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.

Price: $30 to SSD, plus entrance to the Met.
Program Facilitator(s):

Clifton Taylor

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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!

Price: Free
Program Facilitator(s):

Jane Shaw and Daisy Long.

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May 5 – June 30, 2025. Online.

Working as an associate or assistant on large-scale projects has become a viable career option. This course will examine the associate and assistant role in a large-scale Commercial (Broadway) production. You will also gain skills that can be applied in other areas of lighting careers.

Price: $600 ONLINE.
Program Facilitator(s):

Craig Stelzenmuller, Kat Zhou, and Guests

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June 17 – 19, 2025. In Person.

Jane Cox and Mark Stanley are joining forces to present a special 3-day in-person workshop in Copenhagen, Denmark.  This course will be an in-person, hands-on learning intensive.

Price: Free
Program Facilitator(s):

Jane Cox and Mark Stanley

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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.

Price: Free
Program Facilitator(s):

Clifton Taylor

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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.

Price: FREE, entrance by application only
Program Facilitator(s):

Deandra Bromfield, Emmanuel DelGado, Darius Knight Evans, Venus Gulbranson, Amara McNeil, Mark Stanley, Clifton Taylor. Guest Speakers Kevin Lawson, Josephine Marquez, and more.

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