Founded in 1977, the Center for Photography at Woodstock is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 artist-centered organization dedicated to supporting artists working in photography and related media and engaging audiences through opportunities in which creation, discovery, and education are made possible.
-approved by the Board of Directors, May
2007
Appointed executive director in fall 2003, Ariel Shanberg has been at CPW since 1999 when he joined as an Arts Administration intern. As the fourth executive director in the organization's history, Shanberg sets and oversees the CPW's artistic mission and creative offerings, working with the staff and Board to ensure its historic & continued excellence.
Shanberg serves as editor of CPW's PQ and has curated many exhibitions at CPW, most recently Time Tracers. Additionally he has served as a panelist for Media Alliance's Media Action Grant, Light Works' Regional Photographers' Grant, and a reviewer at both regional & national SPE conferences, FotoFest, and Rhubarb Rhubarb as well as an invited speaker at Bucknell, Syracuse, and Rutgers Universities. Additionally he sits on the Advisory Board of En Foco and was the 2007 Conference Chair for SPE's joint regional Mid-Atlantic & Northeast conference held in November at Woodstock. He holds a BFA in painting from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 1997. CONTACT
CPW Staff and volunteers at 2005 Vision Awards, photo: Charise Isis
Education Coordinator - Elizabeth
Unterman
CPW's newest addition, Liz joined the
staff in June 2007 after earning her MFA in Photography from the
University of Massachusetts Amherst. For the past three years she has
served as Director of the Student Union Gallery at UMass where she has
organized and received funding for numerous events including lectures by
visiting artists Gregory Crewdson and Laurie Anderson, group exhibitions,
and a project which selected images from the UMass archives were reprinted
and exhibited. She has also served as a Teaching Assistant for advanced
photography and art theory courses.
Operations Manager - Lawrence P. Lewis
Lawrence Lewis is the Center's administrator and Woodstock Photography Workshop registrar.
A member of CPW's staff since 1992, Lewis is a past recipient of
the CPW's Photography Fellowship Fund. He creates moving, evocative portraits of families with an
8x10 view camera. He is an Adjunct Professor of Photography at Marist College in
Poughkeepsie, New York. CONTACT
Program Associate - Megan Flaherty
Megan Flaherty recently joined the
staff as the new Program Associate in October 2007 after serving as one of
CPW’s Woodstock Photography Workshop interns for the 2007 season.
Megan received her B.A. from Prescott College in Prescott, AZ in
May 2006 with a double major in Visual Arts and Cultural Studies. Her
studies included a semester abroad studying art history and photography in
Italy and a semester abroad studying sustainable development in Latin
America. While at Prescott
College, Megan founded The
Laboratory, a local art studio cooperative in her community.
She is the recipient of the 2005/2006 Frederick and Frances Sommer
Fellowship, an award which granted her a one year residence in the former
home and studio of photographer Frederick Sommer.
Megan Flaherty works predominately in photography, creating psychological works that draw references to pop culture and politics as seen from a subversive and almost unconscious perspective. Her work has been featured in solo shows in Arizona as well as group shows in New York, Arizona, and Italy. CONTACT
Board of Directors
W. M. Hunt,
Arie Kopelman, Kitty McCullough, David Maloney, Doug Menuez,
Nina Schultz-Terner, Roger Ricco, Ariel Shanberg, Gerald Slota, and
Bob Wagner.
Advisory Board
Koan-Jeff Baysa, Phillip Cavanaugh, Darren Ching, Brian Clamp,
Daniel Cooney, Julie Galant,
Alexander Grey, Howard Greenberg - Founder, David Karp,
Ellen K. Levy, Sarah Hasted-Mann, Jeff Milstein, Sarah Morthland,
Gloria Nimetz, Alison Nordström, Robert Peacock, Lilo Raymond, Miriam Romais, Ernestine Ruben, Neil
Trager, Judy Upjohn, Rick Wester.