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News, Events, Press & Interesting Reads about the Women in Lighting Project. 
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WIL Global Gathering Survey Results
8 March 2024:

WIL Global Gathering Survey Results

WIL launched a survey aiming to examine the lighting profession in the context of the theme of International Women’s Day 2023; Embracing Equity. Here are the results!
11 January 2024:

2024 WIL Activities

2024 is shaping up to be a great year with WIL Ambassadors at the LIBME show, Play with Light in Rotterdam, and WIL 5th Anniversary!
9 December 2023:

Women Working in Sales and Manufacturing

131 years. That’s how long it will take us to achieve Gender Parity, according to the World Economic Forum. Gender Parity being the equal contribution of women and men to every dimension of life, both Public and Private.
R.A.W.: Anita Rosenberger
1 December 2023:

R.A.W.: Anita Rosenberger

Interview with Anita Rosenberger from the Lights in Alingsås workshop
R.A.W Consuelo Miranda Barroso
3 November 2023:

R.A.W Consuelo Miranda Barroso

Consuelo is one of the enthusiasts of the Alingsas Energi team and a receipient of the Silhouette mentorship.
2023 WIL Activities
1 September 2023:

2023 WIL Activities

Join WIL Entertatinment at Plasa Show & LDI Vegas
Live Light Podcast
17 June 2023:

Live Light Podcast

The Live Light Podcast is brought to you by two curious minds in the lighting design field Maryam Aghajani and Dana Moazenie. The primary aim of this podcast is to have an open conversation with fellow lighties and discuss the dark spots within this field.
21 April 2023:

Ongoing List of Interesting Reads

Newly added: The Flexible Way to Keep Talent
21 April 2023:

Addressing Harassment & Bullying in Business Meetings

Mahdis Aliasgari share a personal experience, hoping to raise Awareness of Bullying and Harassment at meetings.
R.A.W Victória Loureiro
3 March 2023:

R.A.W Victória Loureiro

Following a very enriching experience at IALD Enlighten Americas 22, we noticed a high interest in the perception of safety in the city at night time.
Pretty in Pink on a Dark Street
23 February 2023:

Pretty in Pink on a Dark Street

The live performance, Pretty in Pink on a Dark Street, is a collaboration between designer Marina Menéndez-Pidal and dance artist Anastasia Bezruchko. The work is just as much about femininity as it is about the role lighting plays at night.
R.A.W Carlotta Premazzi
4 February 2023:

R.A.W Carlotta Premazzi

Carlotta Premazzi, who interacts and expresses herself with the luminous medium in a multipurpose way, is an example for those who want to make the visual stimulus evolve into a real aesthetic experience of the metaverse.
2022 WIL Activities
18 November 2022:

2022 WIL Activities

Many events happning this November: WIL INDIA at LDA ACETECH Mumbai, WIL at LDI Las Vegas, WIL Portugal film screening. Collected Light Exhibition and book launch in London!
15 August 2022:

1ST INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF LIGHT ART

Paulina Villalobos, the WIL ambassador in Chile speaks with UK based Liz West, Aleksandra Stratimirovic in Sweden and Jen Lewin in the USA in an online session.
15 August 2022:

WIL Taiwan+China Workshop: Expectation

WIL Taiwan and China organised a workshop on June 2022, with the theme being "Expectation".
R.A.W: Aleksandra Stratimirovich
15 July 2022:

R.A.W: Aleksandra Stratimirovich

Aleksandra creates site-specific works in public spaces and is also co-founder of the Lighting Guerrilla Festival in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and artistic director of the Belgrade Light Festival in Serbia.
Gender in Lighting and Dark Sky Forum
20 May 2022:

Gender in Lighting and Dark Sky Forum

Taiwan Dark-sky Association (TDA) invited WIL ambassadors Ya-Hui Chen and Jenna Liu to talk about gender in lighting and to discuss the prospects of night lighting.
Pioneers of Light: a History of Women in Lighting Design
6 April 2022:

Pioneers of Light: a History of Women in Lighting Design

Veteran lighting designers Anne Militello and Beverly Emmons discuss the history of the female pioneers who blazed new trails to create the field of lighting design.
25 March 2022:

Women’s Search for Equity

This presentation by Lauren Dandridge focuses on the delineation of equality and equity and how we can use the past few years as a guide for changing the gender system to allow women to bring more of their whole selves to the workplace.
25 March 2022:

Press Coverage

Ongoing list of Press Coverage on the WIL project
20 December 2021:

2021 WIL Activities

As 2021 draws to a close and we can put all the challenges of the year behind us, we look back proudly on what the WIL community has achieved and also forward with excitement to our plans for 2022.
R.A.W: CAMILA GRIMALDI
17 November 2021:

