
CREATED:20260107T161008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260107T161353Z
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SUMMARY:Karolina Wojtas: Made In Poland Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:January 22 – March 6\, 2026 | Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery\, Light Work\nOpening Reception: January 22\, 5-7 PM \nMade 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 of fabric prints\, soft sculptures\, and traditional photographs that play with form while drawing on everyday observations\, childhood memories\, and the oddities of growing up. Wojtas’ project becomes a journey through education\, family relationships\, and first loves—infused throughout with nostalgia\, humor\, and a generous dose of self-irony.
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/karolina-wojtas-made-in-poland-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Openings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Light Work":MAILTO:info@lightwork.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260122T190000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172647
CREATED:20260107T161318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260107T161318Z
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SUMMARY:2026 BFA Art Photography Annual Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:January 22–March 6\, 2026\nJeffrey J. Hoone Gallery\nReception: Thurs\, January 22\, 5-7pm \nWith 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. \n  \nExhibiting Artists: \nAlex Cai \nDonniae Collins \nSofia Marie Capparelli \nBrooke Datys \nIxchel Loren Flores \nAshlyn Garcia \nNadia Holl \nAdeline Hume \nMia Ignazio \nHannah Stein \nElla Tovey \nMing Zhong
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/2026-bfa-art-photography-annual-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Openings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Light Work":MAILTO:info@lightwork.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T200000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172647
CREATED:20260107T161730Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T172409Z
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SUMMARY:Survival Guide: Syracuse feat. Alisha B Wormsley
DESCRIPTION: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 the film\, follows. \nMore info: Survival Guide: Syracuse event \nRSVP \n 
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/alisha-wormsley-temple-of-our-survival-event/
LOCATION:Everson Museum Auditorium\, 401 Harrison St.\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13202
CATEGORIES:Screenings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Light Work UVP":MAILTO:info@lightwork.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T190000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172647
CREATED:20260317T190024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260317T190024Z
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SUMMARY:We're Just Here for the Bad Guys: Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:March 20–May 22\, 2026\nKathleen O. Ellis Gallery\nReception: Thurs\, March 26\, 5-7pm \nWe’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 life. Nearly a decade later\, Lau traveled to Vietnam following his father’s sudden illness\, and learned of his terminal cancer. During their final week together\, they collaborated on a photographic project that documented his father’s unsuccessful path toward recovery. After his father’s passing\, Lau returned to his hometown in Hawai‘i seeking closure\, uncovering hidden correspondence that revealed previously unknown parts of his father’s life. Entrusted with dispersing his father’s ashes across O‘ahu\, the artist began working with his grandparents to reconstruct this fragmented family history through photography.
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/were-just-here-for-the-bad-guys-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Openings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T190000
DTSTAMP:20260414T172647
CREATED:20260317T190227Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260325T163345Z
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SUMMARY:Oracle in the Aperture: Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:March 20–May 22\, 2026\nJeffrey J. Hoone Gallery\nReception: Thurs\, March 26\, 5-7pm \nArcanite 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 their work\, a lineage and an echoing formed\, discoveries were made\, and the distance between people diminished as a web of connections was established. The pictures shared constituted a language\, and a portal to the various practices now joined across different cities\, subcultures\, and decades-old archives. For Oracle in the Aperture\, artists were selected to join with peers\, personal influences\, and emerging lens-based artists to amplify and enhance each other’s stories\, emphasizing interpersonal and private relationships and the talismanic ability of photography to illuminate familial and gestural scenes. \n-Brian Van Lau \nExhibiting artists: Walker Bankson\, Bryan Birks\, Marisa Chaftez\, Luis Manuel Diaz\, Paloma Dooley\, Hannah Edelman\, Ryan Frigillana\, Sabrina Giacomaggio\, Stephen Ross Goldstein\, Phoebe Shuman Goodier\, Lexi Hide\, Jasmine Huang\, Jeffrey Jin\, Tommy Keith\, Ian Kline\, Joe Leavenworth\, Jinyong Lian\, Chika Winston Ma\, Jordan Monloire\, Ricardo Nagaoka\, Pete Pin\, Ian Ritter\, Dylan Safranek\, Ian Sherlock Molloy\, Ian Edward White\, Kevin Williamson
URL:https://www.lightwork.org/event/oracle-in-the-aperture-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Light Work\, 316 Waverly Ave\, Syracuse\, NY\, 13210\, United States
CATEGORIES:Openings
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