We value our community

COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL PARTNERS

“It’s Not Over” was made with Rappahannock Juvenile Detention Center. It was accepted into Student World Impact Film Festival (2023), and International Social Change Film Festival (2023).

"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.