meet our artists and ecology guests
multi-media professionals, lighting designers,
theatrical staging professionals and ecology innovators
RICK PAULSEN
is a theatrical lighting designer who over a 25-year career has designed lighting for over 200 productions including Seattle Rep, ACT, Intiman Theatre, Seattle Children's Theater, Empty Space, Arizona Theatre Company, Goodman Theatre, Milwaukee Rep and more. Rick received an MFA in Lighting Design from the University of Wash-ington School of Drama.
MARTIN CHRISTOFFEL
designs projections and scenery for theatre and corporate events. His 20-year career includes the Williamsburg Theatre Festival and in Seattle work in theatres including 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Children's Theatre, ACT and Village Theatre as well as regional work ranging from Arizona to Indiana - see more at Scenografique His corporate clients have included Samsung, Microsoft, Boeing, Nintendo, Intel, Cranium and numerous others. He is Design and Creative Director at The Production Network. He holds n MFA in set design from the University of Utah.
ROBERTA RUSSELL
Cornish College of the Arts
Roberta has been designing lighting and scenery in the Pacific Northwest since 1987. Recent work includes "Andrea Sings Astaire", ACT's Bullitt Theatre; "My Antonia", Book-it Theatre Co and "The Tempest", Seattle Shakespeare Co. Currently she has been working with new opera company directors Arne Zaslov and Rhoda Levine and local dance directors Donald Byrd and Cyrus Kambatta. Roberta holds an MFA in Theatre Design from the University of Washington. Last fall, she designed an install-ation for St. James cathedral for the 2009 AURA.
JEFF SILVERMAN
is the founder of Nth Degree Creative, located in Everett, Washington and a former founding principal of Laser Fantasy International. His Nth Degree Creative company is renown as a vehicle for high-technology art. It is a creative lighting and special effects production house supporting permanent and event production projects. The company's work has been seen by millions at well known venues throughout the US. more...
CARLOS INCLAN
is an architectural lighting design professional with 22+ years of experience in all types of projects-from his own chromatic light art installations to civic, retail, hospitality, entertainment, corporate and residential design.
CHRIS LANGHART
has extensive experience in design and education in theatrical and architectural lighting. Chris's many impressive achievements include the organization of the music festival Woodstock in the 1960's and its commemorative festival 25 years later. His background includes: Carnegie Mellon, a BFA from Syracuse Univ, NYU, Design Assoc. Scenic Studios, Technical director-Ford Motor Shows and Ringling Bros. Circus. He is now teaching at the Solebury School in Pennsylvania. Chris is the altruistic mentor of many in lighting and several other trades (including Carlos Inclan).
TOM LAWTON JOE WADSWORTH
Firewinder is a 100% wind-powered, decorative outdoor light. Its kinetic spiral of light instantly visualises the amount of energy in the wind at any given moment: the faster it blows, the brighter Firewinder glows. A gentle breeze is transformed into a delicate upward-spiralling light, and a strong wind generates a pulsating pillar of light.
DAVID BENJAMIN-SOO-IN YANG
Living Architecture Lab
Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
New York, New York
NEW LIGHTING TEAM
New lighting narrative and team to be announced