We value our community
COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL PARTNERS
"Thank you for an amazing opportunity provided to our residents to learn about filmmaking. Your lessons were well received and the residents learned a great deal during your instruction." - Dr. Janet Hodges, Rappahanock Juvenile Detention Center School Principal
We worked with 58 schools and non-profit organizations in 2023.
Light House expands access to arts education for young people through in-school, after-school, and summer workshops. Our goal is to remove barriers to access by teaching any interested student, regardless of their ability to pay.
Since 2003 Light House has conducted free-to-participant filmmaking workshops with nonprofit partners throughout Charlottesville. Our programs encourage self-expression; give under-resourced youth an opportunity to share their diverse perspectives; facilitate collaboration with other local nonprofits and among youth from different areas of our community; and teach technical film skills in addition to transferable soft skills essential for college and the job market.
Light House teaching artists go into area public and private schools to teach hands-on filmmaking workshops during the school day. We guide students on how to mix their school subjects with collaborative filmmaking and support teachers in implementing project-based learning.
Take a look at some of our community films
“Awareness PSA” was made with Center 1 in collaboration with Community Climate Collaborative during the 2023 Spring Semester. It was shown at the 2023 Climate Film Challenge.
Check out the behind-the-scenes video from our recent partnership with Tech-Girls.
Want to support our free community workshops?
Think about giving here.
Interested in partnering with us?
Contact our Program Director, Rachel Lane, here.
2024 Partners
2024 Partners to date
Botanical Garden of the Piedmont
Center 1
Charlottesville Day School
Charlottesville High School Ecology Class
CHEC
Girl Scouts of America
Ivy Elementary School
Live Arts
Lugo-McGinness Academy
Monticello High School
Mountaintop Montessori
Peabody SchoolPEGLLLLab
Region Ten "Clear the Air"
Tech Girls
Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind
Western Albemarle High School Environmental Club
YMCA at Walker Upper Elementary School
Our 2023 Partners
Albemarle Ballet
Albemarle HS ESOL
Beloved Community C'ville
Blue Dharma
Botanical Gardens of the Piedmont
Boy Scouts
Boys & Girls Club Albemarle Campus
Boys & Girls Club Cherry Avenue
Buford Middle School
Center 1
Central VA Learning & Listening Exchange
Charlottesville Day School
Charlottesville Free Clinic
Charlottesville HS
CHS- AVID program
Cinema Skateshop
Clemons Library Media Center
Community Climate Collaborative
Indie Short Film Series
International Rescue Committee
Ivy Creek-Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Ivy Elementary
Karsh Institute of Democracy
Local Food Hub
Lugo-McGinness Academy
Managing Love
Maupintown Film Festival
Mountaintop Montessori
Music Resource Center
Peabody School
Piedmont YMCA
PVCC
Reclaimed Hope Initiative
Region Ten
Renaissance School
Sin Barreras
Starr Hill/UVA Equity Center
Tandem Friends School
Tech Girls
Tom Tom Festival
United Way
UVA Film Studies
VCA’s Poetry Out Loud
Venus Melite
Virginia Commonwealth University
Walker Upper Elementary
Western Albemarle
Wild Virginia