Lighting Advocates + Educators

Events | Talks | Podcasts | Webinars | Articles

Upcoming Events

  • Journey to Light Justice-
    Edward Bartholomew will speak about his thirty-year career which explores his professional lighting design career toward advocating for equitable lighting, including his efforts to impact the lighting industry to provide quality lighting and beneficial darkness for everyone.

    San Francisco, CA

    February 27, 2024

Past Events

  • Edward Bartholomew will speak about his advocacy with Light+Justice and the impact that lighting has on vulnerable communities.

    Boston, MA

    February 27, 2024

  • Edward Bartholomew & Lya Osborn

    LEDucation 2024

    NYC, NY

    March 20, 2024

  • “Light + Justice: Interior Spaces” will explore how indoor lighting is unjust to vulnerable occupants and how to address these inequities in the practice of lighting design.

    As a day-long hybrid live and virtual gathering of lighting professionals, researchers, government representatives, and affected occupants, this symposium will address indoor lighting's role in society.

    Parsons School of Design, NY

    April 5, 2024

  • Edward Bartholomew &
    Nina Cooke John

    Shadow of a Face

    Harriet Tubman Monument

    Design for Freedom Summit

    Grace Farms

    March 26, 2024

  • Edward Bartholomew, Lya Osborn, Mark Loeffler

    Explore how indoor lighting is unjust to vulnerable occupants and how to address these inequities in the practice of lighting design

    LightFair 2023
    NYC, NY

  • Edward Bartholomew & Mark Loeffler

    Examined outdoor lighting inequities: how lighting in the public realm has been intentionally and inadvertently used to oppress and marginalize communities of color, creating a condition that is discriminatory social and environmental injustice.

    LightFair 2021

Articles

LIGHT SHOULD NOT INTERPRET ARCHITECTURE
IT MUST TRANSFORM IT

LIGHT SHOULD NOT ENHANCE SPACE AND FORM
IT MUST EMPOWER IT

LIGHT IS THE LIFE-FORCE
OF MAN-MADE STRUCTURES

IT IS THROUGH LIGHT THAT
EVENTS BECOME MEANINGFUL

LIGHT MARKS OUR PRESENCE
AS ALIVE AND SELF-AWARE

BURNED IN MEMORY, LIGHT
IS PROFOUNDLY EXPERIENCED

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Edward Bartholomew, 1995