R.A.W: CAMILA GRIMALDI

A journey from stage lighting design to event production through art curation: from Brazil to Europe, this is the story of an illuminated professional.
#womeninlightingUKfacts
20 September 2021:

#womeninlightingUKfacts

The majority of us in the UK lighting industry believe there is a fair gender balance in our workplaces. Is it true?
29 July 2021:

How Very Queer: LGBTQ+ Identities in the Lighting Industry

Thank you Francesca, Sophie, Marien, and Alana for educating us and telling your stories!!
R.A.W: Gae Aulenti
29 July 2021:

R.A.W: Gae Aulenti

Gae Aulenti was one of the few women designing in postwar Italy, and led an entirely new type of design philosophy ecncouraging a revival of individuality and craft.
Logo competition - WIL Mexico
9 April 2021:

Logo competition - WIL Mexico

WIL Mexico held a competition to create a new version of the WIL Logo specifically for local activities, and also created an amazing booklet inspired by UN Women with 12 small actions with big impacts to help us get to equality.
R.A.W: Jacqueline Hen
9 April 2021:

R.A.W: Jacqueline Hen

An interview with Jacqueline Hen, a light magician and winner of International Light Art Award 2019 for her installation ‘LIGHT HIGH’.
History of Women in Lighting
2 April 2021:

History of Women in Lighting

WIL ambassador for Poland, Karolina and R.A.W bloggers Martina and Dipali have launched a survey to help create a history (‘herstory’) of Women in Lighting.
Hablando Luz
5 March 2021:

Hablando Luz

Hablando Luz is a podcast by Orquidea Vara and Car Valle.
WIL Russia Brochure
18 February 2021:

WIL Russia Brochure

The WIL Russia group has created a book profiling women working in lighting in Russia.
R.A.W: Marta Viana
15 January 2021:

R.A.W: Marta Viana

Performer, choreographer, film-maker and light technician, Marta Viana started to experiment with stage lighting whilst getting educated in dance arts.
2020 WIL Activities
26 November 2020:

2020 WIL Activities

WIL SOcial Roulette #4: Meet fellow lighting designers in 3 min convsersations, matched randomly over an hour
16 November 2020:

Women’s rights: Are we there yet?

Foteini Kyriakidou on abortion rights
R.A.W: Marina Zumi
13 November 2020:

R.A.W: Marina Zumi

Marina Zumi is a talented street artist, with a background in fashion design. Argentinian native and Berlin based, she is known for her extra large, colourful murals covering entire buildings in cosmic-like illustrations.
WIL Sessions at LuxLive 2020
25 October 2020:

WIL Sessions at LuxLive 2020

The LuxLive Digital Festival is a free, two-day, virtual event for the lighting community.
Night-time Traveller
14 October 2020:

Night-time Traveller

Night-time Traveller is an initiative which inquires about those specific needs that afflict us as women.
R.A.W: Shirley Prendergast
28 August 2020:

R.A.W: Shirley Prendergast

“Good lighting often goes unnoticed by the audience” – Shirley Prendergast was an inspiration to many African-American lighting designers. Her trailblazing work has paved way for the upcoming generation of designers.
International Day of Light 2020
29 May 2020:

International Day of Light 2020

16th May: #WILunderthesamesky and WIL Brazil+Mexico held an online meeting
R.A.W: Christina Kamma
22 May 2020:

R.A.W: Christina Kamma

Mixing design and technology and electricity, theory and practice, had attracted Christina Kamma in order to be able to handle almost any project for the entire process from concept to delivery.
R.A.W TALKS
22 May 2020:

R.A.W TALKS

Our first R.A.W TALKS live chat with the R.A.W Series Bloggers: Dipali Shirsat and Martina Frattura, moderated by Katia Kolovea.
#SOS Lighting
15 May 2020:

#SOS Lighting

WIL Ambassador Giorgia Brusemini has started a series of mini interviews brilliantly called #SOS Lighting to raise the awareness of the importance of good lighting in our homes.
6 May 2020:

WIL in Lockdown

Whether your country is still in lockdown or easing out of it, we would like you to answer three questions about your experience of the Covid Crisis.
R.A.W: Motoko Ishii
17 April 2020:

R.A.W: Motoko Ishii

Motoko Ishii started her firm in a time when nobody understood the importance of lighting design in Japan and the culture did not completely accept female designers. Her work on the Tokyo Tower started the change.
23 March 2020:

STAGE 0 – An awareness story

Foteini Kyriakidou shares her experience with breast cancer.
Laura’s Story… Health, Light and Paint
13 March 2020:

Laura’s Story… Health, Light and Paint

Laura Bayliss describes her professional journey from lighting director to light artist, while coping with neurological, muscular and autoimmune disorders.
8 Mar 2020 // International Women’s Day: #WILforEqual
8 March 2020:

8 Mar 2020 // International Women’s Day: #WILforEqual

Join the International campaign EachforEqual by posting a picture using the equal sign with your hands.
7 March 2020:

The Women in Lighting Project – Year One!

