Three days of fun and learning all about the basics (and not so basics) of electricity, power distribution, and control systems so that you can work more safely and more efficiently. Whether you're a newcomer or an old hand, you will laugh and learn your way through a wide array of topics with takeaways that you can put to use in the field.  

Tony Award-winning scenic designer Donyale Werle will kick off the Professional Development Program at PLASA Focus Nashville with a free seminar entitled "The Green Scene: Recycling Sets." Werle recently won a Tony Award for her work on "Peter and the Star Catcher" on Broadway. She is also the co-chair of the Pre-Production committee of the Broadway Green Alliance, and a passionate promoter of sustainable design. She will talk about using found and recycled materials to build set pieces and possibly win a Tony.

Wednesday, July 11 at 9AM

Free for pre-registered attendees

 

 

 

 

There was recently a segment on NPR about an art installation at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art called Levitated Mass. It's a 340-ton boulder supported by two beams under which people can walk. When the interviewer asked the question, "Why is this art?," the artist avoided answering the question directly. 

 

The truth? Art is subjective. One person's art is another person's rock. Is a rock light show art? Is it technology? Is it both? 

Jim on Light to speak at PLASA Focus Nashville

Join us at PLASA Focus Nashville as Jim Hutchison takes a flying leap through the last 75 years or so of lighting design technology and documentation, from its birth using paper and pencil through the ability to previsualize your entire lighting design with the touch of a finger. It's what Jim calls "the adolescence of lighting design technology." Jim Hutchison is the creator and host of JimOnLight.com. The hour-long incursion will take the audience along the child life cycle that is technology for designing and visualizing light.

Bob Vanden Burgt of Link USA navigates the world of audio networking protocols in professional audio and video. Take the confusion out of connecting equipment digitally with a discussion about the transport protocol wars and methods for remote control and monitoring  of DSPs.   Get the latest on the future of AES, the AVnu alliance, and the OCA alliance.   

Chris Lisle brings a unique mix of experience lighting some of the world's greatest acts and teaching at one of the best production schools. This intensive workshop is for anyone interested in starting, developing, or advancing a career in the concert touring industry. It covers a variety of topics on the basics of touring, touring roles, and their functions, including stagehands, dealing with local labor, travel logistics, general rules of the road and touring etiquette, the tools of the trade, terminology, venue and stage descriptions, and more.

In addition to Tony Award-winner Donyale Werle and world class lighting designer Chris Lisle, other free professional development seminars to be presented at PLASA Focus Nashville include:

The Birth, The Childhood, and the Apparent Adolescence of Lighting Design Technology with Jim Hutchinson

Trends in Live Sound Reinforcement

Wireless Lighting Control Best Practices

ROI on LEDs and Other ALS (Alternative Light Sources)

Trends in Video Design with Ken Gay and Mark Haney

Color Theory with Stephen Ellison

Demystifying Audio

Touring 101 with Chris Lisle

Everything You've Always Wanted to Ask the IATSE               

Lighting Essentials with Tony Hansen

Seating is limited! Register now.

You take care of the people.

The people take care of the service.

The service takes care of the customer.

The customer takes carte of the profit.

The profit takes care of the re-investment.

The re-investment takes care of the re-invention.

The re-invention takes care of the future.

(And at ever step the only measure is EXCELLENCE.)