About Light House
"Your Stories on Screen"
Light House is an independent media education center for local youth who want to make movies with an emphasis on personal expression and local stories. We provide uncensored, mentored workshops in digital filmmaking; a screening room; a DVD, VHS and book library; and exhibition opportunities to young people, enabling them to learn, by hand, the pervasive language of motion pictures and sound. We challenge our students to be active participants in the media, and not simply passive recipients of the millions of images they see everyday.
Light House was founded in 1999 by a group of local filmmakers, artists and
educators who began with a small pilot workshop, "Video Diary". Since then
we¹ve helped youth create more than 125 documentary, dramatic and animated
films. Our student work has been broadcast on PBS, CNN, IFC (Independent
Film Channel) and Public Access Television. Work has also been exhibited at
the University of Virginia Art Museum, Vinegar Hill Theater, Second Street
Gallery, Live Arts, and the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of
Free Expression¹s Community Chalkboard. Several of our students have been
received national awards for their films.
Light House is a member of Listen Up Youth Media Network, The Center for Non-Profit Excellence and NAMAC.
We have collaborated with many local nonprofits, including The Music Resource Center, The International Rescue Committee, The Parent Resource Center, Public Housing Association of Residents, Second Street Gallery, Boys and Girls Club, Computers 4 Kids and The Charlottesville Community Design Center.
Our studio is located in the City Center for Contemporary Arts. This ambitious privately-funded project was more than five years in the making, and is changing the face of the arts in Downtown Charlottesville. Located at 121 E. Water Street, it is also the home Live Arts Theatre and Second Street Gallery. We are continuing the final phase of our capital campaign.
Light House is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization.
Staff----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cassandra Barnett, Managing Director
cassandra@lighthousestudio.org
Ben Clore, Technical Director
Board of Directors-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tom Bevacqua
Jeff Cornejo
Kevin Everson
Amy Gardner, Chair
Deanna Gould
Sandra Higgins
Bob Lloyd, Treasurer
Murdoch Matheson
Anna Towns
Shannon Worrell, Founding Director
Advisory Board---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Temple Fennell
Filmmaker + co-president of ATO Pictures
Jack Fisk
Production Designer/Art Director
Richard Herskowitz
Director of The Virginia Film Festival
www.vafilm.com
Nicole Kassell
Filmmaker
Will Kerner
Photojournalist
www.willkerner.com
Paul Wagner
Filmmaker
www.paulwagnerfilms.com
Fenton Williams
Lighting Designer
Mentors, past and present:---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paul Wagner, Richard Herskowitz, Shannon Worrell, Thadd McQuade, Laura Parsons, Nicole Kassell, Will May, Catherine Dee, Tom DeCuir, Temple Fennell, Jen Fariello, Erik Adolphson, Grier Dill, Cassandra Barnett, Daniel Bloomberg, Alexandria Searls, Nora Brookfield, Will Kerner, Richard Needham, Dave Ackerman, Sidney Griffin, Geoff Luck, Johnny St. Ours, Eric Hurt, Sasha Solodukhina, Luke Tilghman, Dave Brown, Meredith Curtin, Ross Bollinger, Bernard Haskins, Rom Alejandro, MA Sullivan, Harold Folley, Gretel Truong, Mara Cox, Dan Hennicke, Jordan Taylor, Greg Kelly, Bremen Donovan, Joe Babarsky, William Cassell, Keira Hart, Mary Pumphrey, Evan Parter, Giles Sherwood, Goran Kajan, Sam Baker
Light House is a non-profit, 501 (c)(3) organization. For more information or an e-mail application contact us at cassandra@lighthousestudio.org or 434.293.6992.
121 E. Water Street | Charlottesville, VA 22902
434-293-6992
cassandra@lighthousestudio.org
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