Celebrating the one year anniversary of the Women in Lighting project!
Drink spiking. My experience. A very frightening 48 hours.
28 February 2020:

Drink spiking. My experience. A very frightening 48 hours.

Sophie Hoyal recalls her experience of drink spiking at an industry event
The Chocolate Story
28 February 2020:

The Chocolate Story

Martina Frattura recounts her experience with premature forced menopause
R.A.W: Tamar Frank
31 January 2020:

R.A.W: Tamar Frank

Article about Tamar Frank from Lightspace, known for installations like Interlaced.
R.A.W: Sheila Kennedy
23 January 2020:

R.A.W: Sheila Kennedy

Kennedy is described as an “insightful and original thinker who is designing new ways of working, learning, leading and innovating”.
R.A.W: Jennifer Veitch
13 December 2019:

R.A.W: Jennifer Veitch

Dr. Jennifer Veitch believes that it takes cooperation: vision science, cognitive psychology, and physiology together for developing the basic knowledge about lighting.
R.A.W: Jean Rosenthal
8 November 2019:

R.A.W: Jean Rosenthal

Jean Rosenthal (1912-1969) a pioneer in the field of Theatre Lighting Design, it was during her thirty-three year career that the Lighting Designer joined the Scene and Costume Designer as a member of the production team.
2019 Activities
8 November 2019:

2019 Activities

Upcoming events featuring WIL ambassadors and interviewees: Lux Live on 13 Nov + WIL NYC Launch Party
Pecha Kucha 2019 Rotterdam
8 November 2019:

Pecha Kucha 2019 Rotterdam

At PLDC in Rotterdam, we had an amazing Pecha Kucha with 12 international female speakers.
[d]arcroom 2019 panel: Stepping out of the Shadows
8 November 2019:

[d]arcroom 2019 panel: Stepping out of the Shadows

A diverse panel of designers shared their journey within the industry and how their career has been affected based on who they are or where they came from.
First Italian roundtable of WIL
11 October 2019:

First Italian roundtable of WIL

The first Italian round table was a time to meet and discuss future concrete steps towards enhancing Italian lighting professionals. 12 professionals from planning, teaching, journalism, production, art and research.
R.A.W: Eliza Alexandropoulou
27 September 2019:

R.A.W: Eliza Alexandropoulou

Eliza's talent doesn’t rely on an strong academic background only, but also on her ability to explore, often rupturing the stage with non-conventional aesthetic suggestions.
6 September 2019:

R.A.W Series

The R.A.W series is a set of blogs that will expose the trailblazing stories of our chosen ‘Radical' and ‘Ardent’ Women in Lighting for bringing pivotal change in the industry with their passion for light. We are looking to offer a fresh perspective on the contributions that these women have…
International Day of Light 2019
30 August 2019:

International Day of Light 2019

WIL created a social media campaign on the International Day of Light on May 16th where we asked women to post a shadow photo of themselves and a male colleague.
2 August 2019:

Accidental Feminist

Emilio Hernandez from Nulty on his discovery of being feminist, and some inspirational and easily digestible podcasts and videos.
PLDC Award at Large
17 July 2019:

PLDC Award at Large

We are very proud to announce Women In Lighting is shortlisted for the PLDC 2019 Award at Large!
WIL at Clerkenwell Design Week
25 June 2019:

WIL at Clerkenwell Design Week

"Women In Design" was hosted by WIL UK Ambassador Greta Smetoniute, with panelists Lauren Lever, Katia Kolovea, Faye Robinson and Anna Kharchenkova.
ILP and Women in lighting
25 May 2019:

ILP and Women in lighting

The Institution of Lighting Professionals (ILP) supports the aim of the Women In Lighting platform to increase the profile of successful women working in lighting design to help encourage, support and inspire the next generation.
17 May 2019:

New Partnerships!

Women in Lighting is proud to be supported PLDC, ASBAI, APDI, STIR & Lighttecture.
8 Mar 2019 //  International Women’s Day: #BalanceforBetter
3 March 2019:

8 Mar 2019 //  International Women’s Day: #BalanceforBetter

The International Women’s Day 2019 campaign theme of #BalanceforBetter is a call-to-action for driving gender balance across the world. This is completely in line with one of the outcomes we want to achieve with this project. As well as creating an inspiring digital platform for women working in lighting, we…

#iamawomanoflight

According to International Women’s Day, I am very glad to tell to all the people who are engaging in lighting business that the highest position of Japanese mythology is a Goddess called Amaterasu. She is the Goddess of Light and her power is falling all over the world. Please read Japanese mythology and recognise women’s power.

Motoko Ishii, Lighting Designer
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