Gentle Work, an artist-run, non-profit group, has been supporting rising and under-recognized artists working in images since 1973. To assist us proceed our work and obtain one thing in return, store at our First Annual Vacation Market!
We’ve gathered an unbelievable collection of signed picture books, limited-edition prints, and one-of-a-kind artwork objects — all generously contributed by artists from our residency and exhibition packages, together with just a few particular pals and collaborators.
For greater than 50 years, Gentle Work has championed photographers and visible artists from world wide. This 12 months’s sale helps gas that mission, straight supporting our Artist-in-Residence Program, publications, exhibitions, and community-access lab.
Your buy makes an actual distinction. After a serious NEA funding minimize, each print, e book, and object offered helps us carry the following era of artists to Syracuse, New York, and hold this very important, inventive area thriving.
Don’t wait — portions are restricted, and every bit is particular!
Store now at lightwork.store.
About Gentle Work
Over 400 artists from each state and over 15 nations have been chosen to take part in our famend Artist-in-Residence Program. Gentle Work has additionally printed over 200 problems with Contact Sheet, which is likely one of the longest-running artwork images publications on this planet, showcasing up to date photographers since 1977.
We proceed to help artists by particular e book initiatives, native grants for lens-based expertise in Central New York, and over 400 exhibitions in our a number of galleries. Over 25,000 artists, college students, and patrons have used Gentle Work’s state-of-the-art picture and digital lab to make new work. The community-access facility is designed for intuitive use to create museum-quality artwork.
Barbara Bosworth, “Lily of the Valley” (2006)
One other initiative Gentle Work has to assist in artists’ visibility is our assortment. It consists of greater than 4,000 pictures and distinctive objects donated by former artists-in-residence, exhibiting artists, and our supporters, together with Cindy Sherman, Carrie Mae Weems, and Dawoud Bey, all of which could be accessed on-line.
Lastly, Gentle Work’s City Video Challenge (UVP), in partnership with the Everson Museum of Artwork and Onondaga County, is an outside architectural projection venue devoted to the general public presentation of movie, video, and shifting picture arts. UVP is one in every of few initiatives in america devoted to ongoing public projections, including a brand new chapter to Central New York’s legacy as one of many birthplaces of video artwork through the use of cutting-edge expertise to carry work of the best caliber to Syracuse, New York.
To study extra, go to lightwork.org.
Guanyu Xu, “Boston Customs #4 (shadow in the bardini garden)” (2025)
Paul Mpagi Sepuya, “Self-Portrait in the Studio Mirror (_DSF5443)” (2024)
Jim Goldberg, “Mattress Shoes – Vans Vault (Artist Collaboration with Vans)” (2020)
