Jeffrey Hoone

American artist & Light Work director.¹

About

Light Work is a photography center in Syracuse, New York. The artist-run nonprofit supports photographers through a community-access digital lab facility, residencies, exhibitions, and publications.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jeffrey Hoone, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Syracuse UniversityBoard member⁷

Career

Occupation: academic, artist.⁵

Date not recordedExecutive director, Syracuse University^{3 4}
Date not recordedWorked at Light Work³

Light Work Lab

The Lab offers members technical assistance through a digital lab with DIY printing and scanning equipment, a digital service lab, private studios, black-and-white darkrooms, a lighting studio, and a library.

It also runs workshops and classes covering darkroom and technical foundations of photography to digital workflow and practical professional development.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jeffrey Hoone (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Personal life

SpouseCarrie Mae Weems⁶

Artists-in-residence program

The program, which began in 1976, annually invites a dozen or more artists to Syracuse to work on new projects. Residency includes a stipend, a furnished apartment, staff support, and access to its facilities. In 2018, the program had an acceptance rate of 1.3%.

New work by artists-in-residence is published in a special edition of the center's magazine, Contact Sheet: The Light Work Annual, including an essay commissioned by Light Work. Work by former artists-in-residence is also part of the Light Work collection.

As of 2022, more than 500 artists from 16 different countries have participated in the program. Notable photographers who have participated in this Artists in Residence program include Christian Patterson, Amy Jenkins, Yijun Liao, Stuart Rome, Demetrius Oliver, Don Gregorio Antón, Ka-Man Tse, Robert J. Hirsch, Cindy Sherman, Anthony Hernandez, Pao Houa Her, Kris Graves, Carolyn Drake, Stuart Rome, Richard Bruce Snodgrass, and Nancy Floyd.

From Wikipedia’s article on Jeffrey Hoone (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

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WikidataJeffrey Hoone on Wikidata
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WikipediaJeffrey Hoone on Wikipedia
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WikidataJeffrey Hoone: Executive director, Syracuse University, on Wikidata
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WikidataExecutive director, Syracuse University, as reported
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WikidataJeffrey Hoone: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataJeffrey Hoone: spouse, on Wikidata
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WikidataSyracuse University, Board member