Woodstock’s Creative Lens: The Center for Photography Revolution

The Center for Photography at Woodstock, a photography non-profit known as CPW, marked the inauguration of its revamped headquarters in Kingston, NY, on January 18, 2025. New exhibitions featuring Mary Ellen Mark, Colleen, Kathleen Kenyon, and Keisha Scarville will be accessible until May 4 at CPW. Located in a 40,000-square-foot former cigar manufacturing facility in the city’s arts sector, situated 90 miles north of New York City, the new venue showcases 6,000 square feet of gallery room, an enhanced digital media lab, workshop and lecture areas, a visitors’ lounge, and a library.

Established in 1977 as the Center for Photography at Woodstock, CPW is a non-profit arts institution with a twin objective: to assist artists engaged in photography and related fields, and to involve audiences through creation, exploration, and education. At the core of CPW’s mission lies programming that is community-driven, artist-focused, and collaborative. To stimulate public discussion on significant topics in photography, CPW provides exhibitions, workshops, artists’ discussions, and access to its Digital Media Lab. Besides its public initiatives, CPW aids artists via its longstanding Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program, launched in 1999 to promote critical conversation on diversity, race, and identity within the framework of social justice, having assisted over 150 artists, including LaToya Ruby Frazier, Deana Lawson, and Paul Mpagi Sepuya. The upcoming application window will take place from December 16, 2024, to January 31, 2025. CPW also serves as an educational venue: its program Sanctuary City, Stories of Immigration and Community, spearheaded by Wendy Ewald, empowers immigrant students at Kingston High School to narrate the histories of their homelands and adopted communities through photography.

CPW Kingston
New location: 25 Dederick Street, Kingston, NY 12401
Gallery operating hours: Thursday-Sunday, 11:00 AM–5:00 PM
Free entry
For further details, please visit cpw.org