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We are pleased to announce the 2019 Light Work Artists-in-Residence!

Congratulations to Carolyn Drake, Kris Graves, Pao Her, Mark McKnight, Meryl Meisler, Rafal Milach, Zora Murff, Sarker Protick, Arpita Shah, Cian Oba-Smith, Jiehao Su, Ka-Man Tse, and Cristina Velásquez!

To see the official announcement, please visit our blog.

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#Repost @lightworkorg ・・・ Rest in Power — We're sad to share the news of the passing of Chicana photographer #LauraAguilar. Laura was a Light Work AIR in 1992. Her work was published in Contact Sheet and prints from her "Don't Tell Her Art Can't Hurt" photo series are part of Light Work's permanent Collection. — Aguilar’s most well-known work, a triptych of black-and-white photographs Three Eagles Flying (1990), is emblematic of her practice. In its center panel, a bare-chested woman (Aguilar herself) is shown with an American flag wrapped around her waist, a Mexican flag completely covering her face, and her hands bound by a thick rope, which courses up to her neck, almost strangling her. The left panel shows a vertically hung American flag; the right, a Mexican one. Aguilar appears caught between two worlds, attempting to negotiate a space for herself as an American citizen with Mexican heritage, treated as a foreigner in her homeland. Since the ’90s, the work has helped visualize a sense of double consciousness felt by many in the Chicanx community, in particular by Chicanas. . .” - https://bit.ly/2vL09AG — @lightworkorg #lightwork #lightworkair #lauraaguilar #latinx #chicana #chicanaphotographer #lesbian #lgbtiq #restinpower

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August Light Work AIR @muholizanele arrives! #lightworkair #zanelemuholi

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Light Work is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a $100,000 grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. The award will be distributed over two years, and contribute to the success of Light Work’s renowned residency and exhibition programs offering support and visibility to emerging and under-recognized artists working in photography and image-based media.

In total, 48 organizations will receive over $3.7 million in support of scholarly exhibitions, publications, and visual arts programming, including artist residencies and new commissions. Light Work would like to extend our congratulations to all of the other organizations making great contributions in our field.

For more on the selected organizations and projects receiving funding read the online announcement and browse the the Awarded Grants page.

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Light Work is extremely honored to announce that we have received a NEA Art Works Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.  Read the full announcement on the Light Work Blog.