--- title: et cetera... a blog of bright ideas from ETC | female lighting designer description: female lighting designer | Home to ideas, tips, interviews, news, views and all kinds of other stuff related to ETC, its products, customers, and the industry in general. image: https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Logos%20-%20Icons%20-%20Design%20Elements/ETC_4c-1.png --- - [ETCCONNECT](https://etcconnect.com/) - [ABOUT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/about) - [AUTHORS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/blog-authors) - [CONTACT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/contact) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/electronic-theatre-controls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.youtube.com/user/ETCVideoLibrary) [![EtCetera\_319x104](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EtCetera_319x104.png?width=319&height=104&name=EtCetera_319x104.png "EtCetera_319x104")](https://blog.etcconnect.com) [![ETC Blog](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/EtCetera_319x104.png?width=319&height=104&name=EtCetera_319x104.png "ETC Blog")](https://blog.etcconnect.com) - [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) - [ETC CULTURE](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) - [GEAR](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/gear) - [LEARN](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/learn) - [ODDS & ENDS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/odds-ends) - [BRIGHT IDEAS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/bright-ideas) Search ## [![blog-header](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog-header.png?width=476&height=155&name=blog-header.png "blog-header")](https://www.etcconnect.com) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/ElectronicTheatreControls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/electronic-theatre-controls) [Follow us on LinkedIn](https://www.youtube.com/user/ETCVideoLibrary) [✕](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/female-lighting-designer#gwen-offcanvas-primary) - [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) - [ETC CULTURE](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/etc-culture) - [GEAR](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/gear) - [LEARN](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/learn) - [ODDS & ENDS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/odds-ends) - [BRIGHT IDEAS](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/bright-ideas) # female lighting designer [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Bonebrake1.png)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/rebecca-bonebrake-architectural-lighting-designer) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Rebecca Bonebrake - Architectural Lighting Designer](https://blog.etcconnect.com/rebecca-bonebrake-architectural-lighting-designer) By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 30-Nov-2022 Throughout the year we’ve interviewed some incredible women in the entertainment lighting industry. This week we feature a woman who, like others, has ties to the theatre, but unlike the others, makes a living as an architectural lighting designer. This segment of lighting design is lesser known,... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/rebecca-bonebrake-architectural-lighting-designer) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Sherrice.Mojgani-2.png)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/power-dynamics-assistant-lighting-designers) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Navigating power dynamics for assistant lighting designers](https://blog.etcconnect.com/power-dynamics-assistant-lighting-designers) By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 18-Aug-2022 The following is a conversation between Sherrice Mojgani, lighting designer, and Venus Gulbranson, assistant lighting designer. Read as the two discuss their own thoughts on the professional process, expectations, and assumed duties of both lighting designers and their assistants. [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/power-dynamics-assistant-lighting-designers) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Mextly_COUZIN-750x500.jpg)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2022/07/mextly-couzin) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Math and lighting design with Mextly Couzin](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2022/07/mextly-couzin) By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 21-Jul-2022 We continue our conversations with female lighting designers with this week’s feature on Mextly Couzin. Couzin is a Mexican American designer with a passion for opera, a BS in pure mathematics, and an associate design credit on a show currently running on Broadway. Read interviews with other... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2022/07/mextly-couzin) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/EricaMaholmes_lighting-designer-750x500.png)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2022/04/erica-maholmes) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [Erica Maholmes - Lighting design after the pandemic](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2022/04/erica-maholmes) By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 28-Apr-2022 Like so many designers in this industry, Erica Lauren Maholmes says she came upon her career by accident. And like so many students, the momentum of her young career was dramatically impacted when the world shut down in 2020. Despite the unfortunate timing, however, she is an inspiration to... [Read More](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2022/04/erica-maholmes) [![](https://blog.etcconnect.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Amber-Whatley-blogheader-750x500.png)](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2022/01/amber-whatley) [SPOTLIGHT](https://blog.etcconnect.com/tag/spotlight) ### [An interview with Amber Whatley, lighting designer](https://blog.etcconnect.com/2022/01/amber-whatley) By [Rachel Frederick](https://blog.etcconnect.com/author/rachel-frederick) 27-Jan-2022 When Amber Whatley decided to study lighting design in college, she quickly realized that many of her peers were coming to the program with prior training because of the programs that existed at the high school level. Unfortunately, in the majority of Black communities in the United States,... 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