2023 Light Work Grants in Photography Opening Reception

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

Light Work announces the 49th annual Light Work Grants in Photography! The 2023 award recipients are Amy Kozlowski, Tahila Mintz, and Linda Moses. The Light Work Grants in Photography are part of Light Work’s ongoing effort to provide support and encouragement to Central New York artists working in photography within a fifty-mile radius of Syracuse. […]

Jeffrey Hoone Gallery Dedication

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

A gallery dedication event for our current Hallway Gallery.

Strange Terrain: Institute of Queer Ecology in Conversation with Jack Halberstam

Everson Museum 401 Harrison St., Syracuse, NY

Urban Video Project (UVP) will present media arts collective The Institute of Queer Ecology (IQECO) for an multimedia artist talk followed by panel discussion with writer and scholar Jack Halberstam using Halberstam’s concepts “unworlding” and “bewilderment” as a way to reimagine inhabiting the landscape beyond colonial and extractive practices. This event will take place in […]

2024 BFA Art Photography Annual Reception

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

Light Work presents the 2024 BFA Art Photography Annual of photographs by seniors from the Art Photography program in the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. The exhibition takes place in the Jeffrey J. Hoone Gallery from January 19th - March 8th, 2024.  We will host a reception with the exhibiting artists on Thursday, January 25th, […]

Open House

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

Join us on Thursday, January 25th for Light Work's Open House, and to celebrate Syracuse University's BFA work in photography. Food and refreshments will be served! Sophia Chai's exhibition, "Character Space", will also be on view in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery.   RSVP here

Lens-Based Open Studio

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

When: 2/13, 6-8pm Where: Light Work, 316 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210 located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center. Cost: Free Open to members and non-members! Link to register: https://forms.gle/sqUk3VcjEE7CPuvz5 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 […]

Photoshop Basics Course

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

Tuesdays: 3/5, 3/12, 3/19, 3/26 from 6-8 PM Where: Light Work, 316 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210 located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center. Cost: $150 Open to members and non-members! Link to register: https://commerce.cashnet.com/lightworklab?ItemCode=41200-079 Get to know Photoshop in this four-week course led by Koz and Becky. Running each Tuesday from 6-8pm, this class […]

UVP Community Night: Teens With A Movie Camera

Everson Museum 401 Harrison St., Syracuse, NY

Join Light Work’s Urban Video Project for a series of Community Night pop-up exhibitions and events on the plaza this ! Are you interested in hosting a UVP community night event? Submit a proposal today! These events are FREE & OPEN to the public. TeenReel: Teens With A Movie Camera Friday | March 8  Rain or shine! Light […]

Crystal Z Campbell: Artist Lecture

Everson Museum 401 Harrison St., Syracuse, NY

Light Work's Urban Video Project presents Makahiya, an exhibition projected on the facade of the Everson, featuring new work by multimedia artist Crystal Z Campbell. Makahiya, a Tagalog word that translates to "shame" or "shyness", is the latest short experimental film from Crystal Z Campbell. Rooted in botanical research on a plant that displays the unusual trait […]

How To Watch A Solar Eclipse with Jason Lazarus

ONLINE

How To Watch A Solar Eclipse with Jason Lazarus When: Monday, March 25th, 4 PM Where: Online (Zoom) Zoom Link Meeting ID: 853 8936 6642 Passcode: 733310 Cost: FREE Open to members and non-members! In anticipation of the April 8, 2024 solar eclipse–the last total solar eclipse in the lower 48 states until 2044, HOW TO […]

Sophia Chai: Character Space Reception and Artist Lecture

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

Sophia Chai’s Character Space comprises photographs that are a return to her mother tongue, Korean. In these studio-made images she references these written characters and enacts three key ideas of language, optics, and photography. An opening reception will take place in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery at Light Work on April 4th, from 6-7 PM. […]

Lens-Based Open Studio

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

Where: Light Work, 316 Waverly Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210 located in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center. Cost: Free Open to members and non-members! Link to register: https://forms.gle/sqUk3VcjEE7CPuvz5 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 […]