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Two local photographers, Maryel Pryce and Louis Ressel, have been selected for Visual Studies Workshop’s Regional Workspace Residency program.
“We are also thankful to all the artist applicants for the chance to review such competitive proposals,” says Hernease Davis, VSW assistant curator of education and public programs. “The application process for this program affirmed the depth of talented emerging photographers in the Greater Rochester region.”
Pryce will be in residence at VSW starting in June. Originally from Lewiston, she is a recent Rochester Institute of Technology graduate who was also involved in the National Press Photographers Association student chapter. Pryce’s visual storytelling work reflects a curiosity about place, memory, and the identity of spaces.
Ressel is a commercial photographer who will take residency in the fall. Their work has been used in businesses and festivals such as CineStill Film, City Magazine and the Rochester Cocktail Revival. An adoptee from Guatemala who was raised in Rochester, Ressel plans to use the residency to focus on a process of reconciliation with their birthplace.
“We are excited to work with Maryel Pryce and Louis Ressel to develop their promising projects,” Davis says. “Visual Studies Workshop created this residency to better serve emerging photo artists in our local community.”
As part of the three-month residency program, Pryce and Ressel will develop a culminating project with financial and professional support from VSW. Jackie McGriff, the program’s inaugural resident, created an experimental studio installation and public artist presentation on her portraiture project focusing on the Black alternative community.
Participating artists will be provided with two $1,000 stipends for supplies and travel, respectively. They will also be given access to the VSW workroom, darkroom, and staff for support and feedback on the project.
The residency program builds off VSW’s goal of supporting experimental and expansive approaches to photography and media arts while also building community around the form.
Its programs, including the Regional Workshop Residency, are currently supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the state Legislature, the William and Sheila Konar Foundation, Joy of Giving Something, Monroe County, the Phillip and Edith Leonian Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and all its members and individual supporters.
Jacob Schermerhorn is a Rochester Beacon contributing writer and data journalist.
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