Lighting Advocates + Educators
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Upcoming Events
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Light Justice in partnership with BosNOMA, Boston IES, BUILD, and Light Boston will be having a Night Walk exploring the Nubian Square neighborhood
Nubian Square, MA
September 23, 2024
Roxbury Library is the meeting location
Past Events
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Edward Bartholomew will speak about his advocacy with Light+Justice and the impact that lighting has on vulnerable communities.
Boston, MA
February 27, 2024
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“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
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Edward Bartholomew &
Nina Cooke JohnShadow of a Face
Harriet Tubman Monument
Grace Farms
March 26, 2024
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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.
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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
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