)Courtney Rile is a lens-based artist and Co-Founder of Daylight Blue Media, a video production company in Syracuse, New York. She holds a BFA in Art Video from Syracuse University and an AA in Communications from Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania. Rile’s photographs, documentary films, and experimental videos have been shown widely regionally and internationally. Rile has been commissioned as a video artist by the Society for New Music. Rile previously served in communications and curatorial roles at Delavan Art Gallery, CNY Arts, Salt Market, and many other initiatives, alongside work as a journalist, adjunct professor, and guest speaker. (photo by Jay Evelyn Photography)