Join us for a special community event at the Met Museum in New York City. Light Walk is a guided walk-through of the Met’s European art collection, 1300-1800, exploring the invention of light as a symbolic tool in Western Art. Facilitated by lighting designer Clifton Taylor.
Clifton Taylor
Studio School of Design is once again partnering with the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, Local USA 829, and TSDCA to co-host our annual series of Designer & Director-Choreographer networking events!
Jane Shaw and Daisy Long.
May 19-24, 2025. In Person.
Studio School of Design will be presenting a workshop in Lighting Color and LEDs at Showlight this coming May in Dijon, France. Join SSD’s Clifton Taylor and a large gathering of lighting designers and manufacturers from around the world at this important conference.
Clifton Taylor
July 6-12, 2025. In Person.
This year, Studio School of Design is joining forces with Design Action to help with their Springboard to Design Summer Workshop.
Clifton Taylor
July 14 – July 21, 2025. In Person.
Studio School of Design’s Summer Workshop for High School Students. This coming summer in Manhattan. An eight-day intensive to include hands-on workshops with working professional lighting designers, a visit to see a New York show and tour backstage, and culminating in a public showing of the work accomplished during the workshop.
Deandra Bromfield, Emmanuel DelGado, Darius Knight Evans, Venus Gulbranson, Amara McNeil, Mark Stanley, Clifton Taylor. Guest Speakers Kevin Lawson, Josephine Marquez, and more.
September 8 – November 24, 2025. In Person.
A high-impact, low-cost course in Lighting Design with noted lighting designers from Broadway, Ballet, Opera and more. This 11-week course will be your entry into professional lighting design practice.
Emily Clarkson and Mark Stanley. With special guests Clifton Taylor and more.
Outcomes:
2 Wood and 2 Marble samples for you to take home!
Materials and Tools for the workshop included.
Wood Section: 10 am- 1pm
-Learn to use wood graining tools and brushes
-Learn about glazing techniques and sealers
-Handouts about wood type, graining patterns, and how they are formed.
-Learn how to simulate those patterns with tools and brushes.
Marble Section 2pm-5pm
-Introduction to marble types and how veining occurs in nature
-Learn how to start and build up surfaces and depth through layering
-Create realistic veining on prepared surfaces made easy with using tools and brushes
-Learn how to mix base layers and glaze layers
Diane Fargo
