Since 2012, Light Work’s Urban Video Project has invited media artists to create a new piece for exhibition at our architectural projection site on the Everson Museum of Art.
Since 2023, we have opened a Call for Proposals and expanded the commission into two programs, the UVP Regional Commission and the UVP Residential Commission.
UVP REGIONAL COMMISSION
The UVP Regional Commission is a non-residential opportunity for artists in Central New York** to make new video/electronic work for public exhibition at our projection site on the facade of the Everson Museum of Art.
The regional commission will be exhibited at UVP during the summer (June-August).
Commission fee: $3,500
Resources: complimentary Light Work membership and 24 hour access to lab facilities; other resources and in-kind services identified on a case-by-case basis
**Eligible counties: Broome, Cayuga, Chemung, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego, Schuyler, Seneca, St. Lawrence, Tioga, Tompkins.
Deadline: 10/7/24 @ 11:59pm
UVP RESIDENTIAL COMMISSION
DEADLINE* EXTENDED!!!
The UVP Residential Commission is an opportunity for media artists to come to Syracuse and make new video/electronic work for for public exhibition at our projection site on the facade of the Everson Museum of Art.
Residential Commission artists are in-residence for 2-4 consecutive weeks.
Commissioned work will be exhibited during the program year following the period of residency.
Commission fee: $10,000
Resources: accommodation in the Light Work AIR apartment; complimentary Light Work membership and 24 hour access to lab facilities; other resources and in-kind services identified on a case-by-case basis
*Deadline: 1/15/25 @ 11:59 PM
Current & Past Commissioned Artists
Lynne Sachs
Kite
Steffani Jemison
New Red Order
Ben Russell
