Programs and Services

Light Bringer Project programs and activities serve those of all ages and backgrounds, with a special emphasis on youth and education. Notable among these are:

Room 13 (1st site in America: James Foshay Learning Center, South Los Angeles; 2nd site, Eliot Middle School, Altadena, CA)

This international program was begun in Coal, Scotland by primary school students who managed to create their own self-sustaining art studio and influence students in other countries to follow their lead. At the present time, ROOM 13 is operating in Mumbay, India, Kathmandu, Nepal, United Kingdom, and South Africa. The global model will be expanding to many other parts of the world, including 70 studios planned for South Africa by the year 2010. ROOM 13 Los Angeles is the first such studio in North America, initiated by Light Bringer Project in partnership with TBWA\Chiat\Day Worldwide. Light Bringer Project has recently established the second U.S. model at Eliot Middle School in Altadena, CA. We are soon to post a new page on this website with further details and images for you to see, so stay tuned!

Ad&Design Academy (L.A. advertising headquarters)

Since 2000, Light Bringer Project has partnered with major advertising and marketing firms, including TBWA/Chiat/Day, DDB, Saatchi & Saatchi, Rubin Postaer & Associates (RPA), GreyWorldwide, Muse Advertising, and the Phelps Group to deliver this skill-building, mentorship program. The AD & DESIGN ACADEMY engages senior high school public school youth in the professional work environment while illuminating the many disciplines associated with the advertising, marketing, design and communication fields. The program is shaped to strengthen learning communication, and life skills through mentorships, standards-aligned curriculum and student-driven team building projects. We also work in association with Think LA, a regional media, marketing and advertising collaborative which is committed to establishing Los Angeles as a center of innovation.

Expressing Feelings Through Art (Los Angeles County High Schools)

Founded by the Department of Mental Health over 25 years ago, this prevention program is delivered by Light Bringer Project in partnership with the Mental Health America of Los Angeles. EXPRESSING FEELINGS THROUGH ART serves senior high school students across LA County who are challenged to develop visual and written forms of personal expression that address their key concerns and life ambitions. The EFTA program culminates in an annual public exhibition and scholarship awards event honoring outstanding student achievements.

Pasadena Chalk Festival (Paseo Colorado, Pasadena)

With approximately 600 participating visual artists from all over Southern California, The PASADENA CHALK FESTIVAL has grown to become the largest street painting festival in the world. The past year’s 16th anniversary event attracted a crowd of 116,000 to Paseo Colorado in Pasadena’s civic center over the course of the two-day weekend (Father’s Day). The event also features a wide range of world music and family art making opportunities. It’s always free-of-charge to the public.

Pasadena Doo Dah Parade (Old Pasadena)

DOO DAH’S 32nd occasional parade will celebrate the post-holiday season in its typically off-beat style. Begun in 1978 as a spoof of Pasadena’s Rose parade, the PASADENA DOO DAH PARADE has grown from a grassroots event to gain national recognition as the original “outsider” public event. The 32nd DOO DAH guarantees to send up a wooly range of mischiefs, grounded superheroes, political pundits, homegrown satirists, art car inventors, and other bohemian frolickers. Classic DOO DAH marchers have included the Synchronized Marching Briefcase Team, the Lounge Lizards, Conehead Queens, and the Torment of Roses. The event is always free to the public. www.pasadenadoodahparade.info.

Zorthian Ranch Oral History Project (Conducted in the greater Pasadena/Los Angeles area)

Over the last half-century, Altadena’s Zorthian Ranch became a nexus of bohemian activity, attracting figures of influence from all walks of life, spanning the arts and sciences. Along with many others, Light Bringer Project recognized a need to preserve the history of the Zorthian Ranch through the personal accounts of family members and notable friends and associates. Without a deliberate attempt to capture these stories, many of them will be lost forever. In the larger picture, we will have neglected to document the creative vitality and originality that Jirayr and Dabney Zorthian and others brought to our local environment. The Project, specifically, hopes to document and transcribe thirty  oral histories which will become publicly accessible at a variety of community venues and available on the internet.

24-Hour Gallery (80 North Raymond, and Holly Street)

An outdoor gallery featuring emerging and contemporary visual artists of the Los Angeles community. Located across from Memorial Park Metro Gold Line Station, the 24-HOUR GALLERY presents ongoing exhibitions on a monthly rotating basis. Drive, bicycle or stroll around the corner from 80 N. Raymond (across from the Pasadena Senior Center) and see a variety of unique and original contemporary artists’ works, curated by Los Angeles fine artist and videographer, Kristina Faragher. The window gallery came to be through the 1% for the Arts (Cultural Trust Fund) with the City of Pasadena, and were installed at the time the building was erected. Light Bringer Project works in close partnership with the HOA of the building.

Salons at the Castle (Historic Castle Green in Pasadena)

Guests attending enjoy highly original artists presenting anything from genre music, classical piano, to live theatre performance, to art exhibitions. Each SALON is different and is staged in the elegant Grand Salon or Ballroom of the historically preserved turn-of-the-century landmark. Visual and performing artists’ talents are supported through this program.