Lighting Consultant + Installer
| 825 VISION We envision a vibrant neighborhood where the arts welcome, heal, transform and build power for the people of Frogtown and Rondo. The vision for the future of the 825 Arts is captured through authentic community engagement. |
825 VALUES
- Intergenerational: We will create spaces and opportunities for people of all ages with a focus on bringing generations together.
- Authenticity: Acting with integrity to the place the people and the art of the community.
- Inclusivity: We will allow people to show up and participate as their whole selves: All People, All Art.
- Radical Hospitality: We will be a gathering place that is accessible and welcoming, takes care of people and treats them with respect, and is a home for everyone.
- Justice: Our work will seek to be restorative and promote equity through healing, reparative action, providing opportunity, and righting wrongs.
- Mentorship: We will lay a foundation for the future by valuing the knowledge in the community and passing it on.
- Stewardship: We will be wise and accountable with our physical, fiscal and relational resources.
HOW I HELPED
Through a series of meetings and onsite work, I helped envision the theatrical lighting in this new multi-million dollar community space and venue. By identifying goals/programming needs and understanding constraints (budget, labor, and future resources), I helped the project settle on a lighting system infrastructure that would immediately serve the community’s needs now and in the future.
Later, I led the installation with a group of volunteers from the community in their brand-new venue.
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